Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 11, 2014
Transcript:
Knute: "I worry that Gunther will get carried away with his new confidence and do something dumb" Crystal: "Like what? Ask Rosa out? This is the best thing that's happened to him!" Knute: "Maybe. I just hope he doesn't get into some mess with Leslie Knox..." Leslie: "Yo, wanna go to the prom with me?" Rosa: "WHAT?!" Gunther: "NO!"
ORMouseworks over 10 years ago
Oh, oh!!! ;)
ORMouseworks over 10 years ago
I definitely did Not see this one coming…what IS Leslie thinking?!! ;)
ShagsCA over 10 years ago
If he was suspended, why is he still on school property?
JayBluE over 10 years ago
Okay… Here’s that pretzel, coming up!!… A salted, with a twist!!!…-So, I take it, there’s still some more “soap” in the wash?… – Will Gunther’s “stand-up routine” sit well with Les?… Is there a purpose in his proposal?…Is that his way of “buttering Rosa up”?… – Could this possibly be the “law of uninended consequences”, coming back to bite everyone (including Crystal) on the butt?…Will it lead to a “rash” of bad things?….
JayBluE over 10 years ago
“The Best Intentions?”“A Deterred Gent (Extra Cycle)”“Assault, or Buttery?”" Frozen Custard’s Last Stand"or “Dunh-Duhnn-DUHHHNH!!!”
ORMouseworks over 10 years ago
Oh,Oh…I just noticed that Gunther shouted “NO”…this is not going to be good for him…or maybe his reaction is showing that he doesn’t have to play Mr. Milquetoast anymore…that his confidence in himself Has risen? ;)
ninjanick101 over 10 years ago
Slap him, Rosa! I wanna see a red handprint all over Leslie’s ugly face.
ORMouseworks over 10 years ago
“…Leslie’s approach here would be socially unacceptable.” This is true. There’s not one girl from my high school senior year that would accept…they’d more than likely laugh in his face (now it has been Quite Some Time since I was a senior in high school! ;)
ai_vin over 10 years ago
The next words out of Gunther’s mouth need to be “I’m taking her.”
That shuts Leslie up AND gets him in good with Rosa.
ILuvLu over 10 years ago
Is it possible that Gunth is actually capable of taking care of himself in a physical altercation?? Has he been secretly learning a martial art? Will he beat up on Les or visa versa? In either case, Rosa will love him forever!
JayBluE over 10 years ago
And maybe his proposal involves something else, and may tug at her heartstrings (though not in a romantic way), and ol’ Gunth gets suspicious…. and then Rosa sees the other side of getting what you’ve always wanted…
JayBluE over 10 years ago
“Brought To You” by…Cliff’s Hangers… – Plotz’Devices, from Twisted Products… – Oil of Okay… – Bold Spice…. “Whoah!!!.. We only said you could fight odor and wetness!…Not the whole world!”… – and by…Pickett Wrinkle Concealer… “Never Let ’em see you fret!!!”…
ORMouseworks over 10 years ago
‘Nite all…may the Force be with you…and Gunther’s going to Need some kind of force to come through this without getting himself in deep (insert your word here)! ;)
JayBluE over 10 years ago
Yeah, some plots have that same scenario… the guy says: “Bug off, Buster! Not on your life!” expecting for everyone to follow suit, and yet the girls says “Alright!” and throws everybody for a loop, including the “rival” who asked…..
JayBluE over 10 years ago
or (d)…Gunther takes out insurance and a loan, as the real reason is Leslie wants to open up a frozen yogurt stand…. – (e) This is just Gunther replaying a scenario in his mind, embellishing on further ways he could impress Rosa…..
wiselad over 10 years ago
forget it Les, Gunther told you no to going to the prom with you……………………. Les should ask Ox after Gunther tells him, “sorry, but my heart belongs to my Rosa, and she will be my prom date”
Angelalex242 over 10 years ago
Rosa:Let’s get down to business…to defeat the Les. Did they send me daughters…when I asked for sons? You’re the saddest Gunth I ever met, and you haven’t got a clue…but Mr. I’ll make a man out of you!
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
Hm.Maybe it’s Gunther who’s bribed Les to fake a confrontation then to take a dive so he can win the hand of the fair lady(Les made $20 back at the last non-beating, after all, ref. 2/27/12.)
Editman over 10 years ago
NO!! Take me to the prom Big Boy! WHEEEEE!
Mordock999 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Well Crystal. Gunther’s about to get SQUASHED, Thanks to YOU!
Now USE Your B/S “Special Powers” and get Him OUT of it!
JoysieB over 10 years ago
You want drama? Bring back Aaron Hill…..boom!
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 10 years ago
Reminds me of the old Andy Griffith Show, where Howard Sprauge takes on a bull and in the end he loses.
reedkomicks Premium Member over 10 years ago
If they are outside of the school building, there will be no “cameras” to protect them.
