Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for March 18, 2014

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    GR6  about 10 years ago

    OK, quick, everybody! What’s wrong with this strip?

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    David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault  about 10 years ago

    We have nothing to fear but whatever that hairy, fanged monstrosity behind you is.err, I mean FEAR ITSELF?(Yeah, right.)

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    Nonny  about 10 years ago

    The stepdaughter’s eyes looked blunked out in the first frame.

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    Ratbrat  about 10 years ago

    Meg is beginning to resemble Agnes and those kids haverather large honkers!

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    doublepaw  about 10 years ago

    I can see Meg as a mother very soon……….

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    JoeStoppinghem Premium Member about 10 years ago

    The readers who complain?.It’s a story, let it be told.

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    Manhunter808  about 10 years ago

    “Everything”

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    sleeepy2  about 10 years ago

    Readers with short attention spans?

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    Dani Rice  about 10 years ago

    Not a danged thing.

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    Joseph Houk  about 10 years ago

    This is the story of my life.

    Oh, and the one kid lost his eyes somewhere along the way.

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    Mark Jackson Premium Member about 10 years ago

    No, his eyes are just the same as the biggest kid’s in the second panel – just a short line segment in the outline of his head. It is harder to see. . . .

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    Chuck_it_all  about 10 years ago

    Many people, kids especially, expect that things are fully worked out down to the last detail. Tell them what you know, what you expect, and if it works out different, they claim you lied to them. There is no way out of this. “A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest” – Paul Simon

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    carhop  about 10 years ago

    I wonder if gus’s other daughter, will make it into the strip.

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    Gokie5  about 10 years ago

    I usually try to be positive, but since you asked . . . Before I even read that first question from GR6. I was thinking, “My, what an ugly lot!” But I’ll go with whatever Jimmy wants to dish out.

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    mikecpa53  about 10 years ago

    The black kid has no eyes.

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    paultunes  about 10 years ago

    Gene’s in a tough spot cause he’s not Meg’s dad and so doesn’t want to over step and have to deal with a pissed off Mary Lou. I’ve been there. tap dancing in a mine field.

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    paultunes  about 10 years ago

    the kids do look eyeless. poor quality control.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member about 10 years ago

    I can kind of see where a lot of the comments are coming from in regards to the drawing of the kids and of the story line itself. The current arc is not really up to the same quality level as we are accustomed to with Mr. Johnson’s work…. BUT… we also need to keep in mind that this is a MAJOR CHANGE in character action and development for the comic. With that in mind, I think Mr. Johnson is working to develop these characters (including Meg, older) and like most early effort by writers of comic strips, there will be an evolution of how these characters look. I suspect within the next 2-3 months, Mr. Johnson will have firmed up in his mind the images of these younger kid characters. Likely the same sort of idea applies equally well to the dialogue the kids have, which compared to most of Mr. Johnson’s work, seems a bit off compared his usual high quality. I suspect that as he works through the characters some more, the dialogue will get as crisp and high quality as with the other characters. So…. in a nutshell…. I am suggesting we enjoy the development, and give Mr. Johnson some time to sort out the details a bit. It is still one helluva enjoyable comic!

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    Retired Dude  about 10 years ago

    1) Why are so many people all bothered by the change in direction here? It’s a comic strip, for Pete’s sake. Although it’s enjoyable, it’s not worth getting all worked up about (sorry, Mr. Johnson). If it’s not your cup of tea then stop reading for a while and check back periodically and see if the the story has moved on. And . . . 2) as for the drawing, there are so, so many strips where the art work is just awful. A&J is well drawn.

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    jerrythemacguy  about 10 years ago

    It takes a Retired Dude to set the record straight! Well said.

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    melmarsh9v  about 10 years ago

    I appreciate this comic so much more when it has continuing stories, rather than daily gags!

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    sameyers2  about 10 years ago

    I don’t mind the storyline ~ it’s just the way the kids are drawn creeps me out.

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    melmarsh9v  about 10 years ago

    Has it ever been established what Meg’s father’s name is?

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    DDrazen  about 10 years ago

    So much for the concept of a happy childhood.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member about 10 years ago

    So, I am hopeful that no one here thought my comments were “grouchy” for I was really trying to say to everyone…. let’s let Mr. Johnson have a bit of time to grow and develop these new characters both mechanically (how he draws them) and psychologically (how he writes their dialogue). It is a process that always occurs. It is rather enjoyable watching the process in work, at least in my opinion.

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    Ryan Plut  about 10 years ago

    J.J’s just trying to go where Gasoline Alley went… you know, multi-generational, aging characters.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member about 10 years ago

    I like Luddie too, though.

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    nyor  about 10 years ago

    Gene needs a haircut bad!

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    Selena Terrazas Premium Member about 10 years ago

    I think nothing’s wrong with the strip but I’m a bit confused. Did I miss something awhile back or is Meg really being written as older? I think the last time I saw her she was about six but now she and her friends seem to be ten or so. Its something about the clothes. Its like in the soap operas when a kid goes to summer camp and returns two weeks later as a teenager with her own story line; just takes some time to get used to it.

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    rfeinberg  about 10 years ago

    Is that old guy with the bulbous nose and double chin a dwarf???

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