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==Other works== Breathed's syndicated and Facebook cartoon work has produced at least thirteen cartoon anthology books, as of January 2018. Starting in 1992, he designed a greeting card and gift ensemble collection for [[American Greetings]], featuring the "Bloom County" characters [[Opus the Penguin|Opus]], [[Bill the Cat]], and [[Milquetoast the Cockroach]].<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Funnies-American-Greetings-Birthday-Invitation/dp/B00MP9BVFC |publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |title=Bloom County Sunday Funnies Cartoon OPUS the PENGUIN American Greetings Birthday Invitation Cards |access-date=February 3, 2018 }}</ref> As of January 2018, Breathed has produced ten children's picture books. Two were made into the animated films: ''[[A Wish for Wings That Work]]'' ([[Amblin Entertainment|Amblin Television]]/[[Universal Cartoon Studios]], 1991) and ''[[Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big]]'' ([[Nickelodeon Movies]], 2000); one was made into the motion-capture film ''[[Mars Needs Moms]]'' ([[Disney]], 2011). Another animated film; ''[[Hitpig!]]'', which Breathed himself loosely adapted from his book ''Pete and Pickles'', was produced by [[Aniventure]], and released in 2024. Breathed's writing has also been featured in numerous publications, including ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', ''[[Boating (magazine)|Boating]]'', and ''[[Travel and Leisure]]''. He produced the cartoon art for the closing credits of the Texas-based 2003 film ''[[Secondhand Lions]]'', which featured a strip called ''Walter and Jasmine''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327137/ |publisher=[[IMDb]] |title=Secondhand Lions (2003) |date=19 September 2003 |access-date=February 3, 2018 }}</ref> The panels that Breathed drew for ''Secondhand Lions'' appear in his cartoon anthology book ''Opus: 25 Years of His Sunday Best'', in which Breathed terms them "the comic strip that never was". Breathed has been a supporter of the [[animal rights]] group [[PETA]] and illustrated the cover of earlier printings of PETA's cookbook ''[[The Compassionate Cook, or, "Please Don't Eat the Animals!"]]'', T-shirts, and other merchandise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vegetus.org/vegtoon/car.htm |publisher=Vegetus.org/Noah Lewis |title=Berkeley Breathed |author=Lewis, Noah |access-date=February 3, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Compassionate Cook: Or, Please Don't Eat the Animals! |isbn=0446394920 |last1=Newkirk |first1=Ingrid |date=July 1993 |publisher=Grand Central }}</ref> Breathed cameos as himself in the 2004 short film ''[[Tim Warner: A Life in the Clouds]]'', a fictional tale about an unhappy cartoonist and his unfunny strip, ''The Silver Lining''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486769/ |publisher=IMDb |title=Tim Warner: A Life in the Clouds (2004) |access-date=February 3, 2018 }}</ref>
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