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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exoticdoc2 said, 8 months ago
??? That seemed pretty pointless.
common sanse said, 8 months ago
what am I missing?
chireef said, 8 months ago
they are wondering if she is showing yet
l.m. said, 8 months ago
The subtle change in her & the clergyman’s hair could mean she sees a storm blowin’ in. Maybe the decreasing number of gulls indicates something?
rusty gate said, 8 months ago
Maybe the gulls just delivered their wedding gift? She shouldn’t look up with a bird overhead.
Tirasmol
said, 8 months ago
I’m with rusty on this one, I think a bird just delivered a nice gift… she’s looking up at the bird, they are looking at the “gift”
chireef said, 8 months ago
I must concur, that makes more sense than mine
SusanSunshine
said, 8 months ago
Oh! Maybe it’s just me and what passes for my sense of humor….
But I thought she was just being funny….
pretending to stare at the sky as though considering her answer.
Hmmm…. I do? Do I?
….hmmmm…
while Gene quakes in his boots.
Well, if it were ME, anyway….
LOL
Fairportfan2 said, 8 months ago
Yup. My guess is that the pastor just asked her one of thos questions that begins with “Do you…”
lippyfish said, 8 months ago
the bluebird of happiness strikes again…
kaecispop said, 8 months ago
Birdie, birdie in the sky …
wecatsgocomics said, 8 months ago
@SusanSunshine
I’m voting with the Sunshine lady here.
Linda Dean
said, 8 months ago
Can You Say HURRICANE?!?!?
palepink
said, 8 months ago
Don’t the “Do you” questions come before the rings? Because she’s putting a ring on Gene in panel 2. I’m voting for a storm a-comin’.
fredd13 said, 8 months ago
@Tirasmol
Agreed; Panel 3: “You may now kiss the bride!” Panel 4: SPLAT! Hence all the gulls flying prominently in the last three panels; a touch of slapstick. I think the cartooning simply didn’t quite come off, that’s all. But she’s looking up to see where whatever came from, they’re staring at the result.