Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 10, 2020

Hello Mary Lou…..goodbye heart!

Run, Gene! Flee before it’s too late!

Oh, yes. This is an old strip. It is too late now.

“Have fun…but not TOO much fun.”

Eeeeeh… Mary Lou was blond?

A love lost. A love won.

The fun and games are a ways away, but they did start here

Gene at the beach has been brought forth some classic episodes and recurring arcs. His first encounter with Mary Lou, his heartbreak upon discovering her with a boyfriend (with benefits), frogman and the "older girls’ …

Jimmy J has brought us a string of classic comics of Arlo, Janis, Gene and eventually Mary Lou at he beach. I’m so glad this era has been included in his 35th anniversary celebration.

A different kind of game to play.

He should have just gone back in the water.

Something tells me I’m into something good. – Goffin/King (who else?), c. 1964

brilliant

Gene, watta hairstyle . . uh, head shape? Shades of cartoonist Harry Haenigsen: https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/haenigsen_harry.htm

And nicely colored, at that.

I really am enjoying these old strips with the commentaries. Thanks J J! (Kind of like a director ’s cut of a favorite movie…)

I remember this strip from when it was first published. I fell off the A&J wagon for a few years and was confused to come back and find they were married! They grow up so fast…

Girls always outrank video games.

Foretelling of things to come.

One of many comic book relationships that began with a “meet cute” in childhood!

To be young and have 10 toes, and find love at the beach; life doesn’t get any better than that.

My density has brought me to you.

Father knows best.

You’re not kidding about foreshadowing…

This is when I loved the comic.

love this.