Freaky Halloween

by Jimmy Johnson

October 27, 1989


Strictly speaking, “The Summer of 35” is over, but I’m going to keep showing some older material for a few weeks more. Some of you seem to enjoy it, and it’s a bit of an education for those of you who haven’t been following the strip since its early days. I chose two strips from October of 1989, because the bewitching season is nigh, but the first strip has additional significance. When Arlo & Janis launched, a major premise was that the couple had been counter-culture types in their youth. They were not straight from the corner of Haight and Ashbury, for heaven’s sake; this was a newspaper comic strip after all. No, they were like many of us at that time. Their deepest commitments had been to wearing weird clothing and having lots of (We thought!) previously forbidden fun. Now married with a young son, Arlo and Janis were set up to be gobsmacked daily by life’s realities. Ha ha.


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63 responses to “Freaky Halloween”

  1. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    Where has everyone gone?

    About Monday’s current strip, thank you for this one! Arlo expresses EXACTLY how I feel.

    Yes, I am tired and depressed by my lockdown. I am wasting what is left of my life. But I am hardly willing to give it up because I miss eating restaurant food.

    Arlo says it and nailed it.

    1. Mark in TTown Avatar
      Mark in TTown

      Some folks must be on Facebook. Those old strips I posted have gotten more response than anything else I ever put on Facebook. Youre very popular, Jimmy.

      1. Jackie Avatar
        Jackie

        Haven’t the responses and comments been great Mark? It is so great seeing that. I asked Ghost last night if he tjought Jimmy knew how amazing the fan page was growing?

        Still can’t get Ghost to join but he did look at the jokes.

        Keep posting Mark, people are really enjoying.

  2. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    Here I am 15 hours later. Had a major root canal dug through a $7000 bridge. Had no idea they could do that! Idea is to save the tooth, bridge and three “teeth.”

    Entertaining myself over on Facebook Arlo and Janis Fans with choice examples of Jimmy’s work, all positive. I hope Jimmy doesn’t mind?

    Mark is contributing lots of grist for the mill.

    1. Mark in TTown Avatar
      Mark in TTown

      Helping you find the strips is fun and I’m seeing material I don’t recall reading when it was new. I had a cleaning at my dentist yesterday and found that there are 6 teeth he plans to extract from the lower jaw. Now I have to figure out when to schedule that.

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