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, 2 months ago
Hey, if your home owner’s is paid up….Might come out ahead on the deal…
Tony said, 2 months ago
I know how Arlo feels – I’m married to a Janis.
bawana said, 2 months ago
After thirty(feels like sixty) years of being wedlocked, I have come to a conclusion. The species that hails from Venus will make up things to “worry” about when they don’t have enough real things to occupy their brains. They CANNOT just sit, they require constant and massive amounts of mental stimulation. If there isn’t enough real things happening, they will dream crap up…….
Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? )
said, 2 months ago
Why worry about things you have no control over? Arlo get out there with a rope and tie those limbs off!
USTWO said, 2 months ago
US!
finale said, 2 months ago
@bawana
..if it’s not worth worrying about; find a way to make it so.
Gokie5 said, 2 months ago
I’m married to a Janis, too, but he’s a man. His mom was the same way. Both of them got better after they started taking antidepressants.
Dani Rice
said, 2 months ago
I agree with Plods – there’s nothing you can do, so get some sleep and you’ll be rested if something does happen.
whmIII said, 2 months ago
Go back to sleep!!!
Adrian Snare said, 2 months ago
@Gokie5
I am against the anti-depressants in general and prefer to accept people as they are.
Adrian Snare said, 2 months ago
Its the nature of the beast.,but I’d love being married to a Janis..
whooziss
said, 2 months ago
Maybe you can get in a Mayhem commerical if the limb falls? Might be big $$$$$$.
716PMedGuy said, 2 months ago
nope!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
No reason to stay up all night. Cut them in the morning.
kaecispop said, 2 months ago
@Varnes
Have you ever tried to collect on a home owner’s policy? That i s reason enough to worry.