Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 27, 2016

He actually showed up. I’m amazed.

Um… perhaps Jonah hadn’t shown up because he was stuck in traffic after buying his daughter a crown?

I called Jonah being already on the stage to surprise his daughter, but showing up at the last minute is good too.(Be nice, Bradley. You didn’t want to do it at all at first, remember?)

“Daddy always shows up for his own performances”Or something like that.I shall go look it up.

Brad looks irritated, but it’s daddy’s place since he made it. Shannon will remember Brad’s offering to help her out anyway. It’s the thought that counts Brad. Your heart was in the right place.

brad doesn’t look too happy in the last frame.

Kym, i left you a note late yesterday.

I always kept that possibility in mind, Jonah showing up at the last second. I was figuring that Jonah would be the one chagrined if Brad stepped up, but now it appears the other way around. The debate about what happens to Shannon however will not cease, but only be drawn out, with all those ripples that I keep mentioning. Stay tuned!!

July 16“Dad always makes it to his showsand spin”

We may not like him, but she LOVES him. sigh

I wasn’t expecting THAT!

“The Man Of Steal”“Jonah Arc”“…Scene, And Not Hurt”“Snatching Victory From The Jaws Of Victory”“Conveniently Inconvenient”“Right Place At The Wrong Time”“A Rooting Interest”“A Father’s Place”“A Sub For A Hero”“Ain’t That A Grinder!?”“Just In Time For The Credits”“Glisten Like Thieves”“The Scent Of A Rose”“Two Minutes In The Clutch”“You Put The Limelight On That Coconut, He Drinks It All Up!” (♪)“Spotlight On His Feet”“Dive Into The Choral, Thief!”“Tripped In His Lights….Fantastic!”or“Better Accolades Than Never”

DARN! The nice hate-on that I had for Jonah is ruined… until NEXT time… and there WILL be a next time!

Oh well, it’s always nice to see Shannon smiling.

This is very helpful. Thank you Sukie.

Great to see Shannon so happy! She loves her flaky dad. So we continue to ponder what will be Shannon’s home – as well as how the Brad/Toni relationship will go…

I think Brad looks P.O.ed because Jonah stole his line (“Let’s DUO”). Anyway, I was sure that Jonah would show up because Shannon told us he always makes it to his shows. And it’s great to see them (J and S) share a lovely moment with the crown. They are clearly a family, no matter how much some folks want Toni and Brad to adopt S. Like Toni would be gaga over that!

Why would that be chosen as the last act? Save the best for last works better.

I am, frankly, astonished that Jonah actually showed up, even if at the very last minute. Good for him (grudging respect), for Shannon’s sake. Brad should just stifle his feelings for now, also for Shannon’s sake. I wonder what Toni will say? I’m pretty sure she will have something to say….

Greg played you. You love it.

Good for Jonah, he came through.

Yeah, really! (X3 comments)

He’s as unpredictable as he’s good looking. seems like good looks run in that family. so you already know Shannon will most likely look like Paris(Tiffany) and Toni than like Lu. only she wont have much to regret thanks to Brad and Toni.

A late Dad! Not a good role model.

none of the work, all of the glory.what a guy!

Didn’t see that one coming.

Hmmpph. Just when Brad starts to show a fatherly connection to Shannon, Jonah swoops in and usurps the “glory moment” from him, This is a foretelling, I believe. Jonah is going to raise a huge stink when Brad & Toni attempt to adopt Shannon, somewhere around the time of the wedding.

Shannon is genuinely happy to be a duo with her Dad, whom she loves. Now she will go on stage with someone who will actually play the guitar, not air guitar, so folks won’t laugh . This should be a classic case of “all’s well that ends well,” yet Brad glares at Jonah for showing up. Is that because he really wanted to be Shannon’s hero here? As a professional firefighter, Brad, you should know that you help people because they need help, not to win accolades. I’m sure Brad will let us know what’s on his mind, soon enough…

Aaw, Bwad didn´t get to be the hero this time. But at least her dad actually kept his promise, albeit a bit late.

Called it

Giving Shannon that crown really was a nice gesture on Jonah’s part. He seems pleased. I wonder whether he got the part in Cats at the audition?

I’m glad he showed up at least.

Oh LOOK, Folks. “Poppa Obi-Wan” FINALLY showed Up.Once again, brushed aside for a “pretty face” huh, Brad?Now Now, DON’T get MAD Bro. After All, the Guy IS her SNORT “father.”

SAVE that Anger for years later when, after several Convoluted ‘Plot Twists,’ You and Toni are finally Starting the adoption process for the Dear Little Tyke, when Shannon’s Mother shows up and Decides She wants HER Daughter Back in HER Life….., ;]

He showed up because it’s a performance not because of his daughter. He’s all about himself and being the center of attention.

