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Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 16, 2015
Transcript:
Gunther: "Quill, can we please keep this Tiffany thing between us?" Quill: "Lips sealed. But be careful, Gunth. That girl has some serious claws" Gunther: "I know. But look - no claw marks" Quill: "So you didn't resist" Gunther: "NO, I.... SHE.... QUILL!" Quill: "Lips sealed"
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Oh, Quill.
JayBluE almost 10 years ago
Well, itâs gonna be Wall Street in here, now- Weâll be like âSpeculatorsâ anticipating "Futures"⊠our âmad rushâ to âbuy and sellâ âŠthis strip may probably be generating a lot of "Interest"⊠â But in all actuality, it could be most likely just the fact that Gunther doesnât want it to be known that he likes Tiffany- and also that they were able to work well, and he enjoyed being around herâŠ
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
What âTiffany thingâ? That the two lab partners did their hoemwork assignment together? Thatâs all heâs told Quill (or us).
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
Things look so different in the morning.
JayBluE almost 10 years ago
âPros And Confidenceââ(Iâm In Love With) An Uptown Girlâ (â«)âMidnight Confessionsâ (â«)âDangerous AllianceââSheâs Human, To MeââOohs And ClawsââFathom A Deep SecretââA ClosetââIf You Only Knew What I Know You Know That You Didnât Know That I Knew That I Thought You Knew But Didnât Know Till I Told YouâŠââLife On The Edge Of A CliffhangerââAnd Throw Away The KeyâorâItâs All Your Vault!â
chicogrande almost 10 years ago
Itâs still possible Gunther and Tiffany simply had a heart to heart conversation.Iâd still like to see a scenario where she opens up to someone and discover a vulnerable Tiffany.
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Sweetgeebus, how many people just wait to comment on this strip?
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
âWeâll probably never know; as usualâŠâ.But someone probably hit the nail on the head yesterday.
Scrum almost 10 years ago
Yup, Gunther scores before Brad does!
JayBluE almost 10 years ago
ââŠIf it was just simple homework doings or lab partnering stuff, there would be no need to keep that a secret.â^Not if the secret is the fact that Gunther actually thinks Tiffany isnât all that bad, or if he is thinking of her as someone that he could like. A lot of people could tease or âberateâ him for liking a girl that some have on their list of âthe most annoyingâ peopleâŠ. especially if one of them is named âLuannââŠ..
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Something traumatic happened. Gunther learned that Tiffany is Mr. Grayâs niece.
Argythree almost 10 years ago
You need to take a look at the comments on the ArcaMax site, instead of just Comics Curmudgeon. Thereâs a very angry discussion about the fact that Evans fathered a child out of wedlock and abandoned that child, and the thought of some posters is that he is repeating that with Gunther.-Not my idea; I donât post with Disqus. But a totally different directionâŠ
38lowell almost 10 years ago
Kind of feel sorry for Tiff. I think most of all that, is a facade.Weâll see.
ShagsCA almost 10 years ago
Not âcrawââŠâCRAWâ!!! (From âGet Smartâ)
Argythree almost 10 years ago
Quill, with his smugness, is becoming as unlikable as Gunther with his frequent temper explosions.-We really DO need some new characters, since the old ones seem to be evolving in unpleasant directionsâŠ
Argythree almost 10 years ago
My family has a history of adopting kids who were abandoned, and the kids go through a lot of misery, wondering why they werenât good enough to keep and so on. One of the many reasons why I despised Steve Jobs.
I would welcome a story about kids in genuinely interesting college classes that give them new ideas about their future, but I guess thatâs not on anyoneâs agendaâŠ
artybee almost 10 years ago
Rather disappointed in Quill and proud of Gunther. Thereâs a lot of temptation among guys to blab all, and too many yield. Luann should beware.
wiselad almost 10 years ago
from implied things in the past, both G and Tiff are still virgins(flirting is not same thing as doing it), but lot of people in other places on web are taking it âas factâ that they went all the way and even speculating if they did or did not take âprecautionsâ so they would not be parents, is more likely that the farthest they got was some french kissing
SactoSylvia almost 10 years ago
Evans did not âabandonâ his son, he and his wife (girlfriend at the time) decided that they werenât ready to raise a child and gave the baby up for adoption. And from what we know, the baby was adopted by a loving and attentive mother. Argythree â I canât speak from personal experience as you can, but surely not all adoptions are seen as âabandonmentsâ and filled with misery?
