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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TonyÂ
said, 11 months ago
Well, Janis has the scoop on that.
Fairportfan2 said, 11 months ago
What – the bedroom isn’t air conditioned?
Varnes said, 11 months ago
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream….
afficionado said, 11 months ago
easy guys beware of brain freeze
KenTheCoffinDweller said, 11 months ago
First fix her mood with the ice cream and the other stuff will take care of itself later.
finale said, 11 months ago
Smooth move on many levels.
doublepaw said, 11 months ago
What a dip!
Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? )
said, 11 months ago
Yes he is.
MikeFromMichigan
said, 11 months ago
I really appreciate how Jimmy Johnson gets the details so right – Janis with her cup of unique flavor, Arlo with his chocolate cone. Is there a camera on my life somewhere? (my sailboat’s in dry dock right now….sigh)
Dr Fogg said, 11 months ago
My wife gets a brain freeze that will make her pass out.
Very scary.
WillardMBaker said, 11 months ago
I tried that during the recent heat wave. My wife accused me of trying to make her fat! Sometimes you just can’t win!
Gokie5 said, 11 months ago
Hmm. Feel like nitpicking on the color this morning. I don’t usually do that, so indulge me. (I know that a non-Jimmy colorist probably did it.) (1) Arlo’s tongue shouldn’t be white, unless he has some kind of grave condition. It should be pink, kind of like Janis’ raspberry (?) ice cream. And the spaces between the wires on the back of the wire ice-cream- parlor chairs should be the same color as the background.
whmIII said, 11 months ago
It is never too hot to &^%$…
GypsyWoman said, 11 months ago
@whmIII
It was last night.
burleigh2 said, 11 months ago
@Fairportfan2
I would say “it’s too hot for that”… but is it ever really too hot for the bedroom when AC is available? ;-)