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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cookie69041 said, 8 months ago
everyone looks very happy!
Shyygirl27 said, 8 months ago
Wish I were there!
Bill Tidler Jr. said, 8 months ago
Congrats to the newlyweds!
Arianne said, 8 months ago
Thank-you, Gus. We’re delighted to be here! Hello Janis, Arlo, congratulations! We are so very happy for you all!
You deserve to be very proud!
To Gene and Mary Lou, Long live your sweet love affair!
Nachikethass said, 8 months ago
Sniff…!
toppop52 said, 8 months ago
Live long and prosper! Well done JJ!
ne7minder55 said, 8 months ago
except if were a secret to Arlo and Janis are any of the people there relatives of the groom?
Dave53 said, 8 months ago
would’ve liked to have seen even a snippet of the ceremony, but oh well. Hope they live happily ever after!
Paul Roese
said, 8 months ago
so i guess we missed the wedding and get to only see the reception.wonder who would have been Gene’s best man or Mary Lou’s maid of honor. neither seems to have any friends. Mary Lou had a big sister in the strip but i think JJ killed her off. wonder who all those other people are? seems like Gene’s side of family and friends would be tiny but then am not sure if he has grandparents, aunts, uncles and the rest.
tr.phipps said, 8 months ago
Okay, just throwing this out here: If Janis & Arlo came under the pretense of a “Graduation Party” for Gene, it would make sense that Gene’s whole side of the family would be invited for the same “event”. Everyone one would be surprised about a secret wedding but everyone would be there.
Michael Brady said, 8 months ago
“Are you a friend of Gene or Mary Lou?” “Umm…yes! where’s the bar?”
CarolinaGirls said, 8 months ago
What happened to the small, intimate affair? Looks like quite a crowd!!
Wade Elliott said, 8 months ago
the guy in the background above mary lou is obviously related to gene, probably a cousin
Jim Bedsole said, 8 months ago
My aunt and uncle built a seafood restaurant in Moncks Corner, SC called The Dock restaurant. Best fried catfish in the world.
95k75rt said, 8 months ago
What is Gus trying to pitch to A&J?