Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 18, 2017

what a nervous wreck Bernice is… Ms. Lopez seems awfully calm

When Bern goes to sleep tonight she will never feel so alone….

Bernice is, if anything, at least consistent…

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Maintaining the perimeter, for the traversing of the hay and livestock shelter, commonly regarded as belonging to a one “Robin The Cowled Crusader And All Around Archery Legend”, instead of choosing the straight and divergent path intersecting the innermost section of said shelter, in a ‘radius-like’ fashion…   All she really had to do, was go straight through Robin Hood’s barn,  instead of all around it….

Bernice is feeling guilt by association.

One good thing: Bernice doesn’t have the scarf with her…

Bernice is acting like SHE stole the TV. lol

“The Why’s Course”

“All Setback, No Set Back”

“Static Quo”

“Missing,  For Your Supper”

“Any Report, In A Storm”

“The Wheels On Her Bus, Go All Around Town” (♪)

“Clinging To Static”

“Signal, And Void”

“A Bout Of Whereabouts”

“Signal Prosequi?… Please?”

“Stay-less Steal”

“The Process Of The Eliminated”

“The Name Of That Tune”

or

“The Proper Channels”

Bernice is trying to be ahead of everybody on figuring it out. That’s not how you effectively follow up on things…

Ever notice that the truth is more often than not in fine print?

Does Greg Evans remember that this strip is named “Luann”? She’s either not in the strips or at most in a supporting role, ie. maid of honor at Brad & Toni’s wedding, advising Prudence to beware of Leslie’s interest. Does she even have a storyline these days?

@ASHARAH: You didn’t notice that Greg re – titled the strip to “People of Pittsville”?

Well ,Luann by herself is a bit of a bore….zzz,zzz,zzz….

In the last panel, there is a hint as to who really is responsible for the disappearance of the TV.

Bernice is the definition of drama queen. Why is the question. I want to address two things I that need addressing: first, the nature of Luann is that it is a rich tapestry of character development that takes some time to develop, and each main character will come in and out in that development. It took years for the Toni and Brad arch to play out for example. So complaining that the arc drags out is just a statement that the commentator does not understand how this strip works. The second thing I want to address is why Luann is not always in the strip. Lincoln said something on the order that one can’t make everyone happy at the same time. Some complain when she is in the strip too much, and others when she is not in the strip a lot. If you read the description of the strip, this is about a whole universe, Luannverse, where the main characters are developing their own separate and related arcs. It definitely is always “about” Luann, she is the star, the central character. I find it refreshing that this strip is so non-2 dimensional with the characters being the same variations on the same theme. Not that those are bad, but this is different, which makes it very interesting.

The TV was removed and Director Lopez already knew.

For crying out loud, Bernice, you aren’t responsible for this in any way, you’re just reporting that it’s missing.

Bern Bauer failed to secure the perimeter. The world will now come to an end. Well, at least her world.

What the heck is WRONG with this girl? Please, Greg, make her more likable and not keep drawing someone I want to smack silly!

Hair (who also uses scarves) was moving his drum set and accidentally knocked over the TV, breaking the stand. It’s now upside down in his dorm room, waiting for the glue to set. He might have it back before Bern and MS Lopez get back.

Now, you can rule this scenario out, because I never have a clue as to where this comic is going.

Say Bern? Since Ms Lopez is the ONLY Person You’ve Actually questioned concerning the ‘missing’ TV, is She Now a SUSPECT??

And now … “CSI Moony U” … dumm-dumm!

From the last panel: It looks like Greg gets a lot of paperwork.

Looks line Bern is operating from existential feelings of guilt. Wonder where/how she picked that up? (Angst and guilt are hard emotions to have to live with.)

I think I know what Bernice needs. And it isn’t a new tv for the common room.

Bernice is definitely on the “Type AA” end of the spectrum.

@Mordy: I’m puzzled by your logic on the issue of who might be a suspect. After all, Bernice didn’t question Piro about the TV at all, but she immediately suspected him because of a scarf (and without knowing whose scarf). So, if you assume that she suspects anyone she talks to about the missing TV, that should mean she suspects Dez (even though she knows Dez was most likely not on campus when the TV went missing). After all, Bernice first talked to Dez about the TV. She is only now talking to Director Lopez.

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On another topic, I wonder why Greg has an in-box in Director Lopez’s office? Hmm…

@ARGY.BARGY2 . Greg must stop in now and then to retrieve his mail.

@BCR131: You must not read any US mystery fiction. A person reporting a crime is almost always the automatic suspect. As a wanna-be writer, I’ve attended enough seminars with published mystery writers to learn that they get that from reading actual crime files…

@Chain Gang Charlie: Read your comment about how you find Luann boring by herself. Well, luckily for you, there are many, many other ‘toons on GoComics that you can read, and you don’t have to subject yourself to something you find boring! I would say it’s been nice reading your posts and not to let the door slam on you as you leave, but I’m sure you’d find that boring…

Finally! Geez, what a ditz!

There go the NFL playoff games at Moony U this weekend.

It Greg didn’t write these strips 6-8 weeks in advance I would swear we were all flies on his wall , making our assumptions/ observations and he was listening to us. Seriously, he probably knew that most of us would suggest logical observations and he is playing us like a fish on the line. Or possibly great minds think alike. On a different note: has anyone thought that Moony university maybe be a " cash cow" for someone? Sorry, guess I had to milk it for all it’s worth. And that’s not just the calf of it or being bullheaded. Sorry but a talent so rare should be well done. Didn’t A & C once joke abut a cow’s udder. then then C says the cows udder what?

Bernice has terrible communication skills. She should just report the facts and not waste the directors time with all this nonsense.

@Ravonlea: I would think that if the U is someone’s cash cow, it would be called just plain ‘Moo’. You know. That place where Alley Oop lives?

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And well done beef is udderly awful…

@SDog: Sure would be fun to get a chance to read whatever is in Greg’s in-box. That could spin off into a lot of different arcs. Maybe a letter from Rosa, asking to return?

@ARGY.BARGY2: Or, it could be a letter from Rosa asking someone to tell Gunther to pick her up from Pitts International Airport on February 14 at 2:30 P.M. She said to make her easy to spot, she will be wearing a red jacket and the little curly – haired boy with her will be wearing a red jacket, too.

You little rat

Pin her down, Director Lopez!

Bernice has all the courage of a little bunny in the fox’s den!

Bernice wants to be on top of everything, to always have the solution. In her mind, she’s the responsible one… the super overachiever mentality. Last time she was in Ms. Lopez’s office she was acting like that. So now she feels like she has failed, as if her lack of oversight caused all of this.

It would be funny if, when Bernice goes into her room to go to bed for the night, the TV mysteriously shows up in her room. On her bed.

@Brdshtt: With a horse’s head on it?

SPOILER

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Bernice officially ‘aids and abets’. Bad move, Bernice…