Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 22, 2024

Voltaire she’s not.

Chase your “Talent” not your “Dream”. Otherwise, you might starve.

After you get enough dough, then chase your dream!

Wonder how this will end tomorrow. Will Luann declare a plan?

Well, I’m bored with this week. If GnK are trying to make Luann less interesting than before, they are succeeding. Luann needs to go out and do something. Tiffany needs to do something beside whine about Stef. Bets or Gunther needs to go out and do something. Puddles is the only character who goes out and does something every day. Of course Luann has to pick it up and dispose of it afterwards, but at least Puddles has a goal in life.

Luann once traveled to New York City.

Mrs. Horner is right. My old job in NYC was just a “blah” paycheck (and not a very big one), but at least it gave me enough spare time to pursue my real interests.

Passion doesn’t chase you. Need to move to find adventures?

Maybe back in her day perhaps, but in this day and age, paychecks do not enable our passions. Honestly, I’ve had to just give up on my passions long ago because passions don’t pay the bills . . . but then again, even paychecks barely pay the bills anymore. Great, now I’m getting depressed again.

Maybe Greg can relate better with older folks like Mrs, Horner. He’s getting up there himself.

I’m not sure I like that bit of wisdom. I sought out a job/profession that I knew I would love from day one.. and never thought of it as going to work. I loved every moment of my 40 year career!!!

Mrs. Horner has a lot of blah right now, 5 hrs of dialysis but she’s embracing it for the good it provides.

This is going nowhere fast.

If Luann is going for ‘blah’, then she has a several day head start.

(soft sobbing) please make it stop..

Heard a story one time about a railroad worker who was ministering to passenger in need of spiritual guidance. The passenger queried how it was that he worked for the railroad when he was acting as a pastor. He said: “My real job is serving the Lord. I work for the railroad to cover expenses.”

How about firefighter, Lu?

It’s hardly a “blah job.”

And your bro might just put a good word in with the fire chief. ;-)

Mrs. Horner: ‘Luann when I first started workin at 18 in 1948, minimum wage ws 40¢ an hour. It mus be durned near $2.50 an hour now. You’ll be able to buy a house, a nice car, an pursue all your passions!’

Dirk is needed back here to scruff everyone by the shirt and b*tch slap them repeatedly.

Luann needs to get filled.

Such words of wisdom.

This arc has got to end quickly.

“You’re going to hate your job! Embrace the misery!”

This is pretty maudlin. Somebody needs to die here, even if it’s Luann.

“I don’t live to work, I work to live” is a phrase printed on my checks.

Jobs that people want to do don’t usually pay much BECAUSE people want to do them. Picking up garbage, on the other hand, has a very nice salary.

I think we all know what that B.S. on her shirt stands for just like this arc.

This arc is beyond boring. What’s Tiffany up to?

Now that the Election is over – let’s get the COMMENTS back on political strips. I suggest users here start contacting Go Comics through the “contact” us for under the “Feedback/Suggestions” subject.

It is time.

The term ‘word salad’ comes to mind reading this week’s arc. Has K.H. joined the G&K staff?

Luann and Mrs. Horner are having a really nice chat. Mrs. Horner knows how to talk to Luann and she trusts her mentor completely. What she tells her will be able to change her life, maybe even give her self-esteem a boost. But living with someone like Bernice, who never misses an opportunity to remind her of her mistakes, will make that very difficult.

Passion is nice but you have to eat.

Mrs. Horner is 100% correct. If your passions and dreams cannot allow you to live, then you need to find something that will, and that will fund your passions and dreams. That’s what went wrong for so long, and why we have students graduating University with advanced degrees like “M.S. in Anthropological Studies of the Drum Communication of the Tribes that Live Along the Banks of the Congo”. Yea, I actually met a guy at McDonalds that was asking me if I’d like fries with that…because he couldn’t find a job. No Sh!t Sherlock. Who ever allowed you to pursue that and enable you on that? They should lose their job, and your parents? Well, they hold a lot of responsibility as well. Met so many people that “followed their dreams” and now can’t pay a loan they took out because the degree is USELESS…smh

Ikigai, the confluence of (a) what you’re good at, (b) what you’re passionate about, © what people need from you, and (d) what you can get paid for. Find that and you’ll never work another day in your life, yet your life will be secure and fulfilled.

This is beginning to sound a lot like Frazz.

Au Contraire, you demented old dingbat… Passions pay HUGE paychecks for our Dearest Ann❤️Eiffel. And those arcs are the best ones going on this weak sauce coming. No Wonder We ALL ❤️ Exotic Ann❤️Eiffel, Boy Howdy!

Her shirt would be meaningful if it stated “We are all blank slates”. It’s misleading with its initials B.S. I mean, who reads “B.S.” and even asks further if there’s any other deep meaning?

So true!

When did Mrs. Horner start teaching Philosophy?

Contradiction in terms.

Luann is much more interesting when she’s around Tara. Like when she was hiding Tara at the Fuse and the dangerous cousin got involved.

This is the worst advice ever

crankshaft neck and neck with luann for borefest of the week

When will Luann finally show some growth? We’ve seen huge growth from Tiffany, Gunther, Bernice, and even Les, but Luann is still the same doubtful individual she was in high school. I really wish the author would have allowed her to do the sky jump.

If I wanted positive negativity, I’d get a 9V battery

Next week – we have a contest to design Luann a new t-shirt. (like Toni’s wedding dress).

I don’t get this. LuAnn is a natural with children. Why can’t she or Mrs. Horner see that?The other person who needs guidance. She is not cut out to be a therapist because she has no ability to read people. (Ex. LuAnn’s mom and the puzzle.)

That is the spirit Luann……get with it!

Yeah, happened to me. It’s not that I couldn’t find a passion, I just couldn’t settle on one, and life’s practical needs got in the way anyway. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to live on a small income in retirement now and do a few of the many things I’d like to do.

This is just cliché-driven boredom. Have G&K forgotten how to write?

“Passions are seldom paychecks”? Thank you, Granny Buzzkill.

Still better than the standard meaning for BS.

LIFE IS LIKE A TOY BALLOON

YOU START IT OUT BY REACHING FOR THE MOON

YOU HUFF<YOU PUFF

YOU THINK YOU’VE WON THE RACE

THEN…BOOM!!!—THE WHOLE THING BLOWS UP IN YOUR FACE!!

Rock Bottom

The idea of working years at a job I hate makes my neck ache.

But i guess we can’t all be Zonker Harris….

Mrs. Horner is right!!

I love the old woman’s advice. The story of my life. Horrendous jobs and a wonderful retirement as a reward.

Blah beats blank, Brava,!!

Good grief, is she ever getting a boyfriend?

Sometimes, “blah” can be good.

I don’t like Mrs. Horner. She’s preaching the old “go with the flow” agenda. Get a job, any job, take some classes at school, eventually get your own place, quit school to work more hours to pay for your own place and never participate in activities that might spark your interest as a career. Luann should go apprentice on a dive boat crew or a college level ocean study group. She should definitely forget about that crazy book writing idea, as she would be better at writing plays. And she should definitely move in broader circles and spend less time in her room with Bernice.

Aggressive passivity,yes!

Most excellent teacher!

Money follows talent, not meritocracy?

Luann is a bench warmer with a bench warmer’s salary?

This strip frustrates me. Boring old Luann. Snarky Bernice. The only ones that have interest in their lives are Brad and Toni. Luann needs to grow up and focus. Bernice needs to find a new future profession. Tiff needs to look for someone other than Kip – he seems kind of skanky, really. The Evanses have had problems pacing their plots for many years now.