The other extreme — Toni would like a single child who’s a lot like her and reinforces her organizing principles, while Brad wants a messy houseful of out-of-control monkey children — with a dream Toni who smiles at the idea of having more.
YES! Now Brad’s family fantasy begins! Their life with such a bunch of kids that they could form a baseball team. This more lively drawing style seems to correspond well with Brad’s personality and I enjoy it more. I hope there’s a chance to see Luann this week, even if only for a panel.
This is disgusting and sad. Greg if you are going to retire just do it and let Luann retire in dignity. Don’t go looking for someone to take over who has a totally different stupid style. That is, of course, unless you made a financial deal with this guy to take over the strip and keep the name. Nothing is sacred these days.
I’m not sure what I’m seeing. The blond girl on top of Brad has her upper half facing up, but her bottom half is facing down. How could she twist into that position? Also, what is that metal rod behind Toni in the second panel?
Brad seems happy with the three wild kids. And Toni is happy in Brad’s large family fantasy. But Toni’s fantasy is one perfect kid. They really need to talk about expectations before they have kids.
Wow, they really let this brat walk all over them, don’t they? She could take a baseball bat to every piece of furniture in the house and they’d just stand there and watch.
This is a way to help other artists get experience and exposure. Why are people so down in the mouth opinionated? It’s a comic strip that lasts a few minutes and then you move on.. ◑﹏◐.. ✍️(◔◡◔)
I thought Jonah took Shannon home while Toni and Brad discussed whether or not they were willing to keep the kid for the entire month of August. Yet it looks like Shannon is still with them, just as out of control and destructive as ever, while Brad and Toni just stand by calmly watching her destroy their home.
By the end of August, the only thing left of their house will be the foundations.
Regarding all this talk about GnK being on vacation: Karen is the president of the National Cartoonists Society. If they took a break when these strips were written, it wasn’t for rest. The Annual Reuben Awards banquet is in San Diego, their city, in late August. Hundreds of cartoonists are coming for these few days to take over a hotel, attend various presentations and other functions. It’s a huge undertaking for her, the NCS board, and all the volunteers.
lvlax 5 days ago
Nope, HARD PASS on this style of art.
Why make Brad look like a doofus??
Cheapskate0 5 days ago
Day dream or nightmare?
RSH 5 days ago
Looks like we now get a week of Brad’s imagination?
antidancer 5 days ago
Yeah, I figured Brad lives in a more cartoony world!
Willow Mt Lyon 5 days ago
It was Toni’s imagination, and now it’s Brad’s imagination. The guest artist is the same, but his style has changed. That’s called talent.
Joe1962 Premium Member 5 days ago
NO! NO! NO!
Lord Flatulence Premium Member 5 days ago
More dreck.
Azul0858 5 days ago
The other extreme — Toni would like a single child who’s a lot like her and reinforces her organizing principles, while Brad wants a messy houseful of out-of-control monkey children — with a dream Toni who smiles at the idea of having more.
Amina Rush 5 days ago
Ah, so this is Brad’s fantasy
mnexplorer+ 5 days ago
More than one of the way she is? NO!!!!
9thCapricorn 5 days ago
Looks like a different artist is doing this week’s strips. Not a better one at that.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 5 days ago
Looks like Brad is fantasizing the “making” not the “having”.
yoda1234 5 days ago
Sure, let’s just pop a few more into the mix… no issues!! :)
Yakety Sax 5 days ago
Looks like I might just as well skip the rest of this week…………….
Wishingonastar 5 days ago
Can’t take any more of this dribble. Going to give this week a pass.
ct0760 5 days ago
Shannon has been an excellent deterrent to parenting
jakenbeau 5 days ago
Remines of Alice the Goon on Popeye.
SHIVA 5 days ago
Maybe Bwad will make a tactical withdrawal at this time!!!
Wilkins068 5 days ago
Last week’s artist jus shifted gears
nightflight 5 days ago
What happened to Toni’s body? She looks like the cartoon guy, Gumby, but she’s not green.
Mordock999 Premium Member 5 days ago
“Imagine all the people,”
“Living like they Please!”
“Yoo-Hoooooo……….,” – John Lennon
rk 5 days ago
Oh, I get it now. It’s “Greg and Karen get a well-deserved long vacation, but let’s not just pull out reruns”. OK.
Enter.Name.Here 5 days ago
We still doing this? Lemme know when it’s over so I can look at this strip again. Fosgitt can draw ’toons but not enjoying the whole theme.
Rhetorical_Question 5 days ago
Two more Shannon?
French Persons Premium Member 5 days ago
Not unless you want to be even more broke, exhausted, and living in squalor.…
californiamonty 5 days ago
They look like they just jumped out of Li’l Abner.
bslatkin 5 days ago
This is an AI experiment, right?
