No need to search backwards in the archives. You can tell at a glance that it was a rerun Sunday strip from December 2008.
Every comic strip is dated for the date it’s run. There are two dates in the lower left corner panel of today’s strip. The earlier date then is the year it was originally run.
It’s a Christmas gag, so best bet is that it was run in December. Finally, it’s a longer Sunday strip layout format, so it (very likely) originally ran on a Sunday in December 2008.
I went to the archives to confirm, but there is no way to access Arlo & Janis Sunday comics from December 2008, so the 2008 copyright by NEA. Inc must not grant Go Comics permission to let us retrieve them from the archives.
As I’ve mentioned earlier, once I got a big triangle-shaped flap clawed onto my wrist, or the back of my hand, or something, when I held one of my daughter’s cats over the kitchen trash as he was trying to hork up a hairball. The doctor at Urgent Care washed and washed and washed the wound, and now I can’t even tell where it was. But I learned that YOU DON"T HOLD A YURPING CAT OVER THE GAAAA-ARBAGE!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 10 years ago
The cat cure all
Varnes about 10 years ago
Only the coolest of cats play along, And even then, not for long……
tudza2 about 10 years ago
Stuffed.
chizzel about 10 years ago
Why all the battle scars if he photo shopped?
FosterGrant about 10 years ago
and a lot of bandaids.
Darryl Heine about 10 years ago
Sunday rerun from December 2008.
PlumPuzzler about 10 years ago
@Dani Rice
No need to search backwards in the archives. You can tell at a glance that it was a rerun Sunday strip from December 2008.
Every comic strip is dated for the date it’s run. There are two dates in the lower left corner panel of today’s strip. The earlier date then is the year it was originally run.
It’s a Christmas gag, so best bet is that it was run in December. Finally, it’s a longer Sunday strip layout format, so it (very likely) originally ran on a Sunday in December 2008.
I went to the archives to confirm, but there is no way to access Arlo & Janis Sunday comics from December 2008, so the 2008 copyright by NEA. Inc must not grant Go Comics permission to let us retrieve them from the archives.
mantydad about 10 years ago
Looks like the kitty’s collar has skulls on it.
kap622 about 10 years ago
The Boston Globe runs this strip so small that I missed the bandaids which are the crux of the joke. Thanks a lot Boston Globe!
Gokie5 about 10 years ago
As I’ve mentioned earlier, once I got a big triangle-shaped flap clawed onto my wrist, or the back of my hand, or something, when I held one of my daughter’s cats over the kitchen trash as he was trying to hork up a hairball. The doctor at Urgent Care washed and washed and washed the wound, and now I can’t even tell where it was. But I learned that YOU DON"T HOLD A YURPING CAT OVER THE GAAAA-ARBAGE!