Someone asked recently on Facebook, “Has Jimmy ever told us where A&J live?” The short answer would be, “No, he hasn’t.” However, as is the wont of Facebook, a discussion ensued, and much was made of their proximity to “the coast.” It is true, the fact they’re within a day’s drive of an ocean, or a gulf, is one of the few tangible references to geography. More broadly, there is the weather, but that becomes a less reliable indicator every year. Speaking of weather, that does remind me of a backstory, which some of you have already heard. When United Media began syndicating Arlo & Janis, my editors in New York City were scrupulous about monitoring my work for any reference that might cause Arlo & Janis to be pigeonholed as a “southern” strip. I should mention that I am, by accident of birth, a native of the southeastern United States. My editors were not being condescending; they wanted A&J to have a broad appeal and not unintentionally be perceived as “Snuffy Smith, the Next Generation.” Choosing to ignore the slight slight that I couldn’t be trusted, I was on board with this completely. I, more than anyone, wanted the strip to have broad appeal. However, inadvertent cultural identifiers did slip in occasionally. I remember one conversation in particular, about black-eye peas being considered luck on New Year’s Day and whether it was a “southern thing.” However, I couldn’t help noticing it was always acceptable in cold months to depict a foot of snow on the ground, although probably half the nation’s population rarely sees an accumulation of show. So, where do Arlo and Janis live? Obviously the answer is going to be “nowhere in particular,” but that won’t stop me from talking about this more tomorrow.
63 responses to “Where’s Arlo?”
Maybe Bill Hinds doesn’t ink his own cartoon drawings?
Jeff Millar who wrote dialogue script for Tank for Bonds drawing is dead and Hinds does both dialogue and art now.
Honda not Bonds. I changed twice and it kept chamging.
Looks like he crowded too many words in and left out one n so it would fit. Would like to see the uninked version for comparison. Comic artists don’t always letter their own finished product.
Dang Hal. Bill Hinds draws and writes Tank. Ignore what the spell check people said.
I own an early original Tank McNamara cartoon done by Millar and Hinds. It is drawn in pencil then inked and the dialogue added last.
The version I heard was that Millar created plots and jokes, dialogue and sent to Hinds who drew and Millar revised dialogue to fit art before it was inked.
They never actually worked together despite living in same town, Houston.
After Jeff became ill with cancer Hinds continued strip alone.
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Woodstock would Springfield a run for most prevalent town.
I was told by the Post Master of Woodstock CT (by the way the second town of Woodstock
in the world, named after the one in England – 1686) that there are 38 states with a Woodstock.
The Famous one is in NY.
Steve fRO
There are more shoreline (and Lighthouses) around the Great Lakes than around the the Continental US ocean sides.
Since I live on largest body of water in Oklahoma and Oklahoma has had billboards claiming more shoreline than eastern and Gulf coast combined, I almost offered up Oklahoma as candidate for home of the Days.
Unfortunately nearest alligator in Oklahoma wss down in southeast corner of state and proven by tags he was wearing to be an illegal who came from Arkansas
And that claim a out our shoreline is a myth based on terrible math per this debunking afti le.
http://www.405magazine.com/April-2016/Oklahomyths-Shoreline-Sadness/
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-common-town-and-city-names-in-the-u-s-a.html
Hey, I live in Starkville Mississippi and we have alligators in our waters around here … Starkville is in the northern part of the state… and the coast is around 4 hours….
Does anybody recall what the strip ran after Katrinain 2005 ?? So the storm hit their house… area…
They must live near all of us cause many people say that JJ must be peeking in our windows for ideas for his daily comics
I’m going with Forrest Gump here, Jimmy, and suggest that you live within a few hours of “GREENBOW, ALABAMA” or Bayou La Batre. Actually, I know where you live since I participated in your parsonage restoration project – and proudly display your personalized artwork over my fireplace. It is one of my few treasured possessions.
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