As promised, here’s the earlier version of the Sunday A&J comic from last November, that reran here yesterday. It wasn’t quite as old as I remembered; it was from 1993. I included the two bonus panels at the top, which are designed to be disposable, because I wanted you to see the store shopping bag. In the recent version of the strip, you’ll notice a cardboard box. In the strip from 2014, most of us would conclude Janis purchased the skirt online, and it had been delivered. I think that’s probably the single biggest difference in the strips, drawn 21 years apart. There’s something else that sticks out, something that bedeviled me for many years. In the older strip, Arlo and Janis are roughly the same height. By most reckoning, this would put Janis on the tall side or Arlo on the short side or a little of both. It just seemed to be that way. For no particular reason other than creating visual contrast (think “Mutt & Jeff”), I consciously reminded myself for years to make Arlo a little taller than Janis. Now, it comes kind of naturally, but it took awhile. I now think of Arlo as average in height and Janis perhaps a little taller than average. But not much. There, have I written enough for today?
Redoing the Redux
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182 responses to “Redoing the Redux”
The URL for the TIP BlogSpot just posted at the bottom of the “next” p. =
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
Silly Jimmy. Janis is wearing high heels with that skirt, naturally.
More likely platforms given the age of today’s retro.
From yesterday’s blog, regarding today’s strip:
Debbe, Denise and Sand: I agree with Sand. No depression, just a sense of mortality. The Village has experienced mortality during the past few months. I felt that the strip of today recognized those experiences and, in a way, saluted them. Thanks, Jimmy…
Gal, you are so right: Jimmy did it beautifully.
I’d love to see my wife in a short skirt, again. Thirty-two years and I still melt at the sight of her.
Fascinating insight on the heights of Arlo and Janis, but does Arlo always have to have the Jimmy Durante nose? 🙂
OF due 1103-1123 CST.
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
Overcast in the Geyser Basin today, condensation on the top half of the webcam lens.
Both high heels and platforms seem idiotic to me.
Peace, emb
Just came in to say: I think this is one of the coolest things you’ve ever done with this website! Thanks for sharing, and kudos for, um, trying something new by trying something old, I guess!
Spock just said, “Beam me up, Mr. Scott.” Goodbye, Mr. Nimoy, and thank you.
Lest we forget the, as Denise put it, “upper half”…
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/1995/03/06
Even if it did cause Janis to get momentarily carried away…
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/1995/03/24
Live Eternally and prosper, Spock
OF due 1536-1556 CST. emb
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
I will miss Leonard Nimoy’s acting, always good, Spock or not, yet Spock was best. No matter how hard they try there will never be a Spock as good.
GR6
Good ones!!!!!!
Will have to add those two to my A&J collection!
LLAP, Mr. Nimoy. I followed him on twitter. A treat, he was always posting nifty tidbits.
Today real-time makes me happy. To me, it’s just learning to enjoy the moment. I am not a morning person, but watching the sun rise through a large tree that lives across the street from my store is one of those small moments.
Would that Janis would junk those ferschlugginer camisoles!
Sad day in Russia, Putin opponent gunned down in the street.
Russian politician Nemtsov shot dead http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31669061
Mr. Nimoy’s last tweet, posted on Feb. 23: A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP
I am on a flight tomorrow afternoon, hope to be back home soon.
OF seems to be starting up NOW. It’s due. URL above.
That has always been my favorite Janis hair!
I believe we voted for the new “do”, many years ago, when the change took place daily. Every day for a week Janis had different hair. (Am I remembering this correctly?)
Jay
Nothing ~ a NNE wind to spoil an OF eruption. OF next due 1746-1806 CST, pray for a change in the wind.
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
Peace, emb
sand, as someone said on the InterWebNet, Nemtsov’s death will be ruled a suicide.
GR6, one hell of a marksman to shoot self in the back four times.
May peace be with you.