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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Ulan said, 6 months ago
that kind of fun will be more abundant during the coming 10 days. Thanks a lot for starting the meme.
suevanv said, 6 months ago
Ooh…I hope they have a “Hoax A Day” one!
Varnes said, 6 months ago
Man, just in time!
Varnes said, 6 months ago
Actually, I jest, but this is a seriously funny comic….Nobody else has come up with this idea..New Mayan calender…Ha!
Varnes said, 6 months ago
Yes, that’s what I said…Seriously Funny….The ONLY thing that should be taken seriously is humor….So say sayeth the Varnes of Ackly….If you aren’t serious about your humor….How do you get by in this world?
SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
Well, those new Mayan Calendars are a rip-off, if you ask me.
They shouldn’t cost the same as this year’s when they’re completely blank inside.
Jorah
said, 6 months ago
Varnes, I agree… first time I’ve seen the idea
174grove said, 6 months ago
What? A new calendar? There goes my excuse for not buying any Christmas gifts.
finale said, 6 months ago
Go ahead. make light of it…..you’ll see……..I will give a post-Mayan Apocalypse statement on the 22nd berating all of you non-believers!!!!!!
ScullyUFO said, 6 months ago
And every day is numbered “zero”.
JDS said, 6 months ago
Very Funny … Good to see fresh material . . . and no mention of cats in the Reader comments.
I wonder what the Mayans swimsuit edition looks like?
david_42 said, 6 months ago
I’m having a 13 Baktun New Year’s party.
prrdh said, 6 months ago
@finale
The calendar on our wall ends January 31, 2013, so that’s when the world is going to end. QED.
Frank Cruz said, 6 months ago
Actually, those round, stone based calendars are Aztec calendars
DDS029 said, 6 months ago
@Frank Cruz
Ya had to go there? I would say something like that and ruin the joke. That’s why I have no friends anymore . . .