I’m a bit surprised. Mr Johnson typically doesn’t do self-referential strips, which worries me a bit. I write a weekly humor column for our newspaper and I’ve always believed that the 4th wall should remain unmolested except under the most serious conditions.
Fourth wall aside, I have never understood why people would think a color, or any other factor of aesthetics, is good one year but then the next year it’s wrong, due to changing styles. Aesthetic qualities to me are intrinsic, and they don’t fluctuate with the fashion world. And why would she have chosen that color in the first place, if is problematic for the reasons she states?
Bought our sofa about a year or two after we bought the house – no slip cover on it, but we have had it for 30 years and it is it in pristine condition as are the two chairs we bought around the same time.
AnneFackler over 1 year ago
I think JJ wants a new color palette and is speaking through Janis.
Charliegirl Premium Member over 1 year ago
I’d go for a lush purple.
mnexplorer+ over 1 year ago
I bet it is.
Jason Allen over 1 year ago
So go get a slip cover. It’s cheaper and washable.
kinsler33 over 1 year ago
I’m a bit surprised. Mr Johnson typically doesn’t do self-referential strips, which worries me a bit. I write a weekly humor column for our newspaper and I’ve always believed that the 4th wall should remain unmolested except under the most serious conditions.
Say What? Premium Member over 1 year ago
R.I.P. fourth wall.
nosirrom over 1 year ago
She’ll be happy until the first stain. Olive drab can hide a lot.
ddjg over 1 year ago
You could always go back to salmon . .
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 1 year ago
“….but fast, at times.”
OHSOFUN over 1 year ago
Nothing more boring than neutral beige.
Interventor12 over 1 year ago
Once upon a time, over 11 million men wore olive drab.
Homerville Premium Member over 1 year ago
Arlo, its a woman thing. In a couple months, change it again.
mr , b over 1 year ago
Jimmy did it again He broke the Wall !
Jim over 1 year ago
key phrase here folks is “A COMIC STRIP”
Nighthawks Premium Member over 1 year ago
love that flood-fill
jr1234 over 1 year ago
I thinl Janis clapped her hands and magically changed its color.
david_42 over 1 year ago
Looked into getting the old Lazyboys re-covered. It’s cheaper to buy new chairs.
Dr. Whom over 1 year ago
If you had always lived in a comic strip, you would think this is normal. So evidently Arlo has a history…
Chris over 1 year ago
ain’t least I ain’t thee artist… it be even weirder and more chaotic. :D
SteveHL over 1 year ago
It could be a lot worse, Arlo. You could be living in Mary Worth.
jarvisloop over 1 year ago
We all live in our own version of a comic strip. That way, reality is easier to endure.
Also, Elon Musk and Scott Adams favor the idea that we live in a simulation.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Do people actually recover furniture today?
Bill The Nuke over 1 year ago
Were it only that easy.
khjalmarj over 1 year ago
Note that JJ also repainted the walls.
khjalmarj over 1 year ago
Blow your trumpets! The fourth wall will come crashing down!
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
Not as bad as the real world!
gigagrouch over 1 year ago
How meta!
FassEddie over 1 year ago
Hey, just enjoy the new color. Don’t rip out the fourth wall!
ladykat over 1 year ago
It must be. I’d like to give it a try someday.
William Bednar Premium Member over 1 year ago
Did Janis wiggle her nose between panels 4 and 5?
bryan42 over 1 year ago
I love the Capt. Marvel reference in the last panel!
j.l.farmer over 1 year ago
I like the green one better! Just add some accent pillows for a different look!
raybarb44 over 1 year ago
Maybe, but it does parody real life pretty close at time, like right now……
paranormal over 1 year ago
I like a dark color that doesn’t show dirt and stains…
Ooten Aboot over 1 year ago
What happened to the salmon sofa?
SteveR405 over 1 year ago
They should go with the same pattern as the shirts worn by the 1999 USA Ryder Cup team. That would clash with everything.
squireobrien over 1 year ago
I don’t get why current bland colors generate enthusiasm.
“Oh, look. It’s so dull. It’s just wonderful.”
The Orange Mailman over 1 year ago
Another strip drawn from personal experience.
reedkomicks Premium Member over 1 year ago
That olive green goes great with sooo many colors. Purple, orange, a lighter lime green, hot pink, so many!
Spoonbone over 1 year ago
Fourth wall aside, I have never understood why people would think a color, or any other factor of aesthetics, is good one year but then the next year it’s wrong, due to changing styles. Aesthetic qualities to me are intrinsic, and they don’t fluctuate with the fashion world. And why would she have chosen that color in the first place, if is problematic for the reasons she states?
PaulGoes over 1 year ago
You should see what it’s like in real life
russsc over 1 year ago
Breaking the fourth wall.
walstib Premium Member over 1 year ago
As I recall from when my sons were at UW-Madison, many a sofa gets recovered from the street gutters on move in/move out day.
EMGULS79 over 1 year ago
WOMEN!
tinstar over 1 year ago
Janice has her idea couched in subterfuge.
TaraDianeHarless over 1 year ago
Slipcovers are a cheap and easy way to do this. And they can be tossed in the wash when they get a bit whiffy.
Nicki's ZoMcYo over 1 year ago
I preferred the green!
eced52 over 1 year ago
Is Janis using her AI tech?
Sambora1 over 1 year ago
I was expecting a super bowl comic, JJ seems to do the football ones a lot, which of course seeing that I hate football I just skip over those ones.
russellc64 over 1 year ago
When you lose your olive drab colored pencil just before the last frame but thankfully had not filled in the speech bubbles yet.
fjblume2000 over 1 year ago
Not as weird as the (sofs, couch, divanport) hanging color from panel to panel. See, Janis, Arlo really is magic! And a keeper, as if you didn’t know!
fjblume2000 over 1 year ago
My last comment had atrocious spelling!
DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago
I thought olive drab went with everything.
mafastore over 1 year ago
Bought our sofa about a year or two after we bought the house – no slip cover on it, but we have had it for 30 years and it is it in pristine condition as are the two chairs we bought around the same time.