Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 08, 2016
Transcript:
Bernice: You heard Luann and Quill broke up? Gunther: Yes. Quill told me. Bernice: How's he doing? Gunther: Seems ok. He spends lots of time in his theater classes. How's Luann? Bernice: Great! in fact, we're going to New York at spring break! Me in new york! I may come home a new woman!! Gunther: Oh. I....I kinda like the old woman. I mean, the regular...the, um... nevermind.
Argythree over 8 years ago
So it’s okay for Gunther to change. But not okay for anyone else? I guess Gunther isn’t really growing up, after all…
38lowell over 8 years ago
That scarf of another man, says she’s almost there.
JayBluE over 8 years ago
“Got Any Change?”“Just Good Enough”“The Plain Truth”“Old And Unimproved”“Don’t Let A Stranger Change Her”“The Cocoon Clock”“Caterpillar’s In The Cradle” (♫)“Just The Way You Aren’t” (♫)
“A Reshape Shifter”“No Substitutions, Please!”“Alter In The Family”“Remodel Behavior”or“A Permute Point”
Ida No over 8 years ago
In case you missed it, new poll up: Can long distance relationships work?
JimT8 over 8 years ago
Come on, Gunther! Out with it! Big firm tone!
Kymberleigh over 8 years ago
A new woman? Will we still recognize her with platinum blonde hair, overdone makeup, miniskirts and 6" stiletto heels?
Will Gunther?
Will Dez?
Will Piro?
Will the RA director?
Will Zane?
EllieZel over 8 years ago
I think it’s uncharacteristically creepy for Bernice to still be wearing the scarf some random guy left in her dorm all that time ago. (Not clear exactly how long ago, but the story certainly seems to have moved on)
She’s not even talking about Piro anymore, she’s just holding onto this weird talisman of an imaginary relationship.
Also, black and orange with black stripes? Is it somehow Halloween again in the Luanniverse?
Wilde Bill over 8 years ago
She’s not really listening to you, Gunther.
GirlGeek Premium Member over 8 years ago
I hope she didn’t hear you, Gunther
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 8 years ago
I still maintain that this is a riff on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Or as someone observed yesterday, babes in the [enchanted] woods. In that tale, A loved B who loved C who loved D who loved A… until the faerie folk placed a spell on all so that D loved C who loved B who loved A who loved D. Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be! Or was that: Lord, what foods these morsels be?
kenhense over 8 years ago
Curve ball – Strike one…
wiselad over 8 years ago
change is good G. she might comeback realizing you a great catch ;)
JimT8 over 8 years ago
Don’t be such a damn wimp, Gunther. “Faint heart never won fair lady.”
Ruth Brown over 8 years ago
Just because you go to NY doesn’t mean that you will change, Bernice. Dump the scarf and change has started
æ² over 8 years ago
Now tell him about those party panties, Bernice. His head will explode.
æ² over 8 years ago
Searching for words, Gunth is once again at a lossAnd is that scarf around Bernice’s neck Gunther’s albatross?
Mordock999 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Uh, Gunther?
And I MEAN this in the Friendliest way, but would You PLEASE just SHUT Up?
Caldonia over 8 years ago
“Never mind” is exactly what women who look at Gunther think, pretty quickly.
Airman over 8 years ago
The official Love referee would declare this a mis-match.
Mikeyj over 8 years ago
Directions:1) Open mouth2) insert foot
Flash Gordon over 8 years ago
I want more Gunther and Tiffany.
richard0184 over 8 years ago
Typical of Gunther, he still wants everything to be exactly as is.
Mikeyj over 8 years ago
Anyone else remember when Gunther and Bern WERE a couple (For a VERY brief time); Luann, who was still into Aaron Hill, stole Gunther from Bern, apparently, because she felt he was hers, even when she didn’t want him, herself! (Will history repeat itself?)
sactiger over 8 years ago
Never mind, Gunth. Forget it, and press on. Make your play with Tiffany.
