Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 16, 2022

Still puts on too much make up…. looks like she’s a clown.

She’s 19 and still puts on make-up like Shannon.

or a cloown,,,,

or like a …. tart

“If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin, then, mister, you’re a better man than I.” ~Steven Tyler

as has been said, before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes. that way, when you do judge, hyoid will be a mile away and you will have their shoes!

Skin color should not matter. Tanning is stupid.

Does anyone “hit” the Mall anymore ?

Shades of Tammy Fae!

back in olden times, greg would slip in a panel – tiffany in tight pants showing a camel toe – see panel 3

Self awareness is a lost art, apparently.

Judging people by looks? This isn’t judging season. It’s mating season. Even the birds are putting on their best makeup (plumage). You go, Luann.

I remember working in an office and noticing that every Black woman had straightened hair, every White and Asian woman had permed hair, and me, I had my hair hidden in a beret. To top it off Black women risk their health with toxic “vanishing cream” to lighten their skin, while White women risk their health in tanning booths darkening it. Wealthy Black women will go under the knife to thin down their lips while wealthy White women get injections to plump theirs up. PEOPLE, YOU’RE ALL BEAUTIFUL! STOP HATING WHO YOU ARE!

Shallower than a petri dish.

Luann’s head is drawn too large for her body and that is what distorts and emphasizes the use of makeup. Bernice is in proportion, but she still looks like a 12 year old.

This is a variation of a gag Greg did back when Luann was 13. Back then she did not know anything about putting on make-up so the clown make-up joke was funny. Now that Luann is quoted as being 19 it’s just sad.

Luann will attract a 60 year old Elvis impersonator.

I suppose people forget that tomorrow is Martin Luther King Day? Projection run riot as per usual, totally missing the story in how panel three is the hilarity ensues story with art with a serious point underneath it.

So Luann puts on her makeup like it’s her first time, and is talking about going to the mall. Is this strip a repeat from 2002 or something?

It occurs to me that Luann may have another persona, like Vicky in the “Rose Is Rose” strip.

Mixed metaphors – Profound and Strange.

From Luann to Tiffany in three panels.

Doing so ignores genetics, is all.

Talking about Luann going over the top – check this one out:

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https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2013/03/17

Good message, but fashion is completely another thing and it’s important.

Faces by Tiffany.

Luann talks a good talk, Bern lives it?

Its time for this strips writer to hang it up.She has no clue about how people like these characters actually would act in real life..The writing is simply awful at this point…

A little more blush first.

Makeup is supposed to enhance one’s skin color.

With Luann, however…

I couldn’t agree more. Of course, if you say that now, you get called a racist. Which is bizarre.

More often than not, the stand-alone Sunday strips rely on caricatures that make one or more of the characters look particularly immature, inept, lazy, or buffoonish – in a way that’s often out of sync with the ongoing story lines. I think it’s time for G&K to drop the Sunday strip and just focus on the dailies.

A good reason not to believe in God, if there was one, he would have made all people the same color.

No offense, Luann, but I don’t think makeup suits you. You’re more of the plain type of gal.

I see a lot of complaints here, but I think she cleans up real nice.

Uh, are you going to the Mall or a Celebrity Ball, Luann?

Three Dog Night wants to know.

Window shopping, or, shopping for men?

Looks more like LuAnn is ready to walk the Red Light District.

She looks awful!!!

There is only ONE true color in this world and people should start thinking that. GREEN! Those that have it can get anything they want!

“Hit the mall” really dates this strip, sigh.

A good point well said. Thank you Greg.

I think she is ready to hit the Clubs! She is certainly getting ready for something!

NASCAR and Formula One would be a terrible combination. Keep the races separate.

They still have a mall? I thought most malls these days were either closed or mostly used by mall walkers who walk past all the shuttered stores and the few shops that are still open and struggling to survive.

There are still some malls out there that are doing well but far fewer than there used to be. I don’t think young people go there to hang out any more.

Panel 3 is self-center and totally off point.

♫ Powder and paint, powder and paint ♪Makes a girl look just like she ain’t…♫

Luann the hypocrite and Bernice the snob. What a pair.

I guess it’s not so much the color of your skin but what you put ON it. Right, Luann? It’s an interesting comment, not so much about race, but about our perceptions of beauty and what constitutes that at any given time in human history.

How about it gang? Do any of YOU judge people by the color of their skin? I honestly don’t think I do. My father raised me to be better than that. However, being of a certain color doesn’t give you an automatic “pass” in my book either. You have to earn my friendship and respect by showing me who you really are. No excuses! There are awesome people of every color and culture and there are also awful people of every color and culture. Use your own good sense to sort them out and stand by your friends no matter what the color of their skin.

Does anyone hit the mall anymore?

Hit the mall?

She’s not being a hypocrite here, she was talking about details that a person CAN’T change about themselves, not decorative details that people can apply and remove on a whim

Did I just click onto “Luann Againn”? (I know I did not, for any pedantic-types among you guys.) Today’s strip would fit right in there. Potatohead Brad could give them a ride!

Ever seen the Instagram and other clips where a doll-faced woman takes off all her makeup and becomes the Sea Hag? Never get involved with a woman romantically until you have seen her with a fresh-scrubbed face.

Don’t judge a person until you can walk a mile in his or her shoes.

“… but, since we’re not, I’m going to look as physically attractive as possible — just in case..”

Mall? Are malls still a thing?

Love the poster of Dr. King in the background! He did so much for civil rights—-because he believed in HUMAN rights for all.

“Makeup Exam”

“Surface With A Smile”

“Color Commentary”

“Skin Game”

Monday: a new arc! ( we hope!!!! … ) Gunther and Bets? Tiffany ? stay tooned !!!

in reality, yeah it does matter. Your surface appearance is the first thing people will see, and unfortunately initial impressions and ‘judgements’ are made at that moment i.e. if there is nothing else to go on.

“So, where to first?”

“Sephora!!”

Okay, so Luann loads up on the makeup just to go to the mall. Why? I dunno; maybe she hopes to meet “Mr. Perfect” there and wants to look “her best.”

Seems more like a 13-year-old’s approach, though….

Honestly, I can relate. Most “beauty” standards are always implying that blue/green eyes, blonde hair, and fair skin is typically “perfect” and many, and by that I mean MANY ads about getting “perfect hair” or “perfect eye color” are there. I don’t know HOW many of those ads have ruined me as a child, and they still do today. I’m just a kid alright? I have olive-ish skin, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair. That’s my genes, and I don’t want to change it. God it’s become so toxic nowadays.

Well, she looks colorful.

lou -a great sports fan, looking forward to the winter olympics? an not a porn adict like a lot of us.

It’s so rare for her to put on makeup that I just can’t get used to it whenever she does.

Yes, we shouldn’t look down on people who aren’t as tan.

Lotta dudes doing makeup-shaming of a completely fictional character who is drawn by a septugenarian dude. This is weird, right?

The only people who are negatively judged by the color of the skin today are Whites and Asians.

I am not sure why GE bothered with this. Delta was booted out of this strip years ago. Dez and Bets are minor characters at best, not even in the basic orbit of the titular character. There has never been a male POC depicted that I can recall. A single annual allusion to MLK day that turns into a joke about makeup is not really striving for change or understanding.