SactoSylvia almost 10 years ago
So⊠we donât really know what happened between Gunther and Tiffany. Gotta embrace the ambiguity, folks!
wreck it ralph almost 10 years ago
What happens in Tifffanys room stays in Tiffanyâs room.
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
Quill is taking advantage of Guntherâs perturbed state to try to trick him with word games. But Gunther has managed to fend him off. Nothing of the kind that the prurient fantasize about happened between Tiffany and Gunther, but it is possible that one or both may be developing some feelings for the other. We shall see as the story unfoldsâŠ.
wiselad almost 10 years ago
canât see a homerun as what happened, but I think there is a chance it was a âground rule doubleâ ;)
brewingbiker almost 10 years ago
Well, its not often (in fact I canât think of when the last time was, but Iâm sure it happened) that Tiff gets flustered in a positive way (that is, not angry) -and she certainly did at her apartment. There was a LOT of uhm, tension, there. Who wants to bet if she didnât take another cold shower after Gunther left?
Mordock999 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Wonderful Stuff this COFFEE. Makes a MAN Outta ya, Right Gunth?
TORAD_07 almost 10 years ago
All these questions and more to be answered! But not Monday, almost certain we jump to a new storyline.
OMG! âHadesâ appears to have lost a few degreesâŠ. I actually, totally, agree with you! 8-O
I am, as well, disappointed we didnât learn more about the âencounter.â Greg does appear to be getting much better at âteasingâ his audience and leaving them âwanting moreâŠâ Or, perhaps, this is Karenâs influence. WhateverâŠ. I guess weâll have to wait. I also agree that the arc will change again, this coming week.
donwalter almost 10 years ago
AndâŠuhâŠ.when does Rosa come back into this little story?
Airman almost 10 years ago
Well, must be time for a new story line. On Gunther and Tiffany, we can draw our own conclusions, so I like that.
Willywise52 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
The claw marks may be on Gunthieâs back.
thebigboot almost 10 years ago
So just yesterday Quill was all worried that Gunther was pressured into it but now heâs pulling a you da man gunther but Tiff is a whore card? Ridiculous.
Cardhu almost 10 years ago
We have found out that Tiffany has been raised by indifferent parents who denied her affection. This explains Tiffanyâs constant search for approval. Tiffany is actually a likable character.
Sex is normal adult behavior. College is not high school in which teasing should matter anymore. The issue switches from avoiding teasing to respecting otherâs privacy and relationships.
I hope that, in the future, we find that Gunther treated Tiffanyâs feelings and his relationship with her with proper respect. Tiffany deserves that for a change.
jrankin1959 almost 10 years ago
âWHY am I agreeing to this, mate? Itâs SO much more fun reading the speculations of all you nice folks out there beyond the fourth wallâŠâ
michaellham almost 10 years ago
I think they had sexâŠbut I canât imagine Gunther came prepared with protection. A baby-bump in the future for Tiffany?
Darwin7848 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Dunno about the sex. For Gunther a few hours of necking, or heck just few minutes, would be an explosion of wild libertine abandonment, and would be plenty about which to be embarrassed. As we all know that boy ainât right.
Sportymonk almost 10 years ago
Where is Tiffany in this? I want to see her reaction.
Caldonia almost 10 years ago
âStop teasing me, you brute! I just hope Iâm not pregnant. Hey, Iâm already feeling hormonal! Thatâs not good!â
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Not sure what to think here. My most prominent impression is the negative reaction I have to Guntherâs expression in panel 2. To me it reads rather âsnarkyâ and appears as if he is attempting to suggest âtawdrinessâ to whatever happened or didnât happen between he and Tiffany. If Gunther and Tiffany when to any level of bases (1,2,3, or even 4 (home plate)), I would hope that Gunther would not adopt a âconquestâ facial expression or mindset. It is not the way I would want his character to behave. If he did not reach even 1st base, then the âconquestâ sort of facial expression is a ruse he is using at Tiffanyâs expense to âbetterâ his own standing. Neither scenario is an appealing behavior from Gunther, and this, unfortunately is the way I tend to read his snarky expression in panel 2. I think it would be nice for Gunther to evolve into a relationship (with Tiffany, or Bernice, or Luann, or whomever) in a ânicerâ fashion like is being portrayed for Brad. Not an engagement and wedding scenario at this stage, but just a nice, kind, fun and respectful sort of relationship.
