Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 30, 2024

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    lvlax  4 months ago

    I loved playing Monopoly as a kid with my older brothers

    Well, at least till the end.. a little fight and accusations of cheating usually broke out when one of us went bankrupt. ;)

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    Pointspread  4 months ago

    Frank & Nancy: Monopoly has ALWAYS been combative.

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    chaosed2  4 months ago

    2 monopoly sunday strips….is it an anniversary for the game?

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    howtheduck  4 months ago

    I wonder how much Hasbro had to pay to get this advertising?

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    jay_dallas  4 months ago

    I dont know when those two were playing, but for my crowd, Monopoly was always cutthroat!

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    kenhense  4 months ago

    I always lost at Monopoly (lousy negotiator).

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    PaulAbbott2  4 months ago

    My sister would get so mad when I whupped her in Monopoly. That’s because I knew the secret of the game. The secret is that the only properties worth owning is the Orange and Reds. Those are the ones people land on the most. I would trade her all the greens, the purple “Skid Row” ones and a railroad for the one Orange I’d need. And clean up. She would blubber that I cheated and pout for two days

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    cmxx  4 months ago

    I always lose too, even when all my opponents are my grandchildren. Even when they were younger. Good thing I still enjoy playing them!

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    Joe1962  4 months ago

    Monopoly can be very comabative.

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    Willow Mt Lyon  4 months ago

    That game is timeless and so much fun.

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    noxbrannor  4 months ago

    It’s certainly jarring to go from Toni’s guest artist drawn dream on the 29th, to this on the 30th, to Brad’s guest artist drawn dream on the first. Especially given how badly drawn, imo, Brad’s dream is.

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    Argythree  4 months ago

    This brings back great memories. I’m the only one of my family left now, but my brother and StepDad used to beat my mother and me all the time…

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    Uncle Kenny  4 months ago

    Monopoly featured today both here and in 9 Chickweed Lane. Is it Monopoly Day or something?

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    Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 4 months ago

    It’s nice to see everyone looking normal again.

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    snsurone76  4 months ago

    Just be grateful Trump isn’t there!

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    snsurone76  4 months ago

    Aah, a welcome evening away from Shannon! Welcome back, G&K.

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    The Reader Premium Member 4 months ago

    They should be reading, but not on the railroad!

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    Purple People Eater  4 months ago

    Since when can you buy six houses on a single property in Monopoly? If I recall correctly, you could only buy four, and after that you could turn them in for a hotel.

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    Wilkins068  4 months ago

    A game of nude Twister’d liven things up. Well except fr Bernice

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    Kurtass Premium Member 4 months ago

    Has there ever been a game of Monopoly actually finished?

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    Ignatz Premium Member 4 months ago

    The game was invented by a woman named Lizzie Magie. She was a Henry Georgeist, which most people today would call a socialist (although it isn’t quite). She called it “The Landlord’s Game” and was making the point that land ownership always created massive income inequality. It’s designed to make you hate the richest player in the game. And, of course, it does demonstrate that monopolies aren’t capitalism, but the end of capitalism.

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    SeaSnork  4 months ago

    Usually I hate the Sunday strips but what a relief to have good artwork. And Monopoly was always competitive

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    cdward  4 months ago

    Since always. Just like this country.

    I suspect the only times this country wasn’t trying to rip itself apart were when we were in some huge war. Maybe that’s one reason we like wars so much.

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    ddl297  4 months ago

    Eh, play Scrabble. “That’s NOT a word!” (Even after using the "Official Scrabble word book)

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    comic reader 22  4 months ago

    Wise words from Nancy! What a relief to see the correct drawings this morning.

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    French Persons Premium Member 4 months ago

    Frank, “Monopoly” has always been a combative game, going all the way back to the 1930s when it was first introduced.

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    ctolson  4 months ago

    I was thankful I never got caught embezzling from the Bank.

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    LtPowers  4 months ago

    Brad just landed on St. Charles Place, with a hotel, but there’s no improvements to States or Virginia, which is not allowed under standard Monopoly rules; you must build evenly.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member 4 months ago

    Gee.

    “Folks” still play Monopoly?

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    baskate_2000  4 months ago

    At last — back to the REAL Luann, but for how long …..

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    BC to LOTR Premium Member 4 months ago

    I’ve played in a few games of RISK Where it took cooler heads to prevent actual fights breaking out. Never had that in a Monopoly game. Course it with a bunch of guys with too much testosterone flaring out.

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    FGWaiss  4 months ago

    Back in junior high my best friend and I had a marathon Monopoly game. Eventually we had to print up thousand-dollar bills because the bank ran out of 500s.

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    mindjob  4 months ago

    Loved the Community Chest cards

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    Ellis97  4 months ago

    Nothing like a good old fashioned game night with friends to bring out your competitive spirit.

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    Solomon J. Behala Premium Member 4 months ago

    That’s literally the point of Monopoly, you old fogies!

