Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 02, 2012

Wow, our little Gene has totally grown up.

Someone’s gonna end up with a baby brother or sister here in about 9 months…

Orion

Gene’s smile in p.3 reminds me of his dad. Maybe a session between Arlo and Janis like this is what led to Gene’s birth 9 months later.

OK, then, I’ll just be going now, ….let me know if you need anything kids……um, kids? Anyway, have fun…

This appears to be one of those “Marathon Nookie” days….clothes unnecessary….gonna need a big steak for supper!!

Gene, go finish that college degree quick and then get on with life.

No Paris hotel. No expensive foam mattress and 600-count sheets. No cruse ship window suite. Will ever be better remembered than candle light in place of power, fireplace, and yard furniture drug into a bare house all those years ago.

Glad to see they’re on the same page once again.On what they are thinking, not the way this scene is.

my guess is they got to their current location by walking. doubt they teleported.if you are on your own property or in your own house and no ones around you can be nekkid all day. they are on a Futon not lawn furniture. JJ is treating the characters the way you would expect 20 somethings to act unless they are very religious and even those folks are known to have succumb to passion. i like the Gene and Mary Lou arc cause it moves the strip along as opposed to being stuck in some time capsule of the 80’s or whatever. it’s kindda like watching a sitcom .

I think it is great.

This is where the child comes in the room.

Is anyone else wondering where her child is??

Have fun you two!

She couldn’t trap the first guy, she will make sure she gets Gene

The Arlo Award: Gene Edition.

The farm is out in the sticks with no neighbors to complain and call the police.

Props to Jimmy Johnson for creating a strip that is like early Gasoline Alley. Arlo, Janis, Gene, the other characters, even the cat, are the closest true to life characters in comics today. They just find a little more humor in daily living than most of us believe is there….and pathos. To go from Gene showing up at home to here is a wonderful arc. I write fiction and I love writing this stuff (probably because I love cats, I have kids…and I’ve been in front of a candled fireplace with a loved one.)

think i’m gonna barf

I doubt they would if they’re on their own property way back in the woods. Whoever got near could be arrested for trespassing.

I had a girlfriend who was into wrestling. No, really: wrestling. At that time, though, she could only wrestle one other girl in her PE class; girls weren’t allowed on wrestling teams in those days. Of course, I had to ask: Which do you prefer, getting pinned or getting nailed?

Has anyone wondered where Megan (the kid) is?

Hey comic porn

Megan is with grand dad.

Looks like a futon to me.

Can’t help hearing The Beatles’ “I Want You” (even if it is a little too heavy for this scene.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4CzqrPZtXk

“The waiting is the hardest part.”

—Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: The Waiting.

@zedman222: Please don’t mention the Dinette Set when there are naked people present.