Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 12, 2016

And Brad is thinking, “When did this stop being MY wedding?”

No. No. This is wrong on every level. Brad has to be in a coma somewhere.

Alex Hallatt Interview.So, new poll question – Alex Hallatt?Answer in the Basket Case comments section.

sounds like TJ’s planning his own wedding than Brad/Toni’s

TJ’s starring in his new movie: Swindler’s List.

well, good tj was there to help. Bwad has no idea how complicated a kardashian style wedding can be.

For those who were wondering why some of us favored Toni and Brad eloping, here it is. This time it’s not an interfering in-law, it’s a so-called “friend”, who one poster praised to the heavens this weekend as someone who would give the ‘shirt off his back.’

But I’m sure the wedding apologists who post here will find a way to rationalize all this and insist that this Toni and Brad are totally obliged to endure this elaborate three-ring circus for their ‘friends and family’ .

Real friends don’t expect their pals to stage huge, costly parties for everyone else but the participants to enjoy.

The only ceremony that is staged solely for friends and family, and not the participants, is a funeral. Right now, this event is beginning to resemble a funeral for Brad and Toni’s future…

Demands?!?! its a wedding planning, not a hostage situation.

TJ, get off this planet, now.

TJ is treating this as if he was a union bargaining team, up against some very tough management.

Do we have to put up with another week of this? Can’t we see what Luann is doing in her first week of classes instead?

When you don’t say then enforce “NO” he runs over you. Anything he wants he can pay for for himself.

Sold! To the lowest bidder!.Sure Mr. Haney isn’t around somewhere?

got a feeling a smackdown is next on the list.

someone needs cojones

Tampering Jackass?

Terrifying Jaberwocky?

Trespassing Jerk?I am half asleep. You have a crack at it.

Lime and Gold??? YUK… That elopement idea is probably looking pretty good, at this moment!!

Come on, now, you know you’ll only complain about whatever Luann is doing in class if we do get that chance. At least, this way, you’ll have a lot of company in your complaints^^HAHAHA Bingo!

I really hope we see Brad confront TJ soon about his taking over the wedding planning.Granted, the conversation might wind up going something like this:Brad: “TJ, what happened to the real wedding planner?”TJ: “I sent her away. You don’t need to pay a wedding planner — when your best friend is ready to do that job for free!”If Brad is thinking correctly, which may or may not be the case, he should next point out that it won’t do him much good to get TJ’s wedding planning services for free if TJ winds up ordering a bunch of things that Brad and Toni are going to have to pay for and don’t really need or want.

I wonder what will catch fire, or blow up, THIS time!

This is so seedy, Brad is going to understand where Toni is coming from, and elope or head to city hall. TJ is acting like he’s back in Weenie World putting the screws to Ann Eiffel. just for the fun of it.

If I may add to my previous comment…..it is also tacky, cheap, disgusting, low class, sleezy, and a mockery of everything good and holy.

Is TJ paying for this wedding? Seems like it. Brad & Toni should sneak back to city hall.

They have got to be messing with Brad. TJ, with his 4 variations on white, would know better than to have Lime Green at Toni and Brad;s wedding. I can’t wait to see Brad’s face when they let him off the hook.

TJ, take a permanent hiatus from the strip and take Toni with you.

Obnoxious, not funny, not entertaining. Eloping is the only romantic option I can foresee. Brad and Toni are my favorite characters, but I’d be happy to see this storyline end- with the two of them running off into the sunset, getting married, no “friends,” no family.

TJ is a smart operator, he knows Brad & Toni will be on a budget and wont be able to get everything they want so he is playing a game of give-and-take to get them the most of what they need.

This is the reason I told my kids I would give them $$ to go to Vegas and get married – cheaper and less headaches and they may even be able to win back some on the $$ I gave them.

So TJ, how much will all this cost?

IF NOT FOR THE COMMENT’S THIS WOULD BE BOORNING

“He has it all covered.”

So far he appears to be dodgy, but has he really done anything to deserve this?

He helped set up Luan’s folks with their venture. Did not have to, but did.

Give the guy a break!

It looks like Brad is marrying TJ instead of Toni! Hubba hubba!

This strip stopped being about Luann a LONG time ago. The artist apparently lost interest in her character. Now it’s mostly about Brad and Toni.

Well Maybe this year since Luann IS supposed to be interested in working with kids, maybe just maybe team evans with show her in a ECD ( early childhood development) class or some type of ED course. Course that would not be an elective and probably not as interesting as say an art class with a weird prof and different type of classmates… but. . Come to think of it, we have never seen any of the other castmates ( Bernice, Gunther, Tiffany), in any type of class Like we did when they were in high school. Guess college classes are just not as interesting and I have to remember that Luann is at Pitts JC and the others are at Moony Uni.

T.J.takes over. Come on, Brad. It’s your wedding, not his.

Maybe they will end up with a Justice of the Peace wedding after all. This is ridiculous. This would be a deal breaker in my friendship with TJ if it were me.

Gold and lime?

