Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 13, 2025

OMG! A Cake Pop Bouquet!! TJ is the Greatest Chef Ever! ;)

Am I the only one who isn’t very familiar with this type of confection? Are they popular?

There is no way Toni is going to think Brad made them! lol

Still waiting for Brad to do something nice for T.J.

Or using candles, spell out “You LIGHT up My life!” On that uh.., cake-thing……, ;-)

Beautiful solution

A whole lot better’n frozen spinach on a stick

Why, if this doesn’t make Toni want to have Brad’s baby, I don’t know what will. : )

Betcha they’re still as hard as hockey pucks! LOL.

TJ is being a good friend to Brad.

Panel 2, same old Brad!

Cake pops. Called it. Also a Chef lol.

Dude’s the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it me, or is Brad a touch overly dramatic?

They’re either a gooey mess or he bought them. Brad in awe of TJ? Brad’s a baby. TJ was a suspect in an arson case.

Greatest chef ever

Another wasted week and wasted arc… Bring back Lucious Ann❤️Eiffel!!

Did either one of them actually bother to taste this cake first?

“You get by with a little help from your friends”…Brad’s a Lucky Guy, in many ways more than one.

TJ you are genius, better late then never.

(O,O)

I think this arc is leading towards the long awaited thrupple relationship everyone’s been waiting for!

TJ did it all without an apron.

My man TJ comes through again. People have got to stop dissing him.

Are those paper straws or plastic straws?

When it comes to cooking TJ really knows what to do. Even a bad cake can become a masterpiece and Brad can always say he did his part. Tomorrow we’ll see what Toni thinks.

In the last frame, Brad is channeling his inner van Pelt!

I guess the Tiffany and Stefani arc was pretty good.

Greatest chef, and best friend!

It appears T.J. is a culinary MacGeyver.

Food stylist, really… but who’s going to quibble when he saved your bacon (or cake)!

Cake pops are like cupcakes on a stick. You don’t have to deal with peeling the paper off. They are very popular here in the southeastern United States

Now’s the time for the Michelin Man to pop in.

Cute. The inside is still a gooey blob, of course, but…cute.

Brad, just be sure to tell Toni that you tried to make her a cake. She’ll appreciate it much more than if you lie to her.

Genius!

Ya know, sometimes TJ’s is ok in my book.

So is Brad going to lie to Toni and pretend this was all his doing, or is he going to be upfront about the fact that he messed his plan up and then TJ had to step in and salvage everything while he whined the whole time?

Cute arc

SAVED!

TJ is quite the chef but why is he always bailing Brad out? Toni will know that this is all TJ, same as at Christmas. I don’t think it’s productive to always show Brad being so foolish about Toni. At what point is he going to get a clue? His relationship with his wife seems very immature, he acts like a sixteen year old boy instead of a grown man. Seems to me it would get tiresome after a while.

Toni had a bad day and she’ll come home smelling of smoke with her hair singed

TJ should start his own restaurant.

TJ saves the day.

TJ is the Yin/Yang of the strip.

To me, I am a little surprised that this is ultimately what TJ made. DO NOT get me wrong… they are cute and romantic. But, I was imagining that TJ was getting into being more EXOTIC and CREATIVE in his efforts than just cake pops. The bouquet, though, is cute and should prove a win for Brad in terms of a show of Valentines affection for Toni.

Will Toni THINK Brad actually made them….. or will she realize how unrealistic that is and know it is the work of TJ?

Valentine cookies ? ;-)

T. J.’s looking rather effeminate these days. How come he is never seen with a date (either sex) and remains true to his 1986 Prince-era haircut?

So curly hair and a smile makes him look “effeminate”? All of the other females in this comic strip except Nancy and Mrs. Horner have wavy or string-straight hair.

He needs to go on MasterChef. Not sure if he’d win it but he would be darn close.

I like how TJ just stays cool and works his magic.

“Straw Poll”

“Quality Time”

“Eight Is Enough”

“Half Time Show”

“Merci Bouquet”

“Six Minute Warning”

“Take The Cake Pop”

I’ve come up with a ranking of stories here. Best are stories involving Luann because she is the central character, the reason why I come to this strip. At one remove are stories involving Tiffany or Gunther. These two are not Luann but are contemporaries and have long been part of Luann’s life. At a second remove are Frank, Nancy and Bernice. Frank and Nancy are her parents, not contemporaries and do little except to remind her that she’s a failure. Bernice is in this group because all she does is tell Luann “:You’re wrong” At three removes are Brad and Toni. They are older and married and not contemporaries either. They don’t life with Luann and their stories have nothing to do with Luann. Shannon is at a fourth remove because she has nothing to do with Luann and is annoying to boot.

All of which is to say that I couldn’t give a rat’s patootie to this week’s story. I don’t care whether Toni is pregnant or not. And the continued incompetence of Brad is galling.

Anyway that’s my opinion. Your Mileage May Vary.

A bakery would charge an arm at least. TJ is a genius. And thoughtful.

Kinda nice to have some good ol’ comedy relief, this week.

That is cute!!