Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 03, 2025

Breaking the fourth wall. LOL

Fourth wall crimes are rampant

and here I was trying to spot the six differences between the panels.

Read a few articles on Ernie Bushmiller’s gag-a-day simplicity but 60 some years ago I just did not appreciate his style as it appeared in Nancy. I will say her Aunt Fritzi Ritz did define her genre decades before 9 Chickweed.

Our hero broke the 4th wall here but 9 Chickweed has gone warp speed through the 4th wall wormhole.

Hey! Every once in awhile the artist needs a copy and paste break!

Napping is good?

Works when I post the same comment on multiple sites.

Copy and paste…. But who’s counting. 1… 2… 3…

Maybe this strip was drawn after a night of holiday partying?

Reminds me of a Calvin and Hobbs cartoon. All four panels are exactly the same except for the conversation “balloons”. It’s about how some comics are just repeated talking heads.

Busmiller was a master of simplicity – drawing no more detail than was absolutely necessary to frame a joke. I that’s what “Arlo” is getting at today.

Now if this were “Overboard” a comment like that would get you drawn in some kind of uncomfortable situation. Like, in with the sharks, maybe.

Should be Copy and Paste

There’s a nap and then there’s a long nap.

Zoom! Went right past me.

But where are the three rocks, Jimmy?

This is us in January. Exhausted and sick from the holidays and just burrowing in. Much recliner time. Happy Chilltime folks!

Arlo quit being a lazy sluggo. Bahahahahahaha…..

Tip of the hat to Nancy and Sluggo

I think he is breaking either Wall #5 or Wall #6…

Ah, feels like it’s still the holidays to me, too. Monday will be a different story.

Brilliant! By satirizing the idea of the artist being lazy, it allowed him to be lazy!

I nap in my recliner. I think it’s a zero gravity recliner. It fits itself to my head, back, butt, and legs. I mention this only to note, I clasp my hands on my chest like Arlo.

It’s not over until Monday! I still have 48 hours.

OK – I looked up Ernie Bushmiller. Why is the creator of the comic strip “Nancy” referenced in today’s Arlo & Janis?

find the differences in the first three panels!

Breaking the 4th wall again. LOL