Stop this, Brad – now.

CHILL PEOPLE !!!TJ’s just helping out. Give them both a break!

“ENOUGH!!! Brad? I Say We Take Off and NUKE Old Smiley from ORBIT! THAT’S the ONLY Way to Be SURE!!! -— Warrant Officer Ripley

This is a very long arc. Are the Evan’s on vacation? I know this is a comic, but this is starting to get just a little too much.

reads title Luann reads comic Hmm…

Hillary or Trump

sure they don’t ‘need’ all of those things but if they can get it within their budget then why not? a dance floor would certainly make it more entertaining for the guests. and if you’re having ‘a wedding’ you care about your guests, otherwise they would have already eloped or just got married at the justice of peace.

As long as it makes the Trufans unhappy I’m fine with it.

Just elope please! This is Luann’s strip, not Brad Toni and the Arsonist!

Two things;(1) Brad needs to get a spine transplant.(2) TJ needs to start living his own life and quit living Brad’s.

Uhm, oh heck no TJ… Straight up smack down coming your way If I was Brad.

First TJ, and TJ alone, remodels the house for Brad & Toni.Second TJ, and TJ alone, plans the wedding Brad wanted to plan.Third, Tj, and TJ alone, gets the first-born son.

Thought to ponder: - How is TJ and his taking control, different from what Mr. Gray did at the Fuse?

Brad’s getting a taste of his own medicine, I think. Now he knows exactly what Toni was feeling last week.

Why not turn off auto-correct?

Just wait. Chapter 2: TJ plans the honeymoon. Chapter 3: TJ attends marriage counseling with Brad and Toni. Chapter 4: Brad and Toni send TJ to Peru to bug Rosa and reorganize her mountain village.

TJ is more entertaining in smaller doses.

Argythree said, about 9 hours ago@seismic-2Come on, now, you know you’ll only complain about whatever Luann is doing in class if we do get that chance. At least, this way, you’ll have a lot of company in your complaints…

^^^^^^^THANKS! That was well played.

Whose wedding is this, again?

I predict that Brad will blow-up, TJ will whine stating he “was just trying to help”, and Brad and Toni will feel bad. Regardless, although TJ is the helpful busy-body, this level of involvement is a little odd?

Time for Brad to blow his whistle and call a time-out. Send TJ to a neutral corner, maybe in Bolivia.

Though his methods are unorthodox, Brad is lucky to have TJ as a best friend (brother from another mother).

This SO brings back memories of my father trying to take over our wedding. We finally did everything ourselves when it got the point where the only choice of our own would have been being there.Brad and TJ’s habit has been for Brad to be steamrolled, bulldozed, ridden over by TJ – but this time Brad has been growing, trying new things because marrying Toni and having the day be right for her is so incredibly important to him.So, will Brad’s growing continue? Is today (comic strip time, not 3D time) the day that we see Brad force TJ to ACTUALLY LISTEN? For Brad this wedding is getting him a lot more than his bride. The growth displayed will permit him to move in new directions as a character. Many of us have had Pivotal Events in life where we learn with one step at a time to morph into someone with new strengths because what we learned them for was so very important to us. It is actually pretty much the norm to do so – trying on new strengths first in what matters to us. Three examples from my life: I was very shy until (originally as director’s assistant) i was asked to fill a role in a small community theater’s play. My acting was not good, just sufficient, but i learned how to move outside myself just enough to use that trick for getting past shyness.The huge one was how markedly i changed during my mother’s final illness in my early 20s; people who knew me before barely knew me during or after.Then after that i got the urge to learn, and the sacrifices i was willing to make to get an education would have shocked many.As far as i know, we all have such events. I coukd be wrong. Some people might always be who they were from birth to grave despite decades. Among those i know, though, important things triggering growth and exploration are the norm.I think that this time Brad will grow again, and will startle TJ by standing up to him.What happens to TJ and their friendship then will depend on how readily TJ can grow.

FF, do not forget Kym’s work!

Trilogy, is your new image the Three Fates?

2I am genuinely sad that this arc is continuing. I had really hoped that TJ’s lines in the previous panel were going to just be a joke. While I will rally and work to get “into” this week’s “TJ Messes Up the Wedding Planning” segment of the arc…. to me it feels like too much. Here is what I would LIKE to happen:1. Brad should simply step in and tell the Wedding Planner Lady that TJ is not really able to make these decisions and so whatever the two of you have agreed upon is null and void.2. Brad should simply (and kindly) tell TJ to stop, and then he (Brad) should sit down and work with the planner to make the decisions, quickly and efficiently. Since it is only Monday, I know it is extremely unlikely that my above two ideas will happen anytime soon. With the above said, however, I will also wait patiently. Perhaps Greg has some fun and interesting aspects of the story he wants to present this week. Perhaps I am just not seeing what some of the possibilities are for this week to be great. So, I am confident that there will be something in store this week that I hadn’t considered that will make the week enjoyable. This seems to me like the first time in quite a while where Greg has had a story arc extend continuously longer than three weeks (of course, excluding the Sunday efforts, which are outliers in terms of most arcs).

