Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 26, 2015

Oh dear…

What did I just read?

Zebo = Erica von Strange heim.

Apparently, art didn’t exist until….Zébo… was born- or at least until you take his class….

“Art for Zébo’s Sake”“What A Relief!”“You’re Such A Kiln Joy!”“Different Strokes”“Designing Woman”“A Good First Impressionism”“Gotta Control Your Tempera”“One Good Pattern Deserves Another”“Skip To My Louvre”“Texture Friends, Not Your Teacher”“Pattern About Is Fair Play”or“Why Don’t You Just Easel Down The Road?”

Interesting statement. This prof must have one weird definition! He reminds me of a person who inhabits old, dusty brick basements so he can listen to old-time jazz and smoke weed (Greenwich Village), that’s the stereotype I was thinking of… ;)

Zebo is his last name datious?

And now we can forget that the whole Peru debacle ever happened. It simply fizzled out and ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Absolutely nothing happened to Gunther in the last 6 months that would cause him to be any different than he was before he left, so it will be a cop-out if Greg Evans wants us to think of him as a new man.

he looks like a curator for a museum rather than an art teacher also what’s with that smug look he has on the 3rd panel?

Since I went through all of yesterday’s comments (I found most of them to be interesting), and commented on some, I am over-tired this evening. It is nice to have our time back. Anyway, I need to rest my eyes, so, along with IS Katie, I am going to sign off for the night. ’Nite all! ;)-————————————————————“Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.” (Charles Reade, 1814-1884)

Yeah, probably!! Then that jacket must also double as a smoking jacket, once he goes on break….

Why is Luann taking “Introduction to Art”? We saw that last semester she took art history (and had the Lincoln Elementary kids help her study for her big “Identify the Famous Paintings” final exam), so shouldn’t the art history course be what you take after the introduction to art course, instead of vice versa? The introduction course ought to be a prerequisite for all other courses in the art department.

Not that it matters, of course, since this story eon’t actually go anywhere – it’ll simply stop when Greg Evans can’t think of anything to do with up or a way to wrap it up, just like the Peru story.

I like better the Sunday teacher than Zebo………. and today episode “know it all gets F and the know nothing gets A”

Bozo?

Oh goody. One of THOSE professors. There’s always that one with the over-inflated ego that thinks he’s above everyone. Betcha his required text for the class is a book he wrote.

The art of introducing art is a lost art.

Even HE doesn’t know what he means by “Introduction to Art.”

Mr. Jock? Either the teacher was being cruel or Greg was out of name ideas, LOL.

This Zébo strikes me as a fraud. I’ve had some experience in this area, and I smell a stinkin’ overdose of cologne and pomposity….

Chill out, Art Dude. You’re at a rinky dink community college.

BTW, I’ve been offered a job at my local community college to teach two sections of COBOL. I found out the pay and turned them down.

it is possible that will be his ONLY A, but he got that one.

Did I say Tim Tebow last week? Oops. This guy is completely unemployable outside of the college setting. Greg and I may have had similar experiences with art profs.

Y’all jumping the gun on the Gunther thang. Patience. geesh.

Wow. From nasty Gunther to a nasty prof. A disappointing downhill slide…

“ART???” “Not the Way ‘I’ Introduce it??”

Pull Yer SHAWL Tightly around Your Shoulders, Lu.Because I THINK that BEFORE This Semester is Over, Old Professor Ze-Bop’s going Have Certain Members of the Class NAKED, for (A-Hem) “Art’s” Sake…..,

We soon discover Gunther’s mother is 2-timing Gray with Zebo.

Zebo’s left lapel is messed up. I think Sheriff is testing us out…

In the first panel, the left lapel (the one over the breast pocket with the handkerchief in it) seems smaller than the right. In the last frame, the right lapel is miscolored.

I think I’m about done with this strip….Evans tends to stereotype a lot of his characters….it’s not working for me, sorry

She probably turned that way, so she wouldn’t have to face Zébo’s “smug mug of ugg” while he painted her….

Frankly, I never did like classes where the evaluation is so “subjective.” Maybe that’s why I gravitated towards STEM. There, if you get the answer right, it’s right, and not subject to “interpretation.”

I think Lu is in for a rough road with Zébo. Easy does it there Lu… this ain’t “Mr. Fogarty!” ;-)

Pretentious art professor at a small community college…nah that could never happen ;-)

Hmm, Sheriff said this was Tebow’s week. As I remember, didn’t he say he liked Brad DeGroot? Maybe he is going to show up in class

I hope that this Zebo fellow is only an occasional presence. And, I am also keeping my fingers crossed that Greg may have another professor (perhaps a Moony one?) show up occasionally who is a more typical representation too…. usually a bit harried, somewhat disheveled, furry-faced (usually this is only for the males) and a bit tweedy/frumpy. That could be a good comic foil as well. And, yes, that is a fairly accurate description of me…. and depending on my wife’s mood, she let’s me know if that is a good thing or a bad thing. :)

@seismic-2“It seems we’ve shown way more than our share of patience already, devoting all that time to following a storyline that went… absolutely nowhere.”.Ha!As if!.It went to Peru and back.It had hot times,drunkenness and women showering Gunther with hugs, money and wardrobe changes.It had pancakes, personal pathos and putrid body odor.It had sidetracked treks and lost loves and mysterious men, black coffee and strong cerveja..Evans is a genius beyond the ability of lesser humans to grasp.He is an artist only Zèbo could even hope to aspire to comprehend.

nope- that’s an error that slipped by the goalie – GoComics honchos will fix it.