Wilkins068 5 days ago
Tomorrow: Toni escapes
imagenesis 5 days ago
This week will be the ‘Looney Tunes!’
Sanspareil 5 days ago
Is it just me or does this arc suck?
snsurone76 5 days ago
Are G&K planning to retire, with Jay taking over? I hope not!
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction 5 days ago
SHANNON — all you could ever want (and perhaps then some)
OneTime59 5 days ago
Brad’s imagination is, indeed, running wild. He is imagining Toni maintaining that svelte figure.
KTB 5 days ago
Seriously? No more of this….
leighabc123 5 days ago
Shannon has no discipline!
mort b. 5 days ago
I thought Jonah took the snot nosed brat back home?
sueb1863 5 days ago
Maybe one of you guys should actually try to stop her before she destroys another expensive piece of furniture.
Purple People Eater 4 days ago
My grandmother had 11 kids over a period of 20 years, and they all turned out fine.
Ignatz Premium Member 4 days ago
And let the complaining begin again!
BTW, is that Krazy on the wall?
Ellis97 4 days ago
Brad seems more than willing to have a large family.
wombat1417 4 days ago
Stop this.
up2trixx 4 days ago
I don’t know about raising them, but making them sure is fun
Jesquire 4 days ago
I’d even take a week of Bernice’s fretting over this.
Tradewinds309 4 days ago
What is that art hanging on the wall in panel 2? It looks like it might be from an old comic.
Aladar30 Premium Member 4 days ago
YES! Now Brad’s family fantasy begins! Their life with such a bunch of kids that they could form a baseball team. This more lively drawing style seems to correspond well with Brad’s personality and I enjoy it more. I hope there’s a chance to see Luann this week, even if only for a panel.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 4 days ago
so another week of BS, with my guess that Toni gets a positive test back,me, I’ll be back in a week.
MissionLDB 4 days ago
Getting a real kick out of the guest artists
tremaine53 4 days ago
Allow me to be efficient in my selection of words here. NO!
Anon4242 4 days ago
Will they get pregnant? Will it be twins?
poopick 4 days ago
More of this garbage?
artheaded1 4 days ago
Aww! Krazy Kat in the back ground! <3 <3 <3
DawnQuinn1 4 days ago
I can’t imagine even one. That is a poster child for birth control.
fuzzbucket Premium Member 4 days ago
So glad that ‘guest cartoonist’ is gone. (Was that done by AI?) This version of Shannon is much more realistic and not nearly as boring.
Ken Otwell 4 days ago
Ok, Brad is definitely ready to be a Dad. He can’t wait!
comic reader 22 4 days ago
This is disgusting and sad. Greg if you are going to retire just do it and let Luann retire in dignity. Don’t go looking for someone to take over who has a totally different stupid style. That is, of course, unless you made a financial deal with this guy to take over the strip and keep the name. Nothing is sacred these days.
Free or Not? Premium Member 4 days ago
Yes, Brad can! Beautiful Chaos and love!
ctolson 4 days ago
Oh no, not another week of this crap.
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member 4 days ago
Wow, this is the same guest artist? The art looks cartoonier than last week. Or maybe it’s just the situation.
A.Ficionada 4 days ago
More realistic this week : )
GirlGeek Premium Member 4 days ago
No. Noo. Noooooo.
chrisbar9 4 days ago
Oh for god’s sake…another guest artist, and this one is worse than the last one!
Wlly Blly 4 days ago
For god’s sake, not another week of this. :-(
kaycstamper 4 days ago
I liked it better when Shannon was writing stories than this fake family.
Kiwiwriter47 4 days ago
I like the appearance of “Krazy Kat.”
rhpii 4 days ago
It’s different when they are yours.
mindjob 4 days ago
They might get one that checks his iPhone all day
hoffquotes2 4 days ago
Maybe we should just have rerun’s during summer vacation
Darryl Heine 4 days ago
As we go to week 2 of Jay Fosgitt’s Luann: What if Jay Fosgitt revived the Peanuts comic strip with approval from the Charles Schulz estate?
locake 4 days ago
I’m not sure what I’m seeing. The blond girl on top of Brad has her upper half facing up, but her bottom half is facing down. How could she twist into that position? Also, what is that metal rod behind Toni in the second panel?
Don Bagert Premium Member 4 days ago
Today’s strip has me thinking of TV sitcoms like “Malcolm in the Middle” or “The Middle”.
locake 4 days ago
Brad seems happy with the three wild kids. And Toni is happy in Brad’s large family fantasy. But Toni’s fantasy is one perfect kid. They really need to talk about expectations before they have kids.
locake 4 days ago
I think this week will be a nice change after Toni’s too perfect fantasy. I think Brad’s fantasy will be much closer to reality.
The Quiet One 4 days ago
Oh great now we go the opposite direction in our fantasy world.
