Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 02, 2015

Lu seemed to be able to “talk a good game” to Bernice and Tiffany about her confidence “versus Prudence”, not too long ago… – “Buck up”, Luann! At least you’re able to enjoy “home field advantage”…right?

here comes drama

Well, we knew THIS was coming.

Since Prudence is handling the whole show, L & Q can go to New York, after all! (Makes as much sense as anything else.)

Not to question the premise here (since this is obviously about another effort to show how Luann will ‘put everyone else’s needs first’), but if you were opening a new theater, wouldn’t you want something well known as a first show? How many people would be attracted to a new theater with a totally unknown play by an unknown playwright?

Meanwhile, I’d like to see Luann tell her folks that she has plans to visit New York during the holidays, and then invite Dez to come along…

Oh boy, an unknown show written and directed by a first-time amateur! The crowd for the grand opening of The Fuse will be stretched into the next Zip code! After all, it’s not as if folks have anything else to do during the Christmas holidays, right?

Better get the kerosene ready for the torch job, TJ.

my, what mixed feelings we’re having there

The plot thickens like gravy on Thanksgiving…

So if Luann tried to object to Prudence’s presence, she would now be condemned as selfish by her parents as well as her so-called love interest. What a winning hand she’s been dealt.

I still think Luann should decide to take that New York vacation now. If Dez is busy, maybe Bernice might consider it.

Oh good grief! This is going to be one “big” grand openning dramatic event! Congrats to the KC Royals!

A holiday show? Which holiday? Maybe Luann will be a singing turkey. Hope Tiffany gets a part. And, mostly, I hope that Prudence doesn’t look like her name.

She’s probably in her mid-years — 50 or 60, plus?

“Pru Swayed Shoes” (♫)“Invasion Of The Party Snatchers”“A Stormy Forecast”“The Director’s Cut”“It’s A Smaller World, After All”“A Star Is Airborn” “Hollidays…And Confused” (♫)“Spoiler Alert”Hey, Jealousy" (♫) “Somebody Put Clouds In My Coffee” (♪)“Wish You Weren’t Here” (♪)“Blocking Home Plate”

or“What? Me Worry?”

“I wonder what they are going to do with all those hats and shirts that say, “New York Mets 2015 World Series Champions”^Probably ship them over to Camden Yards…. to hang on the walls. Beats all those other motivational posters….

Here’s comes trouble!!

“Do not forget to have a little cheese with your whine…”^I’m saving that for a special occasion: The Phillies due north, and the Nats due south…

Speaking of cheese, imagine how Brewers fans must feel…

Sorry I didn’t get back to answering everybody yesterday about their responses to the wedding gifts-bear in mind, this was long before internet- I don’t think it was even computerized at the store level, so everyone would go shopping with just their own notions gleaned from knowing you. In our case, that meant: “Hey, they drink a lot of coffee, let’s get them a coffee maker!”And candidly, Mordock999, we KEPT them all! Each type was different and made a distinctive brew, if you know anything about coffee…..which I’m sure you do!1) Corningware stovetop2) GE electric perk3) Pyrex drip coffee maker4) West Bend perk5) Melitta 10 cup filter brewer6) West Bend 30 cup perk for big gatherings7) Single cup filter kit

Or a verse from Lu’s favorite Canhe Login song: “Lose Yer Blues…Everybody Cut Pru Loose…”(♪)

We will get to see what Pru looks like. I expect a knockout – but Greg might fool us.

So much for “A Christmas Carol” being a holiday standard….

Prudence is coming?Good, Good.

And while I’m HOPING this Pru Person is a Young Ultra Hot Buxom Brunette, Who will eventually bring about a SWIFT and Welcomed END, to This Unrealistic, Pointless, and FORCED “Romance” between Luann and Q-Ball here, I’m not holding My COFFEE.

Besides, it MORE Fun Watching Lu squarm at the very mention of Prudence’s name and watching Folks around here desperately defend how “Mature” Our young Heroine has Supposedly become.

Again talk of drama. But there never is any.

Drama schools where playwriting is a major course of study often turn out new would-be directors and playwrights who can and do produce successful shows in small venues. Give Pru a chance! She’s not your rival, Luann.

Not to worry Luann. Prudence probably looks like a dog.

I’m curious to see if Prudence is a knockout, or if she’s…well, unattractive…

I’m guessing unattractive,Paul.Hope so anyway.

Pru is older, married with a buck tooth but a wonderful personality

No one understand drama more than Luann

Are we going to find out that Pru is a 45 yo housewife who loves community theater?

