Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 11, 2016

ne’er forget 15 years ago

God rest the 3,000 people whose lives were cut short 15 years ago today.

Thank you for this. Very nice.

Well done, Greg. We should never forget.

Yes Very well done! Thank you to all the first responders out there.

I’m so glad Greg opted to NOT have the wedding on this day.

See/ This is a 9/11 comemoration, done right. The planned wedding ceremony would have been a 9/11 celebration, which would have been grossly inappropriate. So, well done,

Very respectable

Very Well Done, may God Bless our Country!(and tell that S.F. quarterback to resign!!)

I had a lot of relatives serve and die for the quarterback and those others to do what they do… but. KNOCK IT OFF. They gave theirs for you. Grow up.

perfect!

A Great single panel today, Mr. and Miss Evans !

god bless and protect them all

Bless our First Responders.Never Forget: 9/11/01….

Why isn’t the flag at half mast?

i saw this and immediately began to cry. it is such a simple tribute, yet the impact was powerful. Thank you.

Bravo

Not only the 3000 but all the responders that have suffered and died as a result since.

NEVER Forget.WE Won’t Forget…..,

Thank you! This is the only strip I read that made any kind of acknowledgment.

Very nice.

Best strip of the day.

and especially the heroes of Flight 93, who fought back to save countless others.

(raises a glass)

First tear of the day.

Thank you for the tribute.

The gentleman next to the Capt. looks like he might be Gunther’s older brother or something.

Excellent tribute. Of the strips I read daily, only the John Hart strips (BC, Wizard of ID) did a similar tribute.

I was working in TriBeCa that morning (about 10 blocks north of Ground Zero). We were all advised to evacuate our building after the two aircraft hit (we were the next tallest in the area), so we’re all outside on the sidewalk when we heard this collective scream from the other side. We all rushed into the street just in time to see the South Tower collapse. A bit later, they all had us evacuate north towards SOHO and the VIllage. Thankfully, I reached a cousin’s apt. in Chelsea. I got home the next day.

Very nice tribute, and very moving. Thank you Mr. Greg for being so inspiring.

I don’t agree with the method that Colin used to make his protest known, but I admire those who on this day and all days defend the constitutional rights underlying his right to express his opinion. A democracy allows for freedom of speech and expression, and religious practice and belief, and while we are not perfect, we are, as said a political leader I disagreed pretty much on everything, Ronald Reagan, a shining city of a hill to so much of the world. This strip today brought chills to my spine when I saw it early on Saturday (I always buy the Sunday paper late Saturday morning) but also a smile to my face, using the two lovers and firefighters and their compatriots with the truck to symbolize 9/11. Our family had just been in the North tower two weeks before, and my daughter, who was 12 at the time, and I saw the towers being attacked at home. This is beautiful, and let me just say “God (or Allah, or Jehovah) bless America.” Great job Greg!!

Never forget

Everyone remembers the firefighters, but there were plenty of cops who rushed in and never came out as well.

Nice tribute. Thank you.

God bless all the emergency responder heroes who lost their lives along with the other 3000 innocent lives

Sixth grade was a pivotal year for me.It happened long before now and long before 15 years ago.Yet it relates.My first sixth grade teacher in Setauket School urged his students to play organized games which he determined during recess. My best friend was in a different class so that was our time together. My first sixth grade teacher insisted that all students say the Lord’s Prayer each morning and say it his way.Students who did not do what that teacher wanted had their grades suffer.So, first they took away my french horn lessons which i missed, then they took away girl scouts which i did not miss, finally i was required to do all of my homework before i would be allowed to play after school, but by then all the other children on the street were inside, and things were not much better for play on Fridays since that was the day when i had to cook supper for the family while my parents worked late, or on Sundays since that was the big home chores day.Still my grades worsened. I was switched to a different teacher who had spent her own time reviewing my work and stated that my grades did not match my work. She was the hardest sixth grade teacher in the school. She was strong, she was tough, she worked us hard. For that she had a nickname among generations of kids: Cruel Trull.She was also just as demanding of herself, fair, nurturing, and she had an intrinsic respect for us all.One day in art class we had a project and Helen, who was seated next to me, decorated a letter “T” and told me that it was for “Cruel Trull”. I had seen our teacher in the hall and shushed Helen. Later, after the class was given a task, Mrs. Trull called me into the hall for a private talk. Everyone was certain that i was in terrible trouble, including me. Instead she told me that she wanted to thank me for considering her feelings. She said she was aware of that nickname, but that in the U.S. we have freedom of speech and that it is essential to remember that because it is one of the basic rights our ancestors earned for us and is one of the most important foundations our country has, so even though she had heard what Helen said, Helen had every right to say it.So, in the sixth grade, for two entirely different reasons, i came to appreciate both freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

Ummm…..

Always remember and never forget of what happen on this day fifteen years ago.

Continued prayers for the families which were impacted by a senseless act of violence. To those who sacrificed theirs lives for the sake of others on this day, God bless them all.

Beautiful tribute. Brought tears to my eyes immediately. Thank you.

Snow Sez.

One Big Happy has a very good tribute today.

Prickly City had a remembrance too.

Thank you.

Color has power, as does its absence.

