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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Gator007 said, 2 months ago
Should’ve clean it before winter set in.
Diarmid Connell said, 2 months ago
Opened up a grill that had been ‘wintering over’, and discovered a nest and big mouse (or a small rat?) – interesting in that there was not apparent start nor panic.. maybe it was just too sluggish from sleep? It stretched and lumbered off annoyed a being disturbed..
But I agree, and suggest a cleaning and cover last use in Autumn.
- But still if forgotten, we scrape most of the crust from the grill rack,
and give it a good firing and heating up for a cleaning and sanitizing prelude to cooking.
Bon Appetite
Gary Albert said, 2 months ago
too much snow here in michigan to barbque! lol
j-birds3 said, 2 months ago
Spring is here..2 feet of the white stuff is still on the ground in MI.
Jean said, 2 months ago
clean it every time you use it. My husband is manic about that, he takes the grill racks off and cleans them every time he uses it. We always have a clean smoker and a clean bbq.
John Baranick said, 2 months ago
It’s 7 deg. here in Mpls this morning. Tough weather to drink cold beer in (beer and grill go hand in hand you know)
Arianne said, 2 months ago
Glory or gory? Play Ball!
Just scattered patches of snow in metro Detroit, but possibly more coming. To be done quickly, my Arlo makes Polish cheeseburgers, Dearborn Sausage brand kielbasa, split and grilled, topped with cheddar on burger buns. Gets him out of the chill in a hurry.
riverhawk
said, 2 months ago
The third panel is great. What an expression on Arlo’s face.
don57 said, 2 months ago
Easy solution: we grill all winter long here in Wisconsin – nothing better than a brat when it’s 10 degrees out
Canoe-full said, 2 months ago
A tad below zero this morning in NorWis. Nine months of winter and three months of bad sledding.
Gas in the winter and charcoal in the summer but I still prefer cooking over a campfire.
mkhill said, 2 months ago
@Canoe-full
A toasty 11 here in southern WI… love ‘up north’ and the UP. Can’t wait for the campfires either. :)
finale said, 2 months ago
@John Baranick
Switch to Irish Coffee for the winter.
Canoe-full said, 2 months ago
@don57
The best brats come from the Holy Land.
Come to thing of it, I have some smoke-brat in the freezer- there’s our supper.
Canoe-full said, 2 months ago
@mkhill
Try Firefly at the end of August or Lost Lake Cabins in September.
david_42 said, 2 months ago
@Diarmid Connell
Covers don’t help. All they do is provide a nice dry place for a whole freak’n colony of mice!