Pru will be 62 and ugly????

I’m calling BS. There is no way in he ll anyone trying to break into the industry/in the industry would let them use it for free, direct it for free or even fly in to do it uncomped.

Plus let’s be honest, Prudence will most likely be an old hag and this will end with Luann doing her panic for nothing because God forbid anything bad happens.

Luann thinks that with any female Quill comes in contact with.

Am I the only one who suspects Pru might be in her 50s?

Talk about drama!! Which is exactly what the cartoonists want to establish. I will withhold any judgment until we meet Prudence, but I bet it is not what Luann seems to think, or many of us commentators seem to think. But could be the other way as well. Whatever, contrary to some opinions I think this will come together as a fantastic show, and lead up to the wedding at the theater on the 11th of September. Then the only problem will be what’s next?

And you know what? If this is someone their age, and actually have that legitimate plot I will be glad. All we’ve seen is Luann panics then it’s for not.

Prudence will be 75 years old……

she’s gonna be 900 years old

Implausible, you state:“Relationship 101 dictates that while Luann should trust Quill, Quill also needs to spill the details on Prudence since he’s constantly in communication with her. Prudence showing up and being “ugly and old” at the relief of Luann is not a good resolution, it just means that Quill doesn’t tell Luann anything. Luann should already know a lot about Prudence. They’ve been dating for years now, why don’t they communicate more?”I think you have raised some very valid points. Perhaps this is why, for me at least, the whole Quill and Luann relationship is IMO rather dull. I am hoping that Prudence is going to shake things up in a BIG way for the Q / L relationship “thing”. I personally would like to see Luann date some of the folks from her CC. I think it could be fun to have her date “Jacque” or “Emo”. Or, perhaps some new character who is not as bland as I tend to find Quill’s character.

Big mistake, Quill.

Will anyone attend this unknown show staged by an unknown director (starring acting students) other than the usual gang of a dozen or so regulars in the strip? Hardly a way to recoup your financial investment, Frank and Nancy. Let Mr. Gray use his Vegas connections to bring in some actual professional act, and have a grand opening that people will want to pay to see!

If YOU were in NY and had the opportunity to fly to southern CA for Christmas, wouldn’t you jump at the chance?

5For me, today, the comic arc’s bright spot is that Prudence is coming to Pitt, CA. It could become a very interesting dynamic. Unfortunately, for me, the holiday play/warehouse story is not particularly engrossing one for me (perhaps because it is the lead story featuring [bland] Quill? But, again that is purely my opinion only. I image there are many others who really like this story arc. But if this story serves as the vehicle to bring Prudence here, and IF Prudence is an exciting character, it could well be worth it.

Prudence will be someone well over 50 years old, note the name.

How is it that as Luann matures into womanhood her mother never ages? They are beginning to look more like sisters with each passing year of the srip.

The most interesting twist (which therefore will never be allowed to happen) would be if Prudence is in her forties and looks a lot like Nancy. And it’s clear that Pru and Q have a thing going on.

…why is this plot line sounding like an old Mickey Rooney movie?

Oh my God, I so called this last week.

My crystal ball says Pru won’t be a babe (that’d be too pat). She’ll be plain as a board fence, but she and Luann will bond over set design, and she’ll end up helping Luann gain entry into show biz.

Is money ever a real concern to anyone in this comic?? People fly at the last minute with no problem, enter college whenever they feel like it and have parties. Must be a nice way to live.

Prudence must be paying her own way for everything and not expecting any pay for anything.

Pru will be smoking hot. Also handicapped, which will make Luann feel guilty up until the point where she does try to move in on Quill, which is where the REAL drama starts. Or not.

Apparently Quill is too bland and one-dimensional to pick up on Luann’s discomfort about Prudence. And too clueless to allay her fears.

I have to wonder what he’s learning in that drama program. Real actors study human emotions and motivations, and how to portray them onstage. The great classic dramas by Shakespeare, Ibsen, etc. delve deeply into human emotions and relationships, and good actors need to understand what they’re portraying.

Sounds like Mrs. Manezon is turning out hacks who just know how to dress up in costumes, recite lines, and move around on a stage. Considering how poor she is at set design – and needed Luann to set her straight – I think it’s a good possibility.

I want “Mister” Grey back. He is the only character that makes sense – not!

I think Prudence will look like Dez, only older and less attractive. She’ll be friendly and outgoing and love everybody.