Sportymonk over 10 years ago
Gunther has just become the chauvinist that Leslie is. No, she is mine! And Rosa will not like it one bit.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Gunther really has no business speaking on behalf of Rosa. That’s “controlling”.
seanyj over 10 years ago
Quick, somebody call Ox and hurry! Gunther’s gonna need him!
Hugh Manatee over 10 years ago
Is it any wonder I drink?
Sangelia over 10 years ago
Looks like it is about to get REALLY ugly here. And I hope the end result is leslie crawling away with his slimy tail between his legs.
Icorps1970 over 10 years ago
Better tp die on your feet than live on your knees
genorino over 10 years ago
How about a single panel showing a huge cloud with Les and the G-man going at it like Beetle Bailey and Sarge.
kenvilkid over 10 years ago
To bad this will take a few days to play out, I’m looking forward to Gunther winning.
tomorrow: Rosa says NO, Gunther says something, Les pokes Gunther in the chest with a threat.
Next day: one of two things: 1) we find that Gunther musters up some inner strength and clocks Les, thus impressing Rosa as her hero. or 2) Gunther gets his head handed to him by Les, still impressing Rosa for getting his new found confidence against insurmountable odds of beating Les.
For Gunther its a Win-Win with Rosa, only with or without bruises.
kenvilkid over 10 years ago
Oh wait, I forgot. Les still believes in the cameras. Maybe no fight in the School. A after school challenge will be offered to Gunther by Les. This will drag out longer than two days…………….
ACTIVIST1234 over 10 years ago
Les is picking a fight— they must be outside the “camera zone”
frogsandravens over 10 years ago
I’m confused. I thought Gunther and Rosa were already going out. Is this a re-run?
Willow Mt Lyon over 10 years ago
Gunther is protecting his girl from Obnoxious Knox as any caring boy would do. He is not being controlling of Rosa.
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
Warning: violence ahead!Is this where Rosa’s little boy becomes a man (even if Knox beats the snot out of him)? Or will Gunther surprise us all, including himself, by standing up to Les successfully?
tubgrape over 10 years ago
Better start working out a bit there Gunth. This looks like time for the man to stand up to the bad.
JayBluE over 10 years ago
R.I.P. Miss Temple….
bobwoodard over 10 years ago
Poor Gunther.
Willow Mt Lyon over 10 years ago
Gunther has the spirit. Notice his hands are in fists.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
It is possible Gunther’s negative response was not forbidding Rosa to say YES but simply the response to seeing something bad such as a child on TV running obliviously toward the rattlesnake..I admit it would not be in keeping with the previous panels. It is interesting that Rosa’s expression doesn’t look receptive, especially considering that her previous interaction involved getting her books knocked out of her hands..Note: schools need to make all textbooks offered available in electronic format. All the textbooks used in the state of Florida should easily fit on a single tablet. Royalties could be paid according to usage, errors could be corrected on the fly, additions due to new knowledge could be wified in, kids could read ahead or review, some books need not be replaced but rather retained if the only reason to replace them was torn pages, erotic art or too many lost. No need to hand books out for each class at the beginning of the year, no reason to collect those which remained at the end. Far less load to lug along.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Unfortunately in the Real world, she would say yes.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
FDR said as long as we had Shirley Temple, America was alright.And now we don’t.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
“Or three days have already passed in the strip. Hard to tell.”-——————————————————-Rosa and Gunther are both wearing the same clothes they had on when the encountered Les previously, only Gunther re-acquired his book pack/weapon some time during the lunch break on Saturday.Four days have certainly passed for US, but the Luannverse is of another dimension.
phlash over 10 years ago
“Hey you! Take your damned hands off her!”… Do you really think I should swear?
locake over 10 years ago
Les shoved Rosa out of his way a few days ago, and now he doesn’t even seem to know her name. He has no interest in Rosa, only bugging Gunther.
locake over 10 years ago
It is not clear who he is asking to the prom, G or Rosa. He just says Yo and Gunther is the only one to give an answer. Gunther must think Les is asking him out.
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member over 10 years ago
“a kissing contest between him and Leslie?”=======How about Gunther and Leslie falling for each other and marrying? Evans knocks down a whole lotta barriers and retires to guide the NFL through its most recent news story.
Fontessa over 10 years ago
In the words of Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli: In order for others to believe that your are tough, you have to thrown at least one punch. Maybe tomorrow will be Gunther’s day to punch someone.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
DaUe53..At least you’re worth nearly copying.I wonder if that is what I could claim was happening when I misspell or forget and leave out a word ( or say something even sillier than usual).
JayBluE over 10 years ago
“What village are you from again? What clan? What century?”^What “How” is saying is true … At many places, girls are “expecting” elaborate proposals to the prom, almost as if they’re expecting some marriage, just as “How” described!….
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
Rosa can handle herself:
JayBluE over 10 years ago
You know something? There was one former person who has posted here, and not only has the knowledge to be able to use someone’s icon, but has done it before, here…. Hmm…..
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
-Here we are on the GoComics site with more than 100 comments, as usual, and on ArcaMax, the Luann comic has only drawn 2 comments. I wonder why no one posts on ArcaMax?