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Next week, Quill should find out that heâs been accepted for that internship in NYC this summer, right? That dilemma for Luann was left unresolved. Or maybe itâs time for the final art project of the academic year at Pitt CC?
Caldonia almost 10 years ago
??? What century do you live in?
locake almost 10 years ago
Gunther doesnât want anyone to know that he was in a ladyâs room until midnight. That would sully his reputation. Gunther is not comfortable with anything sexual so nothing happened, not with him anyway. Who knows what Tiffany did.
1soni Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Gunther: " Hey Quill? Should I mention we were in bed together in my room?"
dre7861 almost 10 years ago
Well, we all know Tiffany has claws. Theyâre painted Jungle Red*
A reference to a great old movie, The WomenDreamdeer almost 10 years ago
Quoth one reader: " Iâd prefer the truth, myself." and yet, in the same post this one says, âIf he did sleep with her, I find it kinda sad that he didnât defend her here.âShe has clawsâ.âYeah, sheâs evil, but I slept with her anywayâShouldnât Gunther have some respect for people he sleeps with? Thought he was supposed to be a âgood guyâ.â
Heâd be an idiot to deny she has claws, when sheâd clawed him in the past. On the other hand, saying that she has not clawed him this time shows him to really be a good guy, because heâs acknowledging her capacity to change for the better. In other words, heâs being honest, but kind.
I learn a lot about people by reading these comments. People get angry at Bernice for providing Luann with reality checks. They get upset with Dez for being harmlessly authentic to who she really is. And now upset with Gunther for loving without being blind. Our culture now seems to put a high value on dishonesty and refusal to face realityâeven in symbols of reality loosely sketched in a comic strip.
Dreamdeer almost 10 years ago
RE: Greg Evansâs past. I have never known anybody who gave a child up for adoption who didnât have the childâs own best interest in mind, even a the decision broke her heart. Adoption is NOT abandonment! If you canât supply a good home for your child, and somebody else can, itâs the right thing to do.
Ozzman25 almost 10 years ago
Tap it Gunther
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
âSo something happened. Could be just a kiss, could have been sex. Weâll probably never knowâŠâ.A riddle, guys. What is something that did NOT happen that would be something a guy would not want to talk about.
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
Not likely.
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
Maybe.
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
Not nearly.
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
I agree.
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
OK, since nobody seems to have taken me up on my suggestion to look at yesterdayâs comments,, here is what I was referring to.
sologdinâIt seems that Gunther failed in coitusâŠââŠJimT8 âThat explanation would fit both of Guntherâs statements: âNothing happenedâ and âI donât want to talk about it.â Who would?â
Bravo to sologdin. And congratulations to everyone who has never had experience of this.
JimT8 almost 10 years ago
Pipe Tobacco, I donât think Guntherâs expression is snarky. Rather, he is relieved to be just a bit off the hook for a moment.
kenhense almost 10 years ago
âNo Claw Marks.â. Almost sounds like Gunther thinks she wins and he loses if it happens. An unfortunate mind setâŠ
Dreamdeer almost 10 years ago
Saying heâd sleep with her just because sheâs pretty doesnât hold water when sheâs shown him herself without makeup and with messy hair. I personally donât think sleeping-with happened (the heating coffee strip showed that neither of them wanted to go there, though their bodies were interested.) I think what happened was long talking, perhaps with kissing and cuddling, and taking the relationship further on a more wholesome level than a tawdry âI helped you with bug bites so you owe me sex.â
But if it did go all the way, Gunther is a gentlemanâheâs refusing to kiss and tell. Shame on Quill for pressing the point after getting a number of clear cut âNo!âs from Gunther.
