JJ has intentionally exaggerated Janis’ proportions in the first three panels to convey what SHE sees (or more correctly, thinks she sees) when she looks in the mirror. Notice she is back to normal/yesterday in the last panel.
How is it she expands and contracts depending on the punch line? She’s always drawn thin unless it’s some gag like this. I’m glad real people don’t do that.
I am on board with that! Shake your booty Janis! “Don’t want no woman, whos’s meat don’ shake, meat don’ shake….” “Poor Black Mattie” by North Mississippi All Stars, ‘Shake Hands With Shorty’
frequency270 over 4 years ago
I think this is the first time I’ve seen Janis with a realistic body for a woman who has to be in her 50s.
mddshubby2005 over 4 years ago
Shake that healthy butt!
Martin Booda over 4 years ago
And I can not lie.
jmworacle over 4 years ago
Queue Sir Mixes A Lot……
whahoppened over 4 years ago
Arlo, this is your cue to say “I like your bigger butt too”.
electricshadow Premium Member over 4 years ago
Then you and Helen Parr (Mrs. Incredible) have nothing in common!
Màiri over 4 years ago
She plumped up overnight?
destry1970 over 4 years ago
All in favor of Janis’s bigger butt say Aye, aye!
nosirrom over 4 years ago
It takes the attention away from her bingo arms.
Sanspareil over 4 years ago
As soon as Arlo agrees that she has a bigger butt, then it’s all over!
Charliegirl Premium Member over 4 years ago
Said no woman EVER!
[Unnamed Reader - 51b08a] over 4 years ago
What a tub!!!
dlkrueger33 over 4 years ago
She didn’t look this heavy in previous comics….
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 4 years ago
She looks quite slim walking down the street in shorts…
and smaller in the last panel than in the first three.
It might be that when she’s alone, looking in the mirror, we’re seeing what she sees, rather than reality.
Not that she’s “fat” in either case…
but I think her inner vision adds 30 or 40 pounds to what anyone else can discern.
Michael G. over 4 years ago
Janis, believe me, if you could read Arlo’s mind right now, you’d slap his face!
Da'Dad over 4 years ago
Whenever this conversation comes up I tell my better half I like a healthy woman. That being said I think Susan nailed it.
Tyge over 4 years ago
YIKES! Janis looks like she got stung by a bee.
littledarlingr over 4 years ago
Don’t get it. Why do some women want a bigger butt. DON’T GET IT AT ALL!!!!!!!!! AT ALL!!!!
micromos over 4 years ago
NoOoooooooo!
DaveQuinn over 4 years ago
My wife’s father called her “Fluffo”. Better than calling her “Lard arse”
Beaker over 4 years ago
All of a sudden Blondie is starting to look pretty good.
ScullyUFO over 4 years ago
JJ has intentionally exaggerated Janis’ proportions in the first three panels to convey what SHE sees (or more correctly, thinks she sees) when she looks in the mirror. Notice she is back to normal/yesterday in the last panel.
Meledosia over 4 years ago
How is it she expands and contracts depending on the punch line? She’s always drawn thin unless it’s some gag like this. I’m glad real people don’t do that.
mourdac Premium Member over 4 years ago
Men and women with abundant flesh were considered properous during the late 1800s/first part of the 20th century. Body images change.
Ed The Red Premium Member over 4 years ago
There have been quite a few strips involving Janis in her underwear, in a bikini, etc. in the past few weeks. I count 7 in the past month.
dv1093 over 4 years ago
Ugh. My eyes are burning – I will never be able to unsee that….
formathe over 4 years ago
More cushion fer the pushin’.
MeGoNow Premium Member over 4 years ago
She’s gonna have to get a lot bigger to get him on a low-fat diet.
alexius23 over 4 years ago
My baby’s got back
jonesbeltone over 4 years ago
I am on board with that! Shake your booty Janis! “Don’t want no woman, whos’s meat don’ shake, meat don’ shake….” “Poor Black Mattie” by North Mississippi All Stars, ‘Shake Hands With Shorty’
raybarb44 over 4 years ago
As do I
flagmichael over 4 years ago
She has JJ to thank for it (for her very existence, in fact).
cuzinron47 over 4 years ago
Which is alright for her to say, but if Arlo says it, or even agrees, it’s a death wish.
Dr_Fogg over 4 years ago
Wow! She’s really loaded it on the last few weeks. Janice! You need to get out and walk more!
Lynnjav over 4 years ago
Well, compared to the other “faults” she’s looking at (bat wings and flabby stomach), the butt isn’t so bad.
randolini Premium Member over 4 years ago
I like big butts and I can’t deny.
kd1sq Premium Member over 4 years ago
It’s the granny undies I can’t stand. Even women in their thirties will wear that kind of stuff.
paranormal over 4 years ago
Now to get bigger boobs to go with that butt…
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 4 years ago
If you’ve got it, love it or get rid of it.
(Somewhat like:
America — love it, leave it or/and improve it.)tinner2000 over 4 years ago
Arlo and Blimpo just doesn’t have the same ring to it!
unca jim over 4 years ago
Hope that’s not a ‘fun-house mirror’ that comes back of most Manufactured Home bedroom doors as of late… jes’ sayin’…
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
Quarantine-15
tazmosis85 over 4 years ago
she’s slouching, what do you expect
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Plump is pleasing, more for squeezing.
awesomesteeler over 4 years ago
I Like BIG BUTTS and I Cannot Lie!!!