Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 23, 2015

What I see on Luann’s face is a look of panic. What the posters on ArcaMax see is the greedy look of a possessive woman.

What I hope to see in the future is the end of all Quill arcs, and the beginning of Luann actually trying to figure out what she wants out of life besides a boyfriend…

New poll up: Do you want Pru to hook up with Quill?

How successful is the opening going to be?1) 44 votes – Perfect on the surface; a couple small glitchs, but Mr. Gray handles them all behind the scenes2) 12 votes – Other3) 7 votes – Perfect disaster; the main act bombs and the reviews are devastating4) 5 votes – Perfect, no problems5) 3 votes – Could have been better; guests all get salmonella from the party trays6) 2 votes – Perfect crime; electrical fire burns the place to the ground, no cluesOther: About as successful as the graduation party; Perfect because anyone who says it isn’t will be made an offer by Mr Grey he/she can’t refuse; Not any less successful than Titanic; Of course it’s perfect. This strip has become BORING!; Karen Evans demands it be a success; Only Luann’s friends show up, but Frank will still get rich. This is “Luann”; Very successful. Thus, giving Pru bonus points with Quill, adding to the drama; All goes fine until some guest creates a scene :o; Would have been better if guests understood the play and TJ made better food; Perfect — Tiffany anf Gunther are caught au naturel between scenes; We will never know because Greg will skip to another arc leaving us hanging; Perfect, because otherwise it might be interesting, and we can’t have that.

“The Pros And The DefCons”“Home And Insecurity”“Flash In The Panic”“Misgiving And Take”“In Boyfriend We Trust?”“…The Mice Will Play”“Suspicion Torments My Heart” (♪)“Luann, You Don’t Have To Put It On, The Red Light” (♪)“For What It’s Worth” (♫)“Torture Of Duty”“She’s Alright, But….”“The Life Rafts On The Love Boat”or“The Fox, The Scapegoat, The Snake And The Game Of Chicken”

In the first panel, note the portraits on the wall of Luann and Brad from earlier days, drawn in the earlier style.

You left her there with your boyfriend. You didn’t say anything when Pru said Quill had no one. Either go back and be with him or learn to trust him

FINALLY! I admire Luann for keeping it together and being strong and mature as much as she can, but I also admire her mom for paying attention to the situation as much as she has. I’m glad Luann feels she can open up now.

The big “surprise ending” of this way-too-drawn-out story, of course, will be when Luann finally confronts Pru, who then laughs, pulls off her wig, and says, “Relax, Luann, I’m a guy!!!”-Then the real start of the new phase of Luann’s life will be when Quill says “Nobody’s perfect!” and runs off to NYC with Pru.

True, the way “Pru” is acting I wouldn´t trust her as far as I could throw her either.

Question isn´t as much about Prudence, but about Quill atm. He really isn´t doing enough to comfort Luann and he ought to know how she is in regards to this.

Nice maternal instinct, Mrs. DeGroot.

Mr Gray, I need Pru to " do a Hoffa"…

Luann, That wasn’t so hard, was it…

At least she’s whining to her mom instead of Quill!

Pssst, Luann, Pru was spotted using the Mens’ Room………..while Quill was in there, too.

Correct course of action for Luann (overdue by several strips): “Quill, we need to talk.”

C’mon already lady, Prudence practically THREW Luann out of the Fuse. Has your daughter not got a right to be upset about that?

Luann, Luann. You’ve got a lot of growing up to do. You blew it, didn’t say a word. All this time, us guys were waiting and expecting you go off on Quill, just like the women in our lives have always done. But you didn’t. Quill is being led around by his nose by that bimbo, completely oblivious to what you are feeling. after all, he is just a dumb ‘guy’.

Better now, than later!!

But…, but…, but…. Well, Luann finally came out and admitted it to all and sundry: she’s jealous! The Green Monster has her in its grip.

@Three Steps Over Japan:“Of course it’s perfect. This strip has become BORING!”That generally happens when the writer of a comic strip or story starts pandering to the whims of the fan base instead of his or her own creative vision. It’s also a total abandonment of all creative integrity. Look at the bringing back of Quill, for instance, even though Evans had wanted him out – only because the fan club said so.Disclosure: I wasn’t the one who made that comment on the vote. My own comment was “Perfect, because otherwise it might be interesting, and we can’t have that.”

