Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for October 07, 2017

He should grab that box of donuts on his way out.

who would say no to a hug? even when you were high school enemies and then became college friends?

Awww.

A hug is a good place to switch.

Not stop but switch.

(No time lost.)

So, meanwhile back at Bernice’s dorm room…

Monday.

kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss…………KISS ALREADY!

This is kind of low key, but it sort of wraps up the immediate sequence for the moment.

On Monday, I’ll bet that either Gunther will be interrogated by the other girls, or else it switches to a different arc.

Dollars to Donuts we cut away to something else on Monday. ;)

I am loving this Tiffany. Showing her softer side, showing a milestone – a first sincere apology ever, and hugging. I hope never to see the old Tiffany ever again. Am I asking too much??

Well Done, Gunther! Well DONE!,

And to Think, some “folks” on THIS very Forum were saying that they couldn’t see how Gunther could possibly “Help” Tiffany.

Well, “Seeing IS Believing……,”

Pick.Of.The.Litter.Just accept it.

Suddenly the door slams open to reveal ROSA, and her jealous Latina ways!

In many places, the donut costs more than a dollar.

Such an ignoble end for a well used phrase.

I believe I should have this become the topic of a classroom essay.

Whereupon everyone’s dog eats it before it is turned in.

Gunther still looks a little unsure in the last panel, and Tiffany looks right at home in his arms.

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Star Trek reference: “Shields down, ahead one quarter impulse power. Take it very slow, Mr. Sulu…”

This is a good way to end the arc. If we’re lucky, on Monday we might get to see Brad and Toni…

I can’t believe how much these kids are growing up. I still expect Tiff will be Tiff, but she’s a lot more human than she was.

Can’t they knock us out once in a while with a Sunday zinger?? We are in the Fuse basement – young women in lingerie running around. One of them whispers to an older guy, “OK Mr. Farrell – your last night of freedom!” Then Monday we start a new arc, like Brad & Toni are trying out Fay for watching Shannon when needed. The two kids are exchanging role playing lines and Shannon is having fun…

Seeing them together in that hug makes me think…Tiffany could take him in two out of three falls easily.

If we temporarily leave Tiff & Gunth in this promising situation, we could return in a few weeks to see them on a nature hike. Gunth is looking into the stream and writing stuff down. Tiff is in jeans & t-shirt, a few pounds lighter, with a camera for taking photos of flowers and cute animals…

♪♪You just call out my name. . .and you know wherever I am. . .and I’ll be there, yes I will. . .you got a friend♪♪ —James Taylor

There’s again the expressed urgency to get back to the Ann / Fuse story. Most still refer to it as the lingerie party. Does anyone actually expect it to be that? I’m willing to bet that none of the merely naughty or outright salacious guesses about the event will be the reality we are finally presented. No, not even the gambling conclave some expect. Oh, it will be evil, it will be nefarious, it will be vintage Ann. But I still expect revenge to be the main aspect of whatever she’s planning. If it were any of those other things, why here, why the Fuse? She’s a sophisticated world traveler. There must be a million better places to stage any the fever-dream schemes that have been entertained, a million easier venues in which to hide such goings on, and probably many in which she wouldn’t have to hide anything because it would all be business as usual.

Um… WOW!

31768 three days ago:

she is still an immature twit no matter what. she has to crash to learn. she will never be daddy’s 1st fiddle.

31768 today:

kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss…………KISS ALREADY!

Greg, Karen: DANG you’re good.

I wonder…

I have a sister that eats to cope with emotional pain. She’s a “big girl” as a result. I think if she had someone to hug her, she would be better able to cope. Too bad she lives 6 hours away from me. :(

Awwww. Seeing these two finally hugging really started my morning with a smile. I imagine we’ll be going on to other stories Monday. But this was the perfect way to end this arc for now. Nicely done, Gunther. You were a great friend here.

The fact that he loves her at her lowest means that she will love him still regardless of how she looks.

Bet Luann and co. try to get Gunther to spill the beans on what’s wrong with Tiff and he refuses to tell. Somehow Tiffany will end up thinking he did though…

Awww, how sweet of Gunther. Who knows? Maybe Gunther will turn out to be Tiffany’s Mr. Right. Time will tell.

