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, about 10 hours ago
Congraduations……..
SusanSunshine
said, about 8 hours ago
Naw… it doesn’t work that way…. not with the kids I’ve know….
They send out “announcements.”
They’re only given a few precious “invitations” or “tickets” to the actual ceremony….
If you get one of those you’re on the A-list indeed.
The image in Arlo’s imagination totally works for “health clubs” and gyms, though….
they’ll cheerfully take hundreds of dollars from 10 times the number of people who could fit in the building shoulder to shoulder…
knowing most will never show up.
Except the first week in January….
when they look like that.
Jean said, about 6 hours ago
when my daughter was a senior in high school she only got 4 “tickets” and had to make a decision on who to invite besides her mom and dad, there was grandmother, sister, brother, step dad, step mom, so it wound up being Mom, Dad, Grandmother, and Sister. Lots of hurt feelings Then when she graduated from college she had 8 tickets but folks kept leaving after their graduate received their diploma so there was plenty of room.
Jimmeh said, about 6 hours ago
Tossing an invitation? Pretty cold!
DavidHuieGreen said, about 6 hours ago
We received a graduation announcement for Hillary Tidd in Georgia.
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I assumed it was via some contact of Patsy’s.
She assumed it was some relative or friend of mine.
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It turned out they had a David & Patsy Green for uncle and aunt here in Florida and figured it must be us.
It also turned out there were six David & Patsy Green couples in Florida.
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When the mother, Caroline Tidd, gave us more information, we found the pair they sought, both mailing address and phone number.
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We sent Hillary a University of Florida gator, stuffed doll.
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We kept in touch, knew when she was graduated from Georgia Tech, started teaching, married, had children.
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Some day we’ll meet.
Dani Rice
said, about 5 hours ago
@DavidHuieGreen
That is really nice, David, to go the extra mile for a total stranger. It would be nice if you do get a chance to meet.
finale said, about 5 hours ago
Toss the Graduation invite….keep the Open House notice….if you think the food will be good.
david_42 said, about 5 hours ago
I don’t remember any announcements being sent out for any of my graduations. My family and close friends knew already. Didn’t even go myself for my MBA. Not cost effective.
Shyygirl27 said, about 4 hours ago
My son just graduated from early college. They gave 11 tickets to start and we asked for 10 more and got 5. Large family – of course the grandparents from both sides wanted to be there, the siblings, aunts and uncles. A lot more people are invited to his party.
Gokie5 said, about 3 hours ago
@david_42
“Not cost effective.”
I flew up from Florida for my younger daughter’s MA or whatever it was in Music Theory from the U. of North Texas.. For her MA or whatever in Library Science a year or so later, I passed. We were MA- or whatever’d out. She actually got a job for awhile at the Beverly Hills, CA, public library as a music cataloguer. Had to help pick up books after the earthquake of ’94.
Paul Roese
said, about 2 hours ago
did Gene ever get his degree? remember Gene their kid? they pay more attention to their cat. don’t they have a boat? maybe Sandy wrecked it and killed the kid and his family? for all their interest, maybe?
The Mom said, about 1 hour ago
@Jean
Just like your daughter, I only had 4 tickets to my high school graduation in 1969. I still have all 4 tickets in my scrapbook. No one came to my graduation. My mom didn’t “feel good” so she and the rest of family skipped it. I was the only one of my brothers and sisters to graduate.
curmudgeon68 said, about 1 hour ago
@Paul Roese
Aren’t you just the little ray of sunshine!
catman5169 said, 34 minutes ago
I’m glad that mine was held in Bulldog Stadium….plenty of room for everybody with seats to spare.