Talk about 90 + 180 + 270 degree story change!!!

As a retired art teacher, I’m a little offended at the stereotype here. Not even my college art teachers were this pretentious (although a couple of them were a little full of themselves, but not like this guy).

> He’s good at taking a story somewhere unexpected and good at teasing an ending to keep readers coming back.>“Teasing an ending” is exactly right. Just look at how many comments were posted herein last week when Gunther arrived at the airport and heard this unseen voice telling him “You think you can leave Peru, just like that?” Speculation was running rampant about whether the speaker was Rosa, experiencing a change of heart and wanting to give him a huge farewell kiss, or Luis, who has some great wisdom to share with him, or the unseen uncle Leo, who will hold him responsible for running away from his job, or the Peruvian immigration authorities, or some new mysterious character who who force Gunther into a great adventure that would send him home as a changed man. Nope, it was the office manager, giving him his final paycheck. Then he’s home, the next day. When you have all your fan base writing their own backstory to a strip, and every one of them is far more interesting than the strip you actually wrote, then you do really have a problem finishing a tale.

Thank heaven I never had an art teacher like this or I would have been turned off from art permenantly!

> Gunther is in the process of discovering he isn’t anymore what he used to be>Except that Gunther has discovered that he still is just who he always has been. He discovered that following a (sort of) girlfriend to another country is not the sort of thing he does, but coming home to keep his mother from dating is the sort of thing he does. So he has discovered… what everyone, including himself, already knew.

I’ll bet Gunther gets into Moony ( MUUNII? MUEnie?) based in part on a glowing letter of recommendation from Rosa’s Uncle Leo.

I believe he had already been accepted at Moony, with all the others that applied. Perhaps, Greg may have the “Deus ex Machina” machine magically grant him “deferred admission” status. We’ll see.

Depends. Today, professors know that computers can solve just about any problem you can throw at them with built-in libraries, so they don’t care so much about the answer. It’s all about showing your work and the methods you use that determine whether you pass/fail a class. The answer isn’t as important as showing you know how to find the answer without comupter assistance. Going into an advanced level math class and writing the answers without work will get you a nice big F.

Still, it’s a lot less “subjective” than art, or Literature, etc.

Had a theater prof. like him at U of M (Michigan) back in the 70’s.

The fact that an epicene poseur like this twit ever got hired tells us all we need to know about the kind of education Luann is being offered at Pitts Normal School. Even she can get a ladylike C average here. . .and notice that Dr. Collagen-Lips’ Oscar Wilde-model smoking jacket closes right over left, like a woman’s. What does this tell us about his lifestyle choices, class? That’s right! Look for him at the rough-trade bar this evening. . .

It may be that Mooney doesn’t have courses in the freshman year that start up in the second semester. If so, he would have to attend Community College with Luann until next fall and transfer to Mooney, or he could just get a job as a network administrator (since he seemed to enjoy that) and make money for next year’s tuition. In any case, we’re once again writing our own back-stories (“Uncle Leo writes a letter of recommendation”, or “Gunther is granted deferred admission”, or “Gunther attends Pitt CC for a semester”), which indicates that Greg Evans is leaving out so much that the readers feel a need to fill in the gaps themselves.

I found a surprising number of 1st and 2nd year undergrad teachers who punished critical thinkers and only rewarded credence to the teacher’s dogmatic cud. The odd rotten teachers in higher classes were more likely to punish non-political-correctness. You could usually weed both out of your schedule by getting recommendations from your more thoughtful peers.

Just what every Community College needs; An arrogant !@#$% instructor!

Never took art classes while getting my degrees, fortunately didn’t have too. But like all of us I had the one or two who were airbags and thought the world of academia was the only one. My favorite one was my physics professor who also instructed many of the electronics courses I had to take. He was the down to earth type and rarely dressed passed the jeans and tee shirt style. When in his office our conversations invariably went to cars and trucks for he was also a “motorhead”, and we eventually collaborated on a exhaust header design with “cherry” glass pack mufflers for a chevy 235 6 cylinder engine, making it sound just as sweet and loud as any V8 at the race track. He was pretty cool.

That’s why good schools allow you to “drop” a class after the first few meetings.

High School was never like this

Wow, only 96 comments on this strip today. Usually, when I read it, there well over 100.

I actually thought the “jock” showed courage by admitting he didn’t know something (unlike the rest of the class) and the teacher gave him credit for that. This may just be a stereotypical pompous art teacher but I hope there’s a positive twist to this story.

