I ran across this old A&J comic in the archives and couldn’t help but be amused at how far off the mark the colorist was. This wasn’t the issue with me then that it would be now, because most newspaper comics 15 years ago were still black and white, and—in my mind—digital comics weren’t real comics. Yes, a lot has changed. It wasn’t all on the colorist; there was no communication between that anonymous toiler and myself, and this concerned me not. (See reasons stated above.) Still, it often was obvious the colorists did not actually read the strip they were coloring. I need not go into what went wrong. I have remastered the strip above, and you easily can see for yourself. And, no, it was not intended to be dirty in the least.
Colorful Explanation
By Jimmy Johnson
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201 responses to “Colorful Explanation”
Wonder if JJ is ok or having computer problems again?
Jimmy just got hit again with another heavy rain storm/ tropical depression I think. He is located near Auburn by the Alabama/ Georgia state line.
Jimmy just got hit again with another heavy rain storm/ tropical depression I think. He is located near Auburn by the Alabama/ Georgia state line.
The beginning of the arc where Gus announces he is selling “The Dock”. https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2014/02/03
Read this into March. It includes arc where Arlo loses the cow lick bird on his head. (And looks a LOT better) Thanks for posting it Mark.
Gus is a really nice person, probably my favorite character after Ludwig. I hope Jimmy never has to kill off either one but I fear for Gus. Hey, I would rather see Well and Janis divorce!
Spellchecker! Arlo and Janis.
Never!
Twenty years.
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SPAMMER
A song for remembering the ones we lost then and since:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB6yjGVuzVo
That’s the OneVoice Children’s Choir, covering Maroon 5’s “Memories.”
Superb. Beautiful.
I truly wish that my memories would bring back those who have gone ahead.
And then, to lighten the mood before going to bed, think about this bird:
https://www.ksl.com/article/50239555/have-you-seen-this-the-bird-who-cries-like-a-baby
Some truly interesting information, well written and broadly user genial.
Spammer
The same post for two weeks or longer JJ must be on another bender.
Off topic of everything:
I’m 68. I had my four wisdom teeth removed this morning while I was under full anesthesia. Came through it with no problem, and am fully lucid.
The rotten part is that I am supposed to rest for two full days and not exercise. Yeah, right. About four o’clock in the afternoon, I am going for a walk if not a jog.
May your painkillers work well!
I think my experience is highly unusual.
I have had no pain whatsoever, no swelling, no tiredness. In sum, nothing adverse has happened.
It’s as if the procedure never occurred.
Rick – as long as you were not chewing the pavement.
And your BP was not high enough to open the wound..
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How was your run?
She-who-must-be-obeyed overruled me.
Having a wife who cares about me greatly reduces my possibly stupid actions.
She-who-must-be-obeyed. Like Rumpole, do you?
Actually, even though I love British shows, I never saw one second of Rumpole.
I read the term in a newspaper column, way back years ago when my local paper actually featured columnists.
I mentioned that because that is the expression Rumpole used for his wife, Hilda. The show is Rumpole of the Bailey, and ran as part of PBS Mystery series for years.
Old Bear:
I forgot to mention this.
At the time of the procedure, my BP was 110/69, and heart rate was 58. That astonished me, considering what I was about to undergo.
I don’t think that the figures changed much during the day.
Good info and right to the point. I am not sure if this is truly the best place to ask but do you folks have any thoughts on where to employ some professional writers? Thanks in advance 🙂
Off-topic question:
Either my hearing is degrading, or speakers of American English are changing the standard pronunciation of “especially.”
I think that I am hearing “expecially” and “ekspecially” more and more frequently on radio and television.
Has anyone else noticed this, or does the problem lie with my ears only?
I’ve heard a LOT of words being pronounced differently by younger speakers today. I had thought that with TV, radio, etc., that the spoken language would become more standardized and static… but it’s still changing.
It is standardizing to a degree, I think. For example, finding someone who speaks with a true, rich Deep South accent and dialect is becoming increasingly difficult.
Otherwise, I think you are correct.
All I have to do to hear that accent is call my cousins back in the Memphis area. Within a couple of minutes, my accent will return in full force. My kids think it’s hysterical to listen to me when it happens!