Freedom, as most residents of the USA know it, it very hard work. It is precious. It means having to grit your teeth and let people protest as they see fit. I do not agree with sitting during the national anthem of the country which lets you earn millions of dollars just throwing a football, nor did I agree with the flag burners of the 60’s who protested the Vietnam War. There are other ways to protest. Just remember that if you did this is some other countries, you would probably be dead. The method of protest reflects on the people doing it, and they will pay the price sooner or later. When I see something like this, it breaks my heart thinking of all the lives lost protecting the freedom of the USA. I think of all the people who lost their lives on 9/11 who would have stood when they heard our National Anthem.

One of the multiple ways that people have blamed innocent scapegoats: the story of the check-in clerk for the flight which hit the Pentagon:http://www.npr.org/2016/09/09/493133084/on-sept-11-he-checked-hijackers-onto-flight-77-its-haunted-him-ever-since

Nice tribute.

Thumbs up for the Luann strip. A lot of words aren’t necessary.

Nice

really love this

Beautiful tribute. Far more appropriate than a wedding.

Black & white is a powerful medium.

Mr. Evans, thank you for this 9/11 remembrance. Many millions including me will never forget.

Really nice. Always remember!

Wonderful. thank you so much.

Thank you for remembering.

The only thing missing is the judge who could have quickly shown up, married them…..(done finished!!)…….. and then left.

Never forget!

Thanks Greg, well done. Never forget…

DNTME said, about 2 hours agoFemale rescue workers are such a joke. They can’t do the job but nobody dares to say anything due to Political Correctness and fear of losing their job. Of the 300 or so rescue workers who died when the twin towers, 100% were males. There was just no way the females could hack going up all those flights of stairs, let alone assist in carrying people down yhem. But, of course, they get paid the same. It’s even worse in Britain where the females get excused from the really hazardous duty for all sorts of reasons. And they take advantage of it, leaving their male counterparts high and dry in many cases. Leaving them short staffed just when they need every hand.

@DNTMEBoy are you stupid. That is all I could say. There were quite a few female first responders who lost their lives that day. I know when I almost died in a serious auto accident it was a female who pulled my drunk 300 pound body out of the car so that I could be put in the ambulance to go to the hospital. This is so stupid, so prejudiced, so absolutely cretinous I have all I can do to pray and not wish you find yourself looking at a female face when your dumbass needs emergency assistance. I am sorry I am, responding so vehemently, particularly to a comic, but the disrespect shown to women who lost their lives that day trying to save people and did save people, while the towers were getting ready to and did fall around them, or the flight attendants on Flt 93 who I am sure did not just scream in fear before they helped fight the terrorist who seized that plane, and kept it from impacting the White House, of the female military and civilians who risked and lost their lives in the Pentagon is just so horrendous it makes me sick. You are a sorry excuse for whatever idiocy you are trying to spread. And by the way I am a 100% male in case that might be an issue for you, or anyone who believes this bilgewater. Sorry everyone, but this infuriated me, so I had to respond to it.

I agree. Why is it that only cartoonists remember to draw a tribute to 9/11? Thank you guys and gals for not forgetting!

Said with class. Thank you, for remembering.

Perfectly simple and perfectly reverent. May we never forget that day.

“Whose idea was to create this cartoon? Was it because of today’s date being commonly associated with a series of tragedies that occurred upon it back in the year 2001?”.Yes, it was.Good guess.." If so, there should be cartoons like this one every day since terrible events had occurred on every calendar date (personally I would not be pleased). ".So you want all memorialized and would not be pleased if they were?.Not all tragedies are national tragedies.Not all were intended as an attack on all Americans..Acting like it is no big deal is an attempt to intentionally not learn from the past.

Thank you Greg. Very thoughtful.

“Daddy’s Home” and “Grand Avenue” also acknowledged 9/11 today.

SPOILER

Monday am. TJ is a spoiler. And one who should speak up gives up.

So do I, I think. See you guys after December…

the cartoon for today speaks for itself. good job Greg!

Thank you, Greg.

Well done!

Beautiful.

I like the b&w scheme with only the flag in color

In my whole lineup of comics I read every day, this was the first that had a tribute to 9/11. Thank you, Greg. And thank you to all the first responders who worked and sacrificed that day. Never forget!

This is sad (especially for a serialized cartoon series). Whose idea was to create this cartoon? Was it due to the calendar date being associated with a series of events that occurred upon it back in the year 2001? If so, then there should be cartoons like this one every day since terrible events had occurred on every calendar date. Every new day should be treated like a new day and not be dominated by dark events associated with its date.

Beauiful.

I’m not sure if anyone will read this. Maybe they won’t, maybe they will, but I need to take this chance to try to let my voice be heard. 9/11 was a terrible, tragic event. People died. Please remember that. Mario500, have you ever done anything to help those other people, or taken time to think of them? Or did you just want to seem “wise” by saying that? We all know that horrible things happen everyday, but we need to remember this day and what happen. We need to mourn. And DNTME… wow. Just wow. People died. That’s horrible. Please don’t try to take that away from anyone. Don’t try to make someone who has dedicated their life to helping others look like they wasted their time by doing that. Please, please, please don’t take this day in history to fight. Fighting, hating is what caused it. Just… take a moment to remember the suffering, and try to do something with it. Whether it be to remember someone you loved dearly, or to open your eyes to the events that happened in this world, and are happening. Just… Remember. Then wipe a tear away and smile.

Out of all the Sunday comics in the Tampa Bay Times yours was the only one to recognize Patriots Day. My kudos to Greg Evans and his staff.

Never forget to hire the colourist!

God bless.

I’m catching up after a very long hiatus, and reading days before it’s going to be 20 years.