Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 23, 2018

Well, Prudence, what can YOU do? You’ve had no experience with men.

And thus began Fay’s descent into drinking.

OMG, Prudence grew eyebrows!

I think the pick-me-up is ah coming.

Wow. Its too bad Mrs. Garcia couldn’t have seen Axel in action tonight. If she though she was “impressed” with him during the play, she’d have been even MORE impressed with him now, doing and saying the right thing. To the point that she’d probably allow Fay Future “supervised dates” with Axel.

These are very strange comments

Bit of a downer, huh? ✨

I wonder what Pru(ne) is thinking.

At first i thought Fay should let Luann take her home. But maybe Fay figured out that this is the time to have a productive heart-to-heart talk with Mom.

Good to see Pru again. It would be interesting to see who Pru is attracted to in the Luann cast. The theme of potential attraction has been frequent among the other characters – so maybe not inappropriate for Pru. And Pru might show up with a date – somebody new?

@FLASH GORDON: Prudence works at The Fuse, so it’s not that unusual that she would be there…

Ahhh… A different face and different age group than Fay… Finally!

Well, good to see you, Pru. What have you been up to?? Reporting to Quill on how Luann is doing? A girlfriend yet? Know anything about what is happening with Ann Eiffel and her fraudulent lingerie party that you were supposed to oversee?

Fay is thinking it’s that time for a heart to heart talk with mom.

Well, so much for the big Alex’s-brother cliffhanger. I had been holding my breath, dreading that the off-screen voice saying “Bro! Too close!” was brother Aaron, who was chaperoning this two younger brothers, Axel and Ozzie. Someone did comment that Luann grew up around Aaron and would have known if he had a brother.

I bet Pru has some advice!

I was wondering if Prudence was still around. Has she seen Axel? “Hey, there’s that little jerk who walked out on my theater camp!”

Maybe Prudence and Mrs. Garcia will have a . . .

Luann should definitely drive Fay home. If the mom has to come and pick her up, she will become angrier and more upset on the drive there. Luann should take Fay home and go inside to make sure Fay tells the truth and answer any questions the mom has for her. Then Luann can leave them alone to talk. Don’t upset the mom any more than necessary.

“Mom, I tricked Luann into thinking it was okay with you for me to go on a chaperoned date with Axel but when she found out the truth she insisted I come clean with you.”

“Oh. Well, have a nice date, Honey.”

“Who are you calling “Honey” over the phone?"

“My daughter. Back to bed, Fred. I’ll rejoin you in a minute”

“Mom, Dad’s name isn’t Fred.”

“Bye, Honey.

Some 13 year old boys have yet to visit the land of puberty.

Too bad you can’t always get credit from a parent for a ‘turnaround’ from sneaky exploits…

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….or can you?….

Fay can have both. She can be honest with her mom, telling her why Luann is bringing her home early.

An Honesty Mistake"

“Pale, And Fess Up”

“Consequential Order”

“A Renegade, Who Almost Had It Made” (♪♩)

“Even Balloons Get Busted”

“21 Postcards From Jump Street”

“Here Come The Judge!” (♬♪♩)

“Correction Is A Fluid Subject”

“The Right Course For A Maiden’s Voyage”

“Credit Repair”

or

“You Can’t Always Get What You Want….But You’re Gonna Get It!” (♩)

Prudence lives! I suppose Frank and Nancy finally got around to clearing out the basement behind the furnace, and there she was! “You know, Frank, I thought there used to be another person at the breakfast table. Guess I was right!”

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This is a seemingly somewhat odd change of plans for me here today. I think it would have been more appropriate for Luann to have taken Fay home and then have Fay explain her actions face-to-face with her mother. I am not really sure, that as a parent, such a “phone call confession” would carry as much weight or impact as a face-to-face discussion. In some ways I could understand Mrs. Garcia getting MORE frustrated at Fay via the phone call than she would if Fay were home and talking this through in person.

Not really sure what to predict at the moment. But, it is interesting to see Pru. Will the story segue into something about her, or will Pru just have a momentary side appearance here?

I am struck by the persistent, occasionally tiresome, comments about the lingerie arc being left hanging. For me, that subplot was more or less finished. Tiffany shut down the Soufflé business and got her friend’s money back. Ann, ever the slippery eel, got to Dad first, and won that contest. (We need Ann to stay in the strip, because she is the only villain.) Also, the Evanses have set up the possibility for a new story line. Finally they are creating some curiosity about about how well Tiffany is managing her depression, given her setback with her father. If she has recovered that needs time to plausibly occur. Truthfully, I think the guys just want to see Tiffany, even if there is no story at all. Greg should just draw panel featuring her in different outfits.

@SEISMIC-2:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Meanwhile back at the……….

We’ll see what happens, but I hope this gives a chance for Fay to make things right and not lose any ground. Furthermore, I hope Lu doesn’t lose ground with Fay for making her do the right thing. Looks like Fay is safe with Axel for future encounters, and that’s good.

Hopefully her mother will end up letting her stay due to some talking and site of the situation.

At this point, might as well rename the strip “Fay”

My screen has a button that says “BUY A PRINT OF THIS COMIC”. I wonder how many fans will buy a print of today’s strip so they can hang it on their wall and remember this magic moment forever.

Kiss her, Prudence. Let’s get this comic strip up and running!

What is on the tray Pru is holding? Are they cupcakes or some kind of cups? I’ve never eaten any food that looks like that.

Fay’s logic here doesn’t make much sense. Refusing a ride home from Luann doesn’t make her any more honest, even in her mother’s eyes. It could be just an additional source of irritation for mom, having to come retrieve her daughter from a place Luann took her (and was responsible to return her from).

Good potential storyline, older sophisticated, worldly, thespian lesbian comforts depressed vulnerable 13 year old girl; what could possibly go wrong?

@LUANAPHILE: Yeah, “FAYOPHILE” doesn’t sound that great…

seems Greg can’t even have one acknowledged gay character appear for even one panel without the worms coming out of the woodwork.

I am glad that Fay decided to use the more adult approach. If her mother comes through logically and lovingly then that will pay off for Fay. I really hope she is not too much of a helicopter parent to do so.

To say it more compactly: Peer psychology is more effective than the experience of an older person. But, Fay is taking it too far. She is attending an evening function in the company and protection of Luann. Momma has to give her a little space. 13 is old enough to stretch those apron strings.

@TWHERREL: You seem lost. Scroll up to the ’J’s and find ’Jane’s World’. That’s where you want to be, I’m guessing…

A little growing pain for Fay this week and last, but I think she and Axel have a future as friends. So this won’t be the last of those two. As for Bro alias ‘Dude’ we may not see him any more.

This is not at all predicted, and thank you for your famous misdirection play, and the beautiful drawing Greg. I like Fay so much as a character I can feel her shame at lying to her mother, and why it’s important not to, even in the face of a crush. It was not to do with Luann meeting a new love, or Fay going with Axel, although I think they still will “date” appropriate to their ages in upcoming panels, but that could be wishful. But the life lesson is great. How will Luann and Pru help Fay feel better? Poor girl, but this is an important lesson. Will she be cheered up though?

TEMPLO says that Pru hasn’t had experience with men. Do you think that she has had any experience with human beings?

Fay just matured a few years in just a couple of hours. Pretty good. I just hope helicopter mom doesn’t ruin it.

The problem is Luann. Well-intentioned or not, Luann is a walking, talking Disaster for all whom she meets. And her mentorship with Fay had started out seemingly so well….

@SISY: Exercising the same right you have to express your opinion: the problem is you.

I see the same K2 from Bizarro.