Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 05, 2014

If I have my ducks lined up Right , Guard the gates and prepare for a non- Arrid environment.. If there was to be a Ban on picture taking in the aisles, I’m Sure that it will be lifted, to a Degree …If anyone had an Axe to grind in the class, it may be ignored in the very moment, if not altogether dispensed with, as soon as this Secret is manifest! – If one thing is remembered at this commencement, it’s to persevere, and don’t work against it… and with patience, that persistence will pay off!

Tiffany? =-O

Blah de blah de blah blah blah?

I see Leslie is still being a jerk… ;)

I bet that whatever Tiff tells her. Bernice will say the opposite.

Actually, if you’re not accustomed to giving speeches in public, getting help in your delivery from someone with acting experience is not at all a bad idea. This story may be headed in a different direction, but the simplest explanation for Tiffany’s involvement makes good sense. Maybe Tiff can help Bern with her hair, too! Those curls are going to be hard to fit into a mortarboard hat.

That boat sailed a long time ago. Probably some time around second grade.

Forgoodnesssake someone deal with that bully already! It’s like he has a side business going on and it aint nice.

“Dotted Surprise Across The Tease”“Anti-Persistent Protection”“Freshly Teased Creative Juice”“An Air Of Ardor In Pitts”“No Sweat!”or“Mind Your Tease And Cues”

Come on, Our girl Luann is not a scholar. Clearly the Bernice, Delta, Rosa (who is going to Yale) and Gunther are the fictional school academic stars. I teach at a community-college so I am not criticizing them, but that is where Luann is going to school in the Fall. She probably falls somewhere in the middle in the graduating class rankings I would wager.

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It’s a secret….

As I alluded to yesterday, something is up that character. I believe this is a setup to some kind of surprise, and I believe it will be the turning point in this character’s life. Is Bernice going to play a major role? I think so.

And a Damn good secret it is!

’Nite all! Time to get back to the business of life… ;)-————————————————————————-

“Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, Offer no angles to the wind. They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes Less than themselves.” (A. S. J. Tessimond, 1902-1962)

Leslie’s just background until some brings a gun to school, then he’s backsplatter.Bernice is to be praised for finding worth in Tiffany, many miss it.

Schools and their staff have a long history of ignoring bullies. But it really bugs me, too!

If Bernice is asking Tiffany for acting help, she’s not as smart as she seems. But she may be including Tiffany to make her feel included and not take the spotlight from Bernice at graduation.

At the prom, Bernice was genuinely impressed with what a good job Tiffany had done in arranging everything. Maybe the “secret” is that Bernice has asked Tiffany to organize a surprise graduation party after the ceremony.

Since most of the comments here relate to the comic in zero, I guess I am just too out of the loop, WTF do you all think you are doing here? Is this just a little clique where you glom onto each other? Kinda looks like all the message boards for stocks. Lots of people saying stupid stuff to look important, I’m sick of it. Bye bye.

This is either going to be really really good or really really bad.

A ‘last go round’ at the money he’s gonna miss when he leaves Pitts… – I think his teachers think he’s excelled enough at shakedowns and intimidation tactics… they must think he’s ready for a professional career doing that….at least anywhere but staying at Pitts doing it… and mostly, they’re probably “glad” to see him “graduate”, heh heh

A bit of “celebration” this week for the Standard & Poors…. – Some people would call the market a bit of a “shakedown”….

We can expect some interesting shilly-shallying now that Tiffany enters centre stage.

I do not know what Bernice’s secret may be, but I do think Tiffany will somehow have a positive impact. Deal with it, Luann.(And yes, will somebody please deal with Leslie Knox? O, Oxford!)

Nah. I think Gunther should be the one to thump Leslie. He’s gotta remind Rosa why she likes him.

I foresee a life of crime for Leslie.

I got ANOTHER, Better Idea: Why doesn’t EVERYBODY Victimized by Needle-Nose, GANG Up on Him and Beat the LIVING Crap Outta Him with Their Air Macs, since the School Authorities CONTINUE to Remain Blind to His actions?

Amazing out of the hundreds of kids that go to school, the one that Luann knows is the top student.

WTH with these Leslie cameos?

My guess is that Bernice wants help from Tiffany in giving her a new look. You know that Greg does this every so often with his characters.

Bernice’s speech will probably deal with bullying and Leslie. Leslie is right up there with Jimbo, Dolph, & Nelson in longevity!

why is it still being shown today? Are we supposed to see that Luann and her friends also ignore bullying?______I think it’s called foreshadowing.

Isn’t Rosa going to Yale? And she’s not the valedictorian? My, but in the comic world their standards must have slipped.

Guessing from Bernice’s Prom dress choice and her wanting to break out of her shell, she is thinking of being one hot valedictorian that no one will forget and not some “brainyack” nerd.As far as Mr. Knox is concerned, he knows that he has to “hit” everyone up now before he graduates, then he looses his only source of income, with no prospects in the future for employment. Unless Ms. Eiffel makes a return somewhere and see’s his lowlife ways of making cash.

But for what reason? What has Tiffany ever done to Bernice to warrant such retaliation?

