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‘Work with Arlo & Janis’

By Jimmy Johnson


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I’ll return to the classic A&J cartoons soon, but I want to announce, formally, that the oft-delayed Kickstarter campaign has launched. It went live yesterday about noon. I did post a short message about it late yesterday morning, and I want to thank those of you who already have responded. The campaign is a third of the way to its $10,000 goal already! Yes, fund raisers must set a goal within Kickstarter, and if that goal is not met no funds are collected. It’s as if nothing ever happened. However, this is the point where I should mention that the sky is the limit when it comes to exceeding the stated goal. Insert smiley face.

I’m new to all this myself. We have a lot to talk about. For one thing, exactly what is this big project for which I’m campaigning? And there’s much to talk about in the area of rewards, which will be the fun part. They’re fluid, by the way. Rewards can be changed or added during the course of the fund-raiser. Let’s do it this way: if you’re at all interested, go to my Kickstarter page; watch the silly little video over which I toiled for hours and hours; familiarize yourself with the project; check out the rewards. We’ll meet back here over the next few days, and I’ll try to cover all the questions. Whether you participate or not, I hope you enjoy the project. Go here: Work with Arlo & Janis

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49 responses to “‘Work with Arlo & Janis’”

  1. domaucan1 Avatar
    domaucan1

    God bless us every one.

  2. emb Avatar
    emb

    Today’s cartoon: When I was 10, I knew, though I had no idea why. Or maybe I did. It was about then that I asked Mom the meaning of a four letter word that even The New Yorker now prints regularly. She said ‘Talk with your father.’ Peace,

  3.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Met Gary and family last night and went for a fun dinner involving Poutine barbque and Jack Daniel’s. Gary and entire family are funny, smart, knowledgeable, kind and loving people. What else would one expect from the Village?

  4. Bonnie from Gloucester MA Avatar
    Bonnie from Gloucester MA

    The parsonage restoration is obviously a labor of love. Great job on the video “pitch”. I laughed out loud….several times. Oh yeah, the restoration documentation was well done, too. And enticing rewards. “My stars!”, as Janis would say. I hope you meet your goal. Good luck!

    Thank you, Bonnie! You know, I’ll be in Massachusetts next month! — JJ

  5. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Jimmy, would the “see-saw” artwork above happen to be that for either the “Thank You” card or the “Original Sketch”?

    I like it quite a bit, even if it might have benefited from Janis displaying a bit of cleavage. But hey, that’s just me. 🙂

  6. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Been there, done that. Just never on Bastille Day, that I can recall.

    http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2012/07/14

  7. Burns Fisher Avatar
    Burns Fisher

    Pledge entered!

    Where will you be in MA? I’m right on the border in NH!

  8. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Burns, he will be here: http://bostoncomiccon.com/

  9. Blinky the Wonder Wombat Avatar
    Blinky the Wonder Wombat

    Boston is a little too far me, but it sounds like a perfect setting for a Village meet up!

  10. Bonnie from Gloucester Ma Avatar
    Bonnie from Gloucester Ma

    I’m already ticketed for ComicCon Boston on Saturday. Good thing I have my A&J t-shirt. Otherwise, I’d feel sooooo underdressed. If Jimmy wants to offer hints about a good time to pounce on him, I’d welcome them.

  11. emb Avatar
    emb

    TIP BlogSpot:

    http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/

    Busy now, and cannot figure original out. Setting and figures are wrong for the Prodigal Son. Maybe later.

    Peace,

  12. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    emb, based on Google search, it is a version of the return of the prodigal son. You got it right.

  13. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Artistic license, perhaps?

  14. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jackie, Lezlie, Dickens and Stella have made it into the US from Canada. (Stella’s the boat). However a trailer wheel bearing caught fire and they had to pull off into a parking lot. No damage to anything other than the wheel, and nobody hurt. But they are trying to figure out who can move and repair a trailer loaded with a boat.

    Here are Jackie, the boat’s builder Jonas, Stella the boat and the trailer : https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13654370_273047309737218_5967407923554861977_n.jpg?oh=8908b77e8b025d4dc78b598eabe3aa05&oe=57E8E60A

  15. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Ditch the trailer and get one that can carry that boat. That’s my suggestion.

  16. David in Austin Avatar
    David in Austin

    Apparently, the existing axle on the trailer for Jackie’s new boat is rated at 3500… close, but under the weight of the boat and rigging. The trailer repair shop is recommending that they add a second axle to reduce the load on each axle and individual wheel. Luckily they have Dickens, the Adventure Dog because this apparently has become an adventure.

  17. emb Avatar
    emb

    Mark: Yep, ‘The Prodigal Son.! Also another one, ‘Dividing the inheritance,’ Dad pictured as not quite as old a man.

    TIP BlogSpot:

    http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/

    Nikolay Losev was born in 1927 and died young in 1999, 72 or so, thus spending most of his life in the Soviet era, perhaps never read Luke 15. By now, he may have. Dad was not an old man, and did not meet the kid in front of the house. He ran out to meet the kid on the road, most undignified for a proper Jew, who would have had to life his robe to run, thus exposing his legs. Shameful!

    Paix

  18. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Sometimes, there is such a thing as too much adventure.

    Judging by the photos on the Boston Comic Con site, I’m guessing that prize-winning female cosplayers don’t have to have big boobs, but also that it doesn’t hurt their chances. Jean would know more about that than I. 🙂

    If someone cosplays Arlo or Janis, we will, of course, expect to see pictures.

  19. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Ghost, there is a possibility someone could cosplay Ludwig too. Since furry animals are popular in those events.

  20. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    emb, artistic license, maybe?

  21. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    And I just found an Easter Egg on this site. If you click on the see-saw drawing above, it takes you to the Kickstarter project page Jimmy is working with.

  22. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    This looks like fun! Electric go karts on an indoor track. Too bad its in Huntsville.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84auosGR1Do

  23. emb Avatar
    emb

    Mark: I suspect ignorance is more likely. Good draughtsman, though.

    Saw more phalaropes this afternoon at:

    http://expl ore.org/live-cams/player/orcalab-base

    [remember to close up expl ore before clicking] than I could count. Droves feeding in the currents N of Hanson I., in the strait N. of Vancouver I. Resolution was good enough to reveal they were Red-Necked Phalaropes. Map 236 in the big ‘Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of N. Amer.’ shows them not reaching that far S. on the Pacific coast, but they obviously do. They mostly overwinter off coastal S. and C. Amer. Also saw at least one Sea Otter, and maybe some Harbor Seals. Within the last half hour, saw what were probably surfacing Humpback Whales; very shallow surfacing, no spouting, but some tell-tail dorsal fins. Paix,

  24. Steve From Royal Oak, Mi Avatar

    Jimmy I am glad that you are doing this for the parsonage. In a crazy world that we live in it is so good to know that GOOD people still exist.

    For those who have lost ones or are reminded if that loss with all of the Madness in the world today:

    https://youtu.be/YvEVEbhYDI4