From the salmon-colored sofa that is the center of the Arlo & Janis universe, this unique and quixotic comic strip has been just about everywhere. From unvarnished human drama to flights of unfettered comic fantasy, from unabashed pathos to unsurpassed observational wit, Arlo & Janis is perhaps the most unpigenholeable comic strip ever. It also invents new words!
The characters Arlo and Janis have played the parts of mermaids, squirrels, alligators and grasshoppers over the years, all while exploring the unexaggerated human condition and managing to become, with their son Gene, perhaps the most believable family in the funny pages. This unique approach has garnered Arlo & Janis an intelligent and engaged readership and guaranteed that a percentage of it will be confused at any given moment. However, readers eagerly return every day for another quaff from what has been the holy grail for a generation of comic-strip authors: quintessential Boomer humor.
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afficionado said, 11 months ago
All luddie cares is that it keeps on coming
Varnes said, 11 months ago
A cat is just a hole in the water……wait, what?
doublepaw said, 11 months ago
Luddie only eats two cans a week?
Dani Rice
said, 11 months ago
@doublepaw
No, Arlo stocked up. That’s when sticker shock hits.
lilac4me said, 11 months ago
One can a day $1.05 more a week.
BradyB66 said, 11 months ago
My cat only eats two cans a week. She gets a quarter of a can in the morning and dry in the afternoon – that’s how she maintains her girlish figure. And Arlo’s right, it is ridiculously expensive. But Luddie’s worth it (so’s my girl).
John Baranick said, 11 months ago
two cans a week? I think he gets a can a day. The dollar Arlo is referring to is the $.15/can increase times 7 days = $1.05.
jploch5408 said, 11 months ago
@John Baranick To avoid confusion, shouldn’t Arlo have said in the 2nd panel: “That’s more than a dollar INCREASE a week.”?
finale said, 11 months ago
Reality THUD!
CHAZ.SHIELDS said, 11 months ago
@doublepaw
50 cents to 65 cents = 15 cent per can, price rise X 7 cans per week = $1.05 price rise per week. Like Arlo said.
GSJ Olé said, 11 months ago
And I notice Arlo tossed the empty can in the trash rather than recycling it. Bad Arlo.
whmIII said, 11 months ago
@GSJ Olé
It’s a comic strip…sheesh!!!
marilyn said, 11 months ago
reduce, reuse, recycle is good advice for everyone-including comic strip characters
Silverbear07 said, 11 months ago
Reading the comics use to be for fun! Not anymore, let’s just analyze this stuff till our brains POP! Gotta love it!
Kydex29 said, 11 months ago
@Silverbear07
It’s because the comics are all the news that’s fit to print. Regular news often isn’t worth discussing, so we’ve migrated to the funnies.