As promised, here’s the earlier version of the Sunday A&J comic from last November, that reran here yesterday. It wasn’t quite as old as I remembered; it was from 1993. I included the two bonus panels at the top, which are designed to be disposable, because I wanted you to see the store shopping bag. In the recent version of the strip, you’ll notice a cardboard box. In the strip from 2014, most of us would conclude Janis purchased the skirt online, and it had been delivered. I think that’s probably the single biggest difference in the strips, drawn 21 years apart. There’s something else that sticks out, something that bedeviled me for many years. In the older strip, Arlo and Janis are roughly the same height. By most reckoning, this would put Janis on the tall side or Arlo on the short side or a little of both. It just seemed to be that way. For no particular reason other than creating visual contrast (think “Mutt & Jeff”), I consciously reminded myself for years to make Arlo a little taller than Janis. Now, it comes kind of naturally, but it took awhile. I now think of Arlo as average in height and Janis perhaps a little taller than average. But not much. There, have I written enough for today?
Redoing the Redux
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182 responses to “Redoing the Redux”
Good to hear from you two, David and Jackie.
Good morning Villagers….
…and a special good day to Jackie and David, so good to hear you both are rebounding.
BUT…the mystery continues on Loon….and where is Sandcastler?
Jackie, Mark is right, the weather is going to change drastically. Today is supposed to get up to the upper 40’s and start dropping and snow all day tomorrow. Two weather sites say anywhere from 2 to 4 inches…..right now, we are under a freezing rain advisory…..auuughhhhh!!!!!
I just love my tax dollars at work. Finally got a good health plan on the 13th of February, and the ACA’s Marketplace, as of last Friday, still did not have me in their computer….go figure. She assured me I would be on Monday, and to call…I will not be penalized on my 2015 taxes. So I come home, call, 20 minute wait, I waited, I waited and I waited some more…on my cordless phone…my elbow started getting atrophied…slammed the phone down. So I thought, (silly me) that since they were overwhelmed they might have a second shift working. But Noooo. Their business hours are 8 to 5.
Old Bear….so you know eggxactly how it works. Corp will be showing up today and will be clothed from head to toe in white, toss away protective clothing. One of the high schoolers has a dog, his mom called and said she had to take the dog to the vet and wanted to know what he had ate as he was vomiting. I told him that probably the dog licked the young man’s working boots and it had chlorine residue on them. And I was right on.
Ursen…still hanging there?…is that Subaru still stuck at the end of your driveway?
So Indy Mindy, I like Jerry, how did you come up with the name “Blacklight”?
…and as always, GR 😉
Miss Charlotte…did you make it to your doctor’s appointment yesterday?
gotta go….
ya’ll have a blessed day
=^..^=
Glad to hear from you both, Jackie and David, and hope days ahead continue to get better!
TIP BlogSpot: We haven’t had one this naughty since last time. [As wife said, ‘All men are prancing, leering, billygoats.’] [speelczech won’t buy ‘billygoats’.] Also, cptr. made me get to this comments section circuitously, so lost the BlogSpot URL. Have to get to work. Somebody else please find it.
Thanks, emb
Folks, I overslept so need to get going and dressed, out of here. Dropped four berry jam on my keyboard last night, it is sticking. Go figure. Jam was blueberry, strawberry, blackberry and raspberry, all combined by me of course. Another talent of mine, great jams and jellies. I was desperate, my blood sugars were crashing last night. Which reminds me, I must check that.
Love, Jackie
Jackie and David, good to hear from both of you, and know you’re doing well.
emb: http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com