Well, it looks like Luann found the subject of her story.
I wonder if Brad will like being written about.
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We all remember Luann had a whole bunch of options when she finallydecided on the beauty shop story. Why didn’t she use one of those insteadof acting like she couldn’t think of anything?
This would be an interesting story because the original story took place 21 years ago, which would be before Luann was born and when Brad was 2(?). Is Greg going to tell us a new story to replace 9-1-1 or is her not going to tell us anythng?
I understand that some readers don’t like the expression “Oh my God!” and that the cartoonist has chosen to respect that. That’s fine; nothing wrong with respect. My issue is using awkward replacements like this strip’s “Omygaw”.Like I always say: If you don’t want to use a word, then don’t use the word at all.
Don’t be so socially inept Luann, introduce your brother; he may be taken, but I bet he knows some firefighters who aren’t and since Tara seems to have the “hots” (pun intended) for firefighters…Just sayin’, a story line featuring Tara’s romantic escapades might be SLIGHTLY more interesting than Bernice and Nil..to name just one (of many).
It’s weird how there are professions that women often find attractive for men to have, but as far as I know, there are no (family-friendly) professions that men stereotypically find attractive. Or am I wrong? Do those jobs exist too, and I’m just out of touch with my fellow dudes?
Luann, GO! Great job Tara♡! She really managed to find a way to break Luann’s writer’s block and show her a completely different Luann. The Luann who will write a lot without even realizing it. Sure, writing about your brother isn’t like imagining a story in a galaxy far, far away, but it’s a start and Luann could write a great rom-com with moments of drama and action. Speaking of Tara, it seems that she really likes a lot not only Brad the hunk, but also firefighters in general. I’m more and more sure that she is fit to become a firefighter herself and that, sooner or later, she will try to become one of them.
Agree with AL here, Tara did a masterful job of helping Luann recognize things close to her, in this case the transition of her brother from blob to “cut, cute.” I don’t know if Tara will try to be a firefighter but she has the kind of attributes—not afraid of challenges, high locus of control personality types—that might fit that job, or ,any others.
Speaking for myself, I was still mad at Tara for getting Luanne fired from a job she loved, until now. I don’t know why Luanne forgave her for that. Apparently she did, because there they are together now. But this helps to make up for it, Yay Tara! Yay Luanne! And Yay to a story arc actually featuring her for a change that has actually been interesting!
Called it yesterday. Her first important story will be about her brother. Cool. Hope she writes stories about other characters we don’t see much of these days.
So are we about to see a retcon of Brad’s actual motivation, since “he was a lazy twenty-year-old until 9/11 motivated him to better himself” no longer works?
I hope that Luann uses Brad’s story as a framework for a story, just retelling his story and character development wholesale would be kind of basic. Seeing Luann do something more creative than that would be make her look more like a potential fiction writer… like do an character similar to Brad in space with him fighting aliens or in medieval times as a knight fighting dragons. Like a slacker in that setting who decides on a goal and falls in love and so on.
Game Set and Match to Tara! She DID inspire Luann and break her out of her writer’s block. Sometimes inspiration takes strange forms but it doesn’t matter as long as it works. Although I’m not sure Luann trying to write Brad and Toni’s story is such a good idea. Change names and even better events, descriptions, etc. Never borrow too heavily upon the life and events of another without their permission. It’s not illegal but it’s very bad form.
lvlax over 1 year ago
Well, it looks like Luann found the subject of her story.
I wonder if Brad will like being written about.
.
We all remember Luann had a whole bunch of options when she finallydecided on the beauty shop story. Why didn’t she use one of those insteadof acting like she couldn’t think of anything?
AnyFace over 1 year ago
Tyge Premium Member over 1 year ago
AHA! Way to go Tara! A budding genius!
beb01 over 1 year ago
This would be an interesting story because the original story took place 21 years ago, which would be before Luann was born and when Brad was 2(?). Is Greg going to tell us a new story to replace 9-1-1 or is her not going to tell us anythng?
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
Now there’s an idea to write about: how Brad became a firefighter and a married man.
J. Scarbrough over 1 year ago
Remember to change the name in your story Luann – and please don’t use something so easily and obviously similar like “Brett” or something.
Katsuro Premium Member over 1 year ago
I understand that some readers don’t like the expression “Oh my God!” and that the cartoonist has chosen to respect that. That’s fine; nothing wrong with respect. My issue is using awkward replacements like this strip’s “Omygaw”.Like I always say: If you don’t want to use a word, then don’t use the word at all.
