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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Fairportfan2 said, 3 months ago
What’s she got in her left hand in Panel One?
Pharmakeus Ubik said, 3 months ago
@Fairportfan2
A small piece of lace.
WillardMBaker said, 3 months ago
The bottoms to the top she’s about to pick up. First to hit the floor, first to be picked up.
Varnes said, 3 months ago
But it looks like it was better than Christmas Eve…..
Respectful Troll said, 3 months ago
@Fairportfan2
unmentionables
TheRealWildWilson said, 3 months ago
Janis has a bad back. People without a bad back will just bend over especially women – even fat women – which always amazes me!
ne7minder55 said, 3 months ago
Since the kid is out of the house if picking up here is not as bad as Christmas you are not doing it right ;)
And speaking of kids, wonder how Gene is doing these days – seems he never calls or writes!
KenTheCoffinDweller said, 3 months ago
Might be busy with his own version of the same scene.
ScullyUFO said, 3 months ago
Dom Perignon?
rusty gate said, 3 months ago
Valentine’s Day/night must have been exciting at the Arlo & Janis residence. They know how to celebrate. Looks like Janis didn’t make it to the bed with her nightie intact. Way to go, Arlo.
opentomeet said, 3 months ago
@WillardMBaker
Not logical based on a) the location of the top and her position b) personal experience (the top goes first, then the bottoms)
John Baranick said, 3 months ago
Right down to needing to launder the bedding!
John Baranick said, 3 months ago
“Christmas morning” just another way of referring to, ahem, “toys”?
listmom said, 3 months ago
@TheRealWildWilson
Actually, the way Janis is bending to pick things up is the best way to avoid getting a bad back in the first place. Use your legs, not your spine.
nighthawks
said, 3 months ago
I read that, at first glance, as ‘badass’……I suppose my mind supplied the second ‘s’, but it’s an example of how you tend to read in clumps rather than individual words