Possessive with an inferiority complex.

I guess she’s over Clay Aiken?

Been reading Luann since I was a kid. If the cast had aged in real-time, Luann & co would be 9 years older than I am. Lurked here for awhile but was compelled to make an account.

I’m concerned about the weird misogyny in these comments. Pru hasn’t actually done anything except write an apparently compelling holiday show and allow its use to people she barely knew because a friend asked her to. She isn’t the one who called after hours. Quill did that. She isn’t the one who interrupted her girlfriend’s great news to read a text that could have waited. Quill did that. She seemed content to chat with Luann and Berniece until Quill called her to help him with the lights. And now, in cleaning up the Fuse, Quill didn’t object to Luann’s leaving and probably suggested to Pru the cleanup plan, or at least rubber-stamped it.

Pru is being a friend. Quill is being a very inconsiderate boyfriend. And Luann is being shrill. Suppose she strongarm’s Quill into jettisoning Pru. Then what happens when the next actress who is bonafide hot and smart and driven comes along? Is he going to cut short a friendship there, too, because of his insecure girlfriend?

I want Nancy to find her youknowwhats. I was so disappointed when she caved into Toni. She is aware that her son is thinking only with his knob when it comes to that girl, and that engagement stunt was the worst, yet Nancy caved. I think Nancy is happy that Luann, whose adolescence was super-awkward, has a “hot” boyfriend, but I think Nancy also knows the Quill thing is a nonstarter. She needs to sit Luann down and tell her to stop losing her cool over this.

Later on: (Prudence:) "Oh! A plane ticket to the Bahamas!!! Wowee!!! But…why does it say in teeny letters: ‘After a quick layover in Si…Si- beria?’ "

I find it hard to be believe Nancy doesn’t get it. Teenage girls are pretty easy to read. Now it would be interesting for Nancy to drive Luann back to the Fuse to help clean up….and let’s hope Luann doesn’t catch those two making out….or worse.

2Sadly, nothing much of interest today. Luann needs to realize that if her Quilly strays, then it is better for her to find this out now. Please stray, Quill…. so you can be written out of the comic and Luann can a) find her own path and journey, and b) potentially find someone who is a really good match for Luann. Pru… we are counting on you to take Quill back to New York. Please do not let us down!!!!!

Hey Lu? I THINK You’re Over-reacting here.Let’s LOOK at the FACTS, shall We?You’ve Known Pretty Boy for several years now, right? And Pru’s only Known Him since the middle of this past Summer?So What if she SHOVED you out the door of your parents own property just be with what is Essentially HER ‘Boyfriend’ Now??

FEAR Not and Be of GOOD Cheer!! Its Christmas!!

HEY, I hear Gunther is Desperately LOOKING for a NEW Girlfriend….,

If Luann had a clingy boyfriend, well, that would become the story arc. There is no story if Luann maturely deals with the Pru situation. Still, I find this subplot a little boring.

Have a nice day!

The reason Karen gave for bringing back Quill was to show that Luann was old enough to have a long-term relationship. Okay, mission accomplished. Now let’s move on, and leave Q-man behind.

If she is so worried, why doesn’t she just go back.

Thank you Luann fan.I could not have said anything better. I love this strip because it touches on so many psychological insights that are realistic. In my lifetime, I have known and or met every single character.

I had lunch with a friend a few weeks ago who kept finishing my sentences for me. While she was "sort of " right most of the time she never quite was able to catch the nuance of what I was saying because she never really listened to me. It really bummed me out. I don’t think I’ll be having lunch with her very often any more.

