Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 27, 2012

Bribery — a winning strategy?

Argh. ANOTHER week of this. I am SO not going to read Luann this week. See ya next week. I don’t care if Gunther gets beaten up or whatever. I am tired of this arc. Of course Rosa or Luann or Knute will come to his rescue.

Don’t let the doorway hit you on the way out, ZacbSM…bullyism is an important issue in schools nowadays…it’s a good time to address the topic, IMHO.

The cheer might be for Gunther. If not, be ready with a little spray bottle of perfume borrowed from Tiffany and give Les a spritz. Gunther might still get hit, but Les will smell like a Hong Kong brothel and be ridiculed by the other students for the rest of the day.

Go ahead and pound that annoying twerp!

I wanna know what he is up to. Does he have something up his sleeve for Thursday? I can’t imagine he just thinks someone will stop the fight. I mean that won’t stop Les from just coming after him another day. Confused. Will we find out THIS Thursday? Or will it be a Thursday 3 months from now?

On Thursday, a new three-week arc will begin featuring Delta, Bernice, and Luann having lunch at the mall.

Looks like Evans still hasn’t decided where to go with Gunth &Rosa….

Is it just me, or has this arc been going on for far too long? Boring.

i am getting tired of this pound him allready and then take his his twenty and buy his Girl flowers

Everyone does realize Thursday is April Fool’s Day, right?

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Sorry for all those who find this an annoying arc. They give the impression they were never bullied. It also shows on the demands of ‘move it along Greg,’.I don’t know if anyone will come to his aid or not. Crowds are unpredictable. Plus, this is something that Gunther has to do himself But he is thinking on his feet. I wonder if he’ll get the $20 back if they cheered, bet not.

Sorry Ash, I tried to “reply” to you but for some reason couldn’t. What I wanted to say was that I was (for some reason) under the impression that you were very young (never a bad thing) and that I hope you’ve been able to put such a terrible experience behind you and live a happy and healthy life. Also, that I agree with you completely. This should have been wrapped up at least a couple of weeks ago.

Looks like old Les is on to him!

Better spent on a large football player to pound Les.

cajones.sorry

Wait.

WHY Exactly is Gunther afraid of Needlenose, anyway?Because he’s Taller? Sheez.

Taller only puts his NUTZ in CLOSER proxmity to Gunther’s Feet.

And why bother with his NUTZ? Les-Lily’s HEAD Grows 6 inches everytime appears in THIS strip: Its a GREAT Big-Assed Target.

So HAVE It, My Brother and POUND His Mis-Shapen Head into a GLORIOUS Crimson Stain.

Oh, and Give THAT 20 Bucks to Me. I NEED the COFFEE Money…..,

This story line has gone on too long. I hope a new one will come along.

April Fool’s Day comes in April, not March. But, I wonder if Thursday, being the day after Leap Day, has anything to do with it. Like, will we have to wait four years to have an end to this arc.? Or, have we already waited four years. I…I…I can’t remember….

Another vote for this being boring, too drawn out, and rather pathetic.

I’d rather see some old classic strips for a week or two….

March 1st is April Fool’s Day ?

The real question is, why Gunth would walk over there. I would have just kept walking ignoring him.

@Packer12 That’s appropriate.

King Shark said, about 5 hours ago… I’ll be back to this strip in a week to see if anything’s changed…******************************************Thanks for the warning!

Packer12 did we move April Fools Day to March first to keep everyone guessing?

Gambling, Gunth? I’m sure your breaking some rules here.

@ Packer12. Thursday is March 1st, not April 1st

“I will gladly pay you Thursday to not be hamburger today.”.Thursday has to come after another story line..And Gunther will be wearing an orange shirt on Thursday, as it is the best color to show off red stains..Even if there aint none.

I’m with you Zac … Wait — could be a good one, since Packer12 reminds us that Thursday is April Fool’s day… Maybe I’ll tune in again on Thursday!

