Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 22, 2012

dont hurt my buddy gunther

Is that gal gonna come and save his life?

Quick! Swing your backpack around again!

In his own way, Gunther is not backing down……score one for the nerds. Where’s that freaking cavalry when you need them?

Gunth doesn’t need the cav, he needs some cojones. Step up and DECK him, Gunth!

Hmm, this is where Greg Evansget a bit unpredictable. Is Gunther going to get beat up? Is Rosa going to come in and save him, thus shaming him, if she kicks the bully’s butt? Is Gunther going to somehow protect himself and shame the bully? Wait and see!!! This is one of the reasons this strip is so addictive.

Too painful to watch.

Yell at him Gunther, tell him you know what he did last summer!

Just hit that “dork face” and get it over with!

Contemptible coward, typical bully.But maybe Gunther will deal better with this now that he has been confronted with his fears.Leslie had better bugger off before he gets kicked in the nuts by a girl.

Maybe Leslie will say “Eh, you are too dorky to beat up. Now beat it.” While this would sort of be a fizzled-out ending, no one wants to see Gunther get beat up. Or maybe Les will start to hit him, and suddenly we see them surrounded by not just Rosa, but Luann, Bernice, Delta, Knute, even Tiffany and Crystal. Dude gots friends!

Head butt into needle-nose!

sometimes its better not to fight, but rather use your words … something the whole world could learn about now

Knox is a little perplexed in the 3rd panel….why is he talking instead of cowering? Instead of begging not to hurt him? Or trying to get away from him? Bet that was what he expected from Gunther.

“worthless little weenie”… once he said that I realized he looks like he could be related to Ms. Eiffel.They both like to bully too.

That would be an interesting twist to all of this.

I think Gunther is going to stick his finger up that pointed nose in front of it..and that plain green shirt will be trimed in red when he is finished with the attack.

ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Stuff is getting booring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quick! Use your backpack!

I’d lived in high hopes that the Greaseball would attempt to boot Gunther up the backside and break his foot on the low-hanging arse-pack. All that will actually happen is that he’ll get so disgusted with Gunther’s weenieness that he’ll stalk off tomorrow, leaving Greg Evan’s perfect record of lame endings intact. Of course, since this is only Wednesday, Friday and Saturday will depict Knute and Gunther sitting around discussing the advantages of weenieness, and the Evans Fan Club will be cooking up more plaudits for another plot excellently done.

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Uh, Gunth??

“Playing Crazy” ain’t gonna WORK with THIS Jackass.

You MIGHT wanna consider something Humane.

Like BENDING His Nose UP in a 45 degree angle…..,

fall on the ground a curl up in the fetal position and protect you neck

Principal should show up any moment now..

someone said itbest yesterday. Three weeks of this is too much. Either give this bully his comuppance or put Gunther out of his misery and move on.

Gunther is trying everything he can to defuse the situation before he resorts to violence. But maybe by Saturday, that’s what it’ll come to.

Get a room, you two.

Most of the times when this situation is scripted like here or a TV show usually someone comes out of the woodwork and usually takes care of the bully. This time I wish I could just jump into the comic and take care of Needlenose.

Enough with looking for backup! Get some stones and stand up to the dude!

Oh brother, Gunth! Don’t be a wimp!

Keep up with the humor until he gets fed up and leaves or a teacher shows up, Gunther. Last resort, use the backpack on him and RUN!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, move on Greg or get out of the business. This is sooooo boring and stupid. Beetle Baily is starting to look funnier.

I’m all for Gunther but I’m not predicting anything, it’s been mostly covered from comments above.

I’m pulling for you Gunther!

I don’t read face smashing into the next series of frames. There may be a teacher interruption or maybe Leslie is really just all talk, no action. I really can’t see Gunther hitting the dude.

Les has made bodily contact, Class IV Misdemeanor. He has communicated a threat, Class III Misdemeanor. Should he escalate, he would have then committed either a Class II Misdemeanor of Class VI Felony. I don’t care about “bullying”. As a former teacher, I told my students not to worry so much about demerits; worry about me calling 911 and going to jail. Oh yes, threats to teachers (oral, email, gestures, signs) in this commonwealth results in jail and fines.

I don’t want to think about what’s going on with schools now-a-days. Luann’s school is bad enough (about like my school days).

ok Gunther, he’s close enough. Now bring your left knee up sharply in bully’s groin area. When he grabs his nuts in pain, give him a shot in the head with the backpack. Now that he’s on the ground you might want to finish him off, but don’t do it……although it would be extremely satisfying, you might be charged with manslaughter….