I like to wait before I comment, if I can keep a visceral response from welling out of the bottom of my soul (lol), and in this particular instance I am glad I did. Man I see some really wild and out there musings about Luann, being sorrowful, weak, pathetic, etc., Pru being gay, or a man, and Quill being interested in her/him, the arc being BORING, and this strip has just declined so much, jeez. First, it makes all kinds of sense for a young woman, who always has a romantic life that is part of basic nature to be worried and jealous about her bf. Whatever happens she does not have all the information necessary, and at some point Evans will provide an ending which will include enough information for her and Quill to go one way or the other. Second, Pru is a “theater” person and knowing a few in my life they are often very prepossessing, and rather easy-going sexually, but not necessarily interested in stealing someone else’s love. They see the world as a stage, and everyone as characters, while Luann sees the world from a very personal place. I agree that the strip shows her inherently having a very good relationship with her loving, patient parents. Having grown children I realize you “parent” even when they are on their own. Finally, the strip is not boring. It’s doing what it has always done, it’s just that the characters have gotten older and in a different stage of life. Lets wait and see before we jump to conclusions, although let me give credit to trolls where credit is due: it’s fun to imagine all kinds of crazy scenario’s. Who knows I could be all wet. -:)

I think Luann has been dumped. Quill simply has not had the guts to tell Luann in words.

My understanding is that Karen has inherited the story line, with Greg doing the drawing. I like her story lines and narrative technique just fine. Since you don’t, maybe you should just go on your way. But don’t I know you under another name from way back?

What would be REALLY interesting is if Greg placed a post in this comments section telling all of us to go get a life and quit trying to manipulate the strip with comments and/or spending SOOO much time anthropomorphizing Luann and Quill. They are after all, 2-dimensional.

“It was nice of Pru to give us a break from the Fuse” sounds a lot like, “Whew! I’m so glad to get away from the Fuse! I hate that place!”

So get Gray and Gunther to pull up the security cameras…

Well, do something about it Luann! Go back to the Fuse and stand up to Pru.

Unfortunately, Luann will feel like a fool if she catches Pru and Quill being up to no good, and she’ll feel like a fool if it’s all perfectly innocent. She can’t win.

Boyfriend? Who’s this boyfriend/ We haven’t seen any boyfriend in months.

This whole Quill thing has gotten really tedious.

Men aren’t safe away from their girlfriends.

Luann’s being protective rather than possessive.WHATAGURL!

LOL. Love your theory!

Luann should go back.

Nicole

@firebrand1

“Quill is mine” and “My boyfriend” both point to possession so….-———————————————————————————

my thoughts exactly. The operative words in this strip are “my boyfriend”. As much as I don’t care for Pru, no-one owns anyone or at least all of their affections.. Luann needs an attitude adjustment just as much as Quill needs to make clear where he stands Luann acts like she owns him and he plays along…mostly

More to the point, Quill hasn’t set aside a single moment (that we’ve seen) to make you feel like he cares. That’s a bigger red flag.

Mom’s looking very perky today.

argy.bargy2 @rhelburn

-Please explain whether you feel equally indignant about the following phrases : “My wife”, “my girlfriend”, “my fiancée”, “my spouse”.

Or is an attitude adjustment only needed if the female part of a couple uses the word ‘my’, but not if the male part uses that word?

Just checking to see what progress equality has made or not made in the funny papers…-———————————————————————————

I’m having trouble w/ the reply mechanism

my only point .. not actually said.. is that Luann continually refers to Quill as “her boyfriend”. But I don’t believe I have ever heard Quill refer to Luann as “his girlfriend”. It IS a two way street

Remember your Mom’s advice from 2 Christmases ago, Luann.-

-Sorry, but I see a difference between ‘moping’ and panicking. The Luann of two years ago was depressed because she couldn’t be with the guy she felt she loved. Today’s Luann is scared that she’s just plain lost him.

Me, I keep hoping he will get lost, so she can get on with her life. But either way, I see a change, from disappointment to fear…

Hmmm, we’ll see. Possible. It’s like a TV series that always pulls back with a major character, until that one time it doesn’t.

Raising a teen-age daughter man did I learn this to be true.

This is a late teen-age girl we are talking about?

Be sure to get the Christmas Tree air freshener, to leave for Santa to hang on his sleigh. That scent of reindeer dung gets to be a bit much, some 20 hours into his trip.

