Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 28, 2018

so in Shannon’s point of view, it is false advertising?

Have a nice day!

It does all this without electronics.

And Toni? Be sure to tell the dear little tyke, that her “dad,” Jonah, bought that useless toy. It’s about darn time to start driving “wedges” here……,

Some of us rather enjoy that type of wind-up toy. ✨

The kid on the box is looking forward to Greg stopping the xmas arc. I guess we’ll have to wait for january 1st for that to happen.

Let’s face it: Brad and Toni aren’t complete without Shannon!

And believe it or not, she does have fans!

Shannon :Noooooooooooooooooooo.

Shannon has the clarity of a guileless child, meaning she sees the difference between marketing puffery, and the relatively tame fun of a wind-up toy. Not that windup toys are lame to everyone, after all there is target marketing, but Shannon says exactly what is on her mind. Clarity, most adults don’t really have.

Smiley face wind-up toy? Sounds like something Toni dug out of the 1980s closet.

Maybe it was Grandma Daytona’s toy…

I like that Toni’s wearing the same top that Brad gave her in yesterday’s stip.

I don’t get it either, kid.

I’m with her. Today’s toys are so safe that they aren’t fun anymore.

Shannon i’m with you i never really understood them either kid.

That thought sounds familiar to me. There are some classic toys that left me wondering why. OTOH, I could always make use of logs, bricks and Tinkertoys.

Get used to it kid. It gets worse.

The kid on the box was paid to look excited. It’s a form of lying.

Shannon is much too old for that toy.

Ironically, kids who are young enough for that toy can’t play with it because it’s too “dangerous.”

Actually, I can see Shannon’s point. What’s thrilling for a two-year-old is going to be pretty lame to a seven-year-old!

Shannon has grown out of the baby talk stage all of a sudden.

She doesn’t get why the kid on the box looks so excited. Clever humor that was funnier than hell. At least I thought so.

Okay, if you don’t get it, you don’t get it, Shannon! (no big loss)

Instant gratification has changed somewhat, over the years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tT_YO16lbU&list=RD-tT_YO16lbU&start_radio=1&t=0

Their appeal was never clear to me either.

note shannon doesn’t have the suggestion of a speech impediment here. the fact her age seems to fluctuate is what i find most annpying about the character

Welcome to Marketing 101!

l gave out money and doodads to the kids. The youngest about Shannon’s age loved the Chinese finger trap and the miniature Rubic’s Cube.

HowTheDuck wins the “Hugh the Hue” award yesterday for spotting the incorrect hair color for Luann. Normal coloration will resume after I administer self flagellation per Greg Evans orders. Amazon box with Cat o’ nine tails should arrive today.

Jonah brought that didn’t he?

how old is the picture of the child on the box? also I found that this type of toy was pretty much for interaction between the child and their pet.

Speaking of hair styles. Luann and Toni’s hair styles are remarkably similar. Yesterday’s coloring made it even more apparent for me. Even their profile views are similar-to-same.

I find the I find the Jonah-Shannon-Brad-Toni arc somewhat straining. I believe Greg would like the Jonah character to conveniently slip from memory. Perhaps he would like us to start seeing the strips with Shannon as merely Uncle and Aunt interacting with their niece strips. After all, Shannon may be having a wonderful and rewarding time with her father when she’s not in the strip.

It’s called, “advertising”…

Hey! A savvy consumer!

Ungrateful little snot.

Shannon would probably like a make up kit – like the one Fay used when she was in Luann’s car getting ready for Axel. Shannon probably understands more than she is given credit for.

Another funny one. Heh heh.

When kids get too much high-tech in the course of their regular lives, toys like this are underappreciated, and they’re always pushing for budget-busting, bleeding-edge new stuff all the time.

When advertisers learn to market directly to children is when they hit gold. Think: the back if the cereal box.

“Well … that’s what CVS Pharmacy had – So ENJOY!!” ;)

Kids today are so spoiled by video games that other games and toys no longer figure into what entertains them

I never understood that either.

She will be an interesting “tween.”

It’s sort of like the night before Election….

The kid on the box was paid to look excited.

Should have bought the spark-spitting Nunzilla.

Its called “Marketing” kid

It’s a metaphor, kid, for how Toni gets Brad excited by winding up his happy balls.

Her life is one big I dont get it.

“Walk This Way”

“The Wind-Up To The Holiday”

“Toys Will Be Toys”

“Thing Outside The Box”

Welcome to the truth behind the package art, kiddo. That’s why I started giving my nieces and nephews a block of wood and a whittling knife every Christmas.

hopefully Shannon will get other gifts she likes better.

She isn’t being paid to look ecstatic.

Is there any day at all too important for Jonah to ditch this kid on?

Of course someone bought a toy that was age-inappropriate for Shannon. That’s inevitable, given that her age changes up or down from story arc to story arc.

Shannon has a point.

And who shopped for that gift? Maybe Toni should have asked Jonas what Shannon would like. perhaps this is a sign that Shannon is growing up; if she is going to be staying over at Toni and Brad’s on some kind of regular basis they need to realize that she needs mental stimulation; Shannon is in 1st grade. That toy looks like something you would buy for a cat.

I think this may be a thrilling toy for a child of the eras before video games in the mid-70s. Once video games hit the market, it was a game changer and kids now expect something better. Low tech wind-up toy? Ha! It makes a good science project where kids learn the mechanics of how turning a knob moves things.

Bubble blow be better.

This is a 1950s sort of toy, like the ones the kids get in Family Circus (in their 3rd or 4th go-round).

You know, we’re all assuming it’s Shannon’s gift, but that is NOT explicitly stated anywhere.

Maybe Toni received it as a stocking-stuffer gag gift , and is now explaining it to Shannon.

Go home, Shannon, please. If I never see you again, it will be too soon….

I have a feeling the pic of an excited looking child on the box was the reason for buying this.

And where’s her cousin Lindsey?

Seven years old and already jaded…