Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 20, 2018

Vis is a fubby cobic. Fannon is ahorable.

I cannot make out what she’s saying in the final panel, the first says, “but sometimes to the park so I can play.”

Okay who can decipher what she is gurbling in panel 3? She is talking about going to the park in panel 1, which must be about what she does with Dad but I can’t figure out what she is saying in the third panel which assures it is most important. Any takers.

Atta Girl. Take care of those teeth, kid. You never know when you may have to BITE Evil Annie Eiffel again.

Aw man, I was hoping to have at least 1 more pannel of Les and his uncle or Ann-awful having more of a serious somber moment. In due time I guess.

Bubble, bubble toil and trouble…

Instead of “His” and “Hers” towels, Mr. and Mrs. DeGroot have a “Greg” and “6-20” set. It often feels like an extra punch line where Greg chooses to put the date, kind of like the frequent inside jokes hidden in the old Looney Tunes cartoons.

Part the bangs, and Shannon’s haircut is strikingly similar to Tiffany’s. Other parallels: Neither have mothers; both have distracted and emotionally unavailable fathers (Jonah more available than Tom). Perhaps Toni can role model confident, unpretentious womanhood enough to guide Shannon toward a different self-image than Tiffany.

Glad to see it wasn’t just me that gave up on the last sentence.

Jazz singers get really good at this…

@AND YOUR POINT WOULD BE: Actually, I think Toni feels insecure herself. It’s very easy for Jonah to manipulate her into feeling guilty if she isn’t as ‘supportive’ of him as he claims he needs her to be. And she also backs down whenever Shannon gets upset about most things (the exception being the time that Toni did go to her scheduled meeting with the wedding planner, even though Jonah had promised Shannon that Toni was going to take her swimming.) So I’m thinking Nancy may be a better role model for Shannon…

I think panel 3 deals with brushing her teeth.

Challenge accepted!

Did TJ move out? There’s only two towels now. Originally, there was three, His, Hers, and His.

Brad’s “Evil Twin.” ✨

She’s not a know-it-all ole’ bag like you yet, Bwad. She doesn’t know she can’t! But she’ll find that out later on. LoL!

Shouldn’t she be over a sink? There’s gonna be a huge mess on the counter now.

“A Brush Wirth Greatness”

“Bristling With Pride”

“Recommended By 4 Out Of 5 Ventriloquists”

“Stunt-ed Growth”

“The Princess And The Pea-Sized Amount Of Paste”

“About As Much As I Could Fluoristan”

“The Defense Crests Its Face”

or

“I’m Ready For My Close-Up, Mr. Degroot!”

This comic strip should come with subtitles.

I can only make out the last line in the last panel. It said if we want too .Not sure what the top half is saying. Maybe then after the park we can something if we want to? I don’t know.. should use it a secret code for spys..

“I brush corrected. You can but you shouldn’t .”

Where my Captain Midnight’s secret decoder ring?

I was hoping Bucky Beaver would make a cameo appearance in panel 3. :o(

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who talk while brushing and those who don’t.

Once again we find Shannon’s affinity to hang with Uncle Bwad. At least it’s GnK’s affinity to throw the two together. As I opined yesterday, the uncle/niece milieu has a much richer comedic flavor that dad/step-daughter. That’s one reason why I don’t think adoption is in the offing.

Besides, look how well it worked for Ernie Bushmiller. :o)

Subtitles in Panels 1 and 3 would’ve been a cute touch … and why is Greg selling towels now?! :)

In the Spanish panels she says, “Daddy is able to, also.” Meaning she is still worshiping her birth father and that is why Brad has that squinty look in his eyes.

This week, so far, has been as interesting as watching paint dry.

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Shannon and Brad.

Cute.

TJ/Toni/Brad must have gone for a 70’s themed bathroom…. goldenrod walls, avocado towels, and a purple counter-top. They must be going for “retro chic”…. or maybe Sheriff is just using “Luann” today to sample said options because his wife is wanting him to redo one of their bathrooms “retro chic”? :)

Is that a wooly worm above Brad’s right eye? It crawled up an inch.

I see Greg keeps his own personal towel at Toni and Brad’s.

Let’s all go easy on Shannon for the short bus is being readied.

Shannon, little lovable Shannon belongs in the Future Harpies of America coven. I have to think that the only reason she makes occasional stops has to do with Toni and Brad’s future regarding kids.

Lessons to be learned from the comment count

warm & fuzzy = lower readership

Is this going to eventually end with Brad and Toni raising Shannon and therefore deciding not to have one of their own?

@DNTME: Actually, if a second person can’t understand what the first person is saying, it IS the first person’s problem. Because, usually, when people are talking, it’s because they want someone else to understand what they are saying. Otherwise, why bother?

It can takes a few episodes to see the focus of the arc. I’m guessing Brad might be probing Shannon to see what her life with Jonah is like, e.g. “…sometimes we go the park so I can play..”. But this may be a bit premature.

I’m actually fine with switching to an arc that isn’t quite so intense. With what’s going on in the world and our country today, I could use something a little more light.

—At least we don’t have to worry about what she is (almost) saying! Be cool, Bwad….

If only she’d just say “good bye.”

Maybe tomorrow what she says will prove to be important.

or not.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.