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About Arlo and Janis
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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Doctor Toon
said, 5 months ago
This summer we had more days of 90 plus degree high temps than I ever remember having around here
I’m really looking forward to frost this year
SusanSunshine
said, 5 months ago
Arianne….
I’m not sure how often you get to the comics these days, or which forums you might visit… so I’m leaving this on a couple of them…
Just in case you stop by….
whmIII said, 5 months ago
More grunt work for Arlo…
Dani Rice
said, 5 months ago
We have a papyrus plant that has to come in when the nights go below 55-F. Only one, but when it’s still full of water, that baby is heavy.
John from Richmond Texas
said, 5 months ago
remember Janis, you want to make sure all the lizards are shaken out
CPO CG said, 5 months ago
Jack Frost nipping at your leaves….
belcherman said, 5 months ago
To every thing, turn, turn, turn …
david_42 said, 5 months ago
Spider plants, aloe vera and ice plants, I don’t know why we even have them.
Varnes said, 5 months ago
I like winter, but I’m willing to enjoy Fall, first….But yeah, bring it on……..It was a fairly cool summer in these parts, which I like, so maybe it will be a cold and snowy winter, which I like too…..
Gee Man
said, 5 months ago
Let ‘em die. I’m always happy when my flowers make it into mid-October, but frosts are now almost every night here, near the Canadian Rockies and at 3500’. I’m not fighting the inevitable anymore.
catman5169 said, 5 months ago
Arlo, if you really want to stay “warm”….you’ll help her bring the plants in….otherwise, make sure the electric blanket (perhaps on the couch) is in good working order.
comicsssfan said, 5 months ago
No, he’s ready for them to die. Then you don’t have to bother watering them.
AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago
Pot plants? ;-)
GR6 said, 5 months ago
I’m about as partial to potted plants as I am potted meat (aka "redneck pâté ").
water_moon
said, 5 months ago
@david_42
Spider plants clean some nasty toxins out of the air and are pet safe. Aloe vera is great for kitchen burns and I’m not sure what an ice plant is but I’m wondering why you don’t have these guys indoors already.