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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AshburnStadium said, 3 months ago
Luddie looks like something the cat dragged in!
Jean said, 3 months ago
naaaa, just his winter coat. Soon it will start to shed and there will be cat hair on everything in the house.
mbradleyc said, 3 months ago
Static in the air.
j-birds3 said, 3 months ago
It’s hell when it’s dry in the house…
T_Lexi said, 3 months ago
Get the brush Arlo; help him out!
finale said, 3 months ago
Fluff him up while you’re wearing that polyester shirt, Arlo. Go find Janis and give her a little touch on her cheek. Then run. (Works best in a dimmly lit room so you can see the spark…..not that I’d do anything like that.)
whmIII said, 3 months ago
@finale
Yeah, right…
JoeStoppinghem
said, 3 months ago
J.J has thrown down the gauntlet against Stephan Pastis to determine who is the greatest pun-master of them all.
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GO J.J!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
Usually that could mean that the cat is sick. They stop grooming when that happens.
Notgiven said, 3 months ago
One cat I used to have would leave the house one morning with his entire winter coat intact. When he came back in for dinner, the entire thing was gone. He looked 2 pounds lighter. I appreciated him shedding the whole thing outside.
water_moon said, 3 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
Or just OLD. My aunt’s cat stopped grooming around 15 or 16 and he was 19 when he passed.
lindz.coop
said, 3 months ago
It’s already shedding time at our house…
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
@water_moon
When you are old you are naturally ill. Same with cats. They are losing their strength and will.