Now we’ll see why Gunther’s back pack is so big: Two pairs of spare trousers.

This is where you need Deus Ex Machina in the form of a fireman, say Tony?, doing a fire inspection and pow!

Needle Nose swings, Dork ducks, NN hits lockers, breaks fistfalls to floor crying…witnesses walk up seeing the results…Dork Hero….

When I was younger, whoever threw first punch, started the fight and was suspended from school. Now, around here, with zero-tolerance, all involved parties are at least suspended from school, and law enforcement is involved if any blood is shed.

I also remember coaches breaking up fights, and making the fighters fight in the gym after school. Coach also opened the vending room so we could buy snacks, and the athletic department kept the profits from concession sale. Bets may have been made.

Perhaps, just a wee bit of his brief martial arts training stuck? Enough to bluff his way out?

Part of the reason that this strip is so popular is that Mr. Evans often presents unexpected but sensible outcomes to the dilemmas of his characters. I suspect that this situation will be no different. Wouldn’t it be unexpected (and interesting) if Gunther were to do something that gains Leslie’s respect in a way that doesn’t involve violence or brute force? And wouldn’t it be an unexpected but satisfying twist, if they were to actually become friends, eventually?

Dirk, the new high-school janitor, comes around the corner and saves the day. How’s that for a longshot guess?

It seems there are a lot of people who read this strip who like to think wilth their fists first. Suppose Gunther does some of those things and Knox is a martial arts expert?

Where is the hall monitor when you need one?

I still say Dirk’s gonna show up…

Whaddya bet Luann stumbles onto this and decks Leslie

What a twinkie….

I still say quill will save him. I would like to see the kids that goes to the library for storytelling, appears from a field trip to the school and kick the bully in the shin!

A knee to the nutsack….

I smell a white knight…. Quill? a Teacher? Who knows, maybe Dirk works for the school now. I predict Evans does something unpredictable.

here comes the hall monitor

Interesting— Gunther does not look at all scare in the third panel.To those who last week said you are tired of Gunther and this arc, I say three weeks is not too much time to see a teen develop from a wallflower wimp to a mature, if quiet, young man.Whatever you do, Gunth (aside from screaming or fainting), you’re going to come out of this stronger. And it’ll get better.

I don’t know what is funnier. The strip or the commentors who seem to believe the characters are real people.

Granted, we all know someone who fits the description of them all.

SAVE THE CLIMAX FOR FRIDAY :D that will be my birthday present… :)

Gunther keeps up his eccentric chatter, Knox becomes more and more confused, and in an unlikely twist [which is, therefore, paradoxically, likely] the two end up having a conversation, become friends, and Gunther helps Leslie get over his bullying issues!

knee + groin = problem solved.

Hopefully Mr.Fogarty or Miss Phelps should come up and ask what’s going on.

It seems that Knox is more into terrorizing than actually hitting. Probably because hitting will get him suspended or expelled. Also since Gunther is not crying like a baby, he feels a little more terrorizing is needed. Remember, Gunth, the backpack is your best weapon and it worked twice so far.

Not all high schools. Most are just narc cops. They don’t stop fights or whatever. They only watch out for potential drug pushers in pursuit of the bigger fish, the dealers using kids. My son got into several fights and there was no cop in sight. It was other male students who stopped the fight and the noises brought the teachers. Cops are never around for fights or bullies. They don’t care about that. They leave that to the school administration.

1) Leslie is glad the hall’s empty – not too brave, is he?2) Unhappy that Gunther is NOT terrified – terror is his goal.3) Doesn’t know how to deal with a nonviolent little guy – confused.4) Likely to give up and go away – with a disparaging rmark.

ps. Rosa is probably right about Leslie – big bag of wind.

Honest – if you stick your thumb in his eye it won’t matter how big he is. Tested and guaranteed.

lame

beaver cleaver did it 50 years ago. let’s get this over with. soon, please.

All of the holds that Knox is using are very easy to break. Too bad Gunther didn’t invest in self-defense lessons.

Gunther has the upper hand right now. Leslie has one hand on his shirt and the other at his side. He is wide open for the old Knee in the Balls Routine. Then, while Leslie is singing a high suprano, you run like hell!!!!

When is Luann going to get it? She’s lost so many guys I would think she’d start thinking about becoming a nun.

Hmm. No teachers anywhere to be seen .. reminds me of my days in school. Oh, they’ll show up when Gunther fights BACK, not until. I hope this will spin out differently …