Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 23, 2023

Nice of Mr. Johnson to thank his audience, only a fraction of which share their insights, stories, and opinions here. I know I followed A&J for years before I dared to do so. As for today’s missive, only Arlo can apparently break the 4th wall. No one else can guess they’re even in a comic strip.

“It’s called breaking the third wall” (Turning towards a vacant space) “Viddy well my droogs!”

Turnip?

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone !!!!

Looks like it has a bone in it though! 8^ )

And THANK YOU Mr. Jimmy J for the years of delight you have brought into my like. I can safely say there is NO strip I’ve enjoyed more, year after year, than A&J.

Except maybe Prince Valiant when I was a kid! ;^ )

Thank you Mr. Jones for years of happy recognizable comics. I do hope you’ll make many more!

Practically cannibalism with Arlo around.

Thank you Arlo. Without you and Janis it would have been a boring quarter century

This comic is outstanding. I love it!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I just adore A&J.

And we, Mr. Johnson, are thankful for you.

Turkey? No. You’re having Tofurky!

You do this in “real life” and they might come and take you away, ha ha.

If as she says, they aren’t having turkey, is Arlo eating a chicken leg?

Thank you, Mr. Johnson for decades of reading pleasure. Became an A&J fan back in the late 80’s and your strip has been my favorite for most of that time. It is the first strip I read each morning and not because it’s first alphabetically.

Thank you, Jimmy, for the years of enjoyment you have given me. And maybe, one day, your Auburn football team will pick itself up off the mat and actually be able to compete with Alabama ….

And I have trouble breaking through the second wall.

Fake nosh?

I think I’ll thank my readers today too.

Thank you Mr. Johnson for entertaining your readers for so many years with a great strip, my favorite!

(Picks up the phone), “Hello maintenance? Year JJ did it again, we’re going to need another 4th wall…”

Thanks to you sir, you’re writing so reflects our lives we are great fans of Arlo and Janis!

I too have followed A&J for decades. Love the story arcs and strips, including the ones someone has to explain. Thank you JJ.

Things can get really weird in the world of comic strips. “We’re not having turkey!” Nice touch.

Eat turkey, take a nap.

If not turkey, what are they having…..roasted crawdads?

Sir, thank you for a healthy, fun, funny, slice of life in comic form. You help me start my day. And you’re correct, this year we’re having ham.

Thank you, JJ and a wonderful Thanksgiving to you too

Why does Meg need to say they are not having turkey? Who is she talking to? It looks like Arlo is eating a turkey leg.

I’m just glad Jimmy is not retiring.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

The family doesn’t believe, so they can’t see it. They probably don’t hear the Christmas bells either.

Where DID the turkey come from? I didn’t get that part. Was it in Arlos imagination?

Thank you Arlo…and Janis, thank you too!

Give him a rim shot, played with a turkey leg.

Arlo’s having turkey! Tee hee!

P.S. To Jimmy J: An Iron Bowl WAR EAGLE!

I think Meg’s comment in Panel 4 refers to the idea that something is wrong with the turkey and is giving Arlo strange ideations.

Been a fan for about 5 years so I am thankful to have discovered A&J. I would have loved to have had this strip in the local paper years ago, but alas it wasn’t.

Love your work. So very “life like.”

Where’s Janis? One year we had pizza and spaghetti for a change!

Thank you, Arlo and Jimmy Johnson.

HIPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

A good comic strip is like a play. The proscenium is ink and paper the characters are a construct of the artist and his or her imagination. JJ is a particularly skilled producer, director and actor on this two dimensional stage presented to us for our enjoyment. Thank you Jimmy may you have a blessed holiday.

I also have been reading them for decades along with a broad range of other comics. I really enjoy when a character becomes sentient!

Thank you Mr Johnson for all the brilliant and wonderful Arlo & Janis comics that you have done over the years. Truly wonderful. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’m hoping that Arlo and Janis continues for many, many more years. At the very top of the list of only a few comics that I consider to be “Favourites”. Thank you again for sharing your talents with your readers.

No, no, no. Breaking the fourth wall.

“We’re not having turkey!” – you’re not? What else would dish up? Or is Meg suspecting the bird to have that effect on Arlo?

Thank YOU Mr. Johnson and Arlo and Janis for letting US share THEIR lives!

No turkey ! What are they having for Thanksgiving then?