Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 09, 2014

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    Twinkle, twinkle- lightt bulb’s burned, How I wonder what you’ve learned…All that time, in our classThat burrito was the only thing you’ve passed….

    Now I stand behind him- It’s Knute’s turnAnd just like then, my eyes start to burn….

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    Well, at least we know Knute Is graduating…HOW, I simply do Not Know!!! ;)

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    I am hoping Graduation lasts at least a week…it is just such an important turning point in young people’s lives… ;)

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    So the Sunday strip was graduation, after all, and the continuity will extend all week (or at least until we learn just what Bernice and Tiffany have planned). I still wonder why the story skipped over final exams, graduation invitations, parties, and gifts, and all the things that make this such a huge occasion for the kids. After umpteen years at Pitt HS, they should make a bigger deal out of leaving it.

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 10 years ago

    Wait…Knute’s going to graduate?Their school district must have very low standards.

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Knute’s hat is the special award they give to the student judged to be the “dimmest bulb”.

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    When I graduated from university, two young women who majored in Architecture wore a facsimile of one of the city’s most famous structures on top of their caps…can anyone top that? ;)

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    “The Dip In Diploma”“It’s Academic!…. Sort Of…”“As Long As You’ve Learned Something”“♫…You’re Gonna Make It After All…♫”.

    “The End Justifies The Beans”or “A Waist Is A Terrible Thing To Mind”

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    Heheheheh… ;)

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    Namrepus  over 10 years ago

    When you’re slidin’ into first, and you feel somethin’ burst, diarrhea!

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    We still haven’t figured out what Bernie is up to yet.^Well, Sherriff was saying yesterday would be in sync with today’s… – BTW, he was worried about the reaction to the color gradient… but I don’t particularly see any problem with it!- But anyway, I noticed Crystal and Tiffany are sort of wearing the same frilly thing- coincidence? Hmmm… Yup! It probably is.. – But I’m sill leaning towards some sort of extra “visual help” in Bern’s presentation….

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    keema70  over 10 years ago

    Some schools are more lax than others. When I graduated in 1971, some of my classmates and I wore construction-paper peace signs on our caps.

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    keema70  over 10 years ago

    So Knute is graduating! He makes Luann look like an honor student!

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Hoo-Boy.

    Knute’s “Career Path” has “US Senator” Written ALL Over It.

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    Editman  over 10 years ago

    Do final exams mean anything anymore. It’s all about the SAT.

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    DaJellyBelly  over 10 years ago

    I’d like to know how the garment under Tiffany’s robe changed from purple to green?

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    If you are familiar with Star Trek TNG, the episode “the Nth Degree” comes to mind… a smart, but introverted guy gets struck with an alien tech thingy, and suddenly he becomes the smartest brain on the Enterprise, and he becomes the most confident person in the world… even more than the “Dos Eqques (XX) Guy”… – And of course, in the end, he “naturally cannot” be allowed to remain so brainy and confident, anymore…..

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    dadoctah  over 10 years ago

    Everybody’s judging Knute by his slackerish appearance. I have no doubt that he’s stunningly intelligent, but simply chooses not to compete on an academic level that doesn’t hold his interest. And I don’t remember that we’ve ever seen his actual grades, so he may be doing well in class to have been in the running for an honors spot while still looking and acting like Maynard G Krebs.

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    Oh, gosh, it has gotten to be quite late here…time for me and my IS, Katie, to shut down… ‘Nite all… ;)-—————————————————————————————“Nature, and Nature’s laws lay hid in night: God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light."’ (Alexander Pope, 1688-1744)

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    Scott Stevenson  over 10 years ago

    Did anyone else notice that Crystal appears to have paid Knute a non-sarcastic compliment in panel 1?

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    Sisyphos  over 10 years ago

    Knute manages one last bad performance even as he, shockingly, graduates. Move on, Crystal; no need to carry this slacker anymore….

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    King_Shark  over 10 years ago

    Tiffany seems to have changed her dress since yesterday.

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    Joevette 57  over 10 years ago

    Notice, they made Tiff change her dress.

