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Icky Mouse

By Jimmy Johnson

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Today’s classic A&J is from January, 2007. I don’t believe I’ve taken the time to thank all of you who purchased an A&J tee shirt over the holidays and since. Thank you! It was a very interesting experiment, and I hope everyone was satisfied. Wear them in good health! The shirts *ahem* still are available through this site exclusively, and there will be more designs this year. That’s the plan, anyway. I’ll never catch up to my younger peers, but as merchandising and public appearances become more mainstream in the profession of cartooning, I will try not to be left in the dust. Thanks for your support in this effort!

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102 responses to “Icky Mouse”

  1. Den in MN Avatar
    Den in MN

    Thank you for making these shirts available, Jimmy! And more designs? Intriguing!

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    About today’s real time. Boy is that true! And I usually end up talking to those men because as Ghost says, few people you’d like to see nude take their clothes off. However, I would contend that extends to men as well.

    Clothing optional resorts have few choice specimens. I have met no one I would actually Date at one. Now my physicians, that’s another story, they are all fit and attractive men.

  3. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Love the shirts. Glad that you made them available. Let us know when you plan to revamp the website. No pressure, we know that you have your day job…

  4. Trapper Jean Avatar
    Trapper Jean

    I do love my Loodie shirt! In fact, I am wearing it today. More designs? Cool!!

    The one non-A&J shirt I want is from the new Bloom County strip that Berke Breathed is doing-the Zenguin. That one will take the place of my poor old Billy and the Boingers shirt that is pretty thin and threadbare by now.

  5. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Well, Jean dear, it’s about time you showed up! (Seriously, my Concern-o-Meter was edging toward “Beginning to Worry a Bit”.)

    Oh, and “thin and threadbare” works for me in a t-shirt. Remember Arlo’s favorite gown?

    http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2001/07/28

  6. sandcastler™ Avatar
    sandcastler™

    No time to sit and naw the blubber. We are still alive and barely breathing.

    Have to drop off this merchandising cartoon. http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2012/08/30

  7. NealinBawstun Avatar

    One day it will be warm enough in New England to wear the shirts!

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    I was holding out for Florida weather. Thanks Jimmy for the shirts. The only other one I’d wear would be the new Opus ones but haven’t bought one yet. Breathd is good company to be in. And I bought yours first!

    Hal can’t spell that either.

  9. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Well, so much for t-shirts with images like this.

    http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.prod.vetstreet.com/1f/bf/ee9d0d5f4e6bb5e0eb445d6049b9/cat-getting-ready-to-pounce-thinkstock-161844817.jpg

    It can be inferred that this ferocious feline is about to violently pounce on a mouse and have it for dinner, and we can have our children wearing “symbols oriented toward violence” of any kind, even against rodents.

    However, what really amazes me is that I managed to survive secondary school without the benefit of a 103-page nanny-state document that dictated my every thought and action while attending it.

  10. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    “we can’t have”

  11. Ruth Anne in Winter Park Avatar
    Ruth Anne in Winter Park

    A post on Book of Faces offered the reminder that it was on this date in 1965 that Churchill died, which in turn reminded me of a couple of things. One was my Latin teacher who wanted us to watch his funeral; she said it might be our last chance to see a full traditional one with all the trappings, some of which date back to the Romans. The other was the comment made by a colleague of my brother while they watched it (at the TV station where they worked): “Poor Winston Churchill – born in the Victorian Era, died in the Pepsi Generation.”

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    Great note Ruth Anne. I admired Churchill. And someone is going to say we shouldn’t but I did.

    Kids today are helicopter mommed to death by parents like my children. Did I sow those seeds of fear? Shame on me.

  13. emb Avatar
    emb

    MDNR eagle cam. Bird could be sitting on an egg. There was no egg Sun. Peace, emb

    http://www.webcams.dnr.state.mn.us/eagle/

  14. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    My red Ludwig shirt has become my favorite. It usually never even makes it to the closet. I love the quality. Can’t wait for more designs!

  15. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Fish has left the building. Abe Vigoda has died at the age of 94. (for real)

  16. Symply Fargone Avatar

    Symply can not Fargone post!

  17. Symply Fargone Avatar

    Symply sad to see Abe gone, loved his dry wit and the very odd occasion when he’d crack up trying to play it straight. Another one too Fargone to see.

    The ex always made me the one to throw out the dead things, that the garbage, my books and a few others but I digress there. Always seemed odd to me that someone who could clean up after kids and strangers could not deal with a dead rodent, but I have my oddities as well.

  18. Symply Fargone Avatar

    GR6 and Debbe it has been a while since my last post I do stop by every now and then to see how things are going….Our last concert was at a bigger venue with more risk but greater opportunity and we finally made some money back, it was a great show with the lead singers(at one time) from Blue Oyster Cult(Joe Bouchard), Lynyrd Skynyrd(Randall Hall), Kansas(John Elefante) and Journey(Kevin Chalfant) all played…

  19. Symply Fargone Avatar

    we are trying to get another “Greatest Hits On Earth” show going(that(GHOE) is the agents web site with their list of singers….my partner did move back to Iowa so I am at a Crossroads(notice the Blues reference?), should I continue this hobby or trash it….Still reading JJ religiously and still lurking. Why, is that (Jackie), anonymous?

  20. Symply Fargone Avatar

    Hmmm, Symply would not take the Fargone post all in one piece….all I did was break it up in to thirds to post(also thought I’d find which part of the post was objectionable…none found. More posts in 10 minutes than the last year!

  21. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Symply Fargone, find another partner. That big show sounds like a really good assembly of talent. Glad to be hearing from you again.

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    No, I loved him and he was probably the nicest celebrity I ever met, just as sweet and dry in person.

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    Fargone, it’s a joke because I am the least anonymous poster and blogger, using my real name everywhere. Always have so it is social commentary of sorts.

    I also did switch computers, tablets, phones a lot so it began accidentally.

    That doesn’t mean that I am paranoid, symply easily amused! Miss you too, you’re funny and clever. Where are your concerts basing from?