Hmm… Well, apparently, Les has more brains than people thought and he’s been using them to Think with. sigh I sure hope this works and doesn’t end up with Gunther needing to pay his dentist to fix his teeth.

Hmm, Gunther tells Rosa his plan to try and humiliate Knox in front of a large crowd, and then the next section, Knox has figured out the plan and wants to beat him up in private. Anyone else wondering if Rosa is playing both sides against the middle? ;)

Packer 12, I thought Thursday was April Fool’s Day too, but actually it’s March 1. I think we can get a final settlement by the Ides of March, eh?

can we please have any other storyline please this is like the 3rd week. please

starting to agree with some of the others: this arc is taking way too long. anything I learned growing up, fighting is best done while you’re good and mad. get it over with quickly, win or lose.

Gunter finishes self defense class on Thursday.

So Leslie likes the twenty? What did Churchill say,“we’ve established your character now we are negotiating a price”..?Does five cover?Gunth already powns

Bribery? Gunther is introducing Leslie to the age old money making scheme of protection rackets!

March 1 is April Fool’s Day now? Coulda fooled me.

He needs the crap beat out of him for being such a duffus around girls. Grow a pair already.

The most liberating day I ever had in grade school was the day I beat up the bully. He started the fight on the playground; I ended it. (We later became friends— he was a pitcher, I was a catcher.) Nobody ever bullied me again, and I took the lesson into adulthood— where the attempts at bullying were not always physical.

Bullies are bullies for different reasons, but the way to handle them is to stand up to them— they do not have your permission to act that way towards you. I have said it thus to would-be beaters-up, as well as to bosses and colleagues. It’s a lesson Gunther needs to learn— keep in mind, Brad stood up to a bully and while it went badly in the short term, it seemed to work out well for him in the long term.

Greg didn’t write Brad out of getting beat up by Dirk. Thursday could be interesting. However, March 1 is not April fool’s day…

…current arc is boring, but I’m enjoying the April Fool’s Day debate…except for Absalom57’s remark – unnecessarily snarky…

use the $20. to hire 2 football players to wipe the floor with hm. It’s the “professional” method.

I do remember pounding somebody who was after a little kid when we were in Jr Hi. On our fortieth high school reunion…yes! he reminded me and thanked me…the struggles of youth, wow.

One of the reasons that I learned to fight and got off on THAT tangent is MY name was Leslie…whee!

Greg, looks like you’ve hit a nerve. All those people claiming to be bored are clearly very uncomfortable with this subject. Keep doing it your way.

This is so dumb!!!!

People are bored with this arc huh? i think its a very interesting arc. Of course I am personally most interested in say the Toni/Brad arc, and I would like to see what is happening to some of the characters we don’t see too often, like Delta, or Crystal—who is a very interesting puzzle—but Gunther’s ability to deal with his own insecurity and geekiness-a factor which draws bullies who he probably will boss or who will work for him someday—and all the possibities (such as Rosa or Knute rescuing him, which would make him feel shamed) makes this a very compelling cartoon arc. I agree with KFCcanada who said that bullying is a very important topic as well. I predict this storyline will conclude this work, and we can argue about the next one.

31 panels into this arc and no resolution Miss Phelps witnessed the original confrontation and even had Gunther in her office, so she is aware of the problem, and has done nothing. So much for the authorities. Now, we have a real life high school shooting in Ohio. Bullying is a real problem & can’t be handled alone. Where this story is going, I have no idea, but Greg’s timing is almost eerie in light of the Ohio incident.

Wah, wah, wah. Everyone thinks they’re a critic these days. The downside of commenting systems is you have to read everyone’s complaints as they try to micro-manage everything to go just the way they think it should go.

Guess what? It’s not up to you! If you want to write your own strip, go right ahead. Until then, if you don’t like this one, move on.

Note that I’m not against discussing the strip. But coming here just to complain about this strip or that one because the author didn’t take it the way you want it to is just silly. No one tied a rope around your ankle and dragged you in here.

