Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 09, 2015

NASA and ASRI, we have a problem… Luann is lacking oxygen!!! (Sure she has straws in her nose, but still.)

“Dry Humor”“Adhesive, She Said”“Gorilla My Dreams, Behind The Mask”“Not So Krazy About This Glue "“All We Need Is A Little Patience…” (♫)“Murphy’s Lawyer”“Paste Makes Waste”“Hardly Hardened”“If You Have To Mask…”or“Get Out Of My Facial”

As I suspected, this is the first that Luann has heard of Quill’s plan to spend summer in New York. He wouldn’t dare tell her that’s what he wants to do, unless he also asks whether she wants to come along.

The reality is happening

We had to make life masks for our Theater class waaaaay back in High School. We used Plaster of Paris after coating our faces and hair lines with petroleum jelly so our skin wouldn’t come off. Some of the masks came out okay as negatives some didn’t… one girl actually cast a real good ‘positive’ life mask from the negative. Over all though, it was an uncomfortable exercise.

Um, there’s a big difference between a plaster cast (as apparently shown here) and papier mâché (which they said they were going to do). And yes, putting the plaster on one’s face directly is just asking for trouble.

Clever of Quill to exploit this moment (or many moments) of Luann’s enforced silence to unfold his summer plans and invite her to join.But how long will that goop fester before Luann finally cleans up, successful art project or not?

they say smokers have it like they are breathing through a straw.Luann has two straws.

Interesting that Quill hadn’t even considered telling Luann that he had applied for the Intern Program in NY. If they’re so close, wouldn’t he include Luann in his thoughts even before he applied?

Papier mache takes hours, maybe days to dry if it’s of any thickness. The only way to really do it reasonably would be to make a plaster cast first (although these days there’s much better alternatives to traditional plaster,) then use the papier mache for a positive.

“.. he doesn’t like that she has no direction in life….” ^He certainly does seem to “instinctively” know that "kissing and hugging’ seems to pacify her, and that certain things are of importance to her. – But he hasn’t indicated that he’s “fed up” with that aspect of her. And it took a long time before he finally has been expressing an opposing viewpoint with her, at all. – But more so, one doesn’t stop loving someone, because they seem to have no direction (Though maybe he possibly could feel about it the way Lu’s parents expressed it, when they quipped that they hoped his “direction finding” ability could “rub off on her”). It could however cause two people to either drift apart, or come to a crossroads…

I don’t see how someone just does something like this without learning how to do it properly first. Especially a collegiate art student. Especially if it’s a girl who used to pore over fashion magazines for beauty tips—I mean that’s not great for your skin!

I would agree with your idea that Quill puts his “career” first. At least to my manner of thinking…. at the ripe old age of 18 or 19…. this is what BOTH of them should be doing. Sure, date and have fun, but first and foremost should be using your college time to figure out what you will wish to do and become in your career.

“… this could be just another “adventure” …” ^You’re right- It could very well be just that! Greg has to have some way to “fill” the summer months…

Luann should just go to her art class with the glop still smeared over her face. That would demonstrate that she has indeed overcome her ego, so it will be judged a successful work of art.,

Geez, What a MORON.

Lucky for HIM, He has His ANNOYINGLY “Good Looks” to Fall BACK On.

> The only way we’ll get a breakup is the same with Rosa/Gunther>Mr. Gray will start dating Nancy???

Papier Maché takes forever to dry. When my father made life masks, he’d paint the face with negocoll and then cover it with quick-drying plaster.

Man, for freshman college none of them seem to have any money issues.

Grab a hair dryer, Quill

If Rosalind Russel shows up in a nun costume…

“Even you thought this instance might be the end.”^Yes, “storywise” . It was the one time (other than at Drama Camp) where Quill actually expressed any feelings other than the “lovey-dovey”ones. And it was the second time they had that same argument/discussion. None of us knew where it was going. That’s why I said if you’re not careful . But it got “patched up” with a kiss (or also the promise of more “cuddle time”), as usual. Then she became happy again, and their discussion was over at that point. – And that arc culminated in the “vaudville schtick” and the production meeting with Manezon (“impromptu” for her, scheduled for him), so it seemed like it really could have ended up as one of those “rough patches” real life couples go through, but t’wasn’t… it was more like “the passing rumbles of thunder”. - He showed some annoyance, but that is different than being “fed up”. It doesn’t mean that he doesn’t like her “directionless state” (to paraphrase), as you said, earlier…

LOL!

