A Muse Makeover? Doesw this involved a burka like robe with strategic cut-outs? Like exposing part of an ear, half of an elbow, a bit of chin…. just like Nil’s “art.”
Luann is talking like she herself has undergone big change, while Bernice has stayed the same. The only physical change Luann has gone through is her hair, but Bernice’s hair has changed too, so Luann can’t really talk tbh.
Bernice, Luann has a valid point. It’s kinda hard to be a creative muse when you yourself have lil to no creativity. But to defend bernice, she doesn’t dress for style but for comfort and neither does luann. Luann, how are YOU going to perform a makeover when you need one just as bad? lol
I’m pretty sure Nil wants the “Same old Bernice” as his muse. But Luann has a point, Bernice needs a makeover! Seeing someone, especially someone young, going for a walk in long black pants, closed shoes and striped T-shirts during the summer is really weird! Isn’t she suffocating from the heat? The way Luann is dressed makes a lot more sense with the season. It makes me happy to see that Luann is the one suggesting it.
In the first panel, I am wildly amazed that Nancy and Frank were able to find an end table and a lamp that match perfectly in that peach color. Maybe it is all one piece. :)
If we were going to stay on the muse theme I was hoping Nil would come back in the picture so we could see how this muse arrangement was actually going to work. Then I would like to see how things are going at the mansion with Tiff and Bets. I’m ready for a trip to Maui.
Luann is the last person who should be giving fashion advice. She’s had the same hairstyle since high school. She’s not a good role model for romantic advice, either.
This might be setting up a longer arc…like when Tiffany got chubby. But for Bernice, her life will change because she’ll get some glam for guys to take notice. I’m betting, ultimately, it’ll wreck her muse status, but attract someone else.
Rosaline told Will Shakespeare he’d find inspiration in her bed before Viola showed up. I think Bern is missing the point in a muse’s part in creative inspiration.
This story line is so incredibly STUPD! In what world does Bernice think that being a third rate artists’ so-called “muse” gives her new social standing, and that other people are supposed to recognize and respect that she is one person’s muse? SO WHAT if someone told her she is their muse – why would anyone care? That would be a private, fictional relationship between two people and it wouldn’t include anyone else she knows. The more she talks about it the less special she makes it. If it’s true, she shouldn’t be discussing it with other people at all. Maybe she thinks she is now “muse” to the world – so BY ALL MEANS – get her nails done! That will fix everything. Oh, and maybe a Grecian goddess costume to wear when she’s “musing”. Can this generation be portrayed as any more vapid and stupid? Someone needs to give Karen Evans an (obviously) much-needed vacation!
Some people think the romance is over, but it should be obvious it is nowhere near over, this is just a step. Now this arc will hilariously (means to be funny, mildly or uproarious, what difference does it make?) explore trying to make Bern more attractive a muse, which leads to Nil reevaluating his muse definition. Boy has gonads even in carrtoon, and as I noted last week Lu is being portrayed more curvy and cute, whither Bern?
This week she sees Nil and boyfriend together and realizes the whole muse thing was just a ruse to hide his weirdo preferences. Gunther then catches her on the rebound and dumps Bets. Les catches Bets on the rebound and Tiffany begins a new full-frontal attack on the Chinese buffet.
Good lord. This muse crap is continuing? As if she wasn’t enough of a smug, insufferable, piece of work as is, now she’s feeling “special” and “unique” and no one is going to tell her to get over herself. Instead, Our Hero wants to give her a makeover, which may go on all week. The strip can be so insipid sometimes. I know, many of you are probably thinking “then why continue to read it?” and you are quite correct. If there are no redeeming qualities to it at all this week, I’m done.
Well, if Luann makes Bern over, maybe Gunther will FINALLY get his shirt back! Boy shirts and Mom jeans will only get her so far. So Far, she hasn’t gotten anywhere! Sorry if my grammar is bad. That was one of those twisty things that didn’t sound right – no matter HOW I tried to do it!
Sadly today the Luann strip was discontinued in the Los Angeles Times comic section. Luann only recently came on board at the Times, when it replaced 9 Chickweed Lane. “Luann” requires its readers to know the characters to follow the theater in each episode. This takes time, which unfortunately “Luann” didn’t get. Also unfortunately the current arc with Bernice as Muse is not one of the better stories. Too bad – I was hoping “Luann” would catch on.