I’m not certain of any specific incidents but, as @ReallyBad states above, the general vibes rub off. Stiil, as I say above, I hope I’m wrong. It was simply where my mind first went. Maybe I am a bit jaded in re: Tiff, but I honestly haven’t seen her do much that didn’t server her own interests/agenda in some way.

" If Tiffany helped her, she wouldn’t touch the speech, but she would do an excellent job of handling the presentation."*HtDuck – excellent observation! There are two major parts to speaking— 1) giving out the facts & ideas you want to share and 2) preparing your listeners so that they can and will receive your communication.*Bern, no doubt, knows what she wants to say. And Tiff knows how to get the audience to listen (or so I hope).*Speaking of Luann Againn (which we weren’t), whatever happened to little Lindy? She should be about 6 years old now, in Luann time. Anyone seen her or her parents?

Is Les still picking on that same kid?

Ooooo, Bern. You have something up your sleeve, and we can’t wait to see what it is.

The theme for my eighth grade graduation was …and the tree grows Three dots were at the beginning and no period were at the end. It seems very fitting theme for the way this strip is going.~Where is Ox when you need him? Leslie is picking on one Freshman kid after another. Come on, Leslie, pick on someone your own size, or does some girl need to come up behind you and give you a shove right into that poor kid or put their hands under your armpits and lift you up as high as they are able? ~Hmm, where did I get that idea?

Leslie Knox seems to have realized that the school doesn’t have surveillance cameras after all.

So, is Leslie going to become a ubiquitous background character that no one interacts with in all Luann comics like the slice of pie, dynamite, or bunny in Bizarro comics?

A comment or two on the bullying we’ve been seeing for the past few days: It’s true that nothing is being done about the bullying that Les Knox is inflicting on that kid, but the very nature of bullying is that it normally occurs when no one (especially teachers and other authority figures) is watching—and that’s just the way the bully prefers it. He/she can then torture the victim all he/she wants without any repercussions. Unfortunately, though, even when the bullying IS witnessed, no one still does anything about it because they’re too afraid or they just don’t care about what’s happening. Although more schools are doing something about bullying nowadays, there are still schools and adults who brush off bullying as a “normal” rite of passage and even have the gall to blame the victims for what’s happening. That results in young people who end emotionally damaged and struggling in adult life (like I have). What’s being shown here is a contrast: while Ms. Phelps and Bernice are basking in the glow of Bernice having been chosen valedictorian, a student is being bullied by another student who isn’t being made to account for what he’s doing. That kid will end up with problems and struggle in his adult life if nothing is done about it NOW.

Upward and Onward Through The Fog . . . .Greg’s on a roll here!

I think this might be going to a nice place for all everyone.

You know (or even care) what I think? I think Bernice liked getting “tarted up” for the prom and since her big moment is coming up, she wants some advice direct from the Queen of Tarts herself, i.e. Tiffany

“I Can’t Tell You Why” by the Eagles…

Considering the look of panic on Bernice’s face when Miss Phelps said she would take her place some day, I think Bernice is going to have a big makeover and sow some her wild oats in the future.

> Bernice was specifically addressing whether she wanted help with her speech >How do you know she didn’t mean help in looking sharper when she delivers it? Making a good impression depends on how you look as well as on what you say and how you say it. Tiffany can’t help with the content, but Bern can handle that on her own. She may need Tiffany’s coaching on the delivery and appearance part. An if that carries over into being less of a “brain” and more of a socialite at Moony Uni, she probably thinks that’s for the better, too. Bernice does not want to be the next generation’s version of Miss Phelps.

There’s always the idea that Bern should seek Tiffany’s advice, and then do the opposite.

I don’t recall Bernice ever trying to hurt anyone.

A bit snarky at times, but many women are that way.

Uh oh, I don’t like the sound of it.

Folks, folks….

Don’t get tied up in thinking bad things about the students and faculty who are “ignoring” this behavior. This is just a literary device to set up whatever is to follow, without bogging us down for a week or more. This will keep the story moving at a much better rate, and will surely help it tie in to whatever else will be happening in the same general time. (I’m sure a lot of things are about to tie up all at once.)

…and continuing to show the teachers’ complete ineffectiveness, as with that awful week devoted to Fogarty’s retirement.

I foresee a life of crime for Leslie.

Just wait until he teams up with TJ.-Leslie’s the muscle; TJ’s the brains, right?

It will be fun to see what happens! I surmise that Tiffany is in neither the top third nor the lower third of the graduating class…

Now I must expound. It has been established that Bernice told Phelps that she wants to pursue a degree in Psychology. Let us surmise that an old Professor of Occult Philosophy might feel that such a thing is a ridiculous exercise in psuedoscience. Instead, he would try to talk her out of attending Moony U., in order to employ her in a lucrative, clothing-free position in a private library in the Lodge of a Secret Society.

Yeah, I don’t know what’s the matter with kids today…

…wait. TIFFANY? oooookay…. can’t wait to see where this is going…

I think Phelps gets a cut of Leslie’s shakedown action on the side.

Why isn’t someone helping that poor kid being attacked by Leslie in the background?!