Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 21, 2012

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    revtry  about 12 years ago

    YEAH!!!!

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    Cofyjunky  about 12 years ago

    Ohhhh! Now I get it, from yesterday. I had to look really close to see the BLUE bird-poop that ended up on his jacket. WTH is wrong with the colorist of the strip? And who’s doing it?? If it had shown up WHITE like it should have, we’d’ve all seen what Mary Lou was looking at yesterday.

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    rcerinys701  about 12 years ago

    I always wondered what Arlo and Janis last name was.

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    chireef  about 12 years ago

    isn’t it a sign of good luck to have a bird “drop” on you?

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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member about 12 years ago

    Huh? Isn’t his mom sitting there watching? Btw, the colorists should have made that med. blue splotch white as it is on cartoonist’s website.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 12 years ago

    Eeeek — there were at least 30 comments yesterday, explaining about the coloring mistake…including, give or take, a couple of dozen links or suggestions to see Jimmy Johnson’s site….

    I even posted a close-up image of the corrected panel with the white seagull poop.Let’s not start all over again!!

    LOL!!!

    BTW…. colorists get about 10 minutes to fill in a daily strip…. generally, one not-very-well-paid hour per week per comic..Some color several strips…. but none can quit their day jobs for the 4 or 5 hours of low pay every week.

    The cartoonist seldom gets a chance to give special instructions, or, if there were some, they might get lost somewhere between the syndicate, the colorists, and the company in the middle that contracts with both…Good colorists usually read the strip for clues….

    but when the art is ambiguous and you only have 10 minutes a day…. mistakes happen.

    One week Stone Soup was all about a “green sweater”…. which was never shown in green, proving the hand that wielded the virtual crayons never read the dialogue.

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    Arianne  about 12 years ago

    Clean up on panel two! Mom to the rescue!

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    Arianne  about 12 years ago

    From tears of joy to tears of hilarity. This is just one of the inherent risks a couple takes when they opt for a romantic beach wedding, but at least this wedding will always be memorable. (My husband dropped my wedding ring as he went to put it on my finger, and one of his goofy friends yelled out, “Way to go, Joe!” Not exactly how I would have planned things, but in the blur of excitement and nerves, it is one moment that I recall clearly. Very Clearly! Our 34th anniversary is next month.) So, a new era dawns with the start of a new Day family! Congratulations to us all!

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    night ranger  about 12 years ago

    Must be a Flock of Seagulls !

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    sammydee3 Premium Member about 12 years ago

    maybe it was the blue bird of happiness that gave them it’s blessing…

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    Tue Elung-Jensen  about 12 years ago

    HA! Thought as much that would happen :D

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    Plods with ...™  about 12 years ago

    Gotta luv that the kid thinks it’s histerical.

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    paultunes  about 12 years ago

    don’t care what anyone says, if you ever had a sea gull dump on you you feel anything but lucky! Gene had to be the target as someone said yesterday or it would have symbolized the “soiled” bride.where did Meg and Janis come from??? in yesterdays strip it was just the minister and the couple on the deck then today more folks appear. glad this event is finally put to bed. best of luck to them they will need it.

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    doublepaw  about 12 years ago

    At least the bird of paradise didn’t fly up Gene’s nose!

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    pschearer Premium Member about 12 years ago

    Re bad colorist choices: two or three times I’ve seen comics with Moby Dick colored gray.

    Re fun science facts: the dark part of bird poop is feces, the white stuff is urine. (The same professor who taught me that also said that mammals excrete dead red blood cells in our feces which gives it the characteristic color while female birds use the corresponding blood pigments to color their eggshells. If evolution had gone a bit differently, robins’ eggs could be brown and human poop could be a lovely shade of blue.)

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    KEA  about 12 years ago

    glad that’s over

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    finkd  about 12 years ago

    When their first child is born, would that make him or her a Brand New Day ?

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    Rwill  about 12 years ago

    Maybe it had been eating berries. (Not probably too likely with a seagull) I’ve had to clean lots of light blue to dark purple bird poop off of my car, especially when the blue berries and grapes are getting ripe.

