Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for July 19, 2024

Yeah, but you’re still going!

Heavy competition. No dishonor in such a loss.

You might have won had you respected the fourth wall

Wow?

NO! don’t get rid of it yet. You can wear it for Meg’s sweet 16 party

Where is the drawing board? This is an autobiography?

I’m concerned about Arlo being sucked into another dimension in panel 1.

Thank you for being here Arlo and Janis!

Maybe the year long hysterical “are we, are we not going to move” story line will win this year.

Not sure if it means anything or not, but in 1992 A&J was still a “gag a day” comic strip.

They won the battle, you won the war.

I’m unable to remember whether I took the red pill or the blue pill.

And For Better or for Worse didn’t stay together in real life. You two are still going strong.

If something is too big to fit………it should stay. If something is too small to fit……… it should be donated…… But that bit of logic goes out the window when Janis’ jealousy at Arlo being smaller wants it GONE!

I need to buy the old collections, I have only been reading for a little over a year.

Hmmm, If Arlo had a tux ready for the occasion, then of course this implies the families of both comic strips may have been in the same location during the award ceremonies? I wonder if Brad met Michael?

Arlo is the one that’s usually aware he is in a comic strip. It is rare to see Janis be this genre-savvy, too.

Breaking the 4th wall.

that is funny….Is this the end for A and J…remember we saw some big news in the future

Breaking the fifth wall here???

Janis wears the pants in their family just like Mary on Young Sheldon…

And the fifth wall lies in tiny pieces scattered all over.

“Hang on to what you got.” Joe Tex

Learned something today. Congratulations, only 32 years late!

It’s always good to have a tux in the closet, for better or worse…

That was a good strip, but Arlo and Janis have aged better.

Glad to see there’s no bitterness about it after 30+ years.

Sentimental attachment to clothes worn to important events in my life is how I wound up with overflowing closets. And that’s not even including shoes. Makes me happy just to touch the fabrics and remember.

Ah those were the days. I miss those days.

“Bliss” comic strip (not the current one but the short-lived one by Stephen Hersh) ca. 1999:

wife: I’m glad you decided to wear your tux.

husband: What other choice do I have?

wife: You could wear a suit. The wedding is black tie optional.

husband: It’s a decision based strictly on economics. With every wearing of the tux, I drive down its cost per usage.

wife: Do you apply the same rules of economics to underwear?

husband (holding up stained briefs with holes): 17/100ths of a cent!

Speaking of the fourth wall, I am still reeling from the reveal of Ludwig being enacted by a midget in a cat suit, many years ago. I’m not sure I will ever recover my childlike innocence, of believing in these characters.

If they are thinking of moving to the upper Gulf Coast (anywhere from Florida panhandle to Louisiana), he will need that Tux if they go to any Mardi Gras balls. Tuxes for men (or actually full Tails in some places) and long formal gowns for the ladies are de rigueur.

Obviously it was a gross miscarriage of justice!

Breaking 4th Wall

When do they go through Janis’s bathing suits ?

You was Robbed….. !!!!!

That’s was very cool

At this point Janis is just playing along with the fourth wall thing because it’s easier than arguing with Arlo.

Husband rented a tux for his high school prom (before I knew him). He rented a tux for our wedding, as well as for our 3 sister’s weddings as he was in the bridal party as was I.

Never had any other reason to wear a tuxedo.