Les looks like Willie from Swamp People . . . only with dark hair . . .

oops.. don’t I look silly — Thursday is NOT April 1st. Thursday is MARCH 1st !! not April Fool’s Day :)

Thursday is March 1, so you’re off by a month WRT April fool’s

they are gonna end up the best of friends……see ya tommorrow…same bat time..same bat channel

@ Packer 12……ummm Thursday is MARCH 1st !!!!

Big mistake by Gunther—and out of character, I think. Disappointing, Greg. Embarrassing too. Too Woody Allen.

I also am done with this story line. Time for a change!!

Over 100 comments. Way to go Mr. Evans.

Packer12…The problem with that is that Thursday is MARCH 1…not April.

omg Seriously? This THREE weeks in a ROW? gah

Breezing over the other comments and glad to know I’m not eh only one. I am SO OVER this story line. I’ll be skipping out until next Sunday.

We just had a terrible incident today of a reportedly bullied outsider shooting several fellow-students, killing one. Bullying is a very serious issue. Greg’s treatment here is only a cartoon-strip, yet it may be a Good Thing to air the issue nonetheless. Don’t know that I’m too keen on Gunther’s trying to bribe the bully Leslie, however….

I’m so tired of this boring arc, and I couldn’t care less about these characters. Ugh, will it ever end?

i wish the …. that people that have a problem with a comic or a story arc would just turn the page and move on.i don’t care if you don’t like it. people that like the strip don’t care if you don’t like it. just move on and take your vinegar with you, please.

For all you naysayers. Perhaps the $20 in today’s panels is crucial to the upcoming fight. Come back every day too.

@Packer12—Did you turn one too many pages on your calendar? Mine says Thurs. will just be MARCH 1st.

I won’t spill the beans here, but nobody has come close to forecasting the ending of this arc. This I guarantee, however: King Butcher the Shark Bill will cry (again) “Deus Ex Machina” because he knows what’s best for us. We are all too stupid to know crappy storytelling when we read it, so he’ll tell us when it’s OK to like the strip and praise Greg. Thank goodness for mentors and shepherds of his ilk! Lead me to literacy good doctor!

C’mon! This is getting boring! We want to see good ol’ Dingle beaten into permanent quadriplegia already!

“…and the beat goes on.” I just hope it ends with Gunther & Rosa turning up the heat on their romance.

Hurry and get past this line of this comic not funny…..to much like today’s news!

The only way for bullying to stop is for adults to address it and not enough do! In the “real world” Gunther would have given someone bigger the $20.00 and had them beat Leslie up! Bullies have to be met with a bigger bully when adults don’t intervene!

This one is getting – has gotten – rather stupid….

Way to go Gunth, now you’re setting your self up for Les’s future protection money business. You’ll be his first customer.

Ok, the March 1/April 1 thing is getting run into the ground. And where does Johnny Depp live again?

What happened to the reformed Rick? Last we saw he was collecting garbage.

Gunther! Bad bribe!

I’m tired of this story, too. I’m also wondering why Rosa hasn’t caught on that Gunther “weasels” his way out of conflicts, only to have to face them again (and again…) later.

Not a good idea, Gunther. NOT a good idea.

Leslie—er—Les is worried he’s going to look like a jerk? Too late, fella!

Kinda wishing a comic strip called luann would have a little more of the title character in it.

Um Thursday is MARCH 1st.

Okay here’s the deal. This year The Powers That Be (TPTB) have decided to move April Fool’s Day to March 1st. Seems that nobody falls for April Fool’s Day pranks anymore because they know it is April 1st! So it is going to be moved to March 1st so people won’t expect it. But it’s a big secret that Packer 12 wasn’t supposed to let out. So he’s in trouble because TPTB doesn’t like when their plans are revealed. So keep this to yourself!

Where’s Dirk to the rescue?

I’m confused. Which month will it become this Thursday?

(Sorry; had a cheeky instinct that needed to come out.)

@Packer12 …We just starting the month of March dude!