Bernice has been rocking the same hair since the crew graduated high school, so maybe it is time. I get the feeling this may lead to a potentially romantic escapade for ’ol Stick-in-the-Mud.
Okay. Today all the whiners whine but no more after today. This is the arc. It was written weeks ago. You can’t change it. Go away if it offends that much and check back next week for more of the same or a new arc for you to complain about. Then you can go away for another week. Rinse and repeat.
Bad advice, Luann. For one thing, Bern is now wearing a bigger smile than we’d seen. For a second, if she takes your advice and wears make up and chic clothing, she will no longer inspire Nil’s art.
lvlax over 2 years ago
Yikes! No new arc?? Well, it now makes sense why they dressed Bernice like Gunther.
I wonder what a Muse Makeover looks like… contacts? new sexy dress and The Rachel hairstyle??
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
Can hardly wait to know what the makeover will look like.
C over 2 years ago
If you can pull it off
AnyFace over 2 years ago
Tyge over 2 years ago
Well said O eponymous one! Bernice is talking the talk but not walking the walk!
Maybe Luann can make something happen in this arc!!
beb01 over 2 years ago
A Muse Makeover? Doesw this involved a burka like robe with strategic cut-outs? Like exposing part of an ear, half of an elbow, a bit of chin…. just like Nil’s “art.”
alasko over 2 years ago
Muse-take, big muse-take. Change and Nil will lose his vibe from Bern.
ronaldspence over 2 years ago
we will have to be a-muse-d by the story line for another week i guess…
kenhense over 2 years ago
What happened to all the fun plots we used to get?
ericbrower over 2 years ago
Don’t do it. If they try a makeover, Bernice may lose that special something that inspires Nil.
Joe1962 over 2 years ago
The Muse makeover arc continues.
Prescott_Philosopher over 2 years ago
Well, I guess the Tiffany, mansion, Hawaii trip arc is completely gone. Kind of weird.
capricorn9th over 2 years ago
No, Luann. Leave Bernice be. She is Nil’s muse just the way she is. Don’t mess around with that.
Rhetorical_Question over 2 years ago
Ask Nil?
The_Cracker over 2 years ago
Luann is talking like she herself has undergone big change, while Bernice has stayed the same. The only physical change Luann has gone through is her hair, but Bernice’s hair has changed too, so Luann can’t really talk tbh.
SHIVA over 2 years ago
Haa!! Look who’s talking!!!
Airman over 2 years ago
Can’t be done. Bernice looks too much like a boy, and Luann looks too much like a cardboard display figure
Mordock999 Premium Member over 2 years ago
A “make-over” is actually not a bad idea!
Start with divesting Bernice of that awful “hairdo” she’s been inflected with since high school graduation, Luann.
She hasn’t been right since she got it.And BURN Gunther’s shirt before Bets sees it and wonders what Bernice is doing in it.
eced52 over 2 years ago
uh oh
Vilyehm over 2 years ago
Muse Makeover?
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Well, they killed off two of them for Disney’s Hercules just because they didn’t fit on screen. In comparison, a Bernice makeover is no big deal.
gnmnrbl over 2 years ago
Bernice, Luann has a valid point. It’s kinda hard to be a creative muse when you yourself have lil to no creativity. But to defend bernice, she doesn’t dress for style but for comfort and neither does luann. Luann, how are YOU going to perform a makeover when you need one just as bad? lol
Kinda seems like the blind leading the blind.
Brdshtt Premium Member over 2 years ago
Next week – will Nil recognize Bernice?
Enter.Name.Here over 2 years ago
A muse is a muse to one, not to all. Everyone is different, and so everyone has their own muse.
Caldonia over 2 years ago
Seriously? It’s just so stale now. No more muuuuuuse
Huckthefinn over 2 years ago
the plot of the story is pretentious
Aladar30 Premium Member over 2 years ago
I’m pretty sure Nil wants the “Same old Bernice” as his muse. But Luann has a point, Bernice needs a makeover! Seeing someone, especially someone young, going for a walk in long black pants, closed shoes and striped T-shirts during the summer is really weird! Isn’t she suffocating from the heat? The way Luann is dressed makes a lot more sense with the season. It makes me happy to see that Luann is the one suggesting it.
