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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scooter_1977 said, 7 months ago
I fail to understand why even a man would write such a blatantly obvious male-bashing strip! If the roles were reversed there, every woman in the world would be screaming about their feminist rights and that JJ is prejudiced!
listmom said, 7 months ago
Where did you go? Out.
What did you do? Nothing.
ScullyUFO said, 7 months ago
@scooter_1977
No, no … it’s because Arlo is blonde.
finale said, 7 months ago
Everyone needs an “down” moment now and then…….lost my thought thread
Doctor Toon
said, 7 months ago
I cant just sit and watch TV, need to be doing something
The TV is on here a lot, and I can always find something worthy of a portion of my attention, but a portion is all the TV gets
Varnes said, 7 months ago
I thought Arlo gave that stuff up back in the sixties…..
david_42 said, 7 months ago
Unlike Internet comics …
Dani Rice
said, 7 months ago
I swear, that’s my husband! Flipping from channel to channel until he’s totally lost. You never hear about women doing that.
whmIII said, 7 months ago
Nag, nag, nag…
Rockngolfer said, 7 months ago
I only get confused about whether I am watching live TV or a DVR recording.
Keith said, 7 months ago
This sounds trite, but I’m 99% sure I would never be so dead while watching TV, and 99.99% sure I would never answer Janis like that.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
I watch tv because I’m intersted, not just to be a vacant eyed zombie.
Reppr said, 7 months ago
Arlo needs a job. Is Jimmy a chick – pardon me, of the female persuasion?
hausof7mau said, 7 months ago
Arlo still has his job as far as I know. I don’t think he retired after his heart attack a few years back.
UncaJim said, 7 months ago
Whatever his ‘job’ is, it’s off-screen, and doesn’t involve chain-saws or air-boats. Just a guess, as they’re pretty close to the ‘Mizsippy or Loozyanna Guf coast’ and son’s Seafood Restaurant…