Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 14, 2013

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    gimmickgenius  over 11 years ago

    He “trained” her to copy his smile – or maybe her jaw’s wired shut.

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    px eliezer  over 11 years ago

    I just CANNOT figure out what Dirk’s wife is supposed to be. I am not one to go by physical appearance, but—-OMG!

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    kfccanada  over 11 years ago

    Thanks, Lev…was always dying to know that.

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    overtherainbow  over 11 years ago

    Grace practices yoga. She was genuinely smiling because she’s high on the real thing.

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    Mordock999  over 11 years ago

    “Dirk the Jerk”?? My, My. Aren’t WE “Little Ms. Judgemental” these days.

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    overtherainbow  over 11 years ago

    Really pleased with this week’s arc. I was afraid we’d be subjected to yet another week, or more, of Shannon being a raging brat. instead we get the bombshell return of Dirk and furious speculation on what this may mean for Toni and, by extension, Brad. Totally didn’t see it coming, and was totally delighted. Thanks, Greg! :-)

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    kfccanada  over 11 years ago

    @Lev… IMHO, she’s battered… Having ‘been there, done that’… I can recognize one a mile away. I think there is a better chance to reform an alcoholic than a wife batterer. That said, I admire those who realize they have a problem and work hard to change; perhaps, Grace feels the same about Dirk.

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    The Old Wolf  over 11 years ago

    I happen to think Dirk’s wife is as cute as a button. At this point I can only assume that his change was genuine and that he is setting his life in order.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    I’d have to think that Dirk has changed… I mean, any guy who’d wear his baby daughter in a flowery sling can’t be ALL bad!

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    emjaycee  over 11 years ago

    I think you missed a ‘6’. j/k

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    overtherainbow  over 11 years ago

    Panel 2: “Dirk smash!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

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    Sorry. Someone had to say it.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    It’s so nice to see Shannon happy and smiling, she would make a great addition to the Degroot family, IMHO

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    The second panel would have been funnier if Luanne was imagining Dirk in a dress and a big blonde wig :P

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    MerriMagic  over 11 years ago

    Yup, the baby clock is IN MOTION. Toni’s feeling left behind.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    It’s hard to tell HOW the new Dirk is affecting Toni… hopefully we will know by Sat… I was sure this was going to send her into Brads arms…. now, after today’s strip, I’m not as sure.

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    JanBic Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Couldn’t find anything constructive to do? ;-)

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    SideshowStarlet  over 11 years ago

    Was definitely not expecting this. I was expecting some sort of confrontation while they were still in the grocery store, like an arguement between Dirk and his wife and him blowing up. This is nice. Maybe Dirk actually has changed.

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    barbarasbrute  over 11 years ago

    Happy NATIONAL PI DAY, 3.14

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    Feye  over 11 years ago

    I don’t like Toni’s face today. Perhaps a crisis is looming upon Brad’s and Toni’s relationship ?

    Not that she’ll try to break Dirk’s marriage, but chances are she’ll start noticing Brad’s goofiness. And without much fuss and pain, they’ll just part…

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    blunebottle  over 11 years ago

    What?? What are you trying to say? Rat Fink is totally loveable and a memory of great times!

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    The late “Big Daddy, Ed Roth” created Rat Fink

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Grace should go to Tiff’s for one of her great make-overs

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    cdward  over 11 years ago

    He’s still wearing the shades, though.

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    LeoAutodidact  over 11 years ago

    I pondered that too. We know Dirk’s a master manipulator. I wouldn’t put it past him to “persuade” a young insecure Single-Mother to “Act” as if she’s his wife to put Toni “off her guard.”

    If there is ANY further contact, especially if initiated by HIM, RED FLAG!

    “Danger, Toni Daytona! Extreme Danger!”

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    kmccard  over 11 years ago

    It is possible Dirk took a 52 week anger management class,along with his meditative yoga and made a positive change.

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    Sisyphos  over 11 years ago

    Luann’s memories are of the past, quite naturally. I trust Toni will enlighten her regarding the present, the reformation of Dirk, cute Grace, and little Joy.Karen and Greg’s new collaboration is doing very nicely!

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    Gerry Lee  over 11 years ago

    I wonder if Toni will wonder why Dirk didn’t change like that with her?

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    JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Now who’s going to tell Brad first, Toni or Luann?

