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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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bigbob1946 said, about 2 years ago
About two more weeks and my garden will produce full size tomatoes. The cherry tomatoes don’t work for a tomato sandwich. Go Arlo !
DavidHuieGreen said, about 2 years ago
Get the important stuff out of the way first.
Varnes said, about 2 years ago
Bacon, take it or leave it? Blasphemy!….There is a reason bacon is listed first on those things….
Nachikethass said, about 2 years ago
Love this family – I know, it is a cartoon strip – but it speaks to the readers.
Q4horse said, about 2 years ago
I hope those are home grown tomatoes.
Tripe_Finder said, about 2 years ago
I like my tomato sandwiches without the tomato. Just overpower me with the bacon!
Rogers George
said, about 2 years ago
I just sent this to my wife. Our tomatoes have come in, and we’ve been scarfing them down regularly. I prefer multigrain and she prefers white bread, though.
Jase99
said, about 2 years ago
@bigbob1946
So use them to make a BLT salad.
Jim M said, about 2 years ago
Ah! Tomato sandwich, the essence of Summer. Ours are just starting to come in. Too bad we leave for vacation and will miss some. Just can’t win sometimes.
John Baranick said, about 2 years ago
Here in Mpls, my Early Girls are just loaded, but none have started to turn yet….
katzenbooks45! said, about 2 years ago
Although I’m not a big fan of mayo and usually eat whole grain bread, I do think the quintessential homegrown or farm stand tomato sandwich is white bread, tomato, mayo, salt and pepper.
Kirby_Dots said, about 2 years ago
@Varnes
I came in here to blast him about this too. Except he is right. Bacon is too good. When tomatoes are ripening on the vine I can see just a tomato sandwich on toast. Maybe a little homemade mayo.
I will still have proper BLT’s too as well as everything else I have with bacon. But ripe tomatoes in August are a special thing.
ARLOSDAD said, about 2 years ago
Rudy says: More bacon please…..
codger1944 said, about 2 years ago
David 42 – what’s this toothbrush thing? ’splain please.
DOSQueen
said, about 2 years ago
Tomato sandwiches do not have bacon. BLT’s have bacon that is why they are called BLT’s – bacon, lettuce and tomato. However, in my opinion, the perfect BLT has a balance of all three.