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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SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
Oh, I don’t think Arlo’s talking to us.
It’s just that he has all those late-night conversations with Jimmy.
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Adrienne Malone said, 6 months ago
To say that men and women are equal is the same as saying that apples are equal to oranges. They’re too different to compare.
ScullyUFO said, 6 months ago
@SusanSunshine
What you did there. I see it.
kevlyn666 said, 6 months ago
I believe that the artist is “Channeling” through Arlos.
Dr McCoy said, 6 months ago
In the old days, it wasn’t how easy you could draw, but how fast.
nighthawks
said, 6 months ago
they’re very easy to draw.
not near as hard to draw as the hand holding them
Ron
said, 6 months ago
Now wait just a minute here. Didn’t Janice ‘bring the audience up to date’ just a few months ago? And Arlo walked in and said ‘Who are you talking to?’
JoeStoppinghem
said, 6 months ago
Say good night gracie.
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I was watching a Burn and Allen show last night on Antenna TV.
They really broke the 4th when Burns was watching their show on TV while it was happening from his den.
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wowbert said, 6 months ago
My first thought was “quick to draw” as in “fast to pull out from its holster”. Took me a few seconds to realize someone was speaking out of character, so to speak.
phritzg
said, 6 months ago
Only the candy bar cellphones are that easy to draw. My old tracfone is a clamshell shape and even has a short stubby antenna sticking out of the top corner. One advantage of the clamshell: no pocket dialing possible.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
@Adrienne Malone
Well your analogy is wrong. Since all men not only come from women they start as female in the womb. We males are hormonally altered females. So you need to rethink it.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
@phritzg
Don’t sit on it and you won’t have a problem either.
whmIII said, 6 months ago
I guess he means the holster the phone is carried in…I dunno.
comicsssfan said, 6 months ago
At least Janis is not walking alone today.
toppop52 said, 6 months ago
Don’t over analyze, the phone is square, therefore easy to draw. Insert :rolleyes: here.