Chuck374 over 8 years ago
I’ve worked in NY. It’s crowded, it smells, it’s dirty. Pittsville seems like a really nice place to live.
The Old Wolf over 8 years ago
This is painful to watch. Gunther’s insecure and Bernice is clueless.
jrankin1959 over 8 years ago
“Current model,” Gunther…
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Why should you even care, Gunther? Bernice has no interest in you, and you won’t do anything that might spark such an interest! So, bug off! Go creep back into your comfy shell of self-loathing and self-pity and don’t harsh on other people’s good times!
reedkomicks Premium Member over 8 years ago
“It’s time to bring back Mrs. Horner.”-Talk about harsh…
Luanaphile over 8 years ago
Does Gunther know whether he is looking for a girl friend or a friend that happens to be a girl? No problem is he prefers the old Bernice. A trip to New York, no matter how stunning, will not change her underlying character, which would require deep psychological work.
luann1212 over 8 years ago
Gunther is a bit awkward of course, but I think, or hope, that for all nerdy types that Gunther represents, he manages to get a message to Bernice that she will understand, if not immediately, eventually.
Endunamoo over 8 years ago
Going to New York on Vacation is less likely to cause core changes than following the woman you think you love to Venezuala. Relax Gunther.
æ² over 8 years ago
“What fools these Als be, Mort.”
Outsideplaying over 8 years ago
Bernice has such delusions of how things will be in NYC. But I guess any young girl does about NYC for the first time. It’s a great city, exciting and fun, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes can be a let-down from high expectations, whatever those may be. She will definitely come home changed in some way for the experience. And that’s likely to be a good thing.
Argy.Bargy2 over 8 years ago
-It’s time to bring back Mrs. Horner.
How do we know that Mrs. Horner has to eat prunes?
Argy.Bargy2 over 8 years ago
-Thanks for starting off the day in a real depressing way…
Luanaphile over 8 years ago
Mind your bees-nest
Willow Mt Lyon over 8 years ago
Gunther, it is suppose to be, “I like you just as you are.”
Luanaphile over 8 years ago
Billy Joel said it best -
I don’t want clever conversationI never want to work that hardI just want someone that I can talk toI want you just the way you are.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
OT: i keep forgetting to ask this. I am curious if Dog has read this yet? Others will be interested but this seems like something Dog and NG woukd especially like. Recommendation for adult lovers of cartoons who have not yet read the book (not one for kids):Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, the (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua, Pantheon, 2015. The first 28 pages of catoons and footnotes often hilariously document the actual history. Because the footnotes are great, great, great it pays strongly to get the print version because there have been complaints about difficulty reading the footnotes in the online version. (The hardback does not have pages which glare; i do not know if there is a softback or anything about it.) After those first pages are alternative history cartoons.So, anyway, a heads up for you!
Doctor Go over 8 years ago
BERN!!! Get a clue!
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
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http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-snowy-new-york-part-ii/
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-varick-st-new-york-7/
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-varick-st-new-york-8/
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-west-fourteenth-st-new-york/
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-crosby-st-new-york-33/
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-the-bowery-new-york-4/
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-pattern-on-pattern-new-york/
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-west-14th-st-new-york-3/
http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-west-37th-st-new-york/
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notbornyesterday over 8 years ago
hop on board Gunther, before this train leaves the station
lizzylou66 over 8 years ago
Did anybody else get a different strip in their local paper today?? My Luann has Bernice talking to Gunther about Tiffany and Piro???
firemunk over 8 years ago
Maybe Gunther will snap about Tiffany while Bern is in New York. It’s a whole week that she’ll be away and the two of them so far have been left in Moony together. Could also be the start of a Leslie arch for a week and then the return of Lu and Bern the next week to the mess that was caused. I think Gunther’s “never mind” is his slow realization that maybe Bern isn’t in to him.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 8 years ago
5The potential ways I see this arc moving are either a) Bernie hurts Gunther’s feelings again by giving him “hope” of a relationship and then pulls the proverbial rug out from under him so he gets surly, b) somehow the sparks do fly and Bernie jumps into a relationship with Gunther. I am hoping that both of my arc predictions are wrong. I do not actually like either scenario. But, one of the two above seems likely.I have been trying to figure out a way for Bernie and Gunther to just remain friends and not have hurt feelings end up occurring for Gunther, but I have not been able to imagine an easy, logical fashion for this to happen. But, it would be very nice if it were to happen that way.