Not a bad way to end a fevered arc, that shows growth on both Gunther’s and Tiffany’s part. Now we, 9 out of 10, will start new arc on Monday. Will it be Ann, or something else entirely? One of the reasons one can get so addicted to Luann, you never know what will happen next.

Greg certainly is taking his time with this relationship.

I think I’m gonna cry ….

Was Gunther ever thus close to Rosa?

I agree, this is probably a good place for a break in this arc. We have other things upon which to catch up. We have Ann Eiffel renting the Fuse. and what happens there. We have Brad/Toni… We have Pru and her student.

This is a good start for Gunther & Tiff. We’ll see where it goes. But a bit later.

Way to go!!! What’s really needed!!!! Wish there were more out there like this!!!

Discovering what real friends truly are.

I like this story. It’s time to humanize and explain Tiffany.

Monday: Lu bumps into Quill….

Okay, that tugged at my schmaltzy old heart. Someone once asked me on this site, how can you be intimate without being sexual? Please study the last panel.

Ah, Gunthie. Such a gentleman.

I’d like to see Tiffany in Curls… Something a little different. :)

Speaking to 31768 as Cyrano de Bergerac.

Part 1

░░░░░░░░

To misspell Bernice and only misspell Bernice. To bore thus upon the bore bears a burden on us all…

B___nice. B___nice.

Ah no! young blade! That was a trifle short! You might have said at least a hundred things By varying the tone. . .like this, suppose,. . .

Aggressive: ‘Bernice, if I had such a tongue, I’d amputate it!’

Friendly: ‘When you go your rounds, it must annoy you, having to carry more than one red pencil lest it get too dull.’

Descriptive: ‘’Tis a rule book!. . .a codex!. . .a document! —A document, forsooth! ’Tis a tablet carved in stone!’

Curious: ‘How serves those ocular lenses? For slight of sight, or forensic foraging?’

Gracious: ‘You love the cockroaches, I think? So few people think of smashing them when you make your rounds.’

Truculent: ‘Have you tried adding weights to your arm to keep your finger from pointing thus?’

Cry terror-struck: “Do de do de do do. Do de do de do do.” (Oz. Wicked Witch Theme.)

Considerate: ‘Take care,. . .setting that rule book down may make you loose your sense of balance.’

Meanwhile back at the fuse…….

Speaking to 31768 as Cyrano de Bergerac.

Part 2

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Tender:

’Pray get a small umbrella made,

Lest your plewds should fade!’

Pedantic: ‘Drop your hand. Your quotation marks are showing.’

Cavalier: ‘The last fashion, friend, that scowl? To bring more business to the mirror vendors?’

Emphatic: ‘Tis to misquote from Young Frankenstein. Put… the… rulebook… back!’

Dramatic: ‘Tis more red written than the congressional budget!’

Admiring: ‘Do you hire out to chase away unwanted relatives?’

Lyric: ‘Nobody knows the trouble she’s wrote.’

Simple: ‘When is the encyclopedia to be published?’

Rustic: ’That squeaky hamster wheel alwalys sounds like a bedspring!

Practical: ‘Get a boy friend!’

—Such, my dear sir, is what you might have said, Had you of wit or letters the least jot: But, O most lamentable man!—of wit You never had an atom, and of letters You have three letters only!—they spell A**

Once again, pinch-hitting for JayBluE, with the following “titles”:

“Embraceable You” (♪♫)

“Hitting The Big Time”

“Grasping The Situation”

“Coming Through In The Clutch”

“Squeeze Play — Redux”

“Thank You For Being A Friend” (♪♫)

“Supporting Cast Member”

“Emotional Rescue” (♪♫)

Remember when Tiffany once urged Gunther to try to “turn up the heat” with her?

Looks like he’s finally doing that now — and it came naturally, instead of forced.

Gunther is being very careful not to get too close to Tiffany. He really is NOT comfortable with touching.

WHATAGUY!

