Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 10, 2017

Nil is majoring in Improvised Artspeak BS. As for Jack, there’s always granny-style bowling.

Nil sure knows how to bs the prof!

‘Conversational jiu-jitsu.’

Posters who were worried that Nil wasn’t good enough for intellectual Bernice can relax now…

Nill might become an Art Connoisseur one day

Hey Jack, they do make bowling balls with extra large finger holes

For a dead head, Nil’s pretty quick.

Jack? Don’t SWEAT IT. Besides, You’re gonna NEED those “fat fingers” to PLUG Your ears when Bern and Your “Pal” Nil here, start discussing Every Single Depressing Aspect of Humanity.

In GREAT Detail…..,

Spherical voids is astronomy. Divergent polarities is geology. I am going to guess those are 2 other classes Nil takes aside from this art class. At least he is interested in sciences that are not engineering like Gunther is taking.

As for Jack, you know what they say about a man with big hands.

I still think Nil is too screwy for Bern.

Lessee here. Spherical void – they must be talking about Zebo’s head…

Well, he’s certainly smart enough for Bern. His intellect is extremely attractive.

…..Like he wasn’t even there. (dream on)

That’s one way of trying to skirt the issue and not comparing the bowling ball with his head.

Me……….in college I majored in Culteral Phrenology.

Watch Nil show up with his hair combed back and no hat and a fairly nice shirt, and nobody recognizes him…

Didn’t anyone notice how à propos Nil’s BS was to what Jack was saying? I’m with several others here—he’s turning out to be surprisingly smart.

Jack, get a ball with bigger holes. Just ask and don’t grab the first one you see.

I started with duckpin bowling, the ball is small, no holes. Pins are small and you leave the deadwood on the alley. 3 step approach and 3 throws. I think it was 3. Anyway, I can’t do 4 step for regular bowling.

Ok, so Nil is finally turning into a character instead of a guy who just stands there. And out he’s extremely smart.

Excellent, Nil! Silent guy, but deadly with words.

Quickly you learn the jargon, young Nil…

Nil is to Zebo as Wally is to the Pointy-Haired Boss. Both know their respective nonsense jargon and are zen masters at using it to their advantage.

NIL SMILED!

Nil is fast on his feet. I kinda like him. Let’s see if B can keep up with him intellectually.

Hi trying not to be peeved because the comment I wrote last night never made it to the page, but perhaps I did not hit the reply tab. I will give myself the benefit of the doubt. Nil has a fine sense of dry wit, and definitely knows how to come back with meaningless empty intellectualisms, although I am not sure that Prof. Zebo, pompous that he is, really really feels he is being pompous. On the ambuiguity issue about whether what Bernice perceives who will be her date. It is probably meant to be Nil, but I still am so used to be being totally surprised I will wait. Nothing pithy can come from me this morning, I am still drinking my first coffee, I will let Nil be the wordsmith of the day (lol).

Jack should respect Nil even more, now! ‘Emo’ just made a defensive block and saved the team! Go Team Nil !! :)

They certainly know how to talk in code.

This plot is really stupid. Is this really the only class that Luann takes? And why has it lasted for so many years now?

It isn’t what you say; it’s HOW you say it.

I wonder if Bernice will kiss him purposefully to see if she feels anything? Maybe that’s why she agreed so quickly?

Woo-Hoo! This is getting fun! Nice interspersed dialogs! I KNEW Nil was going to unfold some hitherto unknown personality attributes, like a lotus flower…. (( PS hey Greg, if you got a moment, can you contact Pat Brady of Rose is Rose & ask him to loosen up a little? I just gave him a big supportive thumbs up for his recent strip & he censured me because I mentioned cross dressing! Ouch! ))

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This is very entertaining!!!! I am looking forward to the arc continuing.

Did anyone notice how both Luann and Nil sort of look like they are both wearing a vest today? I know the light blue on Luann is actually the straps of her backpack and she is wearing a sweater, but the “look” in the drawing has it seem that both she and Nil are wearing a vest. Interesting coincidence? I think not! :)

Many people wonder if it’s the only class Luann takes….but if you think about it, if she did have other classes depicted, it may not always be with Jack and Nil…and that could possibly mean that you’d still have some who wonder “Where did Jack And Nil Go? We never get to see them…”. Or some may then say that “It’s getting too crowded, that there’s too many other characters (additional teachers, students, etc)!”.

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So the best way to look at it, is that we must imagine that Luann is taking other classes, ‘off panel’. Perhaps, then, too, we could imagine the rest may not be as interesting as this one (a zany subject, with an ‘outlandish’ Professor, along with seemingly ‘unlikely students’).

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It could be likened to "using the restroom on Star Trek. You don’t see any bathrooms…but surely we’d have to gather that they’re not “just not going”…we can just logically conclude it takes place, without having to see the facilities’ entrance on camera…

The first job I got after I graduated from college was a job involving sales, distribution, and collection for the local newpaper; in other words, I had a paper route.

Master of gobbledygook!

uh oh. a big banner overhead says they’re going to upgrade the hardware here at GoComics Friday evening. You know what THAT means !!

Every relationship in the Luannverse is completely joyless, so this should be a smashing success. High five!

Nil has skills.

Nil.. Word Salad Master.

Wow, Nil! Beat the pompous prof at his own game! Nice wordsmithing!

PS final word — it’d be nice to see Zebo get more 3-D as a character, like show what’s under that pompous intellectualism. Maybe he works as a volunteer at a soup kitchen for the homeless or has a poor pen pal in Haiti who he supports, I don’t know. They did this with the character Archie in ‘All In the Family’ TV comedy (1971-1979) where at first he was merely a racist, ignorant buffoon, but gradually his character deepened into a greater spectrum of colors. OK goodnight my friends… & again Bravo, Greg for today’s strip; go Nil!

Nicely played, Nil.