Darwin7848 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Tiffany could only benefit from a relationship with Gunther. With his natural timidity he would hardly be Petruchio to her Kate but he is really the only Luann character with the kindness, intelligence, and patience to drill through that armor of vanity and arrogance to find out if there is a decent person buried somewhere in there.
doverdan almost 10 years ago
Good point raised about âprotectionâ ..Gunther likely would not have come packinâ, but itâs possible Tiff had something in her room available."-âââââââââââââNeither would be so prepared. .Only Brad has been shown âPackinâ Protectionâ in this strip.
wiselad almost 10 years ago
about TiffâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ the usual âassumptionsâ is that she is âeasy with the cute guysâ, but so far all it has been shown is that she is flirty(which is not same thing as âdoing itâ) but on her own words ânever had a serious relationship AT ALLâ (which most likely indicates a strong chance that she is still a virgin) AND that she is a natural dimwit when many times it has been shown that in âher elementâ (makeups, fashion, showing confidence, influencing people) she is quite smart, if anything, shows 1) she is lazy in studying things with no interest for her, 2) many times she refuses(or decides not to show it to others) to see anything in her life in a negative way and insists all her goals and dreams going to come true in a way that comes of as full arrogance and indifference toward others, but when she HAS TO come to bat, many times she actually comes through. SoâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ No0, I donât see her seducing Gunther all the way, and I neither see Gunther forcing Tiff to go all the wayâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ most likely they french kissed and maybe did some touching but there was no intercourse, and even if they do it, I think after the reading, their body metabolism got real hot, and BOTH succumbed to it without either pressuring the other to do itâŠâŠâŠâŠ. IF they did it, is more likely that they are in the ânot sorry it happened but at same time was too soon as we have not fallen in love yetâ stage and we do not know if it is Gâs first time(if it happened) or he did already with Rosa(is possible but seems unlikely) or he is still a virgin
flowergirl19 almost 10 years ago
âThat could certainly explain the lack of claw marksâŠâ
Hahaha :D
doverdan almost 10 years ago
Luann has been as cruel to Gunther as Tiff has.
JayBluE almost 10 years ago
Especially like âClaws-trophobiaâ! -Brings to mind one from earlier: âEscape ClawsââŠ
wiselad almost 10 years ago
JayBluE almost 10 years ago
The only thing is, many of the ArcaMax commenters are also here on GoComics⊠several of which post right here on âLuann". Some with the same name, and a few⊠with âaliasesââŠ..
JayBluE almost 10 years ago
An even lower bar (more like a trap door, leading to a pit of quicksand) are the forums on Facebook. Even when the subject is one of note (such as recent news/sports stories), or is posted by the well established TV/Radio/Print news/entertainment media, some quickly turn it into a degrading session of âtrading jabs and insultsâ (even use of terms like: âGo kill yourselfâ- an actual response by âan adultâ), and when people disagree, the ârace cardâ (or whatever âmeasure of divisionâ is available) gets played, until itâs the equivalent of âkids in the backseat of the family rideâ⊠- And then once in a while, some of the pics a few might post- the kind youâd have to use the âfamily codeâ on the TV/Cable box to viewâŠ
Train 1911 almost 10 years ago
Your right and there no smart
RolloTheGrouch almost 10 years ago
No surprise in this arc. Long, contrived setup, sending two young people alone out in Nature, lots of innuendo, scene at Tiffâs dorm room with loads of implications, then ⊠what? âIâm not discussing this!!â At best, the Evanses are big teases; more likely, they just donât know how to write endings. Like that climactic (NOT) meeting between Gunth and Mr. Gray.
doverdan almost 10 years ago
Sundays are reserved for Parent-enjoyed jokes about bad teenage habits, messy rooms, etc. .But on Monday this interesting Tiff/Gunther arc could continue..PREDICTION:.The arc will hang - probably never to be returned to- like âMr Gray on the sofaâ and so many other interesting situations that have been dropped in the last year or so..But I do predict that two rather old âhanging arcsââ âTJ and the money from the fireâ. and âFrank and the warehouse projectâ.will finally get addressed and brought together. Not likely to be all that interesting, however. No character development likely.