Brdshtt Premium Member over 2 years ago
In the first panel, I am wildly amazed that Nancy and Frank were able to find an end table and a lamp that match perfectly in that peach color. Maybe it is all one piece. :)
pekelopan Premium Member over 2 years ago
If we were going to stay on the muse theme I was hoping Nil would come back in the picture so we could see how this muse arrangement was actually going to work. Then I would like to see how things are going at the mansion with Tiff and Bets. I’m ready for a trip to Maui.
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Hey, Luann—how about calling Shannon to help with this “muse makeover”??
Might liven this strip up, no??
sueb1863 over 2 years ago
Luann is the last person who should be giving fashion advice. She’s had the same hairstyle since high school. She’s not a good role model for romantic advice, either.
poopick over 2 years ago
This is getting boring.
Acworthless over 2 years ago
I’m beginning to wonder if Greg and Karen have lost THEIR muse!
tremaine53 over 2 years ago
Starring Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder.
Johnnyrico over 2 years ago
……*** slowly roll-tapping fingers on desk ***…….
ajh2i over 2 years ago
Nooooo! Nil likes her the way she is! Don’t go messin’ with the muse!
JonGoss over 2 years ago
This might be setting up a longer arc…like when Tiffany got chubby. But for Bernice, her life will change because she’ll get some glam for guys to take notice. I’m betting, ultimately, it’ll wreck her muse status, but attract someone else.
Ellis97 over 2 years ago
It seems that Bernice has a superiority complex about herself.
Black76Manta over 2 years ago
Muse makeover by Luann? This will be interest
MS72 over 2 years ago
Princess Leia Bernice!
Fontessa over 2 years ago
I’ve been reading here for so long, I can remember Bernice’s LAST make-over!
ctolson over 2 years ago
Run Bernice, run!
wtepps over 2 years ago
sigh, I was really hoping this stupid arc was over.
Frank Farkel Premium Member over 2 years ago
Rosaline told Will Shakespeare he’d find inspiration in her bed before Viola showed up. I think Bern is missing the point in a muse’s part in creative inspiration.
rugeirn over 2 years ago
Well, Berneis, how do you feel about long, flowing, and easily removable?
Frank Farkel Premium Member over 2 years ago
Same ’ol Bernice. What a great line. Pretty much sums it up.
msmcleod over 2 years ago
I was hoping this arc would move on after day 2 of it, and here we are again in a new week.
2Goldfish over 2 years ago
Not more of this boring stuff. Yuk.
kaycstamper over 2 years ago
Maybe something mystical and flowing…
EMGULS79 over 2 years ago
Greek goddess? She’s dressed like a GEEK goddess.
preacherman Premium Member over 2 years ago
What does Luann know about a muse’s attire?
comic reader 22 over 2 years ago
This story line is so incredibly STUPD! In what world does Bernice think that being a third rate artists’ so-called “muse” gives her new social standing, and that other people are supposed to recognize and respect that she is one person’s muse? SO WHAT if someone told her she is their muse – why would anyone care? That would be a private, fictional relationship between two people and it wouldn’t include anyone else she knows. The more she talks about it the less special she makes it. If it’s true, she shouldn’t be discussing it with other people at all. Maybe she thinks she is now “muse” to the world – so BY ALL MEANS – get her nails done! That will fix everything. Oh, and maybe a Grecian goddess costume to wear when she’s “musing”. Can this generation be portrayed as any more vapid and stupid? Someone needs to give Karen Evans an (obviously) much-needed vacation!
TravelinMan over 2 years ago
My favorite was the Muse of the Brewing Arts, Burpsichore.
ct0760 over 2 years ago
We get it, shes in denial since Nil beat her in ending the romantic aspect of the relationship
The Quiet One over 2 years ago
Okay, this should be interesting.
rshive over 2 years ago
A-muse-ing.
luann1212 over 2 years ago
Some people think the romance is over, but it should be obvious it is nowhere near over, this is just a step. Now this arc will hilariously (means to be funny, mildly or uproarious, what difference does it make?) explore trying to make Bern more attractive a muse, which leads to Nil reevaluating his muse definition. Boy has gonads even in carrtoon, and as I noted last week Lu is being portrayed more curvy and cute, whither Bern?
mindjob over 2 years ago
I hope she doesn’t start wearing fatigues
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 2 years ago
“Muses dress as muses dress. What you wear is what greek goddesses are wearing. It’s the latest thing.”
eladee AKA Wally over 2 years ago
I can’t wait to see what a “muse makeover” looks like!