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    chicken 33  about 12 years ago

    It is hot and gritty. I think they sometimes dive bomb on purpose.

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    celeconecca  about 12 years ago

    moms never lose their mom purses, do they? I’m in my 50s, and I can still lean over to mom in church and ask for a tissue or mint (yes, I usually have my own, but I don’t have a never-ending mom purse – no kids)

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    ScullyUFO  about 12 years ago

    Arlo and Janis’ last name was “Day”? I never knew.

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    Doctor11  about 12 years ago

    That darn bird! Good thing his mom was prepared for the possibility.

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    lisajwalton  about 12 years ago

    WOOT!

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    gaebie  about 12 years ago

    LOVE Meg’s reaction in first panel!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    ferritt123  about 12 years ago

    Congrats to the happy couple!

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    MontanaPhil50  about 12 years ago

    The original name of the strip, way back when, was supposed to be Day to Day (if I remember correctly) but it was too close to some other strip. JJ talks about this in his book.

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    daveoverpar  about 12 years ago

    Actually saw this happen to an Air Force Lt Col. He was pissed. Funny as heck to us because the guy was a complete pain in the butt. They usually are when they are trying to get promoted.

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    paultunes  about 12 years ago

    at the beach in1997 when Gene meets up with Mary Lou and finds her “in the family way” Arlo and Janis invite her for dinner and she says to Arlo “Great burgers Mr Day” that’s when i found out. interesting she took Gene’s last name. assume Meg’s adoption isn’t far behind so they will all have the same last name.

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    amber71  about 12 years ago

    Does anyone else see the spot on Meg’s head (basically in the same color as the spot on Gene’s shoulder)?

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    gargoils  about 12 years ago

    Old polish saying is if an animal pees on you, you will have good luck.

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    Comic Minister Premium Member about 12 years ago

    So Arlo and Janis do have last names after all.

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    rfeinberg  about 12 years ago

    Wow, they actually did get married – I thought from all the foreshadowing, something would happen to call it off, or Gene would realize he’s making a mistake. (The foreshadowing: the bride gazing up at a passing bird yesterday, symbolizing her last chance to call this off – that’s what it looked like at the time; her controlling nature – the line a week ago about “this kind of wedding has always been our – uh, MY dream”, even stuff like her bullying and mocking Gene a while back about not knowing what a bridal dowry was…) And the pushy child…well, good luck, Gene!

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    ltning7  about 12 years ago

    I’m such a dork…I cried at this wedding as I do every wedding. And I love that Mom stepped in to make everything OK, as she always had. And I don’t think I’ve ever heard their last name before! Way to go, Gene and Mary Lou!

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    pogo37  about 12 years ago

    You don’t wipe seagull drops with a hanky or tissue- it takes something like a garden hose to clean up! Good touch, though

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    beaver48612  about 12 years ago

    Isn’t bird poop white? If it was white (or grey) instead of blue that almost match the jacket, it would have eliminate the guessing from yesterday.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 12 years ago

    Yeah, but we got peristalsis, BITCHES!

    Woo hoo!

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    iced tea  about 12 years ago

    Congratulations MaryLou and Gene!

    :)

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    jimmeh  about 12 years ago

    What was on his suit?

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member about 12 years ago

    The circle is complete, and everything begins again…

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    Tony   about 12 years ago

    Best wishes on your marriage, Gene & Mary Lou!

    Good luck with your extended family, Arlo & Janis!

    Congratulations on completing a 12-year story arc, J.J.!

    And to all a very good night.

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    Michelle Morris  about 12 years ago

    YAAAAYYYY!!!!

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    JAE in MN  almost 4 years ago

    By 2012, I guess it surprises me a bit that Mary Lou would want to be known as “Mrs. Eugene Day”— as if she’s a piece of property of her husband’s— even if she’s NOT much of a “women’s libber” (FYI, I’m a 60-something married man, in case anyone wonders).

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