zrock76 over 8 years ago
They should change the name of this comic strip to glacier. This way the title can denote the speed in which the story arcs move.
wiselad over 8 years ago
I wish the “surly aspect” of G was used as a springboard to take action when is needed, and not used OFTEN as a springboard for him to act unjustly and harshly toward people around him, sometimes he comes across as a “subtle bully” that might be likely in the future with whoever he marries to be talked to by police for “domestic dispute” calls
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Just a cart in NYC, but food so highly rated that it is in 42 international guidebooks:http://mashable.com/2014/10/19/dosa-man-food-cart-nyc/#xxArbjBSskqF
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
http://freemuseumday.org/nyc.htmlNY Passhttps://www.newyorkpass.com/En/things-to-do-in-new-york-city/New_York_City_Museums/?aid=27
Squee13 over 8 years ago
Am I the only one who was still all for Gunther and Tiffany? I thought during those previous strips, it was painfully obvious that Gunth and Tiff were going to have a realization, and Bernice was going to brave up and talk to Piro
chain gang charlie over 8 years ago
Keep it to yourself Gunther…Let her become someone else’s Problem…..
Kymberleigh over 8 years ago
I don’t think that Zane figures into the equation.
I was looking for an absurd ending.
old_timey_dude over 8 years ago
The black coffee-drinking stubbly “man of adventure” who returned from South America is really the same old milksop who can’t be decisive about anything.
ACTIVIST1234 over 8 years ago
C’mon, G-man— you’ve been to Peru for six months, while Bern just went to AP classes. Give her an unforgettable going away party!
old_timey_dude over 8 years ago
Also when are these plot-lines going to reflect 21st century situations?
RSH over 8 years ago
‘old woman ’ huh… that’ll seal the deal for sure… ha ha
Airman over 8 years ago
Tiffany and Gunther need each other.
Willow Mt Lyon over 8 years ago
Luann asked Tiffany what season she was, and Tiffany said, “Flu”.
Willow Mt Lyon over 8 years ago
LOL! Maybe I’ll try that next time it happens to me.
Schrodinger's Dog over 8 years ago
not to mention the background musical score. Very monotonous! You wonder how a show like that could be aired. Thank goodness for the quality shows that have replaced it in the overnight hours these days.
æ² over 8 years ago
Little did you know, but according to my tin hat, you were secretly being hypnotized into buying random crap at the store. If you looked really closely, you could even see the Indian Chief mouthing “Buy, Buy, Buy.”Today, this show has been replaced by a multitude of those wondrous broadcasts called late-night infomercials. So…same difference.
JimT8 over 8 years ago
True. I said it could be dangerous.
JimT8 over 8 years ago
Don’t be so mean.
31768 over 8 years ago
“she’s just not into you.” move on Gunth, you want a “safe” romance. thank goodness it is not happening!
Argythree over 8 years ago
SPOILER ALERT
For those lamenting the ‘glacier’ pace, looks like rapid change is about to occur. Along with disagreeable leavings striking a rapidly moving object, and Gunther’s ‘twin’ suddenly sailing into view.
Argythree over 8 years ago
-The irony will be, just as Gunther works up a head of steam, his so-called rival will ask for his scarf back and a place to crash for the night. A couch at Gunther’s would be as good as the one at Bernice’s…
DAVID RODES over 8 years ago
Hmmm…a new woman huh? I bet! hang with Pru. you come home a different woman alright. I can see where the strip is going now!…guess who gonna fall in love with each other???