Do you remember the above “old” Arlo & Janis comic? You should; it first appeared in newspapers and on GoComics.com earlier this month. What you probably don’t remember is the strip below that first ran November 30, 2004. I obviously didn’t!
I ran across the 2004 version this morning, while rummaging for something to post. I’ve been drawing Arlo & Janis for a long time. I’ve always suspected things such as this happen, but I’ve never stumbled upon such damning evidence. I looked up comments here and at GoComics from the day the recent version came out, Nov. 3. It was with mixed emotions I discovered no one else caught it either. I have to admit, it isn’t a joke one would remember 13 years later. I did notice both cartoons were from November. I suspect they were the result of me stowing away on the overbooked Pumpkin Spice Latte Train.
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Classic era Greeks apparently thought index toes should be longer than big toes, and so sculpted them in gods, heroes, etc. Jean-Baptiste Regnault, in late 18th c., either agreed w/ them, or painted toes that way because the girls [or one model] represented Gr. mythology. Whatever, they’re kinda cute. Peace,
Hairless pubes have been standard [but not universal] for millennia, both paintings and, since 1800s in art photos. Some decades back, you could not send tasteful nude photos through the US Mail if pubes showed. One hair got past them, in a classic photo by [horny] Edward Weston. Model became his lover, for a time, and wrote an illustrated bk about it. I’d never noticed that one hair ’til she mentioned it.
Peace,
Granted, “That and [amount of money] will buy you a [thing]” is a fairly common phrase anyway.
I’ve seen folks catch Garfield reusing jokes almost verbatim too (presumably also unintentionally).
Garfield recycles drawings and just changes the speech balloons overhead.
That’s been rumored for years of course.
Apparently shaving body parts has been around for centuries including men’s chests and other parts as well.
Why seems odd to me honestly but is quite evident at my nudist club.
It does nothing to “enhance” anything I have seen.
Plz look up China’s new aircraft carrier. Look at all of the pictures. No it’s not real. They even show you that you can get a model with one hull or two hull’s. At least they show you the model’s. I don’t know if you can order one.
More pictures showing the ski ramp. Somebody had a lot of fun doing this hoax. They even show how it can be assembled on a computer.
Jackie, I read somewhere that the purpose of shaving those parts is to make the person look somewhat prepubescent?
That clearly was the artist’s intent in painting the nubile and very young girls for their older male clients who liked young girls.
While I obviously am not offended by nudity I don’t find Melchers sophomoric humor funny or worthy of calling a cartoon.
Jerry in FL, You had me going there. Checked and the Chinese really did commission a home-built carrier this year. And there is a hoax story that has been going around a long time that is the one you refer to. The real carrier is built along the same lines as the one they bought from the Soviets with the “ski ramp” for launching jump jets. Very similar to the UK design for launching Harriers.
Jackie’s cancer treatments have made a bit of a restless sleeper of her. I commented tonight that it was somewhat akin to sleeping with one of the Flying Wallendas. (She laughed, so I guess that’s OK to repeat here.)
Thanks Mark. I didn’t know about that. Very interesting. I wonder why we don’t do that.
The Harrier type aircraft are not as capable as the regular jets. Shorter range, harder to fly and more mechanically complex, more difficult and expensive to maintain. Not having the angled flight deck also makes the whole ship less capable than the bigger carriers because you have less room for flight operations.
Good morning. On my good behavior, off to Tulsa to see my cancer surgeon and my plastic surgeon.
Driven by a very good looking long legged “sharp dressed man.”
Oops, I promised good behavior .