Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 11, 2017

let the intimacy commence

It’s wise to prioritize.

time to put out a fire. there’s a certain log that has been on fire for a long time. have fun you 2!

It doesn’t hurt that firefighters work out.

The tattoos that people referred to last night are identical, on Toni’s and Brad’s right arms. They have a little “FD” logo in the center, obviously for “Fire Department”. The crossed items appear to be fire axes.

Amazing, I really didn’t call this. Oh well

Perfect! And no interruptions by brothers with kids in need of care, or even by housemates…

What now? You know. Couple stuff.

Well – I’ll settle for next morning – Toni in skimpy shorts & tank top – making breakfast.

After you’ve worked out how to make ends meet, try the fronts.

Next – family planning!

“Brad! That’s not my bellybutton!”

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“Sorry, Toni – I can’t see, it’s kinda dirk in here…”

I like the way that there was apparent the full monty and all surrounding flesh here strongly implied, along with the passion of the newlyweds, and the way they disappeared in the last panel for obvious passion. Very well done, on a number of levels.

Perfect. It’s back in the saddle again.

For a lot of paper newspapers, did this comic strip of Luann get set right beside something like Dennis the Menice, Family Circus, or Garfield?

And Brad and Toni did it..by the book.

Ummm could we see that last panel in slow mo please, i think I saw someone drop something

Brad has a hose for Toni’s fire.

Boy this comic has now become EROTIC!!!! Wonder how parents will think when they see this on the newspapers and their kids reading this……….

Bradley, being the perfect gentleman, asks, “Have you arrived?”

Addition, check. Subtraction, check. Multiplication …

@RWILL : You forgot division. Here is a word problem. Assume Brad is 23 and Toni is 25. How many times does 23 go into 25?

From those memories of my newlywed days, the ‘budget planning’ probably lasts longer than what happens next. Of course, a young newlywed can ‘recharge their batteries’ so to speak, in a relatively short time.

What now? Sex, that’s what.

Shag like bunnies. Brad is a virgin no more.

Should we expect a “holding hands” montage like in “9 Chickweed Lane”?

“And then they banged” is not usually something you see as the punchline of a comic strip in the daily newspapers. Cheeky move, Evanses. Only the pros in lots of papers can get away with THAT.

Nah, it’s “Race you to the bathroom” time. You people all have dirty minds. :-/

That was fast I was hoping them having a cliffhanger I guess thats not happening this week,now we will be back

I hope this arc is done. I suspect it was just a “filler” while Evans took some time to decide in which direction the Piro/Tiffany/TV arc would go. Please get back to that! I hate loose ends!

This was probably the dumbest arc ever. LET’S NOT SEE BRADANDTONI AGAIN FOR 6 MONTHS. PLEEEEAAASSSEEEEE!! Stupid, stupid, stupid! What’s funny about this?

Oh, isn’t that Lovely! Now that all the “Budget Stuff” is done, Brad is going to install a new ‘Crankshaft’ in Toni’s ‘car.’ “Off Strip,” of Course……,

I think Brad and Toni broke the sound barrier in that last panel.

Even being married after all these years doing the “strip” thing is still a great thing for a couples intimacy.

Ah, implied sex. “Family Friendly” has a whole different meaning these days.

Rated X at go comics.

They are about to conceive their first kid, Herman the accountant.

Goodness…. Where’s “@Leviticus” when you need him???? ;-)))

@LEVITICUS , Wherever you may be, this strip’s for you !!!

Ah, newlyweds :).

Now this is real!

Dumbest series to date.

Wow – must be something good on TV!

The Sunday strip will probably involve the Degroot parents having a difference about something minor. We haven’t seen them on Sunday for a while.

So glad I came here, because the old fogies at my state newspaper ran an old strip today. Because, you know, showing two adult married CARTOON characters about to get it on is too much for their sensitive readers…idiots

If you have to ask what next, you may be doing it wrong…

Implied: everything. Shown: ZIP!

Brilliant. :D

Yeah, baby! Let’s go give Frank and Nancy some grandkids! (That’s the only reason we got married, right?)

What next indeed!

I knew that Toni was a hose handler!

The commenters have just about exhausted to “put out the fire”, “fire hose”… etc jokes. Some were clever.

My local paper ran an old strip of Gunther complaining about Piro. I guess our paper is too conservative.

I guess ratings must be slipping.

well, Sheriff must’ve used up his allotment of Digital Flesh Tone coloring for the year, so next week’s arc will go back to the more “buttoned up” characters.

Going to do their taxes now, right?

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Not my favorite story arc.

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I thin sex is wonderful, enjoyable, and should be engaged in with great frequency, but I also feel it should be PRIVATE and INTIMATE. While inside the story, it was private, for me, showing it as the story is IMO tawdry. I would hope and assume Brad & Toni have sex frequently, but I really do not enjoy seeing it nor this intimate a portrayal of the “pre” aspects of their foreplay. I hope Greg does not have further arcs like this. And, at least in my opinion, Arlo & Janis do sexual innuendo in a far more subtle and pleasant fashion.

Ah yes sex. There’s just nothing better in life.

What. . . no fire alarm?

How About a Sunday Morning Shocker: Three scenes showing the sun rising through the window and couples in bed (under the covers): Toni & Brad; Pru & Les; Tiff & Piro…

I was literally blushing at Thurs and Friday’s strips! (Ok , I blush easy but, still..)

MAN do I wish I could still add drawings!!

Well, that arc kept my attention. Thank you, TJ for your discreet exit. Thank you Greg for not having Shannon burst in and throw up on the rug. I’m still not too sure about Gunther and Tiffany, though. I’d prefer to see Rosa come back and redirect that passion for a jungle village to Gunther.

Tomorrow: Knute and Crystal shop for Valentine’s Day!

First they chase each other around the house naked…then block and tackle……! This is better than scenes of Frank and Nancy discussing their finances in bed.

Well, this weeks strips were a vast improvement!

All you skip over the best part

Wow… This has got to be the most salacious comic strip Luann will ever have, bar none.

Yet, clean, elegant, simple…

And who would have ever believed that this first EMT class

http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2002/01/19

would lead to today’s strip?

Those who worry about kids seeing this strip in newspaper might consider that young people are more interested in their Facebook pages and most seek news (if they even do) embedded in social media. As a result, real journalism and hardcopy newspapers are struggling. We should be so lucky if youngsters are actually reading their hometown paper.

I’m glad Greg is allowing the the happily married couple do what keeps them happily married! Have fun, guys; we promise not to peek (the guy who draws you won’t let us)….

I can just see Greg Evans taking a pause while drawing Toni’s cleavage line in the second panel, wondering how long he could make it before the newspaper censors complain…

… The result looks like “not much!”

Finally this strip acknowledges the existence of sex — of course only within the bonds of marriage. And whoa — what foreplay! Household budget decisions first, whoopee after. Hello, 1950 just called and wants its morality back. Also can we finally dispense with the notion that children read these strips? Most children haven’t a clue what a newspaper is and so will never ever read this strips, even on the Web. So how about a little more of an adult-facing orientation….?