Jimmy Johnson’s giving Janis another makeover… I can remember the
last time he did this and ended up with the current saucepan-for-hair
look, which honestly, I rather like… though I do agree Janis — and
Arlo — can sometimes look somewhat baboonish. I guess I’d vote for “the tweak,” though there are still more candidates to be seen.

I’m also excited that A&J’s now got its own website. I had a brief correspondence with Johnson in ’99 (I admit feeling a bit like Jumpstart’s Frank with his obsession for “Klondike Ike“), and he told me at the time there were no plans for a new A&J book (the only one I know of is out of print from ’89). The website serves up some great strips and somewhat makes up for the lack of a bound-paper archive.

(BTW, I hope Gene hasn’t disappeared into the great blue… he’s a great character, and I miss him too!)

Update (5/14/04): You can now vote for Janis’s hairstyle. I was waivering between the “Tweak” and the “Waif” and decided to go for the less popular one. By the way, you should absolutely read Johnson’s description of each style — they are hilarious.

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