2015 has been confusing. Who, what, and why is Mr. Gray? Who, what, and why is Pru. Why can’t Gunther and Tiffany just have a little “thing” together for a while? They both need someone. What happened to Knute & Crystal? Very little said about Brad and Toni (although I really don’t care for them, anyway). What about Rosa? What is Dez doing in college? And, finally, what’s the deal with Quill and Luann? We went to the edge with them making out in the props room, but no damage done. Bernice is showing a little spark. Final grade: B minus. Art work, however gets an A plus. Let’s hope 2016 gets a little more cohesive. Cheers, and may the Christmas spirit warm everyone’s hearts.

I can’t say much, you kwazy wabbits, but early 2016 is vewwy vewwy intewesting.

Okay, Luann’s arms are position so weirdly, it’s disturbing.

The interesting thing (to me) about today’s strip is that Luann refuses to say anything negative about Pru, even though Nancy keeps prompting her. Nancy has clearly seen right through Pru (as did Bern ..)..But Luann stayed under her (Pru’s) “spell” of superficial niceness… It is Quill that Luann doesn’t trust, which gets back to that Freudian slip that she made to Bern. What makes Nancy such a good mother is that she is staying out of it ….(Luann and Quill have to solve this one on their own….) but at the same time being perceptive and understanding… all those eye popping moments (on Nancy’s part) especially the one where Quill revealed that he (too) was under Pru’s spell (i.e. when he said that it was “hard not to love her”.

Why do “Luann” readers keep insulting posters, the most childish and trollish thing there is? And why would anyone want that?Eh? You don’t think that’s good, do you?

Implausible said, If by fans you mean Karen, then yes. Greg didn’t listen to the fans, he listened to the fan, Karen. It’s like letting one fan write the strip, a fan that loves all the characters and tries to ship with them everyone, while simultaneously removing any real drama from their lives, because hardship and character growth are too stressful.-—————————————-This may be too severe a comment..There has been hardship:Aaron moved away. Brad lost his job. Elwood and Tiff’s movie flopped. TJ burned the house down. Toni got saddled with Sharron. .There has been character development:.Delta changed from being wild, Brad charged from being a sloth. Dirk changed from being perpetually angry. .One character went down hill — Rosa.

Implausible said, @LDoverYou’re naming things that happened years ago, when Greg was writing the plot. The only thing you mentioned that Karen can take credit for is the removal of Rosa. , , , , , -—————————————————-.And the removal of Delta ?,And the removal of Sun ??

seismic-2 GoComics PRO Member said, 9 minutes ago@LDover> Toni got saddled with Shannon.>Shannon doesn’t live with Toni. Toni babysits Shannon, and we don’t know how often or seldom. However, it is telling that you describe toni’s and Shannon’s relationship as her being “saddled” with the child. We have in fact seen evidence that Toni and Brad often feel that way when they have to babysit. This shows why people are wrong to hope that they adopt Shannon. . . . . . -————————————————————————The issue was the claim that the strip ignores hardships. .I don’t think it does. .That Jonah had a illegit. child was sad, that the mother deserted the child was sadder. .This reflects hardship. .That Toni has to help fill the void is at times a hardship for her.

That Sharoon feels neglected at times is a sad reflection of all this. .All this is a reflection of hardship.

T.J.‘s life story reflects a lot of hardship..Gunther had no father..Tiff has a father who seems to value her only as a status symbol..Piro has no place to sleep..Lots more hardships.

Re: Luann’s arm position. I think that’s the signal that says Pru just “scored”.

BuckarrooDave3…. wonderful alternative idea!!!! It would allow both characters to remain honest… and would still allow Luann to move on!!! I hope your idea happens!!!!

I was not suggesting you were banned, and I had someone else in mind. As for insults, you are constantly insulting Karen.

No, the person I was thinking of was called Miss know-it-all (by someone else) and was totally convinced she knew Evans’ intentions concerning one of his characters. She left shortly after that. Long time ago.

I’m glad Luann finally found her voice to say what needed to be said….geez doesn’t anybody else get this…other than Bernice?

Nancy could go back “i forgot something” to scope out the scene.

SPOILER ALERT

Gifts arrive, along with questions about missing guests.