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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Kuldip Rai said, 3 months ago
Better if “Arlo knows best” with sports, rather than cooking?
Gator007 said, 3 months ago
I would hate to taste his cooking! LOL
Frogman_tg
said, 3 months ago
Boy, I wish I’d thought of that.
Michael Farren
said, 3 months ago
I don’t like snow or sleet or hail
Or Moby Dick the great white whale
But ooh, I like onions.
Rockngolfer said, 3 months ago
She won’t let him watch Nadia’s Bitchin Kitchen. (Cooking channel)
reedkomicks said, 3 months ago
Does anyone here remember when it was that Gene almost lost Marylou’s daughter off the boat?
I wanted to re read that episode. Thanks
finale said, 3 months ago
@Rockngolfer
That’s perfect for Arlo….
JDS said, 3 months ago
@reedkomicks
Try August 4, 2010.
The one I want to revisit has Janis sunbathing in the backyard.
JDS said, 3 months ago
Whew! Greatly relieved to see that they got the color of the sofa correct today.
reedkomicks said, 3 months ago
@JDS
Thanks!
whmIII said, 3 months ago
You know it’s done when the smoke alarm goes off…
Jeffrey Kaplan said, 3 months ago
A TABLESPOON on onion? Every recipe I’ve ever seen has dealt with onions as proportion of a whole one based on the rough size. Ie, “chop half a medium onion” or “slice a whole large onion”.
JDS said, 3 months ago
@reedkomicks
No problem. I have them all committed to memory, in chronological order.
Just don’t ask me to say the alphabet backwards.
mcapone said, 3 months ago
@Gator007
Are you kidding? I’d LOVE to taste his cooking. I’m not sure others would appreciate my breath afterward, though :)
kaecispop said, 3 months ago
That is what the Food Network has done with Iron Chef, Chopped and a lot mof their newer programs. They have taken an often boring but informational program and converted it to a spectator sport. Not that I am complaining, I enjoy them.