Awwww, Tiffy have a meltdown because daddy doesn’t wuv her exclusively?? Poor widdle baby!!!!

I’m ready for Tara – but I don’t have any good ideas where the arc would go. Tara obviously needs a reasonably responsible type friend – and Luann needs to branch out – including moving away from home. I’ll have to wait for the muse to strike Greg & Karen.

This storyline is really sweet. If romantic things happen, that’s fine, but I like seeing Gunther just be a good friend.

I guess Evanses will move on, but I wouldn’t mind a Brooke McEldowney strip with 4 panels of beautifully drawn gentle hugging. Just hugging.

I wish people would stop trying to make this scene into something sexual. I can’t imagine anything more inappropriate. Earlier in the week, Gunther came across more poised and confident (than usual) when he was talking with Bern, Dez and Luann. He has the confidence now (it seems) to deliver that which he senses Tiff has never received from her father, a hug and a shoulder to lean on.

Super … Duper … SWEET !!! And speaking of sweet, from the box, I didn’t know Greg Evans was breaking into the donut business!! Good for you, Greg! Keep branching out! ;)

I don’t care what happens as long as Ann Eiffel doesn’t appear again soon.

food (donuts, ice cream, pizza) is the available cheap ‘hug’ when there’s no place to get a real one.

I liked today’s “Luann” very much, but it looks like we will get a new arc Monday. However for me, the elephant in the room has been that it’s all about what Gunther can do for Tiffany. A good relationship can’t go on that way. As I have said before, I wish Tiffany would bring up Gunther’s reaction to Les at the dinner party, and point out that Gunther seemed jealous. If Gunth could fess up to this, it might help immensely, because it means that Gunther needs a girlfriend and likes Tiffany. This would open the door for Tiff to send some of those magic signals that create an atmosphere of intimacy. Wonderful if Gunther likes it and finds himself thinking about Tiff more and more.

Very, very sweet. There’s nothing like a hug between friends. I’d actually HATE for this to get sexual.

Luann is the “Most Intelligent” comic, and thus my FAVORITE!

Just being present…when our friends are in crisis, they don’t need advice or our sage “wisdom”…they just need to know that we are there. Good work, Gunther.

Nice strip today. I like the subtle expressions in panel 2, both Tiff’s and Gunny’s. And the Hug in panel 3 is momentous. Maybe this is just the right therapy for Tiffany in her loneliness….

Good day today.

Many comments have a long list of replies.

No single comment became a bottomless pit of reciprocal arguments.

Bernice was misspelled only once.

Nobody threatened to stop reading.

The big issue is that she will grab onto Gunther for support and once she is “back to herself” she will dump him and leave him feeling like crap. Again.

I’m fairly new to this forum. What’s 31768?

There are people who still do not understand that there are NO SUBSTITUTES for emotional intimacy. NONE. Tiff has lived a physically,material, and financially privileged life … and yet none of that seems to have made her truly happy. Now that her father, who she has apparently been seeking for that intimacy, has transferred it to someone else, the real Tiffany has come out. Has there ever been a scene depicting Tiffany getting anything but material things from her parent? Has he ever been depicted by Greg in the strip? And to add to it, I can imagine Gunther’s character having enough ethical sense to take advantage of Tiffany at this time .. even if she wanted him to, it would still be abusive. Like taking advantage of someone who is intoxicated. I don’t think Evans is depicting his body language here as anymore than as it should be – a hug, not a prelude to seduction. If Evans hasn’t suggested that they’ve been intimate before now, when Tiffany was in better spirits, why now? And I doubt that Evans is shaping Gunther to be her lover, but her FRIEND. It’ll be interesting to see if he develops it to a relationship … but I think that Gunther is still a little lost after leaving Rosa. >Awwww, Tiffy have a meltdown because daddy doesn’t wuv her exclusively?? Poor widdle baby!!!!<

Oops, I meant that Gunther would have enough ethical sense NOT to take advantage of Tiffany!!

Haven’t seen anyone note that the Evans(es) have giving Tiffany & Gunther the same problem. Both characters are afraid of having their relationship with their single parent disrupted or displaced by parent’s new interest in another adult.