Reminds me a little of high school classroom-phase of driver’s ed. The teacher, a Mr. McLaughlin, started by asking everybody, “What makes a good driver?” After every answer, he would say “What else?” And after perhaps half a dozen responses, when nobody could think of anything else, he would say “There’s no such thing as a good driver.” He would then say how every driver, no matter how many years they’ve driven, has some bad habit, some quirk, something that makes them a hazard to other people..I never forgot that.

Thanks, Dave.

“I’m honestly not sure what she brings to the table other than keeping Evans from retiring, because, albeit the new settings, the strip’s writing style has not changed whatsoever, and I thought that’s what she was contributing.”.Think harder.Just because people don’t do what we expect doesn’t mean they’re wrong.Some people want it to change completely instantly.This is unreasonable.The same result can be achieved by simply reading a different strip because either way it wouldn’t be Luann.

Ah, I’ll follow your example then…I’m sorry that some of you have a Zebo-ish idea of how things ought to be despite evidence (or lack thereof) within the context of the strip.

“You can find that personality type like Zébo in every profession. "-——————————————I had a boss like that once, he insisted on “proactive thinking” which was his way of saying “read my mind, and do it my way”.In all ways the very definition of a “martinet”.

We have a PCC in Pasadena. A large portion of the students are older than “college age”. Hopefully later strips will reflect that.

Hah! I actually think Zebo’s demeanor is going to be rather funny. I can forsee him pontificating on all manner of art theory… and…. perhaps being a comic foil in which Greg may be able to point out aggravations he had to face from such fellows back in his college days (presuming he took art courses as part of his becoming a cartoonist. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++I still also think a stereotypically tweedy, absent-minded, pipe smoking professorial type would be interesting to add to Luann’s CC experience, or Bernice’s Moony experience. :)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++While I look forward to Greg’s future story arc with Gunther… I also can emphatically say that I am currently not liking the character of Gunther much at the moment. Peru only seems to have made him moody, rude, and rather annoying. That was NOT what I expected, but it appears that is how he now is.

Art Appreciation 101.*Here’s how I aced it. Took the advice of a friend and wrote down the prof’s EXACT words during the lecture. Then, when tasked with discussing or analyzing a piece of art, I went back to my otes & parroted her phrases.*Worked like a charm— both gave me a good grade & a new vocabulary.

Don’t get too attached to him; he’ll be the first one to die. ;-)

Is this a college class or a re-hab clinic? Maybe Greg is just casting new characters to see just who might click. I think most readers are more invested in the characters we already know. It’s Luann, not Ben-Hur, and we don’t need a cast of thousands.

LOL, the lowbrow in the red shirt is wearing a red shirt – I believe that is the one he is referencing based on a very early comment of mine…

OK… I thought the reference was to Ol’ Zébo himself.

Trivia Quiz: In what classic/epic Gregory Peck movie was there a “Zebo” character?

Nearly forgot – left ya one yesterday.

Got it, oh WYSE one! ;-PPP

BTW – “Mr Jock”?I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of a Community College that had a sports team.

Actually, it’s quite common for junior colleges or community colleges to have sports teams, just as high schools do. Some athletes start out in junior college sports and then move on to play for major 4-year colleges in their junior and senior years.

Zebo looks like a good match for Miss Mazone, the drama teacher.

I didn’t have time to read all the comments before I posted, Great minds think alike.

Trivia Quiz: In what classic/epic Gregory Peck movie was there a “Zebo” character?

I honestly do not know – and I won’t fake it by Googling it… :)

The Most classic Peck movie of all – To Kill a Mockingbird

Zebo was Calpurnia’s son. He worked for the DPW. He was referenced in both the novel and the movie. When Atticus shoots the rabid dog, Sheriff Tate has “Zebo” return to collect the dog’s remains to dispose of it properly.

A male Melody Mazon?

I assume that it is Karen who is responsible for this crew getting out of high school and putting some of them far away in space.

Is she at Mooni Uni? those teachers seem very mooni to me. the next one is Moonier than the last one.

“However, should he decide to see how everyone feels about the current arc and not just his superfans, he can venture over here and find out.” You are speaking about a very vocal—and often tiresomely repetitious—few.

“Jock Be Nimble, Jock Be Quick" ^To be honest, Jock was neither. He just happened to be the one who drew the “short straw”, and then somehow correctly guessed the right color wire to diffuse Zébo’s “loaded bombshell” of a question… – (“C’est Zebo”:) LOL, somehow I am reminded of an Eartha Kitt song. Hmm… wonder why? Either that, or your “French accent is off”… ;-)

SPOILER ALERT-Anyone who thinks college can be worthwhile may want to skip the rest of this arc…

Pretty clever, BTW!

What ever happened to Luann? Isn’t this cartoon strip (I can’t call it “comic”) supposed to be about her?

At least this guy is not as dull as Mr. Fogarty

All types go to school. I’m a very butch lesbian in her late 30s, and another regular in my classes is a young red head who looks like she belongs on the cover of a magazine. another girl looks like she can’t decide if she’s a biker chick or a skateboarder. And then there are these three token guys who aren’t even psych majors but seem to be in one class each semester. So, these guys seem pretty correct to me.

Hoo-boy…