Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 03, 2015

You know what … if we could hear him instead of only read his word balloons, I bet even his voice has dropped an octave!

Tough for Gunther to face…. – You know, a lot of people found it difficult to adjust, when Copernicus gave them the bad news that the universe didn’t revolve around them , either…. – Good thing there was no “social media”, then. He would have been unfriended and “unfollowed” soooo quickly…

Gunthie, boy — apart from death and taxes, change is the only other certainty in life!

Right. Because she can’t be a complex person, who has different relationships with different people. Sheesh, Gunther…get over Rosa, and get a grip.

“Strangled by the wishes of Pater, Hoping for the arms of Mater, Get to me, the sooner or later….

I’ll keep holding on…I’ll keep holding on…”(♫)(“Holding Back The Years”, Simply Red)

“The Worst Of Both Worlds”“Next Of Kinetic”“Growing Is Half The Battle”“The Old Stationary Wagon”“Same Difference”“A Minivan With The Heart Of A Ferarri”“Slow Change Artists”“Mom Genes And Apron Strings”“Got You Right Where I- Hey, You Moved!”“A Complex Solution To A Simple Problem”“Holding Back The Years” (♫)or“Double Trouble For A Single Parent”

I find it hard to believe any person can think that their parents are never supposed to change. Everyone changes. Experience changes you. Age changes you. No one is absolutely the same throughout their life.-What Gunther is saying, really, is that he wants his mother to sit quietly in the background of his life, ready to cook food or do what he wants her to do WHEN he wants it (apparently, not when his friend can see her doing it), but otherwise, she’s to have no life of her own.-If he isn’t going back to Peru, he needs to move out and live in a dorm. The only way he’ll be happy with his mother is to spend less time with her. And they only way she’ll get to have a personal life, and not have her kid diss her every day, is if she spends less time with him.

“(Gunther) has now gotten a meaner looking backpack…”-——————————————————What’s he lugging in there, a portable sewing machine?

Moms aren’t supposed to change? Gunther, before you came along, your mom had a life. She had dreams and plans—and an identity other than Mom. It’s time for her to get her own time—and life—back, and it’s time for you to grow up and move on. You want to become independent? Then step back and let your mom have her own life while you cultivate your own.

This reminds me of something from my own life in the mid- seventies. After Mom’s death i was caring for the home and Dad while trying to teach him how to care for himself. When he tried to balk i would just not do certain chores. One day he griped about his bed not having been changed, so i suggested he practice and do it himself. He gruffly replied that he did not know where the sheets were kept, so i told him. He got such a vulnerable and startled look on his face then and blurted out, “I didn’t want to know!” Hearing himself say that was a revelation for him.Perhaps Gunther has just had his own revelation.

Ch-ch-ch-changesTurn and face the strangeCh-ch-changesJust gonna have to be a different man

Well, Gunther? Which will it be?

He’s angry that she’s mature with Mr. Gray, but not him? What kind of maturity is he referring to? That’s not a great piece of dialogue! Besides, he doesn’t know how his mom acts with Mr. Gray when she’s alone with the guy. She might be extremely immature when she’s with him—-whatever that means.

Quill would make a great psychologist. (Or at least a sub for Dear Abby).

Mrs. Berger needs to summon up her courage and do what’s best for Gunny: kick him out of her house, forthwith.

Gunther desperately needs to join the military!!

Gunther now wears normal clothes, doesn’t shave his face, drinks black cofee (which was never explained in his story) and has managed a mean attitude!

Yup, he’s ready for the military!!

Only one thing in this world that doesn’t change… death.

Thanks for giving him the talk, Quill.Once he talks through his feelings, he can quit acting like a jerk.(Although, it IS true that mothers aren’t supposed to change.)

Gunther is really cranky since he stopped getting any Rosa. He needs to get back down south or find some new action.

I’m sorry but him comparing his relationship with his mother to her relation with Mr Gray is sick.

Aw, Cheer Up Gunth. Your Mom Sacrificed MUCH, as a Single Parent, Raising YOU and Supporting the Family by Her Lonesome, so She Is Entitled to a “little” mothering from time to time. Just Grin and Bear it for Now.

Hey Wanna Have some FUN? TRIP Pretty Boy while he ain’t looking and as He Picks Himself Up, Tell Him to MIND His Own Business.

one of these days she won’t be there to cook for him and try to baby him and he will regret all these mean disrespectful things he is saying. My mom treated my brother like that and boy does he miss her since the rest of us didn’t jump in and take mom’s place after she passed. I told him he is a big boy, 60, and old enough to deal with it and do for himself.

Gunther is gonna need his own spinoff at this rate

Go back to the old school and see Leslie still enjoying the twelfth grade

Ok, Quill offer to share a dorm room with Gunth. G-man hesitates because his mom would be lonesome. Mom smiles, and guess who walks in with his suitcase.