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    ewalnut  over 11 years ago

    Grace looks a lot more “frazzled” than Toni. I’m thinking Dirk is a Jekyll/Hyde type — acts nice in public but a monster at home.

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    CasualObserver  over 11 years ago

    Toni really likes Brad. She really (still) loves Dirk. It’s the way it seems to be with women and “bad” boys.

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    bagbalm  over 11 years ago

    Lev, how does that relate, to anything?

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    gango4  over 11 years ago

    Leviticus, you have me beat. It took me a year to learn how to copy and paste. Same result-less sense of accomplishment.

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    duffer37  over 11 years ago

    Somebody spent a YEAR memorizing Pi past 4 decimal places???? Wow… do you need a girlfriend… or a job.

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    reedkomicks Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Shannon is ferociously coloring. Luann does such a good job of focusing her.

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    Bandera_Ken  over 11 years ago

    I always suspected Brad and Dirk would someday become friends, however I don’t think Dirk is going to play a big part in this arc. This one is about Toni and how she feels about Brad. She will either be more willing to marry Brad or she will pull away from him.

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    Phongor  over 11 years ago

    I think that with Dirk having a wife and a child hit Toni like a bag of bricks as she is realizing that, for good or bad (yeah, really?), the door to that part of her life was slammed shut, and she wasn’t the one to do it. I had that happen to me once, and even though I was (and still am) happy at the time with where I was at, it still has a bit of a shock value.

    Now, that said….Toni talks to Luann about marrying Brad in 3….2….1….

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 11 years ago

    you dropped a 7 on your pi sequence.ccor maybe not, I certainly ain’t a gonna check.cI AM reminded of some fellow whose life’s work was to calculate pi out to a million. When the earliest computers were built, they decided to test them by repeating the feat only to discover he had made an error around the 500,000th place amd everything after that was gibberish. Nobody had cared enough to check ere that.

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    Pink_Belle  over 11 years ago

    I’ll just go hide in a corner with my pitiful 7 places past the decimal memorization.

    On a comic-related note, I sure hope this week ends on a more upward swing. Toni is looking a bit depressed today.

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    Flash5005  over 11 years ago

    Could this be the “wake up call” for Toni and she decides it’s time to marry Brad?

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    Ratbrat  over 11 years ago

    I still don’t trust Dirk. This could very well be a con. It wouldn’t surprise me.

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    yldonaldson  over 11 years ago

    I’m glad to see Dirk has changed – for the better. Why are so many people so skeptical?

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    FourthNail  over 11 years ago

    Gotta feeling this is gonna push Toni into rethinking Brad’s proposal and starting a family.

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    Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member over 11 years ago

    where were you on the 71st of February? Well?

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    tubgrape  over 11 years ago

    Could it be that there is about to be a final closure for Toni concernng Dirk? There has to be a big question mark somewhere in her mind; now is the time for Brad to really prove himself. Drama!

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    Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Karen’s influence in the strip is quite evident. Lots more good stuff comin’, folks. You, too, “spends all his time reading Archie comics” Clyde.

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    Topper-dog  over 11 years ago

    Ironic, isn’t it, that the “minor” characters in this comic strip are more interesting than Luann? Thanks again to Greg for the great entertainment!

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    Absalom57  over 11 years ago

    Nobody in their right mind eats that horrible. It explains why so many Aussies are crazy ;)

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    soclassic  over 11 years ago

    Some questions….Is it Dirk’s baby? Are he a Grace really “married”? ……no ring….hmmmm…

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    Dan Dwyer  over 11 years ago

    The only change with Dirk is has does not have his black knitted cap on and has a baby sling. Other wise I see no change other than he is married (so he says) and is over powerering his wife to act like everything is nice. I don’t trust him.

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    PMark  over 11 years ago

    I am reminded of the discussions that went on here during T.J.’s final confrontation with Ann Eiffel, especially after she kissed him. It got wilder and wilder and more convoluted. Yet all that happened was T.J. showed her the door. End of arc.

    The simplest, most plausible outcome of this story arc is for Dirk to really have changed. Toni is now suddenly left with no excuse not to progress with Brad. That alone can be extremely frightening and unnerving to the poor lady.

    Who needs a fake and/or battered wife? It’s totally unnecessary.

    Occam’s Razor, guys.

