Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 26, 2011

Not that I’m complaining but I am wondering if Greg did not pull this one from the archives. The artwork looks like it is from years ago and Luann looks more like 12 in this strip rather than 15-16.

Yea, socks and underwear!

Nancy sure hasn’t changed much, that’s for sure!

Perhaps Greg decided it was time to take some vacation. I heard that he may have gone to Los Angeles to see how Quill and Tiff were doing.

Well, it’s only the Second Day of Christmas.

1994 Is this the First Year?

Actually, there are strips of Luann et al when she was just a kid.

Greg needed a break!

Nice to go down memory lane, but I actually like the current versions better.

Until I read the replies, I took TexTechs comment for an ironic bon mot. :-) Still not sure whether it isn’t.

Every cartoonist deserves a break now and then. Many take a week-long sabbatical and do reruns or guest strips. it’s not like they don’t deserve a vacation as well… and for me, it’s always interesting to contemplate the style changes over the years.

@Greg:May you have the best fantastic vacation. You deserve it.

Ah, yes.

Greg IS taking a Well-Deserved Christmas Break and is treating us to Luann strips of days gone by.

Hey.

Any long-time Fans here REMEMBER the Infamous “Puddles goes to the North Pole” storyline???

Aww…and I was hoping that Brad would give Toni a Christmas proposal….now I gotta wait

so that’s where she gets the bad lipstick DNA?

Oh for crying out loud! There aren’t enough annoying re-runs on TV?

Although we all think of cartoons as lots of fun, it IS WORK for those who have to think of new storylines and draw them daily, so I understand when they need a break. At least everyone does not do them the same week as they used to on TV when all we had were a few stations.

And I just had a rerun; my daughter called to ask if I received her gift and I had planned to visit the mail box (down the street and around the corner) because I needed to see my store flyer to buy groceries today (so I can plan more of the specials). Now I will call her back to let her know I love the cloisonne box shaped like a hummingbird. But the Journal (even though it has pretty covers) will probably go for grocery lists or such because I want any momentos of our Family past written on something easy to edit and duplicate for all 4 kids – and I bought Dragon, just have to get around to installing it.

wow, check the pinheads.Have the grandparents been in the strip recently? I didn’t even know they had any.

And uncles and aunts make Christmas 3!!!!!

The funny thing is, as I mentioned a couple weeks back, I’m currently reading through the archives, since I wasn’t reading the strip back then. I read this one recently.

Seems a little like Grandpa looks like Brad and his father, and Grandma looks like Luann and her mother?

I’m with “Old Wolf” (nice icon). Also its nice to see how an artist changes, and often improves over time.

Is she wearing a Mutts shirt?

Geez, what a troll….new account, only two comments, and one of them is a shot at me. What’d I ever do to you?

Lol I know right XD

Flashback time!

She was 13 then.

I prefer the “look” of the current strips to that of 1994, and indeed was not a Luann reader until just a few years ago. But Greg certainly deserves a break, and I don’t mind reading some vintage strips!

Brad is much better looking now! Look at that hair- gads!

Most comics I’ve read over the years, the way a character was drawn, both those that age and those that do not, changes very little. It is easy to see how much Gregs art has improved over time. Where his current work has the characters looking more like real people, this work has them looking more cartoonish.

Don’t know about people thinking Greg is taking a break. I thought I once read where Greg said that he has this strip written up to eight weeks in advance. That way if he does decide to take a break, there is no break in the flow of the story line.

On Saturday, Quill called and told Luann that Tiff was leaving him alone. Why? Was her come-on to Quill all a big show for Luann? Perhaps she finally got the message that Quill is just not into her? And since Quill mentioned it, I guess Luann was asking about it. Being jealous may be as close as Luann has allowed herself to come to being romantically involved with someone.

I agree. Greg has matured in both storyline and art technique. But, replacing pencil, pen, and white-out with a computer program and a stylus can put one’s finished product on a whole, new level. This statement from one who barely made it out of Stick Figure 101. Don’t get me wrong, I totally admire his work.

The Chicago font makes everything about today’s strip worth it.

Love the Mutts t-shirt!

Brad’s head is not only pointer, but he looks more middle-aged here! I think that he actually looks younger in the more recent strips.

Can’t you guys see on the strip “vintage Luann 1994”!!!!?