The same thing happens to me when I speak with my cousin in Bowling Green, Kentucky (I was born there). It feels good both to hear it and speak it. It also feels good to be called Ricky, which is my birth name.
Hmm… Perhaps I should change my screen name to Ricky from Bowling Green.
Ghost and I often have too spell words for each other to understand what we are saying. We are both Southern.
Ah love it!
Fortunately, in all my decades in Bemidji, NYC, NOLA+, Ann Arbor, etc., & overseas [USAF + Amer. tour groups], I don’t recall hearing “ekspecially,” from either students or their elders. Believe I have heard ” ‘specially.” Face masks are a benefit [required here by the MNDH] but they make understanding harder. Surprising how much conversation involves lip-reading.
Peace,
Thanks. Perhaps there is still reason to hope that the nonstandard pronunciation will not sweep the nation.
I gave up hoping that “hopefully” would subside, along with using “forthcoming” incorrectly.
https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2007/09/02?fbclid=IwAR3LQ9cp-JQZJ_NB9suyIwL6ByLpQZUcT3z0Qgf2lOxHctvM1J-XsV-pJ8k
https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2010/07/20?fbclid=IwAR279mmbd6wIe11V4bWM_KPU3dK7dUfCcnCv8nhQsjJWu6qRIWhAzGKwxFE
https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2003/11/23?fbclid=IwAR002G-t6Ycd0tMOIZ-XHSo5c2mbuztYYuUv7ULySvuORDhKvkZoegiCDwA
Rick
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Momma Bear had her wisdom teeth out 52 1/2 years ago – she said she looked like a Pocket Gopher.
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I had one tooth out because it was sideways 40 years ago , went to my regular dentist, other than Novocain
not even aspirin. (Aspirin may be contra-indicated because of blood thinning.) (Salt water rinse)
Still have 3 (well still have 4th, but it is in box) maybe that is why I am such a wise acre.
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Son had his out 25 yes ago before he got braces had to go to Dental Surgeon.
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So everyone is different.
Thanks for the info.
For some inexplicable, I was one of the fortunate ones.
Rixk I hope Ghost will not be angry I post this but his birth name is Jimmy. The famous writer was born Ricky, not Rick Braggs. It is a very Southern thing.
So is the double name. None of my southern family call me Jackie but Jackquline. Many called me Jackquline Ann. I would love to hear that again.
Jackie:
You’re right. It is indeed a very Southern thing.
My middle name is Louis (as was my dad’s), and I used to be called Ricky Louis quite a bit, even when I wasn’t in trouble.
I have not heard it in decades, and I miss it.
Today is my birthday; I’m now 72 years old.
Congratulations!!
May you have many more years, all filled with health and happiness.
Happy birthday from Jackie and Ghost!
When a kid heard both names they knew they were in DEEP trouble –
no matter what section of the country.
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Our grandparents used the middle name – a Scandinavian thing I believe,
but then we had 3 generations at a time (5 total -with cousins 7) with the same first name.
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And no it was not Old 🙂
Yes, and that’s still true, sometimes. My sister’s dog is Sadie Elizabeth, but she only uses both names when the dog’s being bad. Mostly, my cat is just called Leo, but on rare occasions he’s bad enough to get called by his full name, Leopold! (The exclamation mark is part of his full name; a Know Award goes to the first person to explain why.)
Rick, Ghost middle name is a family last name that his family used for generations apparently. That is name they called him, not his first name. I found it all over on Ancestry. Com. I think that is another very Southern thing.
My grandson has a last name for middle name. I know in going back in geneology generations it gets confusing. On my dad’s side they are all “Rufus,” All over America!
Until I was about 10 and received a check for my birthday from my mom’s sister, I thought her name was Maryalice, not Mary Alice.
Ah love it.
Nearly everyone pronounced Aunt Joan and Aunt Jo Ann. I honestly did not know how to spell her name correctly until my late teens, maybe early twenties.
My wife’s Aunt was Joan….pronounced Jo-Ann. She spent a lifetime correcting people on it.
And until I was old enough to read, I thought that the name of the potato chip company was Lauris Gutter.