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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dblasseter74 said, 7 months ago
Wat?
frumdebang said, 7 months ago
@dblasseter74
Arlo switched the pumpkins, menacing for happy. I guess it’s more insightful than laugh-out-loud funny.
Jenn said, 7 months ago
I don’t get why he simply didn’t have both out. Though I get why Janis chose not to argue. It’s beneath a person to argue about something so trivial. However, Arlo is also behaving absurdly eccentric.
Theo
said, 7 months ago
This is just one of the reasons why this is one of my favorite comic strips.
Gary Albert said, 7 months ago
love it wonder if my wife would notice a switch?
Fairportfan2 said, 7 months ago
@Jenn
Stating the obvious here, he didn’t have both out exactly to cause Janis’s reaction.
Dani Rice
said, 7 months ago
And he’s sitting on the sofa with his arm around the Smiley Face, because Janis was not at home to hug.
rossane said, 7 months ago
That makes more sense…
bagbalm said, 7 months ago
Something more – because he has the smiley one’s eyes covered. Protecting it from political ads? Other one got turned?
bsqnbay said, 7 months ago
Looks more like he severed the head of the smiley face. Odd.
finale said, 7 months ago
Once painted the front door while wife and kids shopping. No one noticed color change. Paint odor gave it away.
rusty gate said, 7 months ago
Hello Janis…you are now entering the Twilight Zone. Everywhere you look you will see carved pumpkins…behind every door, carved pumpkins…..in the closet, carved pumpkins….in the pantry, carved pumpkins….in the laundry room, carved pumpkins…pull back the covers in your bed, guess what? CARVED PUMPKINS!!! Bwwwhhaaaahhhh!!!
doublepaw said, 7 months ago
rusty gate: ?
Rumsy4 said, 7 months ago
he is hiding it using the cushion. Janis hasn’t seen it yet
whmIII said, 7 months ago
Good…keep her guessing.