Luann will have no one to turn to with her worries. Her parents will now be sold on the great ‘Pru’, who will save their investment by riding in with a fabulous play. Any concerns Luann might want to discuss with her mother about losing Quill to Pru would be disregarded.

And it’s not as if she could talk about this with Bernice, because Bernice turns into a sarcastic attacker the minute Luann mentions a love interest.

Toni might have been some help, but will be absorbed in her own plans for her wedding.

Luann needs a real friend. Too bad Rosa is still in Peru…

“Story is that “Pru” is most likely in her 50’s so Luann will feel like an idiot”-And the only threatened female will be Ma Berger when Mister Gray starts giving old Pru the once over, twice.

Dave… you state:“I predict it will get worse for Luann before it gets better.”I sure hope so! It would be a big let down if Luann and Pru have an immediate “Kumbaya” moment filled with kitties and unicorns. :)

Love the storyline, but in reality— who would want to pay to go to a no-name holiday show by a novice producer? Wouldn’t they better start with something somebody’s heard of?

“Bout time you meet the competition, Luann. You better pick up your game.

Well this increases the chance that Pru will turn out to be much older than our heroine. .But at least we will have a bit of drama here.

I’m thinking you’re right, and I don’t even have a crystal ball….

Lassie1 said, …. . . And I still say, a local thing is not going to attract a big crowd. -———————————————-If we go by the past, the audience will have only those we know who are not actually in the play, for example Knute, Crystal, Gunther, Ox, etc.. .Well, there could be some shadowline viewers. .But remember that the last play that Quill put on at the warehouse did not even attract Dez and the dorm gang.

Pru can move into Brad’s old bedroom.

Watch Prudence be Mrs. Horner’s little sister or something.

If the “holiday show” features people dressed like elves or snowflakes I’m gonna puke. I wonder if it will be a Nativity kind of thing?

As long as “suspension of disbelief” is now going to an even higher level (especially the idea that a previously-unstaged play by an heretofore-unknown author, who will also direct, is going to be a draw for the Fuze’s grand opening), I suggest that Pru is Ms. Manezon’s long-lost daughter and has just as flat a face.

On the brighter side, maybe this will end the Fuze story arc (by the play losing a bundle of money for the DeGroots, who then have to sell the warehouse-turned-theater at a loss) before it can become more time-wasting to us poor readers.

Maybe Pru’s “holiday show” involves the burning of a giant Yule log, and the hastily assembled theater curtains catch fire and the Fuse burns down. TJ files another insurance claim, Frank gets his money back, Pru goes home, and all is right with the world once more.

You’re a good writer. Do you do this in your ‘real life’ or what?

Can’t be. No one named Hannah or Mochi has posted here, and they are all over this at ArcaMax. So is someone using the name ‘Liam’, who (I think) also posts here…

I’m betting Prudence isn’t even half of what Luanne thinks she is.

I suspect that Pru is a middle age to old age (old by Luann’s standards) woman who never was any competition.

To The individual running the polls: a good one to ask would be “what is Prudence like?”Attractive or not?Ethnic?Old or young?

SPOILER ALERT

And you will be 100% correct, sir!

I’ve read that the championship hats and shirts that are printed up with the losing team listed as the winners are donated to charities that distribute them to poor people in foreign countries.

SPOILER ALERT

Her parents are the last people she can talk to about this. They are literally jumping for joy about the advent of the wonderful Prudence. If Nancy hadn’t intervened, Frank would actually have offered Brad’s room. But he said just enough for Luann to realize what was going through her parent’s heads.

She needs to pack a bag and hit the road. No need to stay where you aren’t wanted.

SPOILER

I’m thinking that Team Evans subcontracted this arc out to the ArcaMax posting team…

Ha ha!! Being near “Dutch” country, there are a couple of markets right where I live, where there are great bakery and dairy stalls, with fresh made yogurt, all kinds of cheeses and dips and other creative concoctions, and a bakery so fresh (goodies with no preservatives), you’d probably have to eat it right on the spot!

Spoiler Another One: Frank is long on words. So long, it’s by the foot….

Ha ha ha!!! Wait.. I think I’ve got a piece of collagen stuck between my teeth….

Who said anything about free?

Nice. Drama drama drama. Lu’s head is about to go bang.

“Luann needs to start demanding answers.”

That always works. According to the Freshman text titled Relationships 101.

Luann’s world is collapsing around her. At least in her mind. Oh, the humanity!

Have we ever seen Prudence? I’m thinking she’s gonna end up looking like Quill’s grandmother. A successful theatrical producer isn’t going to be 19 years old.