Let’s go waaay back today, all the way back to September, 1988. Arlo & Janis was such a different strip then. Obviously, it looked different. It was more than that, though. The relationship of the characters was different. However, I don’t think that has changed so much as it has evolved. The strip then was about younger people, and the writing reflected that. There were insecurities and pressures and unknowns particular to young marriage. I’m tempted to say that, being a cartoon, these things were exaggerated, but that’s not entirely the case. Even at the time, some readers noted that the marriage of Arlo and Janis was in trouble. What did I know? I was the frog in the pot of tepid water. (Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.)