We’re getting to be like old friends, aren’t we? I know I’ve shown you this cartoon before and told you this story, but here it is again. Speaking of Hurricanes. The framed original of this 1997 A&J strip belonged to my good friend and neighbor John in Pass Christian. Being a painter himself, he particularly admired the artwork in this particular piece. However, it was lost in Hurricane Katrina, along with John’s house and much of everything else he owned. In the days after the storm, I helped John pick through the rubble of his home, and we saved many things, including some art pieces, but we never found this cartoon.
121 responses to “Seascape”
I had a dream of being on a deserted island….Cakes pies, ice cream, cookies.
I had the Doctor make sure the check me for diabetes the next time. I passed.
I first started following your blog after Hurricane Katrina. 2004 & 2005 were tough years for us on the Gulf Coast. I walked out onto my patio and looked up through the eye of Ivan in 2004 and Katrina hit less than a year later.
When the big tornado came through here in 2011, people were finding photos, documents and all sorts of other things miles from the homes they had been stored in.
I’m glad you shared this strip again with us, because a quiet, isolated place sounds very nice right now.
While most Arlo & Janis strips can be described as minimalist in that any background is drawn either to establish location or set up a joke, beach-themed strips are always full of detail that go beyond the service of the joke.
My favorite was the arc when Gene and Mary Lou first reconnected. Although the story only really needed dialog, JJ provided wonder seascapes as the youngsters walked along the beachfront. Is there any doubt that JJ loves the beach?
From today’s A.W.A.D. Eisenhower, Dwight D., 34th POTUS (14 Oct. 1890-.) “An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame-Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.” A.161014 [I’ll look up his DOD later; must get ready to suit up and help inaugurate the new BSU president. Cannot find my mortarboard but will substitute; can’t find Greek fisherman’s cap either.] Peace,
God bless us every one. God bless the USA. Pax vobiscum.
I had not remembered this one but I love it. One of best columns I ever did was called “Could You Get off the Island?” I did a satirical boat sinking and asked a number of well known designers and builders how they would get off. Creatively.
Mark, it will seem that way at times.
And here’s some Beach Boys music to go with Arlo’s island dreaming.
https://youtu.be/mP07Oyr7enQ
I remember your Katrina stuff being as good as anything else I saw on that tragic event. But you originally were a journalist, right?
Listening to Kris K. On Pandora to get stoked at seeing him get an award he highly deserves. And to hear his music at a venue my late husband would never go to for 20 years here in Oklahoma. He might have gone to this one, he did like Kris and the Highwaymen.
For those who don’t know Kris has alzheimers but is still playing.
Jimmy I am so happy to see you over on Facebook. Hope this is part of your new promotion campaign. I am feeding you a steady supply of my friends over there and hoping they will come visit The Village. My friends like comics as much as I do.
Symply I am simply envious of your strip office.
Jackie, it’s not Alzheimers. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kris-kristofferson-misdiagnosed-alzheimers-has-lyme-disease/
I have to brag a bit. One of my nephews works in the Office of U.S. Trade Representative. He just posted this on FB – “Sometimes your boss has everybody from the office over to his house for a drink, just to say thanks for all of your hard work, which is nice. And sometimes you get to fist bump the President of the United States, which is also pretty special.” – along with some lovely pictures taken on the White House lawn.
His brother is an Air Force JAG officer. Yeah, I’m pretty proud of them 🙂
I’d brag too. Great kids to claim. I am outside Little Rock right now, late getting away from Oklahoma. You’d think I would be bored doing nothing.
You all who are on Facebook need to go to Friends of Arlo and Janis. Jimmy is there personally. Cool.
What a great story about Kris Kristopherson. I had heard the sad dementia diagnosis so I was expecting a sad concert now I am really looking forward to it. I love his smile and wicked grin.
Are others of you getting German language ads for Survey Monkey?
SurveyMonkey® – Pro Registrierung
Beschreibung Der Likert-skala Der Wert Unseres Bezahlten Accounts
surveymonkey.de [de = Deutschland]
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That was next to today’s A&J when I clicked above, but they’ve shown up elsewhere, not rel. to this website. I’ve taken several Survey Monkey surveys, but have never used it to make a survey. Hope I’d do better questions than some that appear there. Should, considering 36 yr. of writing ‘objective’ questions. I’ve had to pull a few off tests, but very few. Wonder if this will get ‘moderated’?
Peace
Could you not re-draw the cartoon for your friend?
Don’t answer surveys. Made it to Little Rock and stopping. Glamorous travel, truck stop and Subway sandwich to take to room, filled tank. I watched a guy in a Ford 250 put 0ver $300 tanks. Obviously customized gas tanks.
Have enough trouble with Hal and English. God knows what he’d say in German.
All gas stations seem to be truck tops now
Best Subway sandwich in my life. Whole grain Flatbread with Chia seeds and roast beef, spinach, tomato and black olives, no dressings.and that sweet manager gave Dickens about three times the roast beef of a normal sandwich and me three times too, at no extra charge. If he does that for all the blondes that smile widely he will have awful margins.
No German questions on my page for today’s strip. Maybe the fact that I have AdBlock Plus installed makes a difference. I would add that I get no English questions, either. Had I seen either, I would not have clicked anyway.
Haven’t yet had a Subway hero since being able to chew, but I still managed to put back almost all the weight I had lost. Pshaw.
Good one, Jackie – HAL doing his thing in surprising [to him] German might be a real hoot!!
If JJ redid the cartoon for his friend, it still would not be the original.
Try HAL in several languages and observe; report.
Here’s some easy Welsh for it: Dych chi’n hoffi coffi?
Try that new wholegrain flat bread. I am not going to order the regular rolls again. The flat bread is soft, easier eaten and held a ton of vegs and roast beef. It is brand new, I knew they had white flat bread. I will look for calories.
Good morning Villagers….
Couldn’t get onto my site yesterday. so I posted on Ian’s. Guess that’s where my yesterday morning posts are…still getting use to this laptop. So much to it.
Been a long week and still have the weekend to go. Belts broke and an auger out…oh my. Have I use the word antiquated before???
Going into the homestead after work today and hopefully put in a little time in helping out. Unfortunately, my stepsister will be there and I will hold my head high and laugh and cut up.
Then on Sunday, my baby sister and I (after work) are going to spray for fleas at Dad’s again. Seems he’s let in a couple of pregnant mama cats who have had kittens….some of which died. Going to be a long and tiring weekend.
…more to come
Skittles did a parody to Johnny Cash’s “Walk the Line”….are you ready for this 🙂
“I keep a close watch on these eggs of mine.
I keep my eyes on these chickens all the time.
It seems like I’m walking all the time.
Because I….I walk the lines.”
I just love that kid…..