Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 06, 2018

Was Princess Tool Bear one of the Care Bears?

No, Shannon, that’s a screwdriver. How is Brad going to cut off the wire with that? (I hope Brad knows what he’s doing there; don’t want him electrocuted or something.)

Have they officially assumed parental duties yet? ✨

Anything is better than the gulag!

Shannon is proactive. She might become actually useful in 3 or 4 years. Note Brad & Toni don’t like to cook and TJ is overdue to get some wings…

I reeeeeeeeally HOPE Brad cut the power off to that outlet he’s about to work on. Else he’s gonna get a nasty surprise.

On a lighter note, Shannon is really growing. At this rate, she’ll be a teenager by the end of the week! ;)

I knew a kid like this – he used baby talk well beyond age eight. It was encouraged by a doting father, but it was annoying as heck. The kid slurred and squeaked his words, and no one could understand him, but it was still viewed as “cute” – boy, that was annoying!

The more I see of the trio, I like them. I guess they (including Shannon) are almost the perfect definition of a happy family.

Brad sure turned out to be a great guy.

I think the most amazing part of the comic strip is how Brad managed to get that tool belt around Shannon to stay up.

Roarrrrrrr

this kid needs some grammar lessons badly

Shannon is clueless!!!

Is that a left – handed screwdriver or a right – handed screwdriver?

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Lessee here – you connect the white wire to the black wire, then wrap the bare copper wire around the black and white wires as a RF energy shield. Hilarity ensues as you become the world’s largest manufacturer of sparks.

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Reviews:

“Electrifying!”

“Absolutely Shocking!”

“Great to see an actor so grounded in his field!”

“The conductors were fabulous!”

“The highest energy show in Pitts!”

“The part about the covalent electrons was absolutely moving!”

“Entertaining right up to when the lights went out!”

“Really heat up the wires on opening night!”

“He’s AC, She’s DC – They never find a common ground!”

“Breaker One Nine, We’re 10 – 8 and smokin’!”

“Ohm, Sweet Ohm… ..Resistance is futile!”

“The high tension will have you strapped to your seat!”

Not to belittle the pun, but it reminds me of the 90’s cartoon Bobbys World, where little Bobby thought, as part of the wedding party, he was the ‘ring-bear’

Shannon’s version of her job title would look pretty cool on her resume!

Precious child♥

I think there may be a different one, but, the resistor color code.. Bad Boys R… Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly.

That’s adorable. :D

Merkle watch, it can’t just be this bit of family bliss, given the history of Shannon, and the passion of these two, that seems reasonable as anything else. They might declare that this will have to be a nursery.

Remind me why Brad and Toni are building the kid a room. It’s been so long I forgot.

She is much too old to be saying this. If she were 4 years old, it would be cute, but she is much older.

I thought the foodie room mate was building the kids room.

Me too! I believe he was even wearing a tool belt the day be said he was building the room. Hmmm………

Toni as always looks like a breath of fresh air.

I was wallpapering at my brother’s house because he has no patience at all. My nephew was about Shannon’s age (I remembered her name). He wanted to help and his mother said not to bother me. I had been a kid and knew better. I told her that certainly he could help. So I had him helping me for about 5 minutes till he found that it was not fun and drifted off to do something else. Problem solved.

“Her Majesty, The Bear, Apparent-ly”

“It’s On My Hip, The T-Square!” (♪)

“You’re All Nothing But A Bunch Of Big, Fat Pliers!”

“In Plane Sight”

“Screwdriver, Miss Daisy!”

“Green Pegs And Hammer”

“Having A Ball-peen!”

“Swimming Through The Deep End Of The Tools”

“I’ve Got Her On Tape”

or

“A Princess And Her Big Duty”

It sounds so much more fun when Shannon says it.

I can’t believe we’re having another arc without luann… it’s like Greg doesn’t even know she’s the main character. Also shannon that is a screwdriver not pliers… /sarcasm

Such an idyllic family unit. (Wait’ll they have a kid of their own… or two.) 8-]

Ahh how cute!

Shannon is growing up. She pronounced Brad’s name correctly yesterday and she’s behaving very well today. The more time she spends with Brad and Toni the less bratty she is.

Sure, Shannon’s trying to hand Brad the wrong tool. But who has taught her the right tool? That’s what Brad’s about to do. Learn by doing.

I always wanted to help Dad, my uncles, and my grandad when they were building stuff. Didn’t have a tool belt, but I learned which tool was which by “helping.” Never once did they give the impression I was not actually helping. Even stuck through the wallpaper removal, and got pretty good at removing it at my level, so they didn’t have to squat down there. By fourth grade, I was darn near expert at painting all the low stuff.

I really like the way Brad is guiding Shannon. She’s mightily improved from the first time we met her.

Very sweet.

This is Luann’s World. All is clean and cute and safe. Enjoy the moment before we return to the rat shack world of Les and Gunther. Warning: Stay out of it, Tiffany. You deserve better than those two socially retarded weirdos. What next for the title role girl? Romance with Jack?

