Comics I Don’t Understand

Sunday Funnies: LOL March 14

Cidu Bill on Mar 14th 2010

Okay, I guess this would have worked for the Ewww Files as well
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Jacket

Cidu Bill on Mar 12th 2010

Laurie B. Wylie: Yeah, I get that Arlo’s slogging along in the first frame then is passed by the running girl in the second frame. I get that the last frame is supposedly irony (or something similar) as the girl’s somehow fallen behind him and passes Arlo’s family SUV in her sports car (maybe she didn’t park in the same lot, or maybe she nearly lapped him after the second frame, but whatever). But I don’t get the third frame – what the deal is with the jacket – since neither one of them appears to be wearing it in the final frame. Maybe it’s just to indicate that he’s finished his jog and is returning to the jacket he left on a bench, but who leaves their coat laying around in a public park?

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Scat

Cidu Bill on Mar 12th 2010

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Poet’s Corner

Cidu Bill on Mar 9th 2010

Not a CIDU; just a “what is Janis holding?”

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

Snowmen

Cidu Bill on Feb 26th 2010

I’m particularly confused by the use of the word “those.”

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Sunday Funnies: LOL-February 21

Cidu Bill on Feb 21st 2010

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He Probably Didn’t Even Offer Her Beads

Cidu Bill on Feb 17th 2010

Nicole: I get what Jimmy Johnson is getting at here, initially Arlo is looking forward to the “Baywatch Effect”. What I don’t understand is why he is still smiling in the last panel ? As anyone who has ever worn a sports bra can tell you, it has two effects, it flattens and does not allow for a lot of jiggle — the later is the point of wearing one. So … having been denied the “Baywatch Effect” shouldn’t Arlo be frowning in the last panel ? 

As an aside … if you post this, I’ll bet the Seinfeld ‘bro’ episode comes up.

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, bras, comic strips, comics, humor | 27 responses so far

Suspicious Minds

Cidu Bill on Feb 10th 2010

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor | 24 responses so far

The Arlo Bowl

Cidu Bill on Feb 7th 2010

A lot of people sent me this for the Arlo Page (including two who prefaced it with “I’m sure Nicole already sent this one in, but…”), but… I don’t know… I mean yeah, they probably are discussing some sort of sexual wager, but there are any number of things they could be referring to, so I certainly wouldn’t put this in the NSFW category. Though I’m not as confident about the comments that might show up below.

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LOL-February 1

Cidu Bill on Feb 1st 2010

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Arlo and Janis, 1998

Cidu Bill on Jan 12th 2010

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Arlo New Year

Cidu Bill on Jan 4th 2010

A couple of people suggested that this belongs on the Arlo Page, but I can’t see it. So I’m calling this an AIDU.

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LOL-January 4

Cidu Bill on Jan 4th 2010

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New Year’s Eve LOL

Cidu Bill on Dec 31st 2009

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Hammer Time!

Cidu Bill on Dec 28th 2009

Yeah, I get the anecdote… but how does it apply here, especially since Arlo seems to be fairly mellow?

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Noelol’s

Cidu Bill on Dec 25th 2009

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Pie

Cidu Bill on Dec 21st 2009

Morris Keesan: Clearly, Janis swears a lot while she’s baking, but what is it that would have gone wrong while trimming the edges of a pie? I bake pies a lot, and this is not a phase of pie baking that’s particularly prone to mishaps.

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Everybody Loves Janis

Cidu Bill on Dec 16th 2009

Okay, in the fourth panel I’m guessing that Janis means she appreciates Arlo because he’s still alive. Or something like that. and Arlo is responding that… okay, I have no idea.

And I have to say, Arlo seems to pretty okay with Janis’s implication that she’d need an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of all her former(?) lovers…

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LOL-December 14

Cidu Bill on Dec 14th 2009

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LOL-December 7

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

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LOL-November 30

Cidu Bill on Nov 30th 2009