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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frumdebang said, 2 months ago
I had to work a little bit for the comedy today, but that makes it all the sweeter.
SusanSunshine
said, 2 months ago
If Luddy’s optimum diet would consist of only that which he can forage for and catch….
I guess it would be kibble.
Q4horse said, 2 months ago
Cats are quite good at catching small birds and mammals. I saw our barn cat eating a barn swallow, and I found another chipmunk head in the barn isle recently. I took pity and killed the eviscerated baby rabbit the cat was playing with as well.
Francis Lapeyre
said, 2 months ago
Never ignore a cat who comes into the house with a muffled meow (he’s got something in his mouth).
Two Cats said, 2 months ago
Reminds me of Muffin, the Pickles cat, wondering what a Purina in the wild looks like. (4/29/2010) http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=46121
Burnside217 said, 2 months ago
My brother’s cats hang out with the squirrels, no chasing.
al opernan said, 2 months ago
House cats are wonderful warm companions but ourside unsupervised they are natural killng machines that are decimating wild bird populations- love ’em but keep ’em indoors where they are safe and safe from hurting our equally precious wildlife.
whmIII said, 2 months ago
@al opernan
Sorry, but they also kill the pesky rats, mice gophers. etc…REAL pests.
jadoo823 said, 2 months ago
@whmIII
…don’t forget the squirrels and rabbits – they also can be considered pests…
Adrian Snare said, 2 months ago
@al opernan
Decimating ?
Not so !
Its man, ever expanding his territory, leaving no room for others.
We must learn to be responsible and we are, despite the anti-environment conservative efforts , or, in this case, the libertarians.
Adrian Snare said, 2 months ago
@whmIII
Agree
Also, the snakes are beneficial, and they leave alone my berries and fruit….
Gods intended purpose was and IS balance.
aaron wilson dunn said, 2 months ago
We had a cat that loved to spend time outdoors but got into a fight with a feral cat and contracted a form of feline AIDs.
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Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
Felines are the single most killer of birds after bird flu. Even if they are well fed they must hunt.
WilliamShort
said, 2 months ago
This only happens if you let them outside. Cats live much longer when kept indoors.
water_moon said, 2 months ago
@WilliamShort
Cats live much longer when kept indoors.
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For sure! my aunt’s cat was 19 when he passed.
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And their humans live longer too since they won’t get toxiplasmis, unless of course the neighbor lets their cat roam the neighborhood (something that no one would tolerate for a DOG) and they decided that your garden is a litter box.