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    Sportymonk  over 10 years ago

    Graduation may last longer than a week. It seemed that way to me. All the speakers were aimed toward the crowd and away from us so we couldn’t hear anything. Blah blah, mumble mumble mumble. Somebody says – “Wonder if we clap they will sit down?” somebody had a card game going. Couple of comic cooks being read.

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    artheaded1  over 10 years ago

    It definitely feels like a lot of Senior moments have been missed. I think it’s a matter of bad pacing because there is no lack of material to cover the last months of high school. Should have had a shorter more precise prom story arc, and some final exam pressure strips would’ve been nice.

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    reedkomicks Premium Member over 10 years ago

    “some final exam pressure strips would’ve been nice.”-Now there are some exciting moments! : DD

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    reedkomicks Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Re: Knute’s future endevorYour pick is:

    1) Janitor at Weenie World.2) Janitor at the high school3) Janitor at the mall

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    > Few would wish to see each student take each final, open each gift, write and send each announcement.Nor would it advance the story line.>Obviously, we don’t need to see each student doing those things multiple times. However, if the strip purports to be a portrayal of actual high school life, we do need to see the title character going through the overall process of those things. Worrying about finals is a huge part of high school – other strips featuring teenagers make a big deal about it. Here, it was not even mentioned, making one wonder whether these people even took any exams. Preparing for the actual graduation by planning who to invite, and seeing what gifts you are sent, and attending graduation-related gatherings of family and friends takes a great deal more of a senior’s time than does the actual ceremony itself. However, the strip went straight from “Luann demands more of Quill’s time” to “Luann and Tiffany say good-bye to the kids at Lincoln elementary” to “Phipps wants Bernice to follow in her footsteps” (yet again!) to “Hey, we’re already lined up for graduation.” This is just poor pacing, to leave out so much of what makes a senior year be in fact a senior year. It certainly would advance the story line to show the students getting ready to graduate instead of just going about their lives and then suddenly graduating.

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    As evidence of how abrupt this was, yesterday many comments posted herein were arguing that the Sunday strip was normally not part of the daily continuity, and surely there would be more daily strips devoted to getting ready for the big day. But nope, it was just Bernice is “chosen” valedictorian mid-week and then Sunday it’s already Pomp and Circumstance time. I wonder whether Frank and Nancy even know about it.

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    Willow Mt Lyon  over 10 years ago

    When my son graduated from UC Davis, many graduates put some type of design on the top of their caps so their relatives could find them among all the same color caps and gowns. My son wasn’t one of them, and we found him with no trouble, but I agree with the reason to do so.

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    SweetSinger  over 10 years ago

    Tiff’s dress (what there is of it) was purple yesterday, lime-green today. Hmmmn.

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    Willow Mt Lyon  over 10 years ago

    We know now that Bernice didn’t go to Tiffany for a make over.

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    Dragongourd Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Hmmm. Tiff changed her dress, or at least the color of it.

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    doverdan  over 10 years ago

    Knute is never as dumb as he acts. Crystal knows that.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 10 years ago

    Sheriff! Aha! I finally caught one. Yesterday Tiff was wearing a PURPLE dress.

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    By the end of Voyager’s run (he was also a recurring guest there) they developed Barclay a bit more. He had a few girlfriends here and there, and had the ear of his Department head, and was the one who had discovered that Voyager wasn’t missing, but stranded (and with a little help) even got to convince a top Admiral!

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    KEA  over 10 years ago

    There are 2 Rules of Life: 1) Never tell everything, 2)…

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    thefloyd  over 10 years ago

    The strip was always about the relationships, not the school. IMO Greg will spend a lot of time on the goodbyes as they each go on different paths. I remember the first time (last summer?) Greg wrote a reference to them being “seniors” that he was warning us that he was drawing the strip to a finish. I’ve been reading Luann for so many years that they feel like family almost. If I’m correct, I’ll sure miss them.

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 10 years ago

    Evans wasted time on the “Fo-getty Flashbacks”, having never explored the ‘what high school has meant to me’ essay assignment that proceeded the the weeks of teacher-stupid-student-smart reruns. He truncated the promise of individual arcs leading up to the prom, and milked what he did use to no real conclusion.Now he’s rushing everybody into graduation to play catch-up with real time. In some ways, Knute represents Evans in this strip, and he can’t very well flunk himself out of the ceremony, right?

