Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 20, 2020

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 5 years ago

    now you know, Luann, how Gunther felt

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    AnyFace  almost 5 years ago

    Effective Critique. ✨

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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 5 years ago

    Go Gunther! Don’t Stop!

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    jeff_e  almost 5 years ago

    He’s going pretty easy.

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    MinPinMom  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther is ready to GROW A PAIR at long last.

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    fretlessman71  almost 5 years ago

    WONDERFULLY played.

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    DaJellyBelly  almost 5 years ago

    And there are some here who have stated that Gunther has no spine!

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    howtheduck  almost 5 years ago

    Now we see the effect of Bets on Gunther. Gunther is angry at Luann and yet he is managing to explain his perspective without a screaming, temper tantrum. I would say it’s an improvement, but the week is not done yet. We may still have a screaming, temper tantrum before the week is out.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Ah, No YELLING or SCREAMING. Gunther took the gentlemanly high road and dealt with Luann LOGICALLY. And GOOD for Him!

    Unfortunately, THAT won’t work on Tiffany. In fact, it would be WORSE. The last time Gunny yelled at Tiffany, she was actually turned on by it.

    BUT, note that while Gunther (And everybody else) was fully aware of Luann’s ex-B/F, Quill, Gunny also KNEW about Luann’s CLOSE friendship with Jack and her date pic dates.

    HOW did he know about THOSE guys? Did Luann tell him, or did he “pry?”

    But you know? If Gunther REALLY wanna hit Lu below the belt, he’d ask her how “intimate" she got with Elwood Druit, that obnoxious, annoying, little troll that once gave Lu a (FAKE) engagement ring, and asked her to marry him. THAT, would get her attention.

    So. Will the rest of the week be Gunther “confronting” EVERYBODY involved in the gossip? And will the arc end with Gunther having that LONG OVERDUE talk with Bets about her excessive social media usage?

    Like I said before, THIS is getting Good!

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    blunebottle  almost 5 years ago

    ZIIINNG!

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    Prescott_Philosopher   almost 5 years ago

    I don’t know. GnK gives us arcs that change the Luannaverse like the marriage of characters, and throw-away arcs like the girls go camping. I suspect the gossip arc is a throw-away.

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    yoda1234  almost 5 years ago

    Looks like Gunther is just warming up…..

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    Pointspread  almost 5 years ago

    Go Gunther!

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    rklynch  almost 5 years ago

    Now is it just me, or is Gunther coming off as a just a little bit creepy in the first panel? Yes, I know he’s trying to teach Luann a lesson as to why it’s not appropriate to pry into one’s private life. But going by his facial expression and pretty much the timing of what he said to her in the opening panel, it is more than a little off putting…

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    capricorn9th  almost 5 years ago

    I notice Luann isn’t inviting him in or he doesn’t want to come in.

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    Pointspread  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther it might be a good time to bring up her actions the night of your first date with Bets: get it all out there.

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    Terminal Frost Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    I seldom care about clothes or color variations etc, but there is a bit of continuity glitch. The attire Luann is wearing on the Sunday walk with Bernice is the same outfit she was wearing on the Saturday episode when Gunner showed up on the doorstep, and what she is wearing in this installment. Just seems odd as a choice, and confusing. Obviously there are 2 possibilities. Either the walk happened just before he showed up, or is in the aftermath. I suspect the former, because I think the result of the discussion now is gong to be more serious than a slap on the wrist.

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    Brdshtt Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Ok, Luann – cough up. We are inquiring minds, and we want to know.

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    Joe1962  almost 5 years ago

    Go Gunther!!

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  almost 5 years ago

    Walking in the other man’s shoes sometimes pinches.

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    I gotcha, uh huh, huh

    You thought I didn’t see ya now, didn’t ya, uh huh, huh

    You tried to sneak by me now, didn’t ya, uh huh, huh

    Now gimme what you promised me, give it here

    Come on

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    Orcatime  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther for the point.

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    Holilubillkori Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Enjoy squirming Lu….

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    DannyDing1  almost 5 years ago

    And where’s Quill.

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    Mats Dahlgren Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Maybe it’s just me but is Luann the only person in this strip that doesn’t grow up?

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    Caldonia  almost 5 years ago

    “Well, Gunther, let me put it like this: When I saw Jack naked in art class, I thought it was scary. But when I saw you naked in the library? I thought it was funny!”

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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 5 years ago

    Tiffany had a relapse. Tiffany made a grownup decision to stop the dependency with Dad’s money after Dad choses Ann Eiffel.

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    MathProf2  almost 5 years ago

    Could the “real” crisis (in her mind) be…that she’s never gotten anywhere?

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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 5 years ago

    Gunther is not a dweeb, Luann! Stop being a silly goose and ask for forgiveness! But the arc will probably end today.

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    luann1212  almost 5 years ago

    MYOB. That is the play so far with this set up panel. This arc has so many connections to other arcs, the rich history of all the involved characters and their relationships including Gunther’s current one with Bets, and how Luann truly feels about it, I withhold prediction about this’s arc but it’s bound to be a humdinger.

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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 5 years ago

    It will be a humdinger if the 8th grade dweeb and Luann decided to explore a relationship as a couple!

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    Barry1941  almost 5 years ago

    Not quite sure why you would want to be friends with anyone as petty as Luann.

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    Chopped Fowl  almost 5 years ago

    ‘I give you the boy, … give me back the man …’

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    dadoctah  almost 5 years ago

    The snark is strong with this one….

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    locake  almost 5 years ago

    I would discuss my private life with close friends. If I was Luann I would honestly answer Gunther’s questions and not be embarrassed to talk about my intimate life with a long time friend.

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    GirlGeek Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Dude you are going way too easy on her

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    JohnWThompsonIII  almost 5 years ago

    Nailed it or should I say Nailed HER!

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    ForrestOverin  almost 5 years ago

    At least she isn’t making excuses. I’ll credit her for that.

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    detroitpete  almost 5 years ago

    That is pretty good way to show her to MYOB without tearing her a new one.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    I didn’t know Gunther was so amazing with irony. I’m loving him here♡. And Luann must be ready to make him a ton of apology, or tell him all her most private moments… She already regret having been so nosy. Interesting that Gunther too thinks there is something between her and Jack♡♡♡.

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    Tyge  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther’s continuation seems milder than his Saturday opening salvo would have indicated. However, it is more in line with Gunther’s basic character portrayal. