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, 7 months ago
No need for our calico queen to put her muzzle in my mug
loose shed fur floats in anyway
Gary Albert said, 7 months ago
with 7 cats there is hair all over!
pbarnrob said, 7 months ago
Remember what that tongue was doing a little while ago!
steelergirl said, 7 months ago
EEEEUUUUCCCCHHHH….
Shyygirl27 said, 7 months ago
Janis isn’t kissing that mouth anytime soon!
TonyÂ
said, 7 months ago
Since Speedball doesn’t have any nibs in the 200-microns-and-below range, any comics J.J. draws are microorganism- and allergen-free. Drink away, Arlo.
WTF Cares said, 7 months ago
@afficionado
Try dusting.
WTF Cares said, 7 months ago
@Gary Albert
Dusting?
WTF Cares said, 7 months ago
@pbarnrob
Still cleaner than yours.
twypsi said, 7 months ago
Ok, a month ago I got bitten on the knuckle of my left hand by a feral kitten! $17,000 dollars later I’m still in therapy to get the use of my finger back. Cats have a world of bacteria in their mouths. Drink at your own hazard!
finale said, 7 months ago
@twypsi
“No good deed goes unpunished”…..I used to scoff…..but it is food for thought.
whmIII said, 7 months ago
Thought Arlo was smarter than that…
prrdh said, 7 months ago
@twypsi
There’s a big difference between biting and licking. Bites are puncture wounds where anaerobic bacteria can thrive, whereas they die quickly when oxygen can get to them. On the other hand, while cats (like humans) have loads of bacteria in their mouths, most of them seem pretty harmless, besides which there are antiseptic compounds in the saliva as well which cats use to disinfect their own wounds. See http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-516466.html.
Darren Blair said, 7 months ago
One of the family cats has a fit if mom doesn’t fork over a glass full of cold water for her to occasionally drink.
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Preferably, my mom’s glass of water.
Redhead55
said, 7 months ago
@Darren Blair
My fur-ball expects a few ice cubes in his water bowl every evening at dinner time. He wants to sniff everything I eat or drink but has only taken a nibble out of a croissant once. Will only eat a few flakes of tuna when I open a can.