Tyge Premium Member over 1 year ago
Yes Greg! The whole Brad/Toni/Dirk saga was some of your story telling!
ronaldspence over 1 year ago
“The Metamorphosis of Bwad!”
seismic-2 Premium Member over 1 year ago
“Well, for starters he joined the Hair Club for Men…”
Mordock999 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Well now.
It seems that Old Brad has got Miz Starr’s “juices flowing.”
Lu?
When you tell Brad’s story, you might want to quickly get to the part that says he’s Married, before Tara gets any “ideas.”
It’s too bad, though.
Old Brad will NEVER know that some gal on this planet besides his wife, thinks he’s “Hot.”
sallymargret over 1 year ago
Luann will be a writer yet. Tara is turning out to be an encouraging friend.
capricorn9th over 1 year ago
Ah. Dirk will come back alive in her book.
notbornyesterday over 1 year ago
Don’t be so socially inept Luann, introduce your brother; he may be taken, but I bet he knows some firefighters who aren’t and since Tara seems to have the “hots” (pun intended) for firefighters…Just sayin’, a story line featuring Tara’s romantic escapades might be SLIGHTLY more interesting than Bernice and Nil..to name just one (of many).
kenhense over 1 year ago
OK – We’ll all read this thing tomorrow.
linus82 over 1 year ago
Sorry Tara, he’s married
Calliope over 1 year ago
Oh no. It’s a clip show!
“Where something happens and doo doo doo doo doo…
Sorry for the clip show.
Have no fears, we’ve got stories for years!”
Katsuro Premium Member over 1 year ago
It’s weird how there are professions that women often find attractive for men to have, but as far as I know, there are no (family-friendly) professions that men stereotypically find attractive. Or am I wrong? Do those jobs exist too, and I’m just out of touch with my fellow dudes?
Joe1962 Premium Member over 1 year ago
A good time for Toni to show up and kiss brad dead on the lips.
comic reader 22 over 1 year ago
Please don’t do a long drawn out rerun about Brad using old drawings.
comic reader 22 over 1 year ago
Tara appears to be the person who has the skills for teaching.
DaJellyBelly over 1 year ago
Luann! Get those fingers moving on that keyboard!! And hurrah for Tara!!
jaydogg187 over 1 year ago
Ah yes, the one romantic arc in this strip that didn’t end in disaster.
nightflight over 1 year ago
Panel # 2: Tara is actually looking pretty good in a defiant sort of way. Now, if she’d pop a couple of buttons on her top ………..well. let’s see.
GirlGeek Premium Member over 1 year ago
She’s going to exploit Brad isn’t she?
blunebottle over 1 year ago
Sorry, Luann- that story’s already been written.
Brdshtt Premium Member over 1 year ago
Hmmm… Brad looks like he is getting some gray hairs. Heck, I started getting some gray hair at 23, that was some 42 years ago.
Johnnyrico over 1 year ago
“Ba-dump-bump PISSHHHH!!”
mysterysciencefreezer over 1 year ago
“Well, it all started after 9-11, where he was inspired as a 6-year old to be a first responder…”
Aladar30 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Luann, GO! Great job Tara♡! She really managed to find a way to break Luann’s writer’s block and show her a completely different Luann. The Luann who will write a lot without even realizing it. Sure, writing about your brother isn’t like imagining a story in a galaxy far, far away, but it’s a start and Luann could write a great rom-com with moments of drama and action. Speaking of Tara, it seems that she really likes a lot not only Brad the hunk, but also firefighters in general. I’m more and more sure that she is fit to become a firefighter herself and that, sooner or later, she will try to become one of them.
luann1212 over 1 year ago
Agree with AL here, Tara did a masterful job of helping Luann recognize things close to her, in this case the transition of her brother from blob to “cut, cute.” I don’t know if Tara will try to be a firefighter but she has the kind of attributes—not afraid of challenges, high locus of control personality types—that might fit that job, or ,any others.
Rhetorical_Question over 1 year ago
Eureka! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ✨️ ✨️
sueb1863 over 1 year ago
Better go ask him first if it’s OK for you to share it. Even if you change the names. the story doesn’t belong to you.
And before Tara gets too interested, Luann might want to tell her that Brad’s married.
Webby_dog over 1 year ago
Did I just see a lightbulb
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
Luann, you just found your brilliant inspiration!
anaditz over 1 year ago
Ha! Called it!
jalden1003 over 1 year ago
Now THIS was a good one! It made sense and came back around to the whole point of this arc. Excellent!!
ctolson over 1 year ago
Where’s the light bulb or is that old generation?
RSH over 1 year ago
Lots of content there and there’s probably a lot on the taped diaries too.
