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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finale said, 6 months ago
Occupy your sofa and boycott Black Friday.
KasparV said, 6 months ago
@finale
A tad late, aren’t you?
Gary Albert said, 6 months ago
@finale
my boycott ran all weekend too!
Jean said, 6 months ago
@Gary Albert
mine too
ScullyUFO said, 6 months ago
@KasparV
I think the author is referring to the general pre-Christmas pandemonium following Thanksgiving.
treesareus said, 6 months ago
Living 100 miles from shopping is an advantage at times.
whmIII said, 6 months ago
The couch beckoned…and I responded.
BJIllistrated
said, 6 months ago
I only grocery shopped on Friday. Won’t be setting foot in a mall since I can’t afford to buy gifts, and if I could I’d probably shop online. Can you tell I HATE SHOPPING!
Kitty said, 6 months ago
Well, I was going to avoid it all. Then my tv died. Guess if that’s going to happen, Black Friday is a good time for it, did get a good deal on a new one, and crowds weren’t to bad late in the day. Still, ran out got it, went home! That was the extent!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
It is sad to see how poor people are and desperate to get “good deals” and will fight and jostle to get them on a single day.
Arianne said, 6 months ago
Amen, Jimmy! Well said!!! Take the Gobble, leave the Gobbledygook!
cbrsarah said, 6 months ago
I wrote a brief letter to the editor of our local paper two weeks before Thanksgiving, saying we should boycott black Friday. It didn’t get in. I didn’t shop either. I hate trying to get through such heavy and rude crowds. After making a holiday dinner, I just want to relax for a few days. Go shopping in the “maddening crowd”? Not on your life!
Shyygirl27 said, 6 months ago
I prefer to do most shopping online, I didn’t have money for black friday since I put in a layaway for my kids last month.
Llywus42 said, 6 months ago
I did do a bit of shopping Friday, but only for lumber and supplies I needed to finish a home project. And I went to the “corner hardware” store. Even though their prices are higher than the big-boxes there were no crowds and that was worth the extra couple of bucks.
Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? )
said, 6 months ago
Amen