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

Est. 1985

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Gone Tomorrow

By Jimmy Johnson


The short sequence from 1997 wherein Arlo gets his trade-mark longish hair trimmed continues. It isn’t exactly autobiographical, but the cartoonist did attempt to run away with a dental hygienist one time. I think I mentioned an art sale for a good cause a few weeks ago. We’ll talk more about that this week, but for now I must go.

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90 responses to “Gone Tomorrow”

  1. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Well, it ate two of mine.

  2. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    A few days before I reported for basic training, I did something I’d always wanted to do…cut my own (rather long) hair. It looked so bad the military buzz-cut was actually an improvement.

  3. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Am I prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse, sand? Not really a thing on my radar, but let’s see…

    *Food and Water – Check (Works for hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, ice storms and, I suppose, sharknadoes, as well.)

    *Ammo – Check (I haven’t inventoried it lately but probably about 5000 rounds in various calibers; mostly FMJ practice ammo, but that should serve quite well for zombie plinking.)

    *Backup Weapon – Surely you jest!

    *Lights and Batteries – Plenty of them (My latest High Lumen light has Bluetooth, I kid you not. I can control it with my phone. I can set it up away from me and turn it on and off remotely in strobe mode to attract zombies for plinking.)

    *Shelter – No problem (There’ll be lots to spare when the zombies finish evicting all the people who weren’t prepared for them.)

  4. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Thought for the day:

    “If voting made any difference, they would not let us do it.โ€

    ~ Mark Twain

  5. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Debbe ๐Ÿ˜‰ Life’s a beach.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYiGA_rIls

    Looks as though Sheryl has been doing her ab crunches rather religiously.

  6.  Avatar

    Mark Twain always nailed it and still does.

  7. buzz Avatar

    “That old bat can go suck eggs!”

    Dang, Jimmy, that’s pretty dark!

  8.  Avatar

    Southern women are and no matter what Jimmy says, his women are aouthern.

    We are complex xarbohydrates.

  9.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Dehhe we love you and are hoping things are going well or at least better. Think of you a lot.
    Hold on honey.

  10. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    That would be a somewhat different take on “Don’t try to teach your grandma how to suck eggs.”

    I wonder what is the Recommended Daily Allowance of “complex xarbohydrates”.

  11. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Love the eagle and the Crow. Where has Debbe gone?

  12. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jerry in FL, to answer your question about Debbe: Old Bear on 17 Apr 2016 at 11:13 pm #

    Debbe has informed me that she may not be making comment here
    for several days โ€“ she is OK but in a VERY stressful situation right now.
    I think she will need lots of Big Hugs.

  13. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    I think Jimmy has shared the throwback strip before. It reminds me of when I was single and a female barber asked if I wanted my hair shampooed. Like Arlo, I really enjoyed it.

    My son completed the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:10. He was hoping for a 2:50, but conditions were a bit warm for this time of year. I think that he qualified for the race last September in nearly the same weather (72ยฐ) but he had been training in the warm weather last summer. The heat was a bit too much shock to his system. The police presence in Boston was overwhelming.

  14. domaucan1 Avatar
    domaucan1

    Today’s strip reminded me of the old Louis Jordan 40’s tune, “It must be jelly, ’cause jam don’t shake like that!”

    Pax vobiscum. God bless us every one.

  15. Llee Avatar

    GR, you’ve forgotten the cricket bat. A baseball bat will also work. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Love you, Deb.

  16. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    domaucam1: Also, “Jam Up and Jelly Tight”. ๐Ÿ™‚

  17. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    As I understand it, Llee, one cannot use a cricket bat for self-dense in Formally Great Britain, or anything else, for that matter, as if you injure someone who is attacking you, you are considered a criminal, too. Apparently, this is the only form of self-defense allowed in FGB.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FPELc1wEvk

  18. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Our cellphones aren’t just out to drive us crazy with typos, they’re really hurting us: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/health/from-text-neck-to-blackberry-thumb-the-surprising-injuries-infli/

  19.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Where does cricket bat comment appear? I seem to be missing part of conversation here, can’t find it. Dickenson and I are on front porch again. I love the south. If I stay here I will blimp up again.

    Mark, I cannot imagine you with a shaved head. Sorry. Like Bull on Night Court?

    My hair dresser once got me to cut mine really short, like a man’s cut. Went to Dallas market and everyone thought I was coming out. I wasn’t.

  20.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Dickens. Complex carbohydrates. New phone.

  21. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jackie, since I wear glasses, it was more like Mr. Rumbold on Are You Being Served.

    http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsS/tve16155-82-23.jpg

  22. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Thank goodness I don’t have his ears!

  23. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    See, planning healthy meals is not difficult if you just apply a little ingenuity.

    http://www.jokeoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/salad-for-dinner.jpg

  24. David in Austin Avatar
    David in Austin

    Ghost, I think you may still use a shrubbery, at least if you can say “Ni” (my auto-correct won’t allow the exclamation point without changing to “No!” I wonder if that is an editorial judgement on Monty Python?)