Like her parents are going to let her do this…

Her parents will NOT let her go.Quill will find another girl in NY? (there are a few)

I do not know about your personal experience, RB2…. but a lot of kids at the age of 18….while they TECHNICALLY do not have to do a damn thing their parents want them to do (you are correct)….. many kids will CHOOSE to listen to their parents and what they say will most assuredly influence their actions. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++So, in reference to the comments you had about Luann being 18…..one person said “her parent’s may not let her do this” (because they could say that if she did, she would have to move out or some such thing)… or when another person said “…will have a lot of conditions” (they could impose a plethora of conditions that affect her current living style (room, board, rent, possibly tuition)…. or other similar things others said. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++What I am saying is that just because technically she can do whatever she damn well pleases, the presumed “reality” is that Luann will do most things in keeping with the manner in which she was raised. It is unlikely she will do something that is horrendously off the mark from what her parents would suggest for her. She has had the type of (fictional) upbringing that would lead her to most likely do things in keeping with her parent’s life philosophies.

Still got to wonder how Luann will afford the trip, most likely going to be mom and dad paying.

Qu, why didn’t you put cute little horns on the drying mask?

Exactly

Regardless of age, if a person is dependent on another person financially, that dependent person pretty much has to ‘tow the line’. As a lot of recent college grads who can’t find work are discovering, while living in the basement of their family home…

Oops, Qu, that’s a double negative.Lu answers, “No”, as in "No, I did not not think that it would take this long to dry. Binary answers require simple questions!

“Luann is 18, how will they stop her?”*RB,1) “You want to live in my house next semester, you abide by my rules”.2) “You want us to pay your tuition, fees, and books next semester, you abide by our rules.”

This looks like something out of, “I Love Lucy”. Waaaaa!!

Too funny! Given their ages, probably also very true !

College kids? Same with high schoolers now too, but again we seem to be expecting normalcy in a comic which veers away from it.

That may be the case here, but if Luann was a Latina, her parents would blow a gasket at the very thought of her leaving home. As for leaving with a guy, they’d go nuclear, for in the Hispanic community, no “respectable” girl goes off with a guy she’s not married to. Hell, in the most conservative Hispanic families, girls are not even allowed to date. Very narrow-minded and backwards, I know, but unfortunately, many people in this culture are still living in the 19th century. :(

> She’ll be a sophomore next semester. Exactly how long is she going to live there anyway? All through college and then some? >This raises the question of what will happen after Luann completes her sophomore year. (Assuming that she does complete it, instead of repeating it over and over again fir the next decade or so, as she did with her high school years.) After she finishes her second year, she’s finished at Pitt CC, with an Associate’s degree to show for it. Then what?

Will she go on to Moony Uni, or will she still be undecided about a course of study? Will she stop her college studies (at least temporarily) until she can make up her mind? If so, what will she do instead, using her Associate’s degree? Take over the Ann Eifell management slot at Weenie World? Whatever she decides to do then will surely have a bearing on whether she continues to live under Frank and Nancy’s roof.

That is normally reserved for stuff like “don’t mess up my house” or “call when you’re out late so i don’t worry”. It’s not “Ha! You’re living here so I get to control every aspect of your life!”.

But it does mean they get control of the one aspect of which she desperately wants control…

“Only the Alpha pair of the household get to ‘procreate’ in it…”

I just learned that Richard Dysart, star of “L. A. Law” has passed away.

Let’s face it….We’re gettin’ old J. Dang!

How many divorced folks do you know in real life? Not so much ‘new and interesting’ about their lives…

Just for fun, when was the last time she did that?^H

^Hmm….lessee…. –

– (Because I’m sure she was tired of rebelling against her parents’ advice to get along with her brother better….)

SPOILER ALERT!!-That side of Quill that appeared when he decided to take pix of Luann struggling to climb a fence to get to prom? It’s back.-Maybe they won’t break up because he’s off to New York. Maybe they’ll break up because Luann finally gets tired of being sneered at by the Bernices, Quills and Zebo-zeros of the world…-THAT would be new and interesting!

SPOILER ALERT!-Good use of dialog balloon…

Not to mention her “temporary improvement” when her mother warned her about being “too clingy”…. – Then there’s this… – (Because “abuse and diss your dad” and “don’t appreciate what your parents have done” was getting pretty old….) – (Notice she shows she respects and values her parents, and that she sits at the table and engages her father in conversation and soliciting advice, instead of going and acting as if she’s got no concerns… or as if her dad can’t be a good source of guidance…) – And then, there’s…..

Of course, as I mentioned earlier, still waiting for the “clean room” counsel to “kick in”….

“The truth is, I’m rooting for the horrible parents scenario. One, because them fighting would be interesting,….”^Wow. Just…wow.

-That last panel is right up his, um, alley…-You’re right about that…

I’m confused.