Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 19, 2023

Unforeseen drawbacks. There’s always something bad mixed in with the good.

Gotta admire all the will they/won’t they teasing JJ has written into this storyline.

Please remember alligators never really develop a fondness for humans other than as meals. You cannot have one as a real pet. They will either fear you or they will want to eat you. We have plenty of them around me. I am glad I am too large to swallow. Most never even nibble.

Swamp Fever strikes again! 8^ )

Have’n good fun on the bayou…

A 365 day a year problem

And then Creedence Clearwater Revival “Born on the Bayou” starts echoing through the trees…

Don’t worry, the pythons will get them

What a croc!

Saved by the gator.

I look at the art prior to reading…The second frame had me confused. It looked like Janis was getting a piggyback ride while in distress or very tired. I figured their pleasant walk was a lot longer than anticipated or a sprained ankle… even after reading the text I needed about 5 seconds to comprehend what was spoken.

Not to mention the humidity. Dripping sweat night and day when outdoors.

I’ve just never wanted to live in a place with large carnivorous wild reptiles.

There’s nothing like having small dinosaurs as part of your nature walk.

That convinces me to just be a visitor to the south…

My aunt lives where there are a lot of alligators. The ones I saw stayed away from humans. Came up on the bank and just hung around and went right back into the water if someone approached.

Coasts are beautiful, but also very hard these days to get insurance on a dwelling. Much smarter, if you can’t afford to self insure, to live in the center of the state.

There’s something anywhere you live. Perhaps the folks in that area would be freaked out by black bears scratching their backs on the corner of their homes :)

Every place has its ups and downs….

The entire planet is unsafe for human occupation. Even ‘paradise’.

And that, dear readers, is what’s known as an omen.

The gators aren’t as big a problem as the invasive boa constrictors

Great idea! But no second thought…

I wonder if Janis and Arlo are old enough to be gone when the c&#9 hits the fan and storms, rising seas and temperatures, make living there undesirable.

Janis, just think of it as a Ladies’ Handbag on the hoof.

I was talking to a friend in Florida yesterday and she said the game in San Diego is the first time her team has ever had to cancel for a hurricane—at an away game! My reaction was, yeah, but at least no alligators.

Wish my eyes could get that big.

No alligators for me, thank you.

Nope.

Its just an Alligator

I’m sure Janis was just as protective of her son.

And just like that! The plans to move to the bayou are squashed by Janis.

shoot the fu(ker: eat the meat and make luggage or cowboy boots out of his hide.

Such is the nature of Nature.

Nothing takes the shine off an idyllic spot much faster than alligators or pythons in the pool.

What state are they in?

I do love that the 2 families have blended so well. The reintroduction of Mary Lou and her family back in 2008 remains one of my favorite arcs of this strip.