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Sirens of the City

By Jimmy Johnson


I haven’t shown this old favorite in a while. It’s from March, 2005. A free tee-shirt to the person who asks the question first.

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68 responses to “Sirens of the City”

  1. TruckerRon Avatar

    Someone was lost in thought!

  2. Mark from Maine Avatar
    Mark from Maine

    What French island is he dreaming of?

  3. minnesotadon Avatar
    minnesotadon

    I am curious…”what question”? Of course “what question” is a question?

  4. ToysGeo Avatar
    ToysGeo

    Whatever happened to Arlo’s sailboat? Did I miss that story?

    You win the T-shirt. — JJ

  5.  Avatar

    Will we see Arlos sailboat again in the strip?

  6. Snortwood Avatar
    Snortwood

    True story?

  7. sandcastler™ Avatar
    sandcastler™

    Looks like Homer’s Odyssey, 1997 film version by Ford and Konchalovsky. Jimmy, for the tshirt, Homer’s Odyssey?

  8.  Avatar

    Tried to Share today’s sailing strip on Facebook and somehow I am doing something wrong. How do I do that? I want to post it on my sailing groups.

    And Pachobels Canon is playing in background with crashing waves and sea sounds.

  9.  Avatar

    I’d take him to the club house.

  10. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    OK, I’ll play.

    “Why are the beach babes wearing swimsuits in Arlo’s daydream?”

    Although ToysGeo has probably already asked “Whatever happened to Arlo’s sailboat?” for the win.

  11. RayRay Avatar
    RayRay

    HAVE YOU BEEN PEEKING IN MY WINDOW?

  12. Tombo Avatar

    All good questions.
    Mine is “What’s up with the coloring?”
    The entire dream sequence should have been in bright colors, followed by reality in gray.
    I think getting minions that color the strips properly has been a problem for JJ in the past.

  13. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jackie, I got it into the Welsford group. That was where you wanted it, right?

  14. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jackie, using Google Chrome, I right clicked on the image, and then selected copy image. Then FB let me post it like a photo.

  15.  Avatar

    I hope the question is Do We Get A Sailing Teeshirt?

  16.  Avatar

    The next question is how did Loons GI virus get to Oklahoma with the pollen?

  17. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    What question? I got distracted by the strip…I mean the the picture in the strip…er drawings.

  18. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    On second thought: I don’t “get” this strip. Can you please explain?

  19. Ginger in Auburn Avatar
    Ginger in Auburn

    I’ll ask, What beach is this in Arlo’s dreams? and I’ll wager an answer, I think it’s Cuba.

  20. Ginger in AU, AL Avatar
    Ginger in AU, AL

    I’ll ask, What beach is this in Arlo’s dreams? and I’ll wager an answer, I think it’s Cuba.

  21.  Avatar

    I think you are right on Cuba.

  22. emb Avatar
    emb

    “Why are the beach babes wearing swimsuits in Arlo’s daydream?” Because A&J pretends to be a “family” strip. Likely some “readers” regard it as such. And it is about a family, though we’ve not seen the kids lately. Best strip anywhere. Peace,

  23. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Yep…called it at 9:37 AM.

    Do I win a cut-off t-shirt for that?

  24.  Avatar

    The most Adult of any strip being drawn. The rest are pubescent.

    I have the vocabulary of a well educated sailor.