It’s funny that you mention that she almost looks like a dog. I forward copies of the best strips to a male friend. He asked me why Janis looks like she is wearing a small fluffy dog on her head. I remember when Janis last cut her hair. This new one seemed refreshing after the page boy she had. But it doesn’t seem fresh anymore after many years. Time for a new hairdo?
Someone wrote that this first ran In 1995. I was 51 then and had 6 wonderful cats. I swear I can feel their presence near me now lying on the bed next to my reading chair, or on nice days sleeping in the open window. I turn 80 this July. I bet that someone has told them it isn’t long now, and they are cleaning their lovely fur coats for me to pet.
I think that if Gene and Mary Lou moved near Arlo and Janis it would revitalize the strip. So many more story opportunities. I hope that they do.