Plumb.Bob Premium Member 4 days ago
Fur babies are much easier than skin puppies.
WilliamVollmer 4 days ago
Now that’s a nightmare! But; Shannon may not the most well behaved 6 year old there is, but she’s not quite as bad as Brad, and, Toni’s nightmare.
dblbaraje 4 days ago
Love or hate this sequence, it sure as drawn a lot of comments for this time in the morning.
Drbarb71 Premium Member 4 days ago
Sigh…the crabs are back.
BJShipley1 4 days ago
Wow, they really let this brat walk all over them, don’t they? She could take a baseball bat to every piece of furniture in the house and they’d just stand there and watch.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 4 days ago
What some parents fail to do……discipline!
Ordinary Average Guy 4 days ago
STOP GREG, PLEASE! FOR THE LOVE OF ANN EIFFEL, STOP!!!
lindastarlandon 4 days ago
No. No ! I do not like this new art style
Bruce1253 4 days ago
Just FYI Elon Musk just had another kid, that makes 12. I don’t know if it is all with the same woman.
kjeffus 4 days ago
Mercy!!!
rrsltx 4 days ago
Aww not again. G&K on vacation?
melodymucisa 4 days ago
Insert side eye emoji
Moon57Shine 4 days ago
When is this arc going to come to an end?
eladee AKA Wally 4 days ago
I’ll admit Brad’s dream art is pretty jarring but the premise is hilarious!
MJ Weber Premium Member 4 days ago
Another week I’m writing off….
lnrokr55 4 days ago
Okay, so time for fantasy number 2 I guess. I’ve seen grass grow faster than this. Time for version 2 of Bizzaro Luann World.
Caldonia 4 days ago
A reference to Krazy Kat, which stopped getting published in the 40s. Did Brad find that in Frank’s attic? Something for the octogenarians!
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 4 days ago
Apparently so
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 4 days ago
This is a way to help other artists get experience and exposure. Why are people so down in the mouth opinionated? It’s a comic strip that lasts a few minutes and then you move on.. ◑﹏◐.. ✍️(◔◡◔)
alexius23 4 days ago
My paternal Grandparents had 9 children
alexius23 4 days ago
Today, across the World…many nations approach ZPG or negative population growth
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member 4 days ago
To everybody signing off for the week: I bet you won’t. And if you do you’ll catch up later in the archives. :-)
(Meh) 4 days ago
Yup! Neither one of them is fit to be a parent!
BB71 4 days ago
Please bring the former artist back>
CharlesRiley 4 days ago
Definitely not liking the new artist.
French Persons Premium Member 4 days ago
The little blonde girl… Is she club-footed??
wantcomicsnow2 4 days ago
I thought Jonah took Shannon home while Toni and Brad discussed whether or not they were willing to keep the kid for the entire month of August. Yet it looks like Shannon is still with them, just as out of control and destructive as ever, while Brad and Toni just stand by calmly watching her destroy their home.
By the end of August, the only thing left of their house will be the foundations.
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member 4 days ago
Regarding all this talk about GnK being on vacation: Karen is the president of the National Cartoonists Society. If they took a break when these strips were written, it wasn’t for rest. The Annual Reuben Awards banquet is in San Diego, their city, in late August. Hundreds of cartoonists are coming for these few days to take over a hotel, attend various presentations and other functions. It’s a huge undertaking for her, the NCS board, and all the volunteers.
mountainclimber 4 days ago
Sorry, opting out for the duration. No more kids.
bwest.devore37 4 days ago
what we need is a new story arc.
WF11 4 days ago
I like seeing the picture of Krazy Kat on the wall… a not so subtle reminder of the pandemonium taking place.
Dragoncat 4 days ago
Did the big kid she’s standing on teach her to say that?
Dragoncat 4 days ago
Ah, another interesting week through the eyes of another guest artist.
Looks like fun…
mirwin49 4 days ago
Can I have whatever drugs the guest artist has them on? Only thing that makes sense to me.
eddi-TBH 4 days ago
One last hurrah.
kittysquared Premium Member 4 days ago
Changing illustration style to represent a different POV is effective. Still, I could have done without this arc.
ACTIVIST1234 4 days ago
Toni’s fantasies vs dreams of Bwad. Didn’t they discuss this in premarital counseling?
m b 4 days ago
Interesting they have someone else doing their art work
SJhapamama 4 days ago
Oh, my! Brad certainly has a rich fantasy life. Good thing Toni can’t do mind melds…her mind would have a melt down!
kstewskis 3 days ago
Now that’s funny! : D
The Old Wolf 3 days ago
Jay is a great artist, but why the style change in the middle?
Metal maiden 2 days ago
OMG, when is this bad dream going to end? I can’t hardly stand it. Sort of like when they wrecked Dark Trail…..