A pithy comic strip about life, love, lust and puthy cats.

Est. 1985

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By Jimmy Johnson

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Remember, I told you to keep in mind that this strip was drawn in the 80s, when they were still tamping the grave of the Age of Aquarius with shovels. Of course, when I drew this, we just thought we knew the meanings of hedonism and excess. The woman’s name, by the way, is Jasmine. She was to be a regular. The bar patron is a walk-on.

I resurrected the concept of Lost Key about ten years later, but with children in the lead roles. I think that strip had more potential, but it’s misplaced at the moment. If I ever find it, I’ll show it to you, too.

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52 responses to “”

  1. Llee Avatar

    why was Janis grumpy? short answer- because.

    but perhaps also because the weather’s been so weird…HOT, then unexpected rain while they were walking, then Gordon blew threw….phooey, old t shirt will be comfortable.

    comfortable is good.

    🙂

  2. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    I like today’s new strip. Remember the old one where Arlo’s plan for financial stability was to roll their pennies and take them to the bank?

  3. Sideburns Avatar

    I don’t know about anybody else here, but I’ve seen the movie Key Largo, and that song just drives me up the wall! There’s nothing romantic about the story, it’s a gritty movie about a man being forced to be a hero to stop a gangster. It was based on a 1939 play where the protagonist was a disgraced deserter from the Spanish Civil War instead of an Army captain from WW II.

  4. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Cool, Mark. I always wanted to have my own action figure.

  5. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Janis’s “harvesting of quarters” reminds me of how I began a habit that continues until this day…emptying my pocket change into a container every night. I started when I was in the Air Force, and I had a Pat O’Brien’s “Hurricane Glass” on my dresser I used for that purpose. I discovered that the night before payday was a great time to go off-base and have a good meal, in a quiet and relaxing atmosphere…all the other GI’s were too broke to go out.

    Of course, in those days it only took twenty quarters to buy one an as-good-as-if-not-better meal than $25 does today.

    Dang! I should have saved that glass.

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    emb

    Laikipia Co., Kenya, is not rain forest, but it does have a rainy season.

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    Peace,

  7. Sideburns Avatar

    The url format at gocomics.com has changed over the years. For those who are curious, here’s a working link to that strip: https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2010/08/24 The odd thing is that it doesn’t match the miniature up above.

  8. Skynard fan Avatar
    Skynard fan

    Thanks for the adjusted link, Sideburns. Following there, made me think of That Smell. Ronnie Van Zant wrote the cautionary song, which is a bit of a downer. But more often, when I catch a whiff, wafting by on a walk around the park I’ll react with an awkward laugh. Just like Arlo does in that strip from 2010.

  9. Llee Avatar

    good ones! thanks 🙂

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