WHAAAAAaaaaaaa…. ????

Shannon may not remember the specifics of Brad’s volunteering in this case, but it will contribute ( even subconsciously) to the overall positive feeling she has for Brad.

not to mention Toni will remember Brad stepping up, even tho it was out of his comfort zone.

ahhh… better late than never I guess.

Oh! Do we hate Jonah for showing up (albeit late) and stealing Brad’s good deed? Or do we love him for picking up a tiara for his little girl? *I say, both (though hatred is easier but listening to the convention last night I learned we must be great and not hate.)

Good job, Team Evans! Just we we get our indignation on….

I could see how that ticks Brad off. And I could see it annoying Toni also. They basically do all the heavy lifting of parenting and then Dad shows up for the fun moment and gets accolades for meeting the least of his responsibilities. But Shannon is happy….

Her birthday has got to be in September: her horoscope is always for Virgo!

Now that Jonah’s shown himself capable of being there when he chooses to, Toni should start refusing to watch Shannon so he can’t just ditch his kid every time it’s convenient. Jonah’s like a small child: he’ll do what you let him get away with.

Sorry Brad,daddy always wins even when he scrus up.

Despite Jonah’s style of ‘parenting’, I hope that Toni and Brad don’t try to adopt Shannon over any objections from Jonah. That kind of thing leaves a lot of damage in a family. They should only offer to adopt her if Jonah wants to give her up. Clearly, Shannon loves her Dad in spite of his faults…

Oh sure, show up at the last second, and act like he’s been there the entire time.

I doubt that a professional actor considers playing “It’s a Smalll World” on a guitar to be much of a “performance”. If he were doing this for personal reasons, he wouldn’t have brought the tiara to Shannon. Sure, he enjoys being on stage, but this is in fact a “duo”. After all, he could have signed up to do a solo act, but he didn’t.

Well, in the future, I still taking my wild guess that Mr Grey will use his Vegas connections to get Jonah a job and he will then abandon her so Toni & Brad can take over

That’s an idea. Hmmm. Could be. Only Greg knows.

So where IS Shannon’s mother?

6It is mildly surprising that Jonah showed up, but he is still very much a damn “flake” in my opinion. That said, however:1. It is very much in keeping with his personality that he shows up at the very last moment. Think about this, he is lucky that Shannon’s act was the LAST act of thirty-some acts. He technically is still VERY late. He just skirted under the wire in regards to being there.2. Jonah undoubtedly has a cell phone. His apparent lack of calling Toni to let her know that he is on his way just shows again his damn “flake” persona. 3. Jonah’s “without a care” attitude about things should in my opinion be very grating for BOTH Brad and Toni…. they both had to stress out and try to figure out ways to make the situation become “ok” for Shannon presuming Jonah did not show up. I can fully understand Brad’s annoyance…. not because he necessarily wanted to perform…. he was doing that only for Shannon…. but because he had to experience the stress of overcoming his own reluctance to be on stage because he cared for Shannon…. and it was in many ways “all for nothing” as the damn “flake” shows up at the last possible moment. Now, with that said… I am very glad for Shannon…. she actually received three gifts without even perhaps realizing it. 1) Her Dad DID show up and is going to perform with her, 2) Even though she may be too young to fully perceive it, she also now has further affirmation about Brad caring a lot for her, and 3) Even though she may not fully perceive this either, she also experienced a caring experience from Toni, Pru, and several others as well. When the confrontation of Jonah occurs by whichever mix of characters does the confrontation, I still very sincerely hope that it is out of eye and earshot of Shannon. She DOES NOT need to experience that sort of conflict.

Technically Jonas did show up in time for their duet. I’m sure Shannon is used to him doing things like this.

Opps:BIG TYPO on my part!i do NOT RECALL THE STRIP. Copy finction is not working now so i can not copy and correct.

Toni will remember what a hero Brad is, and Shannon will learn soon enough who the better man is. No one needs to tell her what a poor father her dad is. Criticizing her father in front of her will not help Shannon in any way.

Hey, BRDSHTT… yes, Brad’s stage appearance was soooo predictable. Heckle and Jeckle: songbird stew.

Question is, will Brad be so quick to volunteer to fill in for Jonah next time? Perhaps not.

Bwad has no right to pout (besides, pouting is Gunther’s job), he should be happy Shannon got what she needed. He never put any effort in it and no one would prefer seeing him play “air guitar” over the real thing

Jumping ahead here I know – but am I the only one who thinks Tiffany may be just the gal to straighten this guy out?

