Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 06, 2021

He cares about Bernice!

Methinks we’re on the edge of something here. ✨

Bernice needs one of those oxygen tanks with mask.

I think Bernice is about to jump into the aquarium to save Monstro! lol

No creo que Jack esté teniendo una buena impresión de Bernice

Suddenly Bernice cares. Amazing! At this point, I wonder if it is an act to impress Jack.

Does Jack know she means him? Probably not. Will he eventually get it? Probably not!

Bernice is about ready to do header into a small aquarium Tank.

Difficult to keep fish alive…

I’m getting to like Jack more each time we see him. Bernice is just…weird.

Help her! That vintage nylon scarf is too tight to let her breathe! (Last I saw a scarf worn that way, it was on the show “Hannibal” and a girl wore it to hide a terrible scar around her neck.)

Hey, Goldfish die. Did Bernice forget to feed it, feed it too much, neglect to put in an air pump (don’t see a pump,, what’s up with that Jack?) or just about to die of old age? In any case let Monstro go to that big fish tank in the sky and see if Jack cares enough to comfort Bernice in her hour of need. Could get interesting. Or not.

Hopefully Jack will give Bernice a nice shoulder rub… just to calm her down.

Monstro probably just has gas! 8^ D

Bernice, drop the act. It is not a good look. Jack is looking at your odd act. He is suspicious. If you keep up, he will know you’re putting on an act to get his attention and that this is not about Monstro. He came for Monstro, not you. Stop being self-centered. Step aside and let Jack help poor Monstro.

Mea culpa; there is an air pump in the tank. Apologies all around.

With this arc, it is difficult to anticipate Saturday’s cliffhanger.

There are plenty of fish in the sea…….this is for you, Jack….run!!

Bern wants a little help breathing – like mouth to mouth?

Bernice is a total fake, and to Jack, she’s as transparent as that fish tank.

For someone who many here think is a dumdum, Jack is actually right on most of the time.

This looks like a case for Mouth-toMouth Respiration!

Could we be witnessing a transformation from goldfish to golddigger???

Oh yeah, Bernice THAT’S convincing! (NOT!!)

Good thing she didn’t pick theater as her major. And she accuses Luann of being a Drama Queen?

I expected Jack to instantly identify and fix Monstro’s problem. Now what?!

No one has teeth in this strip. Weird.

His sideburn grew in the last panel.

Does yelling help? two more days of panic?

Wait for it! He notices her anxiety. What, if anything, does that portend?

Uh, Oh!

Bernice just uttered those dreaded three words, “I love you!”

Monstro is liable to become unsure of his “feelings,” grab his fish tank and leave Bernice stranded in Luann’s room, wearing some Silly outfit! ;)

Bernice is totally confused. Her beloved goldfish is feeling bad and the guy she likes is close to her. I love when control freaks find themselves in a situation where they have absolutely no control and need to be emotional. And Luann left them alone♡♡♡. The last panel is so much fun. Bernice is panicking and Jack is so calm ♡. He probably has already figured out what the problem is. Go Jack, SAVE MONSTRO!

You suddenly care about Monroe now that Jack’s around? You are so shady Bernice.

So now we wait to see how Gunther is sigh Goldfish never have long lives…

Jack doesn’t seem particularly impressed. I think he can see that Bernice is infatuated with him and that he knows he doesn’t feel the same way about her.

Side show Bernice on the prowl. A retro Hollywood actress in her dreams. Having one’s dreams is not always a good thing. Sometimes a dream can turn into a nightmare in an instant.

I was hoping for a LuAnn and Jack match. But since that didn’t seem in the cards…he might be good for Bernice.

You can’t die, Monstro! Not after all the great times you’ve had with the rest of the cast!

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Oh. Get the toilet ready.

I think some may be reading too much into this mini-arc. I think Jack is simply telling Bernice to relax, Monstro isn’t on the brink of death. Remember: Bernice tends to overthink things.

I can see why Monstro would want to die… :D

It’s hard to breathe around cute guys.

Jack looks annoyed and he’s usually so calm.

They will be in the bathroom tomorrow with some last words for Monstro before the flush.

Bernice actually cares about her fish?