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    donut reply  4 months ago

    Used to have a friend who ran his fingers through the monopoly money like it was real and say, “money, money, money”. He was always trying to get me in business deals and I was always leary of him.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  4 months ago

    I was visiting relatives when the neighbors’ kids came by to play. I forget if it was chess or checkers. My cousin Brenda quietly told me to let my opponent win I apologized but explained I could only do it if he legitimately won.

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    reedkomicks Premium Member 4 months ago

    I always used the dog, my older brother the car, my father the cannon, my younger brother the boat, my mother the shoe.

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    Takagi-san  4 months ago

    9 Chickweed Lane AND Luann doing a Monopoly Sunday strip at the same time. Coincidence? Probably. Odd, though.

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    sueb1863  4 months ago

    Clearly Frank and Nancy have never played a proper game of Monopoly. The idea is to bankrupt everybody else.

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    bigplayray  4 months ago

    6 houses? Did they change the rules?

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    Drbarb71 Premium Member 4 months ago

    t sure is nice to be away from the usual conflict and terrible criticisms from certain people in the Luann comments. Yes, Frank and Nancy, conflict seems to be everywhere but when it bleeds into the funnies, that is truly a sad sign of the times. Thanks Karen and Greg for a fun comic today! Brings back so many childhood memories. I read someone here plays with grandkids. I will have to do that when they are old enough!

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    Dani Rice  4 months ago

    I would rather go to the GYN than play Monopoly.

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    richardzimdars  4 months ago

    For those reading (or returning to read new comments) as of 2024, Monopoly is 89 years old, published and trademarked in 1935. It was offered to Parker Brothers by Charles Darrow who cleaned up a few of the rules but did not invent it. Its origins lead back to Elizabeth Magie who created The Landlord’s Game. >

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    Aladar30 Premium Member 4 months ago

    If that’s a lot for Frank, I wonder what he would think of a truly combative session of Monopoly. Luann, Brad, Toni and Bernice are pretty calm and I find it interesting to see how much chemistry there is between Toni and Bernice. Not to offend Toni, but the two are actually quite similar. About the message of this Sunday’s page; yes, the fear for a new world war is growing day after day.

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    becida  4 months ago

    The goal of the game is to send the other players off to die quietly in the Poor House & you wonder about how serious some people actually take it?

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    lyna63  4 months ago

    I’m so confused! Has the comic strip gone back in time to when Luann and her friends are younger??? And how about that to good to be true kid? How does she figure in this?

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    mistercatworks  4 months ago

    Such SHORT memories.

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    The Quiet One  4 months ago

    Monopoly was always combative in my house.

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    sperry532  4 months ago

    Ah, Monopoly. The game everyone owns and no one plays.

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    Katsuro Premium Member 4 months ago

    Monopoly’s not awful, but it’s very flawed.First of all, players who lose quit the game outright, while the others keep playing. So it’s not a great group activity.Secondly, after a certain point it becomes clear that you’re going to lose, but it still takes a while to actually reach that point. You gotta mortgage stuff, and try to sell, even though it’s got almost no chance of reversing your fortunes.Thirdly, there’s not much choice involved. Roll the dice, buy whatever you land on… And yeah, a bit of chance is fun, but at least to me, it’s better if chance is a small element, and not the main thing.

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    Jogger2  4 months ago

    I won’t play Monopoly in which two of the players are married to each other. They help each other instead of competing. It’s like playing with an opponent who starts with twice the cash, and gets two turns per round.

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    eb110americana  4 months ago

    I felt this way about “The Kite Runner.” I couldn’t think of a more peaceful, benign hobby than kite flying. In this movie, the goal was to wrap your kite around the other’s and cut their line, destroying as many kites as possible. It was so bizarre.

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    KenDHoward1  4 months ago

    I’ve always wondered when the unofficial rule of putting the “Luxury Tax” money collected into the center of the board became the norm … :/

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    majobis.  4 months ago

    Unless your on Sally Forth and the dude is always changing the rules on Monopoly. Coming up with outrageous plays and moves. Just stick to the game and maybe you clean house on the board.

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    eddi-TBH  4 months ago

    They seem to be having more fun than fight. There’s a difference between wheelin’ and dealin’ and fussin’ and fightin’.

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    Arghhgarrr Premium Member 4 months ago

    It is a game about Capitalism! It has always been cutthroat, competative and can often lead to conflict and combat. Don’t you c?

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    Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member 4 months ago

    What this world needs is a new board game called Polymono.

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    Arghhgarrr Premium Member 4 months ago

    For a more conciliatory take on Monopoly check out today’s 9 Chickweed Lane.

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    JCLV  4 months ago

    Monopoly’s been ruining family game night for almost ninety years.

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    nightflight  4 months ago

    Next week: Will guest artist play it safe or will he take a shot at drawing Tiffany as the sexy bimbo she really is?

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    BRBurns1960  4 months ago

    Pshaw! If you have never seen a Monopoly board used as a deadly weapon you have never played the game.

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  4 months ago

    Wait’ll they play RISK and take over whole countries

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