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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Varnes said, 5 months ago
Dude, no..no….Light a fire in the fireplace and make some kind of spicy drink and snuggle…..Let it snow, Let it snow…Let it snow……………………………………………………………..!!!!!!
water_moon said, 5 months ago
See I’d much rather hibernate most of December as it’s getting darker and colder. At least now the days are getting longer and hey, it’s Carnivale!
freeholder1 said, 5 months ago
and paczkis!!!!!
freeholder1 said, 5 months ago
@Varnes
Move to the shores of Lake Michigan and say that…
finale said, 5 months ago
@freeholder1
“Early Easter this year….so yeah, bring ‘em on. Raspberry and Apricot are my favorites. Can’t choose between them so I have both.
Arianne said, 5 months ago
I think it’s time to catch a little Cabin Fever.
flagmichael said, 5 months ago
…and that is how we wish away our lives a day at a time.
Doctor Toon
said, 5 months ago
I took the second week of the year off from work just to rest, relax, sleep and heal
Thanksgiving through New Years is a brutal time at work and by January I’m shot
In some ways I felt bad about spending a week doing next to nothing, on the other hand I knew I had earned it and needed it
My most important accomplishment was extra snuggling time with my darling wife, and that’s really all that mattered
prrdh said, 5 months ago
@finale
Make mine powidła. Or mak.
whmIII said, 5 months ago
Well, no hangover to worry about…back to work!!!
david_42 said, 5 months ago
@Varnes
Never liked fireplaces and never dated a woman who did either. Drafty, smoky, all they do is suck the warm air out of the house and blast it up the chimney.
Tony said, 5 months ago
Bears are smarter than most people – for that matter, so are migratory birds.
KathyMTM said, 5 months ago
I would love to be able to fly South for the winter. sigh…maybe some day.
comicsssfan said, 5 months ago
He doesn’t want to snuggle with Janis? I want to snuggle with Janis! There’ve been a lot of commercials about “low t,” and you’ve got to wonder… But then the dude has to use it as an deodorant, which is gross. This isn’t a condition Lance Armstrong would have though.
Varnes said, 5 months ago
Freeholder, I live 22 miles away from Lake Michigan….Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! (Actually we are supposed to get some tonight, Lake effect and all….Wheeeeeee!!! )