“BREATHE, STUPID, BREATHE! You forgot to BREATHE again!”

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7WNip7cVy0

The last person Jack gifted was Luann; i.e., flowers after he broke her foot. There was no reason to gift Bernice except empathy for her not having a pet. Bernice has become enamored with Jack. Luann knows of Bernice’s more than platonic interest in Jack. Apparently the only one that doesn’t know about if Jack.

A little sweat off her brow, so I guess Bernice really cares about Monstro. It’s funny Bernice can express her love to a fish, but can’t express it to Jack. Guess you don’t get rejection from a fish as she might from Jack, who doesn’t seem too interested in anything but a friendship. TBD ;-)

That dark green is definitely Berniece’s color. Very flattering on her.

You’re all reading a lot into this. Fish do require care, more than mammals actually. I think she’s just worried about her pet. It was Luann who called Jack, not Bernice. She’s been trying to set her up for awhile now.

There’s a diner in my town that had a goldfish whose swim bladder went bad. He couldn’t swim upright and would have died, but they made a rig out of plastic straws and other things that allowed him to swim upright and he survived and lived several more years. His picture is on the front of their menu, and if you ask about it, the give you a copy of a news article about it and a website you can see it.

I like Jack more all the time! He figured out the psych major :)

Yes. Calm down missus. Go out and have a smoke or something…

In the first panel. Use same lines but tilt head upward. Words you think directed at something may be actually meant for elsewhere.

Still think that Jack will give the eulogy…

It seems every time someone says ‘I love you’, someone else ‘needs space’. At least, this time, the person saying ‘I love you’ won’t need a ride home…

The fish is doomed. And so is Bernice’s act.

Did I miss something? It seems like there’s a missing strip. We went right from “Hello, Big Boy,” to “Don’t die, Monstro!”

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Kind of the usual, slower moving, mid-day panels that seem to typically fill a Wednesday or a Thursday. But, still a few nuggets to glean I believe:

1. For me, Bernice’s concern is real (even though some other do debate that). I see her concern as legitimately real because she was quite concerned and worried initially on Tuesday’s panels. For me, that she tried to dress up a bit for Jack does not change that she is worried and concerned about Monstro.

2. Jack’s comment of “Breath” to Bernice is an indication that he is concerned/worried about Bernice. This is logical and seems very much in keeping with Jack’s demeanor. He is a nice guy, and he enjoys being nice and doing nice things.

3. For me, by the fact that since Monday, when we saw Monstro fully….. and from Tuesday and beyond we have seen only edges/parts/incomplete glimpses of Monstro…. I am of the belief that Greg had chosen specifically to de-emphasize Monstro in terms of significance and focus in this arc. I believe Greg will have Monstro be perfectly fine in the end, and that he was simply wanting a story of sorts to be able to easily bring Bernice and Jack together again…. so he can explore the romantic potential between the two.

4. IMO, I think the pairing of Jack and Bernice as a couple would be a really interesting, fun, and dynamic mix for Greg to portray. Jack and Bernice have quite different demeanors…. but in the same vein…. I think they both share a lot of internal characteristics about caring, trying to do the right thing, and in being willing to work hard.

I am not sure if anyone else has had this trouble… but I keep wanting to call Bernice’s fish “Maestro” instead of “Monstro” in my mind. :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D550Pu6UcAAXej7.jpg

Air! I need air!

A hard call on what we will see tomorrow.

The gill of my dreams.

I always thought that it might be Jack and Luann.

Tomorrow is “no pants friday”….in panel one we can see some of both their pants. Maybe tomorrow – no pants in view?

I’ve never seen someone so passionate about a fish. It comes off as overly dramatic. And if she loves Monstro as much as she claims, that tank would have more in it than an air filter. Bern can’t even be herself around Jack. How can a relationship work between them? I hope it doesn’t. Luann and Jack have much better chemistry.

Right on, Jack!. Of course, Bernie isn’t paying that kind of attention to you. She is too immersed into the other kind of attention she is paying you….

Change of Water?

Breathing is overrated. I can take it or leave it. I simply take it because I am not ready to die right now…check back with me later muuuuuuuch later.

Did you know domestic fish live longer than wild fish?