All of the classic Arlo & Janis comic strips you’ve been seeing here for the past few weeks are contained in my WordPress image gallery and have appeared on the Web site before. With the recent emphasis on the Web makeover and with other distractions, this saves me a little time in the morning. However, by now the uploaded gallery of old material has grown huge over the years, so I hope no one will feel shortchanged. I bring this up now, because of the above. I like this strip from 1998, and it is the
dénouement of a conversation on the beach where Arlo is ruminating about expectations, realities and their differences. I would like to show you the entire dialog, but this is the only strip from that week in my WordPress gallery, which is my point. The evolution of A&J is very evident here. Chronologically, it’s much closer to the earlier strips, but its art and writing are closer to today. We talked about that.
