Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 07, 2024

Well I’m joining the Shannon haters today. She’s being silly and giving Brad a hard time.

Brad has an I don’t really care look. Good for him.

Sheesh! Eat or don’t eat. But do not ask for something else. (If she already had waffles and an ice cream she certainly isn’t going hungry.)

Ewww.

I guess it’s time G&K regress both Shannon and Brad.

Up to now, Brad was great with Shannon, and Shannon was “coming around,” so to speak.

I guess this is G&K’s way of saying neither Toni nor Brad are ready for kids.

“Try it, you’ll like it.”

Don’t like it, Don’t Eat.

Uh Oh! Shannon is going to replace Lucy in Peanuts. Glad she doesn’t have a brother yet.

Yes, kids do behave this way, but seeing that is not entertaining. ‘Annoying’ ≠ ‘funny’

Pizza with olives is called ‘capricciosa’ and it’s yummy…

Agree, olives on pizza is disgusting.

So, just let the brat starve, Brad! BTW, do you notice the glass is half-full in panel 1 and almost totally full in panel 2? Looks like G&K have adopted Garry Trudeau’s visual tricks.

‘Hardtack an water from now on!’

‘Is that breakfast or lunch hardtack?’

My vote for Shannon is NO.

Olives in tacos?

She’s finally learning what goes in Brad and Toni’s house.

Good.

I’m laughing at all the people here who have never been parents, or at least moms (or who have short memories). Shannon is having a slow motion meltdown at Daddy deserting her. Brad, her buddy, is now fake dad. She can’t put it into words, but Something Is Wrong!Moms getting kids dressed for some occasion they’re unsure of have had to deal with irrational demands for specific clothes. With young ‘uns, food preferences are a way they can regain control.Shannon is being a normal kid right now. We can laugh at Brad’s exasperation because it’s not us.

let the games start!

“Well, now we have a dilemma. All we have to eat is this delicious pizza, and I’ve reached my legally mandated food fixing limit for the day. What shall we do? I guess I can eat your pizza, but then you’ll have nothing. I’ll give you ten seconds to think about it.”

Wonder what’d happen if Brad made a square pizza

Here’s another dish for you, Shannon. It’s called green eggs and ham. Try it, you might like it.

Is this really going to go on for the rest of the summer?

It looks like G&K want us to hate this Shannon character!

Not good unless Toni makes it.

This is going to be a long couple of months for adults and child alike.

Beggars must not be choosers?

Just send her to her Daddy, wherever he is this week.

It’s a new world, kid. Bon appetite.

Not turning out like your fantasies, is it, Brad? Maybe next time you guys will think long and hard before enabling Jonah’s neglect.

Brad brought this on himself. He could have told Jonah, “no! take care of your own child!”

I agree with 9thCapricorn, Shannon is annoying – back to Luann and friends adventures!

“I don’t feel very powerful. I know! I’ll be obnoxious! THAT’s powerful!”

I wonder if Shannon is just being picky about food, like any child, or if this could be a clue that she might have ADHD or be in the autism spectrum. This would also explain her being hyperactive and not being able to stop doing things, even when she knows they are wrong, and then regretting them immediately. Maybe that’s why I’ve always liked her. I think this strip with her and Brad is very sweet.

I have to agree with Shannon. Who puts olives on pizza?

This arc is getting old …..

shannon is being spoiled and rude and I agree-if she drops out of the strip i won’t miss her. maybe this latest gig will catch on, and jonah will move to LA.

Keep it up brat girl and you’ll destroy his desire to have kids.

“Heathen!”

I like green olives, but preferably the pitted, giants like the “Spanish Queen.”

Where do olives come from? Italy or Mexico?

And the next day Brad got a vasectomy.

And as far as Shannon is concerned, chocolate milk comes from black cows. Which would beg the question – would a Holstein cow give white milk with chocolate chips in it?

We gave my grandson mac and cheese, he didn’t want to eat it because it was made with the shell shaped noodles not elbow. He thought they where “unnatural.”

Someone needs a long, detailed explanation of the history, origins and biology of olives.

Actually, she’s just being herself.

Such are the children that make tigers eat their young.

Shannon’s a P.I.T.A. That’ short for Pain In The @ss.

OK Brad, now multiply this by six… Your daydream of how great life will be with kids is quickly evaporating.

Time to establish dominance. Tell her that if she doesn’t like what is on the table she is welcome to go outside and play but she is not going to sit at my table and make other people miserable. When you know she has eaten the same thing before and liked it, then you know she is being a brat. I do not cater to brats.

If you don’t eat the olives, you don’t get any pizza.

or just pick off the olives. Shannon is just being petty now. for every criticism she makes someone show her how to do it herself. This kid has too much empty time on her hands

Brad does not need to engage in this conversation. He can just tell her to eat the pizza or get something else. Kids love to draw out conversations when they are stalling. Tell her this is her lunch and then stop talking. Many parents feel like they need to keep explaining and debating. Kids actually do hear you the first time you say something.

Never mind the olives. He didn’t put any cheese on it!

I know people who like black olives but won’t eat green olives. They do taste completely different.

Popeye loves spinach and Olive.

It was not long thereafter that Brad finally got his vasectomy. Toni was delighted. And we can get back to more interesting characters.

Brad tell the little tyke who boss.