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    dblbaraje  over 10 years ago

    Where are Quill and Gunther?

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 10 years ago

    “Closed until further notice”.

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    Doctor11  over 10 years ago

    I’m surprised Tiffany is graduating.

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 10 years ago

    This processional is in no way alphabetical, or by class rating. And, of course, include no other students at Pitts H.S.

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    overtherainbow  over 10 years ago

    Knute certainly has underperformed in some strips, but the one thing we do know from the Washington D.C. trip arc is that he has a C average. If he didn’t, he would not have been able to take the trip. So he’s not by any metric the horrific failure as a student that everyone seems to want him to be. Go Knute! And Greg would not let any of his main ensemble characters fall into abject failure after graduation, so I have faith that Knute will find something to do. Eventually. I think he could study comic art or photography, or work at a skate shop. Knute’s a good-hearted, creative guy who got through HS with his cheerfulness intact. I wish him the best.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 10 years ago

    Sheriff (2) – and yesterday Ms. Ph. had on a fetching little red & green number!

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    Dex_N_FX  over 10 years ago

    Tiff took pictures with a red outfit under her robe – Today it’s green.

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    And Greg (since he was a former teacher) could have been playing out the humor of the “stereotypical” teacher/student relationship….– This is In addition to what you’ve said…. and his recent video in a seminar during the Reuben awards will attest to all of this….

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 10 years ago

    Let’s cut funding to Pitts High and a bunch of other imaginary schools while we’re at it..Unless, of course, we can imagine Knute actually learning more than his witty joking spells out for us.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 10 years ago

    You’re being reasonable today.ATTABOY

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    transylvanian  over 10 years ago

    KNUTE!! You made it, dude. And to show what you learned, your diploma is printed on toilet roll. :) Now you can remember all the CRAP you learned in HS. (Line from an obscure song. I’m dating myself. Don’t take my Kodakchrome away) :)

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    cdgar  over 10 years ago

    Tiffany changed her slip/dress since yesterday’s strip? It was purple before.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 10 years ago

    Her slip is made of a new kind of fabric based on electronic ink

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    dawnsfire  over 10 years ago

    Tiffany’s dress changed color…

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    spaced man spliff  over 10 years ago

    ….I’m not sure what today’s lesson is here. Be a horrible student and the system will still push you through? Knute should NOT be graduating….-Not to worry: the real world will give him a wake-up call soon enough—shape up or ship out.

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    Scott Stevenson  over 10 years ago

    “Dangerous Curves”

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    He also did a voice in CatDog, and Chowder, too!

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    " …I always figured they were just giving exaggerated one-dimensional references to academia simply for comedic effect …. "^Exactly . – Tis the state of our society, today. 24 Hour news cycles, constant updates and analysis of it all on News/Weather/Sports, “In Depth Discussion” from “all the analysts” you can cram into a studio….of just about everything….. from “is your fried squash coming from USA or Timbuktu?” to “Is Lindsay Lohan really just an alien?” – In some ways, it seems al of us live in the United States of Analysis…..

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    As long as you’re okay!!!!

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    You know what??Crystal turned out to be the hottest of the hot, and she’s with Knute!Well, sorta with him… kinda, maybe, in a certain way…

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    melmarsh9v  over 10 years ago

    Gawd… I love the imagery of a burrito in a toilet bowl. High School Graduation is imminent. They must get through this process! Time for COLLEGE!

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    sdjamieson Premium Member over 10 years ago

    I really hope Greg Evans has the integrity to end the strip with graduation, the natural end of its arc, but I haven’t heard any announcement.

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    “The “flea” market?” ^If that were true, there would definitely be a media circus …..

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    Glad you’re back! ;)

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    KK with his fair lady mayhaps? ;)

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    auntiejello01  over 10 years ago

    Tiffany’s dress changed from purple to green.

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    reedkomicks Premium Member over 10 years ago

    “And, that would be if a bottle of it fell off the top rack and hit him in the head.”-Exactly!

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