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Colorful Explanation

By Jimmy Johnson

September 21, 2006


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.


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201 responses to “Colorful Explanation”

  1. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    This is how my Mama said that I and my cousins pronounced my name Jackquline Ann Hodgson—
    “JacknenAnn Hoddy”

    I became nicknamed “Hoddy” as that was all some could manage. Some still call me that. Some still call me Jackqulineann – the Southern double name- despite that I quit at about 8 and went to Jackie.

    By the time I was 8 I was living outside the South and no one could spell my name anyway!

  2. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    May I go “heal” with the kids?

  3. Butteruss Avatar
    Butteruss

    9/16/21 – Momsplaining?

  4. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    When I was young had a relative we called Sandrafaster – I thought that was her name
    .
    But she was grandfathers sister (faster= fathers sister= aunt) and I was in 30’s before I knew her name was Alexandra.
    .
    btw farbror is uncle

  5. Ruth Anne in Winter Park Avatar
    Ruth Anne in Winter Park

    The “southern thing” may have contributed to my double name but there’s a simpler explanation. My mother was Ruth so I was called Ruth Anne. Similarly, my father was Robert and my brother was called Bob – which worked until I married another Bob. When my brother’s son arrived, they continued the first name Robert tradition but he has always gone by his middle name – although I don’t believe the Air Force went along with that 🙂

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    Anonymous

    Its been a long time without hearing from JJ. Hope he’s ok

    1. Mark in TTown Avatar
      Mark in TTown

      He commented on a couple of my FB posts Wednesday. Don’t know why he hasn’t changed the retro here.

  7. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Happy Birthday, United States Constitution. (Signed September 17, 1787, by the Founding Fathers)

    1. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
      Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

      Hear! Hear!

      I’m glad to see that someone else also knows the significance of this day.

  8. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    People over on GoComics seem upset Arlo is eating the restaurant leftovers Ludwig declined. Why did I not think it shocking Arlo ate them?

    I learned a lot about Hindu beliefs it seems?

    1. Mark in TTown Avatar
      Mark in TTown

      I think it’s the notion that Ludwig has licked up the juices in the container with the food, and now Arlo is eating it after Ludwig’s been in it.

  9. Galliglo in Ohio Avatar
    Galliglo in Ohio

    I spilled a glass of milk on my laptop on Tuesday (?). Can’t remember exactly. And – of course – it is dead! My new laptop was delivered today, and I am just now catching up on all the blog comments. I missed you!

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    Louis Pasteur

    Sacre bleu! If you’ve lived with indoor pets for a few years, you’ve been exposed to a lot more than a little animal spit.

  11. emb Avatar
    emb

    Everyone in this elder home wears masks / MNDH rules, hand-sanitizes often, & such, but most lick their fingers when turning a library book’s pages. Peace,

    1. Bob in Orland Park Avatar
      Bob in Orland Park

      Great video!!

  12. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    In my life all surfaces have had cat and/or dog hair. I dare say it counts as a food additive in many dishes.

    I had a neighbor with a home based commercial kitchen who had pets and rescued parrots. We joked about how many dog hair and feathers were allowed?

    This actually is how good inspection world-wide you can have so many mouse hair but not a whole mouse!

    Her baked products were delicious, with or without feathers. I bought them.

  13. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    Danged spell check rewrote my post entirely!

    Little of this is as I wrote in last post!

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