If I could quote the great Elvis, “Return to Sender…”

I’d still rather see Shannon over Bernice any day. Shannon is just a kid, Bernice is a full grown adult whose behavior will never improve. There is still hope that Shannon could improve as she matures.

Someone let me know when this thread is over.

I could eat kalamatas any time of day

Is that bad? How many of you like pineapple as a topping? Now — on pizza? (Well, some of us do, but that’s beside the point.)

Bite you tongue……..

Im knew

I’m with Shannon on this one. Olives at lunchtime are just too much.

Shannon better enjoy this while it lasts, since it’s long-established that Brad likes her far more than Toni does, and even Brad is tired of her now.

Sure. Go ahead.

Showing Shannon the olive bottle that doesn’t specify when they are to be used would be a good idea, because she seems to be showing signs of Autism or Asperger’s. Brilliant at times, irrational at times, deliberately destructive and confrontational – if it’s not a medical problem then she’s needs an attitude adjustment in the form of a spanking and being sent to her room…with no lunch.

G&K like to push people’s buttons.

I feel worn out just reading this. Let her add her own topping on the pizza. Maybe if she helped cook she realize ingredients can be used for many different meals.

After a month of this, Brad and Toni will be experts on handling brats.

No, Toni put pizza olives on tacos!

C’mon Brad, everyone knows that.

It’s going to be loooooong month!

After a month with her, I would never want to see her again!

What kind of a psycho puts olives on a pizza? This could be child abuse! Or pizza abuse.

The most important question here is: who the heck puts olives on tacos??

I’d just tell her it’s a taco pizza.

Typical little kid stuff, you mean the same olives can be in different things, who knew …… ;-)

I like black olives in a salad but I don’t want any olives on my pizza.

What. An. Insufferable. Brat.

She’s a brat, but fwiw olives don’t belong on tacos OR pizza.

Anybody that has tried to feed a kid probably laughed at this!

I cannot tell you how much grief I gave my parents for trying to feed me things (and especially mixed things) I came to enjoy as an adult. Ah, the joy of growing up and discovering that asparagus and artichokes are actually tasty! But a big apology to the shade of my Mom.

I just don’t like olives on a pizza.

Get rid of this kid.

Given the wide disagreement, we should do a poll on this. Olives on pizza, yay or nay? I vote Yay.

Fine, if you don’t want to eat it, it goes in the bin. She’ll live. It’s not a meal or food she dislikes (that would be different) – it’s food she likes but is being bratty about. Miss a meal, she’s already stuffed on snacks and treats so it won’t hurt.

Never question the logic of a kid food expert.

Similar to the difference between kitchen sink water and bathroom sink water.

I had a specific goal when raising my kids, and that was that they not suffer the pickiness I did. I was so successful, that they eat everything, and try anything, while I watch with envy. Brad will not succeed with harshness.

Okay,we’re in weird pizza territory.Salad pizza??YUK!!

Meat-Lover’s Pizza is too much of a good thing

Break out the Play-Doh and the Colorforms

Shannon, didn’t you know that lunch olives and dinner olives are interchangeable? Same goes for taco olives and pizza olives! Often if you just clarify something to a kid it’s suddenly okay. If that doesn’t work just say “If you don’t want them just lay them aside.” She will probably do that only to wind up eating them away. Win win!!!!!

Weirdly, I used to snack on capers out of the jar, just one at a time. However, there isn’t a single thing I like with capers on it.

Desire to have children . . . waning

Dont like it? then dont eat it ya little whiner.

Anyone else think it’s weird how Shannon’s hair looks like a solid object instead of, well, hair? Even when she looks directly down it sticks in place. It’s like she’s wearing a Darth Vader helmet.

Well, pizza isn’t one of my favorite foods, but when I do have it, I like just tomato sauce and cheese (but not too much cheese), and on occasion pepperoni. Putting a lot of junk on it, like pineapple or anchovies or, yes, olives, well, yuck.

Pretty much like my grandson. You either do it “the way we do it at home” or forget about it.

Brad: “How about I put you on time-out for the next month”?

Shannon is like a fussy cat, but at least she can tell him why she is snubbing the food.

Shannon is at best tiresome. But kids whose parents neglect them and slough them off on other people have few tools and no power to to express their anger and feelings of abandonment.

“You’ll eat what I put in front of you, or you won’t eat at all” said every mom or grandma. Why don’t they put her in a pre-school or daycare occasionally, it’d be good for her to learn to socialize; learn something, and see how other children behave with others. Maybe?

This is kind of sad for the Brad character. He isn’t going to get children of his own in any kind of near future and now he has to take care of Shannon and suffer her abuse. I’d be telling Toni to schedule some vacation time.

Give her a big bowl of ice cream sprinkled with about a tablespoon of Sudafed. That oughta do it.

LOL

Reminds me of one of my grand nieces. She refused to eat the split pea soup her Dad made her for lunch at his wife’s instructions. Turned out my niece forgot to tell him to use the immersion blender to puree it. My grand niece didn’t like “the little lumps” in her soup. (Although she had no problem with peas served as a side dish at other meals apparently.)

Some people here need to chill out. Shannon is being a normal child.

I’ve been putting taco olives on pizza for many years.

One thing I have noticed in the northern 48 is the frequent occurrence of “Mexican-Italian” restaurants. I don’t know if the commonality is tomato sauce or spiciness.

Lock that girl up!