Droptma Styx over 1 year ago
I guess we’re going to bypass the whole, “Hands off, he’s married” route?
LtPowers over 1 year ago
Sometimes I really like Tara.
kenwarnerfordictator over 1 year ago
Speaking for myself, I was still mad at Tara for getting Luanne fired from a job she loved, until now. I don’t know why Luanne forgave her for that. Apparently she did, because there they are together now. But this helps to make up for it, Yay Tara! Yay Luanne! And Yay to a story arc actually featuring her for a change that has actually been interesting!
WilliamVollmer over 1 year ago
Tara has shown Luann what the inspiration could be for her stories. Life. First up, Brad the slob, becomes Brad the hunk who marries the hot girl.
salttsea over 1 year ago
Called it yesterday. Her first important story will be about her brother. Cool. Hope she writes stories about other characters we don’t see much of these days.
morningglory73 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Write it down LuAnn.
Judy Hendrickson [Unnamed Reader - 852856] over 1 year ago
Luann hello ,he’s married
comic reader 22 over 1 year ago
Brad’s lucky – he’s the one who takes after Nancy’s side of the family.
Crann Bethadh over 1 year ago
“Bwad: Blob to Buff.” A remarkable journey of reillustration.
barely here over 1 year ago
How did Tara know Bwad was ‘cut’?
Caldonia over 1 year ago
“Ohmygaw, I knew I wasn’t imaginative enough to write fiction.”
smsrt over 1 year ago
Ding, ding, ding. What’s behind door number 2 for LuAnn today, Jonny??
donwestonmysteries over 1 year ago
“How Brad Met Toni” is what got me started on this strip. Wimp kid saves Tonie from Bully Boyfriend.
BJShipley1 over 1 year ago
So are we about to see a retcon of Brad’s actual motivation, since “he was a lazy twenty-year-old until 9/11 motivated him to better himself” no longer works?
oakie817 over 1 year ago
ka-bingo
Kenezg over 1 year ago
Way to point her to an inspiring thought, Tara.
dadlivonia over 1 year ago
I just checked the bios on Tara, and realized that several of them needs updating
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Better leave out the time Brad and TJ almost ended up in jail in Las Vegas….
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction over 1 year ago
My Brother, My Inspiration
Coming soon to a Netflix near you.
Ahuehuete over 1 year ago
He fell in love with a hot chick, got his act together, and against all odds he won her over – The End
katzpawz1a over 1 year ago
Great move Tara!!!!
Rick Smith Premium Member over 1 year ago
Well played, Tara.
liberalnlovinit over 1 year ago
The origin of BRAD!
Rockabore over 1 year ago
I hope that Luann uses Brad’s story as a framework for a story, just retelling his story and character development wholesale would be kind of basic. Seeing Luann do something more creative than that would be make her look more like a potential fiction writer… like do an character similar to Brad in space with him fighting aliens or in medieval times as a knight fighting dragons. Like a slacker in that setting who decides on a goal and falls in love and so on.
Susan123 over 1 year ago
And the light comes on
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
I don’t know I am still in the dark!
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 1 year ago
And that’s how we do it.
nightflight over 1 year ago
The B-word “Bwad” has been beaten to death.
Terminal Frost Premium Member over 1 year ago
So my week has been interesting. Had a mini stroke on Monday.
RSH over 1 year ago
a coming of age story on Brad; but yes, she needs to give another name to the protagonist.
BuckarooDave over 1 year ago
I’m still wondering how long Tiff is goin to bunk at The Gulag ….
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Now that’s inspiration.
eladee AKA Wally over 1 year ago
Game Set and Match to Tara! She DID inspire Luann and break her out of her writer’s block. Sometimes inspiration takes strange forms but it doesn’t matter as long as it works. Although I’m not sure Luann trying to write Brad and Toni’s story is such a good idea. Change names and even better events, descriptions, etc. Never borrow too heavily upon the life and events of another without their permission. It’s not illegal but it’s very bad form.
The Quiet One over 1 year ago
There is your inspiration Luann.
erinurse2000 over 1 year ago
Tara is a much better muse than you-know-who
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
“Interesting story”?! Tara, ta da!
Get with it, Luann. You may change the names in this family story, not that anyone is innocent….
eced52 over 1 year ago
Met a hot girl who almost got him killed? Better use other names Luann, or we may see Kurt again.
bakana over 1 year ago
Wait until she reads the part about Toni Daytona.
StoicLion1973 over 1 year ago
Tara definitely has the goo-goo eyes for Brad but, alas, he is happily married.
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Blah blah blah