It’s probably a comment on “crazy cat people” who think cats are fascinating and adorable despite what they (don’t) do. As somewhat one of those folks myself, the comic makes sense.
They don’t pay him enough because he provides so much entertainment, with virtually evertyhing he does.
The strip show different times during a day The first three panels illustrate how they often think of the cat during the day. The last panel shows Arlo musing that they don’t pay enough to the cat because he doesn’t realize how many times they thought about the cat during the day.
This is a 4th wall strip. They lean on Ludwig when there’s nothing else, and he gets paid in cat food.
Arlo wants to thank Ludwig for helping him and Janis keep the channels of communication open throughout the day and night. If he wasn’t around they’d have to work to come up with other topics to talk about. Ludwig makes this easy.
Dogs are good for that, too . . . keeping open channels of communication between the humans in the house, I mean.
My first thought was also a 4th wall thing. Arlo & Janis aren’t doing anything worth writing a strip about and Jimmy J’s got nothing in mind, so thay are relying on Ludwig to provide a strip.
But the couple having something to talk about when they have nothing to talk about makes sense, too. 😸
Sorry. They not thay. And I thought I read it before posting. 😐
I think Pinny has it right. After many years of marriage, finding things to talk about that generate an unpredictable response is challenging. Ludwig is a conversation variable.
Every time Arlo and Janis talk about Ludwig, they are somewhat cheerful, even if the question is as banal as “Where’s Ludwig?”
If it weren’t for Ludwig, those spaces would probably be silent, or perhaps filled with someone griping, which can be straining on a marriage. Arlo seems to recognize this.
So instead of visiting a marriage counselor to deal with griping and negativity, they have Ludwig to provide periodic doses of cheer, even when, somewhat counter-intuitively, he isn’t even present. And Ludwig is considerably cheaper than a marriage counselor, which explains what Arlo says in the last panel.
Spending the week with my cousins, I have to admit I had some discussions with their dog.
Comics I Don't Understand 
It’s probably a comment on “crazy cat people” who think cats are fascinating and adorable despite what they (don’t) do. As somewhat one of those folks myself, the comic makes sense.
They don’t pay him enough because he provides so much entertainment, with virtually evertyhing he does.
The strip show different times during a day The first three panels illustrate how they often think of the cat during the day. The last panel shows Arlo musing that they don’t pay enough to the cat because he doesn’t realize how many times they thought about the cat during the day.
This is a 4th wall strip. They lean on Ludwig when there’s nothing else, and he gets paid in cat food.
Arlo wants to thank Ludwig for helping him and Janis keep the channels of communication open throughout the day and night. If he wasn’t around they’d have to work to come up with other topics to talk about. Ludwig makes this easy.
Dogs are good for that, too . . . keeping open channels of communication between the humans in the house, I mean.
My first thought was also a 4th wall thing. Arlo & Janis aren’t doing anything worth writing a strip about and Jimmy J’s got nothing in mind, so thay are relying on Ludwig to provide a strip.
But the couple having something to talk about when they have nothing to talk about makes sense, too. 😸
Sorry. They not thay. And I thought I read it before posting. 😐
I think Pinny has it right. After many years of marriage, finding things to talk about that generate an unpredictable response is challenging. Ludwig is a conversation variable.
Every time Arlo and Janis talk about Ludwig, they are somewhat cheerful, even if the question is as banal as “Where’s Ludwig?”
If it weren’t for Ludwig, those spaces would probably be silent, or perhaps filled with someone griping, which can be straining on a marriage. Arlo seems to recognize this.
So instead of visiting a marriage counselor to deal with griping and negativity, they have Ludwig to provide periodic doses of cheer, even when, somewhat counter-intuitively, he isn’t even present. And Ludwig is considerably cheaper than a marriage counselor, which explains what Arlo says in the last panel.
Spending the week with my cousins, I have to admit I had some discussions with their dog.
We just talk to the stuffed bears.