Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 25, 2025

Looks like we won’t be seeing Piro again for a while. And yet Bernice is on Cloud Nine.

Piro won’t be proposing.. but I have a feeling that Alan may end up proposing to Luann. ;)

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That’s definitely the end of this arc.. I wonder what’s in store for us on Monday??

And yet another open ended thread.

Luann left such an impression on the kids that I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw them and maybe Piro sooner rather than later.

Good to see Luann making it through this arc with a cooler head than Bernice…they both need to meet someone who could actually like them back. Or does this establish that Bernice likes an unavailable guy because she doesn’t have to figure out a real relationship?

This isn’t a romance novel. Bernice knows and so do the readers. How many romance novels have the hero drop a bunch of kids off by the heroine’s place for baby-sitting only to have her best friend take care of the kids for her?

If Bernice said what Luann said to her, the readers in here would say she was being snarky. Now Luann is being snarky but I know many of you will come to her defense. Luann does snark at times. Yet they are still bffs. Time to move on from harping on Bernice about her snarkiness. A lot of times, Luann deserved them. Bernice does it more because she is verbose and obviously more intelligent while Luann is just a simple girl which is nothing wrong – she just is.

What I would have liked to have seen yesterday was Luann presenting Piro with a bill for her babysitting services. Something like a standard rate of $10/hr for one child. An additional $5 per hour per each additional child. For six kids that comes to $35 an hour. Plus a 10% surcharge for emergency services. for $38.50 per hour. Since waiting in hospitals can easily run to 6 hours so a bill of $321. What made Piro think he could get babysitting services for free?

I suppose this arc is over, now. Wouldn’t be surprised if we’re back to the dorm-room drama next week.

Bernice, you need to move on. Piro has a lot going on and doesn’t any you adding anything to his plate

If by keep in touch Piro means he wants to continue to drop his sibs off with no advance notice for some free babysitting, then I wouldn’t want him to “keep in touch”.

I can remember being that age (vaguely). You want to save the world and you’re not sure how to start. Experience will add to their character development

Her feet on th ground, her head in the clouds..

Prolly thought I was gonna say ’up her bu

Poor Bern. He HOPES they will keep in touch is not the same as he wants to keep in touch.

lvlax obviously works for the cartoonist, and constantly throws out stuff to keep you hooked. Note to Greg: you don’t need to keep us hooked through lvlax’s transparently jejune comments: we like Luann enough on our own and don’t need the “stay tuned!” nonsense.

Back to hibernation for Piro aka "Walter Starr "

Maybe, since he’s “in the Navy”, he will go off to command an aircraft carrier, or a SSBN, or a rowboat.

It’s Chinatown.

Bernice and Piro are codependent. She sees him as her ongoing pet psycho project, while he’s lapping up all the sympathy and taking advantage of it.

Bernice is just intrigued with the idea of being with the “mystery man”.… But the novelty wears off.… Especially with the amount of baggage that he comes with.

Delusional dreaming.

There’ll be other guys, Bernice.

Piro is a user. Always has been; always will be.

LuAnn’s bringing Bernice down to Earth!

One thing we’ve learned about Piro is that he is not a “Bad Boy,” so the girls should lose interest in him pretty quickly.

It COULD be a romance novel, if these two would just get a move on…

Well this IS a refreshing change of pace, Sorta.

Luann bursting Bernice’s “romantic balloons” for a change instead of the reverse.

And Lu’s doing it gently as opposed to Bern’s Bulldozer approach. ;-)

More like a soap opera!

Luann has Aaron, Bernice has Piro.

I like how Luann is the one trying to bring Bernice down to earth and show real maturity. Piro will definitely come back to her, bput I don’t know if their relationship can become important or will continue to be like this weird thing. But Bernice will certainly always be able to count on Luann.

He’s using you, Bern.

That’s enough excitement for Bernice. Back to the doldrums of her very boring existence.

Aaaand everyone ends the arc right back where they started. Still, it’s nice to see Luann being the rational one for a change.

Every romance novel is the same: Lord Stephen Stereotype meets Lady Clarissa Cliche’. They whine about one d*mn thing after another for 300 pages and then they get married.

Goodbye to one very morose guy.

Maybe the writing of technical manuals for the Navy is not his REAL job with the Military…….

Geez, just let him drive away. What a boring waste of a character.

Bernice won’t be hearing from Piro much, but Luann will now be bombarded with several texts a day from Alan.

B is short a heaving bosom for one thing

Piro is leaving Bernice in the “rear view mirror” LOL! If someone told me they would like to stay in touch I would translate that as don’t hold your breathe waiting for me to call.

Piro is an interesting character but too odd and frustrating to be likable.

That’s the happiest, cutest smile I’ve seen on Bernice’s face in a long time.

hopefully we can, later on, get the info on Piro’s complex life from HIM as opposed to his younger siblings.

I like it, Luann gets to burst Bernice’s bubble.

A lot to deal with, it’s complicated. Good luck and move on

I’d tell him where to get off

What ever happened to Gunther?

She can dream can’t she.

Luann is being the sensible one. Watch out for flying pigs today.

(from White Rabbit at The Comics Curmudgeon):

Piro: (loud part) I hope we’ll keep in touch.

(quiet part) I may need a babysitter at extremely short notice.

Goodbye Piro see you in about 6 months.

If life were like one of Bernice’s romance novels (read bodice rippers) Bernice wouldn’t be less prepared.

Frightening when Luann is the level-headed one.

My personal thought is, Bernice cleans up nicely, but, dating her, would be opening oneself up to being primarily a counseling challenge for her, with being a partner, coming in second.

About Bernice’s comment " so now what, you’ll just disappear again?" Wow what a snot. I wouldn’t want to come back to that either

Could be. So what are you looking for on a date? Someone who wants to see the inner you, or someone to share your yoke and harness?

All Piro does is use Bern. She broke RA rules for him. Listens to his drama, and he doesn’t reciprocate. Dumps his siblings on her (and Luann). And she enables all of it. As a psych major, she should realize what she is doing, but she doesn’t.

can’t blame Piro for bailing . He’s got enough on his plate without a clingy girlfriend that wants to ’fix him" too.

A tragedy averted, doubtlessly….