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    DoubleM  over 11 years ago

    Sure, he hired an actor to pose as a mom, borrowed someone’s baby, got himself a flowery sling and made sure there were baby products in his cart…and he totally expected Toni to happen to be there at that moment out of coincidence… Right, makes PERFECT sense to me…

    Talk about overspeculation. Like it or not, Dirk’s changed. Now we’ll have to wait and see whether this will weaken or strengthen Toni’s relationship with Brad. I’m leaning toward the latter.

    And I’d rather talk about the real kind of ‘pi’. I could sure go for the apple kind right about now~

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    ooptheman  over 11 years ago

    ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzjust to much same old stuff

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I am trying to guess what Mr. Evan’s next steps in the plot will be….. Toni is either a) shell-shocked (given today’s expression) and is simply unaware of how to explain the dramatic transformation in Dirk, or b) feeling remorse (again a possibility given today’s expression) about Dirk because there were probably some things she really liked about him. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++It will be interesting to see which way Mr. Evan’s develops this. It would be more dramatic and interesting if it causes even just a little bit of doubt for Toni in being with Brad. But, it would be more typical for it to simply be Toni being very surprised.

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    reedkomicks Premium Member over 11 years ago

    If I were me who ran into the new happy Dirk, I would be pissed at his fake carefree attitude. I would expect a modicum of humility at worst, an apology at best.

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    overtherainbow  over 11 years ago

    I doubt if seeing Dirk with a baby will send Toni into a tailspin of despair over not having her own kid. Too much Shannon might very well have made her kid-shy for now. Another reason (just thought of it) she might be reluctant to marry Brad could be that she doesn’t want it to be an excuse for Jonah to leave Shannon with them more often, as if by becoming a married couple they’d magically welcome a six-year-old into their newly wedded life. People think weird stuff. (Jonah, I mean, not Toni.)

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    nikkib Premium Member over 11 years ago

    This picture actually hurt my eyes!! I am afraid I’ll have nightmares!

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    BRAD is not there^^When did I say he was? They made it obvious on Monday that he was working

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Brad would be with her up to the “child like Shannon” part. Then he would high tail it out of there.^^C’mon Lev, if you haven’t seen how much Shannon & Brad care about each other, you haven’t been paying attention; not to mention that Shannon is a much better child, now that she has a few people who care for her around.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Since you are now our fact checker and I can’t rely upon Leviticus can you state whether or not Dirk beat up Toni.^^The closest he came to assault on her was grabbing her arm and pulling her away from Brad and forcing her into his car.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Click the thumbnail for large picture V V V V V V

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    Caldonia  over 11 years ago

    OH BOY! Here come some insane comments, because Dirk is back with a strange looking wife! Dare I read on? lolz

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Mikeyj, Tiff did a horrible makeover on Bernice. Made her look like something the cat dragged in.^^I thought she looked great, that real “80s babe” look; and she certainly found herself with a lot of male admirers (Which was the problem, she didn’t WANT to be a glamour girl).

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Shannon is a little she-devil. The reason might be due to her dad, but the results are the same.^^Look at that child colouring up there, she’s a real normal kid; sometimes she seems to be bad , but, deep down, she just wanted the attention she’s now getting

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    I think Luanne may be drawing Puddles!

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    I never said there was no abuse, only that he was using mental/emotional abuse; someone called him a “wifebeater” and I simply pointed out that he never actually hit Toni; the closest he came was grabbing her arm and forcing her into his car; while that is technically assault, he didn’t ever lay any real bruises on her. (He’d likely still be in prison, if he had)

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    AmyGrantfan51774  over 11 years ago

    wow Luann can’t believe Dirk’s changed, eh??!!!!!

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    atomicdog  over 11 years ago

    Absent any evidence to the contrary, and I don’t see any, I choose to take Dirk’s transformation at face value.

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    kenhense  over 11 years ago

    I was visualizing “Slumdog Millionaire” where the contestant has to look at four very long “Pi” numbers and pick the right one. He’d better have your phone # handy…

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    Fuddy Duddy  over 11 years ago

    But man, can those stoners at U of Tokeo draw!

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    ooptheman  over 11 years ago

    I like the comic strip, thats why I read it. The comments sometimes are too long. Some are good, otherszzzzzzzz time. Got to read them, good with the bad. Its a comic strip.

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