Maybe Shannon has grown out of that annoying phase she’s been in since she was introduced.

What is holding that belt up?

This would be a nice time for Toni or Brad to explain to Shannon what an “apprentice” is and what “bearer” means.

If Shannon were really growing up (as she appears to be, in terms of how she’s drawn), then she would not interpret Brad’s remarks as “Princess Tool Bear”, which is something a 4-year-old would do, and she would be old enough to sleep by herself in the living room whenever she comes to visit, making this whole construction project unnecessary.

That’s right Brad. Make sure that all of the tools are in the belt with the sharp points UP. You want to look like a fool when your paramedic buddies come to pull them out of your belly. And remember, safety glasses are for wimps!

When I was a kid in grade school, the longest word in the English language was “antidisestablishmentarianism”, and all us kids knew it. When my kids were growing up, there was a longer word, which I taught them. My youngest was in the first grade when his teacher asked the class to tell her some long words that they knew. He replied, “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.” By the end of the day, every kid in his class had learned that word.

Hmmmm … this seems to be a different Shannon visit from the last installment in this episode. Ole Smiley and his cockamamie laundry-room scheme are gone, and they appear to be working at a measured pace on a proper room. Brad is relaxed and rested and not stressed out. And he went out and got a tool belt. And they’re all wearing different clothes than in The Great Laundry Flood. The reboot was a good idea – the original version was going nowhere good.

Uh Shannon, that’s not a plier.

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A nice overall comic today. I like how both Brad and Toni are adopting a “parent-esque” role so successfully.

From the comments, the most “cringe-worthy” aspect people have commented on is the apparent dichotomy between Shannon’s perceived age and her misconstruing words that Brad says. In my opinion:

1) Most likely, Greg is simply showing Shannon as a younger kid than she appears in the drawing. I think the simplest explanation is that Greg wanted this malapropic word interplay to be a “funny thing that kids say” moment.

2) In the much less likely idea that this word exchange means something more “deep”, then I see two potential scenarios:

2a) Perhaps Shannon has some sort of hearing deficit that makes it difficult for her to hear distinctions in speech well. It could be she has some facet of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD). Again, I think it is very unlikely Greg would go this route… but who knows?

2b) Perhaps her difficulty is a reflection of not being exposed to much diversity in the words she hears. If this is the case, it could be a reflection that she and Jonah may only speak simply with each other, or it may be that the two of them do not talk much. Like in 2a, I doubt Greg is going in this direction either…. although I think it is a little bit more possible than Shannon having APD.

As an aside…. I want to complement Sheriff today… I find the avocado color “wash” used for the background to be quite attractive. The wash of the color across the whole background, including things that could have been potentially colored more specifically (such as the sawhorse, for example) harkens back to an late-50s, early-60s style of coloration used in kids books that I always enjoyed and found very distinctive…. and almost “jazzy” in feel.

I like Shannon’s energy and her willingness to be a help. So many kids these days want to do nothing but watch the idiot box, be on their phones, or working out their finger and thumb muscles on their video games. I watch very little television – to me, the TV is a thief of my time.

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I do realize that television or the like is an outlet for many who are physically or medically confined – and I do feel for them, but until I reach that point …

I do love the way that Brad interacts with Shannon. He’ll make a good father someday.

Looks like Brad is going to have to spend some time teaching her the names of the tools first.

Gasp. She heard him wrong and it was supposed to be funny. HOW DARE THEY TRY TO MAKE A GAG.!!!!!. We never see her with any other kids. Pleas let’s spend another comment section tearing it apart and complaining about the kid character. NO MATTER WHO IS FEATURED some people gripe.

There seem to be two types of commenters here.

1. Those who gripe about the comic.

2. Those who gripe about the other commenter’s comments.

BTW, it’s about time for Tiffany to surface again. She could pop in to see Shannon as Shannon was so happy that Tiffany helped her at the Fuse. She likes Tiffany.

“Bwad, Toni and Shannon bore me to pieces. Bring back Gunther and his feuding housemate or Jack and Luann, since Jack makes Luann’s life more interesting, or Tiffany and Gunther or other, or Bernice and anyone. Pretty please????

Her mispronunciation/misunderstanding of words is rather forgivable here, and quaintly funny. Likely, ol’ Jonah wasn’t quite as attentive on her educating needs earlier. If a kid is a little ‘behind the ball’ at one point, you’d be surprised how quickly they can catch up to the rest in short order. Happens a lot – with the right support and environment.

The new bedroom can become a future ‘guest room’ in the future, easily. It just seems that Shannon will become the ‘resident guest’ for quite some time, soon.

Shannon should be understanding what Brad says better by now! But, then, where would the fun be? So, “Princess Tool Bear” it is, and that’s just fine for a one-off gag. Can this premise last all week?

Perfect dad stuff – to bad he isn’t her real father.

Is Shannon, like, four? And Bwad should know about tools. He is a tool.