JayBluE over 10 years ago
It is ridiculous, and “that’s the way of the world” , today!
JayBluE over 10 years ago
And I’d say it was a case of “Profileing"…
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
I don’t think it is a matter of stupidity, rather intentionally misunderstanding.It’s fun to do.Sometimes I am walking somewhere and someone gives a wolf-whistle for some girl near me. Pretending to misunderstand, I respond, “Thank you, thank you very much.”It has left a few whistlers red faced and scared to do it again.
JayBluE over 10 years ago
Here is a link to the description of the new phenomenon (I know, I know, it’s HuffPost, but it has gathered real-life sources..) – And here is a link from “the MercuryNews”….
ACTIVIST1234 over 10 years ago
I was just surfingcomments on other strips, and Luann on Go Comics has the best comments hands down!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Not cost effective.Sure they are.Electronic rights can be part of the bid if the publishers know it will mean income for them.(You don’t make deals with those won’t deal, so whether they like or not isn’t the determining factor, especially since most are already dealing.)Cost of one physical book is far above cost of many tablets — even if the schools DO decide to provide the tablets.
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
-Yuknowhoo-Our own Voldemort?
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
This one SHOULD be in response to Brdshtt.yes, it looks like the covalent elestrons are acting up again (or Asimov’s positrons have invaded) or my little Nook is subtly trying to opt out of the electronic textbook consideration..I’ m about to be out of touch for a while anyway, so maybe it’s just as well.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
“Elestrons” however was definitely MY faultOr else the Nook is sending this post to muddy the waters
JayBluE over 10 years ago
Also of note: When “..” dubbed them with a moniker, there became evidence afterward of their being “profile d”…
JayBluE over 10 years ago
Yes…. I am proud to have been a part of that!…
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Yep, real comic
Mordock999 Premium Member over 10 years ago
“…,Have Les ask Luann to the Prom.”____________________________________
GOOD Idea! The Average Joes (Gunther, Knute and Brad) are ALWAYS Getting Their Collective Arses Kicked in THIS Strip, So its about Damn time the Pretty Boys got a TASTE of Reality! Let’s get Mr. Perfect in a Situation His Alleged “Good Looks” Can’t get Him OUT of.
716PMedGuy over 10 years ago
let him have it Gunther
JayBluE over 10 years ago
No, they’ve got a good, large selection…and some that aren’t here, too… just not as much of the Sherpa, though… a lot of good, independent artists are here!….. and since they are also a news outlet, that’s another reason they seem a bit smaller, there…
Doctor11 over 10 years ago
Oh boy.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Dave53 Even though I clicked the reply icon for one person, sometimes it shows me replying to some else. It all balances out, though. Some of my replies to you flew over the cookoo’s nest and dropped on others’ heads. Fond as I am of the little Nook Color, it gets that way every now and then. Right now I am using a RUGBY 2 multi.tap cell to hammer out this note, not near ancient eMachine computer. Sorry about the confusion.
reedkomicks Premium Member over 10 years ago
Dave, the Daue responded to my post in a nice way. As much as I have always liked you and your posts, I feel compelled to respond to him.
reedkomicks Premium Member over 10 years ago
“That was the story arc where we were introduced to Ox, savior of Gunther. This time it looks like Gunther will take care of Les himself!”-Mister DAUE, thanks for the explanation, but, Gunther is not alone here.
melmarsh9v over 10 years ago
Woof! This story is really getting complex by having so many characters interacting. It’s intriguing, although Knute & Crystal and Gunther & Rosa do not interest me as much as Quill & Luann or Brad & Toni. I really would like to see some sort of “male presence” in the life of Berrnice. Still, this comic strip’s flaws are quite minor compared to so many others. I have been reading newspaper strips all my life (I’m 61), and, in my humble opinion, there have only been two that I consider “perfect,” meaning above any sort of criticism. They are “Calvin and Hobbes,” from the past, and “Get Fuzzy” from the present.
melmarsh9v over 10 years ago
I might add that, of current comics, I consider “Piranha Club” and “Lio” to be at a high level of excellence. However, there are comics that I have read and enjoyed that are absolutely full of flaws— yes, I will come out and openly admit that I have been following “Mark Trail” for decades…
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
“…trolls are prototypical everyday sadists.”-———————-Stop getting bug-eyed and just report him/her/it.
melmarsh9v over 10 years ago
Hey! If you want to read some really goofy (and sometimes funny) posts, go to the Mark Trail section of the Comics Kingdom site!
JayBluE over 10 years ago
I must be really bad at math… I can’t get some things to add up…..
Lady Nicole over 10 years ago
So Leslie tried to get Rosa to do something last year on 2/11 too. Interesting.
Lady Nicole over 10 years ago
Oops I meant to say 2/11/12 not last year.
JayBluE over 10 years ago
Penny is short, compared to the Washington Twins…
JayBluE over 10 years ago
Double Stacks of Ten Decks….