The Art of the Deal. Donald Trump, take notice!

On the surface this arc is all about the wedding, but to me it seems so far to be mostly about growth, with the wedding being the vehicle which gets them there.

A weird fixation on wedding things lately; let’s get back to Luann

GETTING REAL STUPID AGAIN. Even for a comic.

@SukieCrandall

They did have an instrumental on their ist album Called the 3 Fates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyEnbwvW2MU

I’ll check back in 2 weeks. Hopefully this arc will be dead by then.

I’m still holding out hope (okay, faint hope) that this is a dream sequence in which the most ridiculous, nightmarish wedding possibilities will be presented, playing them for comedic worth, until Brad abruptly wakes up from his daydream/nightmare and sets up the sane wedding he and Toni want.

Just pay the justice of the peace, do the vows and spend your money on a really nice room

Well, to be fair, TJ could be planning his OWN wedding… lol Not that it’s likely, but one never knows.

ummmm… they need to elope, really now!

TJ is one heck of a negotiator!

If Brad was on his own, this wedding would end up costing more than a three bedroom house. With TJ on the job, Chalet 42 or whatever it is called, will end up paying Brad and Toni.

One thing that may be overlooked is that TJ is a very good and adroit negotiator. Look at the number he pulled on Ann EIffel. He needs to run something somewhere, LEGAL please! He is doing this because he likes to control things, and he wants to help his best bro, and his lady,and its natural he does this. ANyone who has dealt with wedding planners knows that being able to negotiate is a great skill set to have. But Brad has to come in and control this, and find a way to get TJ to help, here and with the house, without controlling everything. THe problem with that? TJ might have hurt feelings. Man this is so like when I got married 41 years ago (lol). At the end all will work out though I am quite sure.

Brad! Wake up!Ditch TJ and that tacky Wedding Broker!Plan your own wedding, simple and affordable!

Another vote for Hillary

Hello. I work at the Denver Post newspaper. Had a woman named Carolyn Heister call in to tell us how much she appreciated your 9/11 strip, Mr. Evans.

Has Brooke every been married?

Lime and gold? Ugh! Who thinks that would look good?

On other note: think of old royal thrones, canopies, and the associated settings. They were often gaudy purposely to draw the eye toward whomever was deemed worthy to be within that focal point. TJ might be thinking along those lines.

Brad needs new friends. He’s a grown man now, not a little boy who can claim that “T.J. made me do it.” He needs to tell this bozo once and for all that he has a different life and that does not include continuing to give in to his immature, hair-brained schemes.

how many weeks has it been since luann appeared in the newspaper strip named “Luann?”

Do we have to put up with another week of your WHINING about this? If you don’t like it, just freaking LEAVE. NOW. AND FOREVER. What a baby.^^Ditto to that, I’m sick of the trolls in here too

It’s time for Brad to discover and invoke his backbone…

Keep you wallet in your pocket! It’s the only way to regain control.Ha ha, but this is funny.

I hate to see what TJ is going to charge Bradann for his “services”?

Okay, we all shake our heads over the people who remind us that “This is only a comic.” when we discuss it like people discuss novels, an often more serious form of fiction.So, Imagine how much this little part of an article made me chortle:QUOTEsed universes the internet has to offer—gold-standard bores, UFO chasers, people who believe that cartoons are real in a nearby dimension or that the secret rulers of the world are betraying their existence by leaving little clues on the currencyEND QUOTEThat is from:http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/flat-earth-truthers/499322/

I know everyone is waiting breathlessly, and this is my response. LET TJ HANDLE IT. When someone over-functions to help me I don’t protest, with one exception: too much $$. But my take on this is that TJ is genuinely taking this on. He understands better than Brad what the financial limitations are. He seems to be a genius at sort of haggling, which I hate hate. We use to have a Lebanese fellow in my department who would go to car dealer (on our behalf) because he LOVED the dickering process. He once reduced a car salesman to tears. TJ is in the sane category. Be smart Brad, but check your pocket book!

@notbornyesterday, Caldonia, Stjoeriver:Well, lookie here, All of the posters that agree with Seismic’s whining all “coincidentally” posted at almost exactly the same time, one right after another with no posts in between. Now THAT is as sad as it is funny.

Just who is experiencing “personal growth” here, and how is that manifested?

brad, just grab toni and go for the justice of the peace.

In IamJayBluE’s absence, I offer these “titles”:“Weddings On Demand”“Das Lime/Gold”“Seeing Red About White And Blue”“Down In The Valet…Valet So Low” (♪♫)

I found TJ’s ideal fantasy dresses for Toni and her attendants:http://gabba-hey.blogspot.com/2012/02/bright-green-and-dark-green-wedding.html

SPOILER

Unfortunately, Brad is falling into line.

I’m guessing the ‘drama’ we were promised will be a broken engagement.

Spoiler Alert II: Hashing out the chunk change.

You better step up and fight for your lady, Brad, or you’re going to lose her.