This Sunday A&J, complete with the bookends header, is from 10 years ago this month. We know you do things like this. We just know. And now we interrupt this post for this important message: if you haven’t already signed up for an account at GoComics, please consider doing so. GoComics, of course, is the Web site of Universal Uclick, the syndicate that distributes Arlo & Janis and many other great comic features. You can sign up for a free account, which lets you set up your own comics page of strips you want to see every day (Be sure to choose A&J!). A paid account of less than $1 per month enables you to view cartoons without the distraction of ads, and the strips you choose will be emailed to you daily. Of course, you can go to GoComics and view strips without signing up at all, but by signing up—for a free or paid account—you will further help the creators. If you aren’t already a daily visitor to GoComics, I hope you will consider it. The future: it’s coming. Now, back to our regularly scheduled post. We like to think you do.
82 responses to “A Light Nap”
As soon as I finish my Bible devotions and prayer time the first thing I do every morning is visit my comics page and Arlo and Janis is the first comic I read followed by pickles which brings me to the fact that Their Sunday morning strip still has the bookend which they work into the comic of that day.
Given that the Boston Globe has succeeded in delivering exactly two newspapers to my driveway since December 28 – the date of the ‘new improved distribution system’ went into effect – GoComics is looking better every day!
In a related (?) matter, I understand that Yahoo! discontinued their comics section last week. I would occasionally check in there, since they seemed to normally update about an hour before gocomics. On the bright side, I can now state categorically that I detest *all* things Yahoo!!
You know, there is another idea for an A&J product to sell. Get someone to make up sets of the bookends for those of us who still have real books.
Me too! Have to get rid of things yahoo.
I would buy bookends because I have real books even though I have wall to wall books.
I go to the Seattle Times site and view my favorite strips there.
Winter has finally arrived in the midwest. Drove from Detroit to Cincinnati last night instead of leaving early this morning. Packed everything but a razor. Went to the front desk, where I asked the bearded man behind it if he had a complimentary one and he didn’t. Worse thing was that I was on a conference call and had to use the mute as my scruff was making too much noise as I held the handset. I’ll pick one up tonight. With the snow and wind today, I’m glad that I drove last night.
I would tho caution readers who are not experienced with the GoComics site, that the comments areas therein are sometimes not as pleasant as this one.
True Dave The DArk Side is full of the sort of people I avoid. But if Jimay needs us to join I will do it for him. I may well be a member already. See opening sentence.
Jackie, our little Susie has grown up so fast. She’s over on TDS now, decrying the “weirdos” there who routinely make everything about sex, but at the same time admitting to not only having a “boy friend” but even to kissing him…on occasion. And on another site, she recommends giving a man a “boob-hug” as a way to make him smile. I can only suppose she finally reached puberty.
Note: One does not have to look at the comments on The Dark Side when one visits there. Nor here either, for that matter.
I use GoComics (paid), Seattle PI, and ArcaMax to get my comics each day.
Regarding the Dark Side: Trolls abide there!
TruckerRon: I use the exact same trio! Tho with Arc-o-Mess I just have it email the strips to me …the comment area there is too full of trolls for my tastes.
For some reason (perhaps all the vampire cleavage in that video the other night), YouTube is now suggesting breastfeeding videos for me to watch. The greater surprise for me, though, was that there are breastfeeding videos on YouTube. Not that there is anything wrong with that, of course.
Jimmy, could you be a bit more specific about how one signing up for an account at GC helps you?
+1 on the idea of a bookends product, BTW.
I also subscribe to GoComics and get about 20 comics and editorial cartoons emailed to me every morning. It is the best dollar a month that I have ever spent.
I used to read AJ on yahoo because they came on earlier. Then I quit reading anything else so I just click link here
I NEVER READ comments. Once or twice was enough. I love the Village
I’ve been a member at gocomics.com ever since they acquired mycomics.com.
J.J., if you have any influence with gocomics, please have them modify the site so it is easier to follow all the strips more easily should one miss a day. As it is now, you must select the back button on each strip (you can’t select an earlier calendar day until you have selected the back button once). If one misses a couple of days, it becomes a real PITA to follow an arc. It would be very nice to choose a date from a global calendar that presents all the strips from that day.
I’ve made this suggestion numerous times including on the recent survey. If I get a response at all, it is a boiler plate stating they are always looking for ways to improve the site. WELL, PLEASE GET TO IT.
This feature, by the way, existed at mycomics.com and is truly missed.
Yes I use GC despite all of it’s flaws, including, but not limited to posting the same few ‘Lil Abner arcs all of the time, and commentary is sometimes totally off the wall. Also Arca Max, Dilbert, Seattle PI for Phantom, plus a few other Indies. But Arlo & Janis is the best of the lot, which I never miss unless out of town.
Tom, at the top of the comics I get a Previous button for my entire selection. Selecting it allows me to go back a day at a time; there’s also a calendar tool for jumping back farther. I’m using Safari on a MacBook.
Dave, click on the little calendar icon next to today’s date. Then you can go back as far as you want and just keep clicking on the right arrow till you catch up. Saves a lot of time versus backing up repeatedly.
Catching up: Concerning Hefner, Inc, I caught a line somewhere that Playboy was dropping the nudity element. Haven’t had a moment to research it for validation.
The roads, the weather, the job, and doors (of all things), have been points of extreme vexation this week. My high point was coming home today to find my neighbor had shoveled my steps and sidewalk while I was at work. I had no real intention of shoveling any time soon.
Please be patient tomorrow if you intend to venture into a Powerball retailer. And if you have a moment, spare a thought for me. Tomorrow just might be truly awful.
@TR
No global Previous Button on Firefox or Chrome at the top of the page. Could this be a feature of the Pro version?
The only Previous Button on “MY COMICS PAGE” is tied to the individual strip.
@MiTT
Again, the calendar on my page is on the strip header not the page header. I’m talking about the page with the 7 strip icons at the top (8 after the second selection is made.)
I did find out that in Chrome, the calendar allows for selecting any date for that strip whereas in Firefox one must step back with the aforementioned Previous Button. Until then all the previous dates are grayed out in the calendar.
I don’t use Chrome often because it is agonizingly slow to display the home page on start up as if it is communicating with every Google server on the planet first. Oh, wait, it probably is.
When using either the Previous Button or Calendar, you are taken to the strip’s unique page. Returning to your MY Comics Page is simple if you only look at one previous strip as the browser BACK button returns you there. If you have looked at several previous strips in a row then using the BACK button is not practical. You must reload the page (probably using your bookmark). If you have read several strips you must step through them again until you reached the point where you used the Previous Button. Of course you can click the rightmost icon to advance more quickly. This is poor web design.
Tom, if you use Chrome with Adblock it loads very quickly. I just looked at the current strip and my blocker shows 12 ads blocked. When your computer waits on every one of them to load before showing you the strip, you will/do notice the wait. Other sites show anywhere from 20+ to 75+ads being blocked. That is why people have turned to using the adblocker software. Without it, it is like going to a movie where you have 20 minutes worth of ads before the movie even starts.
Do not you just love the “reaction” shots of the audience members at the SoTU address? About two-thirds of them appear to have been embalmed. Oh, wait. Could that just be the Botox™?
Lady Mindy, I too read that Playboy was now going to publish only photos of “partially nude” women, whatever that means. Perhaps I should pick up a copy and do the math, to ensure none of them are more than 50% naked.
But did you purchase a ticket? 🙂