ZBicyclist Premium Member over 2 years ago
Dressed as a Greek muse? As John Belushi would say, “To-ga! To-ga!”
tcayer over 2 years ago
No one knows you’re a muse. If Nil becomes a famous artist, then STILL no one will know who you are.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
Enough with the muse thing already?
Same2Ubuddy over 2 years ago
This week she sees Nil and boyfriend together and realizes the whole muse thing was just a ruse to hide his weirdo preferences. Gunther then catches her on the rebound and dumps Bets. Les catches Bets on the rebound and Tiffany begins a new full-frontal attack on the Chinese buffet.
Takagi-san over 2 years ago
Good lord. This muse crap is continuing? As if she wasn’t enough of a smug, insufferable, piece of work as is, now she’s feeling “special” and “unique” and no one is going to tell her to get over herself. Instead, Our Hero wants to give her a makeover, which may go on all week. The strip can be so insipid sometimes. I know, many of you are probably thinking “then why continue to read it?” and you are quite correct. If there are no redeeming qualities to it at all this week, I’m done.
andrewjb over 2 years ago
I want her to go back to the curly hair. I loved that look.
katzpawz1a over 2 years ago
Well, if Luann makes Bern over, maybe Gunther will FINALLY get his shirt back! Boy shirts and Mom jeans will only get her so far. So Far, she hasn’t gotten anywhere! Sorry if my grammar is bad. That was one of those twisty things that didn’t sound right – no matter HOW I tried to do it!
locake over 2 years ago
Bernice always thinks she is unique and special. Now is not any different.
wantcomicsnow2 over 2 years ago
You’re wrong, Luann….it’s not the “same old Bernice.”
Bernice used to dress somewhat better than she is now. Now she looks like a female version of Gunther.
Maybe Irma had a yard sale, and Bernice bought up a bunch of Gunther’s old clothes…..:D :D :P
percheronhitch6 over 2 years ago
Oh, Lord, how I was hoping we left this sad scenario in the rearview today….
BJShipley1 over 2 years ago
I know the horse is long dead, but continuing to beat it like this still feels like animal cruelty.
kenhense over 2 years ago
Sadly today the Luann strip was discontinued in the Los Angeles Times comic section. Luann only recently came on board at the Times, when it replaced 9 Chickweed Lane. “Luann” requires its readers to know the characters to follow the theater in each episode. This takes time, which unfortunately “Luann” didn’t get. Also unfortunately the current arc with Bernice as Muse is not one of the better stories. Too bad – I was hoping “Luann” would catch on.
StoicLion1973 over 2 years ago
Bernice has been rocking the same hair since the crew graduated high school, so maybe it is time. I get the feeling this may lead to a potentially romantic escapade for ’ol Stick-in-the-Mud.
Kymberleigh over 2 years ago
Uh-oh. We remember what happened the last time Bernice was treated to a makeover …
198.23.5.11 over 2 years ago
Never mind “Greek Goddess”.
I’ll settle for Wilma Flintstone.
pagercat over 2 years ago
Same boring scene….see you all next week!
Rand al'Thor over 2 years ago
Okay. Today all the whiners whine but no more after today. This is the arc. It was written weeks ago. You can’t change it. Go away if it offends that much and check back next week for more of the same or a new arc for you to complain about. Then you can go away for another week. Rinse and repeat.
Yikes!
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 2 years ago
Staph was the one trying to give Tiff a makeover. But she would probably try to put Bern in a cheerleader outfit.
ACTIVIST1234 over 2 years ago
Bad advice, Luann. For one thing, Bern is now wearing a bigger smile than we’d seen. For a second, if she takes your advice and wears make up and chic clothing, she will no longer inspire Nil’s art.
Rhetorical_Question over 2 years ago
Where the rubber ball?
KEA over 2 years ago
uh oh
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 2 years ago
No that is going for an outmoded look. It’s what you say to Nil not looks.
KatherineKeller over 2 years ago
Uh oh
Sisyphos over 2 years ago
Poor Puddles, finally released!
Poor us, not released from this unamusing “muse” arc!
scalap Premium Member over 2 years ago
Oh Bern, she has no clue that she was dumped