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

Est. 1985

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Ahoy, there!

By Jimmy Johnson


I have decided what we need is a Daylight Spending Time, one that adds 12 hours, or even eight, to every day. Then, maybe I wouldn’t be in this mess. Oh, of course I would! I’m going to make this up to you. You’ll see.

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16 responses to “Ahoy, there!”

  1. Mike From Hartland Avatar
    Mike From Hartland

    Welcome back!

  2. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Thank you. And I like the flag!

  3. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Speak Like A Pirate Day is still 6 months away.
    (Maybe the snow will be gone then – Over 6″ new on the ground.)
    JJ is just trying to get a jump on the Pirate speak thing.

  4.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    joedon: Agreed.

  5. Steve from Royal Oak Mi Avatar

    Arlo of course would have a Pirate flag….either that or a Food Network one.

  6. DJJG7 Avatar
    DJJG7

    Nice, Mark!

    And that flag in in Jimmy’s panel three has a very slight resemblance to Ludwig—

  7. DJJG7 Avatar
    DJJG7

    And you can tell it is by a pro because most kids and most adults would never think of drawing haunches. It’s like Jimmy can see it in his head before he draws it!

  8. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Heh. The Dread Pirate Arlo.

  9. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    I did a search for garden flags and got a site called flagsrus. That’s where those are sold.

    Ghost, I like it!

  10. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    & Princess Buttercup

  11. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Strike that—

    Princess Janis

  12. emb Avatar
    emb

    Mrs. Cripps, AKA Little Buttercup, is a “bumboat woman” [peddler on docked ships] in HMS Pinafore. Turns out that, when she “was young and charming” she “practiced baby-farming” [= wet-nursing]. She eventually ends up wedding one of the infants she raised. The other baby she nurses, of roughly the same age, ends up marrying the daughter of that first baby. Not clear if he is still married or is a widower. WS Gilbert doesn’t bother to mention the age difference in either marriage. Still a fine operetta.

    Peace,

  13. Dan McD Avatar
    Dan McD

    Bonnie Jack Rackham, ahoy! Nice to see Calico Jack’s colors still flying. 🙂