But at least he did show up in (the nick of) time, so I’ll give him credit for that. ^^^^^the others may have kept bouncing Shannon’s act back in the order to give Jonah a chance to show up. So without so much as a text to reasssure everyone he gets to show up as ‘super-Daddy’ and the Tiara is his bribe. His daughter is just so glad he showed up that of course she forgives all the drama. He is a jerk.

I don’t think he could have showed up any sooner.

Tomorrow: Jonah falls off the stage, breaks his arm, and Brad substitutes on his air guitar.

yayyyy.!!!!… I say…. no air guitar!!

Don’t look for Jonah to get a fair shake from Brad.; not for anything he’s actually done, but because Toni has “poisoned the well” as they say in psychology (ex. “don’t trust this guy that just came in, everything he says is a lie.” ). That is to say, she’s molded Bradley ‘s opinion of her brother when he wasn’t around to defend himself, and like a rumor, it’s been spread around by Chub Boy without any investigation; kind of like his libel of his own best friend, TJ when the food truck exploded.Yes, we’ve (sorta) seen an example of Jonah ‘s poor stagecraft, but hey, theater companies don’t hire good actors, do they? Couldn’t be he was having a bad day for some reason, had his timing thrown off by another actor or anything like that.Instead, what I saw was everyone kow-towing to Toni ‘s opinion and not daring to oppose her. Even Quill! was caught up in it, and you would think he’d be able to see things ‘theater’ from a more sympathetic angle.Team Evans hasn’t given us any kind of backstory to explain why Jonah chose a profession where he gets out of himself and ended up married at an early age, or why Toni got into a (possibly more) abusive relationship. Maybe Toni is jealous of her brother’s indpendance, or else afraid he’ll end up in another dead-end marriage.As to the current situation, everyone here acts as if technical problems with a cell phone, or a potential employer who requires them to be turned off, doesn’t occur.

Between Bwad and Dad, Shannon of course made the right choice.

agreed, and Brad’s response is a very human one.

There are still a few days left in the week. I’m sure Jonah will have some good excuse about why he couldn’t respond to Toni’s repeated texts and calls. And of course he will profusely thank Brad for what he was doing to help Shannon. Jonah can easily see that Brad is ready to go on in his place since Jonah was not there. He’d better thank Brad.

It’s nice that he finally showed up for his daughter.

“Let’s duo”*When Jonah says it, is it because he’s so similar to Brad he actually says similer things. Or is it because he’s mocking Brad?

I predict that jonah will dominate the show basically pushing Shannon off to the side, making her feel worthless because in his eyes, the show is about him not them or her.

-See, this is the problem in a nutshell. Any parent who works (whether at a 9 to 5 job or going on calls to possible gigs), and who has a child, needs to make more permanent child care arrangements. Whatever those arrangements are, they can’t be last minute. This is the reality of responsible parenting. Not that you stay home and don’t work, but that you recognize that most of the day will be either work, or looking for work, so you make permanent arrangements. And that can’t be just assuming that a relative who also has a job will always be available.

Occam’s Razor. The cell phone didn’t fail or was turned off by Jonah because he didn’t want to be bothered.

TWIST!

To give Jonah the benefit of the doubt, he did keep Shannon when her mother abandoned them, so she is more than just a tax deduction. But, he probably has no future in acting and eventually will get a real job to support them both. Shannon will become a day-care child.

I see no reason to give Jonah “The benefit of the doubt”, based on his past performance. He deserves all the scorn for his actions that people give him.

Looks like Brad has the stink eye.

@Mikeyj

Hate is an ugly emotion that gets out of hand too easily.^^True, but, he’s a fictional character, so, hating him is fun and hurts no one ;)

I still wish someone would explain to me why they think Tiffany would even try to ‘straighten out’ Jonah. I don’t think the two of them even know each other, first off. Secondly, although Tiffany was very nice to Shannon and put that make up on her to cheer her up, Tiffany admitted at her after school job that she really isn’t that interested in kids. So, although she may understand what Shannon might be feeling, I’m not sure why she would feel motivated to ‘fix’ Jonah as a parent. It just doesn’t feel like something she would think of doing…

Again, we don’t know the backstory on the Halloween party. Maybe the local theatrical community hosts a Halloween party every year, because that’s the sort of thing that theater people do, and Jonah doesn’t want to risk not attending, since he needs professionally to be though of as one of that crowd. It’s an inappropriate environment for Shannon (think “Rocky Horror”!), and teenage babysitters are impossible to find on Halloween, so he takes her but leaves her locked in a bedroom. Certainly not good parenting, but the sort of thing that single parents may sometimes feel is the best of a bad situation.Am I making this up? Of course I am, but so are the people who assume that Jonah is a selfish jerk who just wanted to party and have a good time. Since back stories are definitely not a strong part of Luann, everyone has to resort to their own provate fan fiction to explain what’s going on.