Poor kid, he just never thought of how much his mom gave up to raise him. His mom is finally is able to spread her wings again and fly and mr. Grey is going along for the ride.

“, why is Dave.53 allowed to insult me on a daily basis with zero repercussions? Is that not against the TOS? ".Truth is not an insult.It’s just sometimes unpleasant to face.

“I’m going to get a hold of a moderator eventually, and I’ve got a good case of you insulting me just as much as Dave.53.-As funny as you think it is, it’s against the TOS and it needs to stop. ".Threats are against the TOS, aren’t they?Near-daily threats SHOULD be multiple infractions..It is reasonable to assume the complaints have been investigated and rejected and that the moderators got several good laughs at the incessant complaints about the comments and the comics and the concepts contained..Thanks, you’re really good for what you do.We need more like you.Gunther isn’t enough.

The way Gunther is behaving makes me think that both Luann and Rosa dodged a bullet.

Maybe you need to have a serious talk with yourself.

Quill!Gunher’s not picking up on the sarcasm; time to give it to him straight that life went on while he was away.

I didn’t even notics the background until ya’ll pointed it out. Interesting…

Aye.

I sense a lecture in life forthcoming from Quill. Gunther obviously needs talking to!

You forgot to apologize to Billy Joe Royal, too… -Kinda funny, when you think about it- Royal…Purple…

@seismic-2: Yup…

What will Gunther do when Mommy doesn’t come home tonight from her date with Mr. Gray? I can hardly wait to see the G-Man’s expression when he finds the note “I’ve left your breakfast next to the casserole in the fridge. See you tomorrow evening! Love, Mom”

First and third panels he has the backpack hanging on one strap (which it turns out is givng kids back problems young) but in the middle he has it on both.

When Mom’s boyfriend blushes, does that make for two shades of Gray?

The only person who changed is Gunther. He can’t see it yet.

I thought he was quite complimentary.

FIRST! (for the day after tomorrow. So there.)

Hey, don’t put that on me!!! That’s Annie’s Sin !!! ;-)

When we were kids, we’d say “‘such and such….(fill in the blank, such as ’not it!’) to infinity!” But… on special occaisions we’d say such, and add a “+1!”. To wit, this is what I am doing, now… –

….and a Full House, Aces over Royals…and DJs over Joeys….

you need more strings

“Is it too late to get in on the game?”.It’s never too late and fun to play/

Ha ha ha!!!

Women tend to act a little different when certain pent up things are relieved………………..especially after it’s been many years.

-condescension-Funny, I never thought of someone who was overly attentive and paid too much attention to someone else as ‘condescending’.-Maybe too much present, maybe too involved in details that the other person should be taking care of, like making meals and so on. But not condescending towards them…

we’d sing and dance, forever and a day…. Back on that song, just gotta mellow awhile

It would seem that Rosa could probably sing the rest of the refrain….

“we’d live the life we choose…

we’d fight and never lose….

for we were young… and sure to have our way…."

“Mother! Please! I’d rather do it *_MYSELF_ !"*

?Excederin, wasn’t it?Alka Seltzer???So much for my nearly perfect memory.How the mighty are fallenThe mediocre?The middlin’?

(I got the “n” at the end right — or the “A” at the beginning, depending on which guess.)

Found it! Yes, it was Anacin.

There seem to be two or three people arguing about something here. (Maybe more.) I have no idea what it is all about, or why they care..I don’t much follow diatribes. I think most of us care about the comic strip, and that is what we follow. .The rest of us can best just ignore them. Not hard to do.

@IamJayBluE@DavidHuieGreen“That’s why I mentioned “Annie’s Sin”,”.I had wondered, but it went right over my head — like so many cultural references.Now all is clear.

moms aren’t supposed to change, according to Gunther. guess what? dorks don’t like change!

I need humor: Let’s have Knute and Crystal drive along for a week on old roads and read Burma Shave signs.

“Turning the page brought to you, by”…..– “Nothing”… “Can’t find it? Look harder!….”– And by…“Collared Crook Shirts”… "Wrinkle resistant… for a while, anyway… What all the ’best dressed criminals wear for trial…and versatile… good with solids, or stripes….

With a bland name like ‘Gray’? I think not. If he were a truly inspired evildoer, I’m sure our cartoonist would have given him a much more memorable name!

I figure true computer geeks write their own code and don’t have to settle for the awful stuff the rest of us are stuck with…

http://www.thecomicstrips.com/properties/luann/art_images/cg49d0f74dd8c8d0.jpg

Do they taste good with chianti?

For a list of some of Gunther’s possible Mooney classes, see:http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2013/01/24

So his first name is Dorian, and for some reason, he prefers middle age instead of youth. (Strange guy!)-And we still don’t know Mrs. Berger’s first name. Should we guess? She must have a name other than MOMICANFIXMYOWNMEAL…

I think that’s Jeremy over at Zits

Mr. Rogers Gray… some people do have first names that sound as though they should be plural…..