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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Clotty Peristalt said, 5 months ago
I think I’m missing something…
solarrhino said, 5 months ago
Think pie-in-the-face, Clotty.
Clotty Peristalt said, 5 months ago
@solarrhino
Ah, that makes sense. I’m a dim sod at times. Thanks for clarifying!
Varnes said, 5 months ago
I think she brained him with it. I’m surprised the fruitcake was damaged at all…..must only be a few years old…..
NoveltyTradingPost
said, 5 months ago
That was a crumby thing to do.
KenTheCoffinDweller said, 5 months ago
And then there are those of us who actually like fruitcake.
richardelguru
said, 5 months ago
Americans are weird. Just damned weird:
http://howlandbolton.com/essays/read_more.php?sid=63
Gary Albert said, 5 months ago
@KenTheCoffinDweller
oh the horror, my wife and our best friend in ny both love fruitcake! lol
win said, 5 months ago
@richardelguru
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” – Hunter S. Thompson
Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago
I guess the pillow upside the head earlier in the week didn’t make the impression on Arlo Janis had intended.
ow.
C.
GramEGoose said, 5 months ago
“Missed it by this much.” Dec. 27 is/was National Fruitcake Day.
rkoch said, 5 months ago
Check out the Detroit Free Press site. There’s an article about a 134 year old fruit cake.
doublepaw said, 5 months ago
Hey I really like fruit cake! Honest I really do!
brightr1 said, 5 months ago
Notice also the fruitcake is essentially undamaged. Wonder how Arlo’s face is doing.
T_Lexi said, 5 months ago
My better half and I both LOVE fruitcake. When I meet someone who is down on it, I always inquire what it is about it that they don’t like. (Usually they’ve had a bad one baked by someone who really shouldn’t have…) If I ever get across the pond, I will look for some of that delicious fruitcake richardelguru describes!