JayBluE almost 10 years ago
ââŠBut i remember youtube comments and have recently noticed instagram isnât much better either.^Agreed!
wiselad almost 10 years ago
sometimes EVEN in yahoo dear Abby I have seen those kind of comments
doverdan almost 10 years ago
Some âHanging Arcsâ will HAVE to be addressed, it would seem. .For example, the âSummer Trip to NYâ should be addressed before Summer is over. .So that issue could well come up on Monday. (Nancy will decide to go along as chaperone.). We should see the end of Luannâs school year ( the art class etc. ) But we may not, her life at Pitts College seems hardly to exist in this story. .There are several hanging aspects related to Berniceâs dorm, but none seem to mean much thus far. None of the characters there is interesting. (Well, maybe Dez a little.).June is the season for weddings, so the Brad-Toni Arc could return soon. Doubt it though. That may go on another year or two.
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
That last strip, about how TJ learns mainly not to get caught, is revealing. If he and Frank do strike a deal to renovate the warehouse, probably TJ will insist that they spend a lot on insurance, to take out a policy for way more than the building is worth. Then as soon as a kitchen is installed, thereâs a fireâŠ
wiselad almost 10 years ago
said yahoo like in yahoo dot com, not the link of gocomics dot com
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I post comments on the King Features site, but I do so (under this same screen name, âseismic-2â) by logging in as a guest. I do not wish to become a member of Disqus!
wiselad almost 10 years ago
did not say TJ would go for a relationship with Tiff, said he likes her as she has many similarities with him
Airman almost 10 years ago
Why does everyone think that Tiffany gave Gunther sex? Maybe she TOOK it from him, I like aggressive women.
lgilber almost 10 years ago
Forget whatâs going on between Gunth and Tiff. Check out Guntherâs left hand! Thatâs one of the best looking hands Iâve ever seen in a comic. Well done, Mr. Evans.
StoicLion1973 almost 10 years ago
While I am not convinced Gunther & Tiffany were intimate, I am enjoying this weekâs strip over the recent âwill-they, wonât theyâ between Luann and Quill. Personally, I agree with a fellow commenter who thinks Tiffany had a heart-to-heart conversation with Gunther, which Gunther is not keen to discuss to the details with Quill.
wiselad almost 10 years ago
both are most probable virgins and both are not great communicators of âinner feelingsâ so I would take middle ground, they took tentative passionate steps, but did not go all the way nor they âjust talkâ
mechaman almost 10 years ago
I like your conclusions, but this is a family strip .. Evans isnât going to be more explicit than he has to be.
mechaman almost 10 years ago
There would also be nothing to discuss. I donât tell people things I think are none of their business.
mechaman almost 10 years ago
Iâm betting that Gunther, even after the changes in his life, is just not going to bed any woman, not even Tiffany, at the drop of a robe. Tiff a virgin? Hm, I suppose. Gunther a virgin? Yep, definitely. If this had been the pre-Peru Gunther, heâd have come home a nervous wreck, no matter what happened. If theyâd been intimate, I doubt he would have been home so soon ⊠just sayinâ, pre-or-post. That first time you are with someone .. isnât always magical, but you do change.
mechaman almost 10 years ago
Yeah, if she were givinâ it up, Evans wouldnât need to be coy about it.
mechaman almost 10 years ago
Iâd say heâs gotten over the extreme phobia and now is just nervous. I remember the first time I was alone with a girl, and it appeared that something was âin the airâ. Yeah, I was nervous.
JayBluE almost 10 years ago
âNone of the games was even close â our team took the championship easily!â^âGood on âem!!â Hip, hip!!
bryan.wicks1 almost 10 years ago
This arc has been interesting, especially when viewed along side with the individual histories of Tiffany and Gunther (as seen over the course of the strip).
While I donât expect Luann to become 9 Chickwood Lane anytime soon, it would be interesting to see an alternate run of strips in which Evans could roam unchained and present ideas in a way that didnât necessarily played nice in the family friendly sort of way.
Prediction: Weâll see another arc picked up on Monday, and this one will be revisited down the line. In any event, I am good with the adventures of Luann and Co.
rroush Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Maybe you should check his back.