Okay, i do NOT know if this is accurate, and certainly it is out of date, but it says the check the following timeframes:“First Appearance: 1/8/1996” (i am personally leaning to that one being a lookalike rather than Shannon D.)" reappeared as Toni’s cousin according to script of 2008, but in June 2010 it was established that Toni’s brother is her father, and thus Toni’s niece."http://luanncomicstrip.wikia.com/wiki/Shannon_Lewis/DaytonaBTW, unless i find something which firmly supports the alternative i am personally inclined to think of Lindy’s cousin as merely being a lookalike because Shannon would have to have gotten a few years younger (about 6 to about 4) at the same time that Luann aged from 13 to 16, sooooooo… I think it is like Luis’s visage having been used again.

Okay, in late May of 2010 Shannon is already known to Brad:http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2010/05/31In March of that year Brad and Toni are enough of an item that Toni and Nancy try to get to know each other, so i am wondering if Toni explains about Shannon before then.http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2010/03/20

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/subject/The-Shannon-Comics-and-Cartoons-by-Luann.php/4A different ref has its oldest Shannon images from 2009:"Greg Evans Comic/Cartoon:LuannViewable Date:2009-06-15 Pub. Date:2009-06-15Image Number:35209 Caption:Hello? Brad? C’mon in, Toni! And Shannon! How are you today? Good. What’s wrong with your foot? You’re not sposta put your feet on the table. Had lunch? Want me to make something? Tha’d be great. I wanna jelly sambich! You smell funny. Are you dying? Yes. And you’re helping."

In Sept of ’09 Brad and Toni are not yet a real couple and Brad thinks Shannon is her cousin.

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=38234

The explanation (with one just next to it about Shannon’s mother being wilder than her dad and leaving:

“Resulting in Shannon. Yeah. And her mother was even wilder. She took off right after Shannon was born. Making your brother a full-time dad. Well, like I said, he’s not the world’s greatest dad. Guys learn from their dads. Mine’s great.”

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/subject/The-Shannon-Comics-and-Cartoons-by-Luann.php/4

"Greg Evans Comic/Cartoon:LuannViewable Date:2010-06-07 Pub. Date:2010-06-07Image Number:48230 Caption:Tell me about Shannon. All I know is, she’s your brother’s kid. Is he married? No. Long story. From you, that’s the kind I like best. Ok. I told you how my parents died … Yeah. Car crash. My aunt raised my brother and me. Four years ago, we came here. We were both messed up. He met a girl and … Became a dad. He fathered a child. He’s never become a dad"

So, from this:Viewable Date:2010-06-07 Pub. Date:2010-06-07Image Number:48230 Caption:Tell me about Shannon. All I know is, she’s your brother’s kid. Is he married? No. Long story. From you, that’s the kind I like best. Ok. I told you how my parents died … Yeah. Car crash. My aunt raised my brother and me. Four years ago, we came here. We were both messed up. He met a girl and … Became a dad. He fathered a child. He’s never become a dad"Shannon was three or four in June of 2010. We know she is six now.Also, we learn that Toni and Jonah were raised by an aunt and moved to Pitts about seven years before now in Luanntime, so since Luann is 18 Shannon was born about a year before the strip starts IF my recollection of Luann being 13 at the start of the strip is correct.

Here is the party ref from cartoonistgroup:“Greg EvansComic/Cartoon:LuannViewable Date:2013-10-30Pub. Date:2013-10-30Image Number:102526Caption:Do you like trick-or-treating with your dad? I guess. ‘Cept after, we always go to a boring adult party. I hafta stay in the bedroom. Ok, Toni? Kitchen? We can’t let Shannon go with your brother! What am I supposed to do? Say NO! I’m not her mother, Brad. And you’re not her father. I’m BETTER!”

I know now why i missed the party ref. In most of 2013 i had huge difficulty getting my eyes to focus together due to the worse eye going down to IOP 6 after things went wrong a few days after the filtration bleb was created in May of that year, resulting in an emergency surgery a few day after the initial surgery. So, it is possible thst i coukd not read comics at that time.

“The Princess And The Plea” ^Appropriate for both days, yes!

SPOILER, anyway

The words of the song are lost on someone we know. No lessions learned by anybody. Oh, well….

Really? Okay, try it this way and see whether it makes more sense: “She’d have remembered that her dad didn’t show up IF HER DAD HADN’T SHOWN UP.”

SukieCrandall – Thank you! I love it! (Especially your first comment, since when I first started browsing comments that was my first question . . .)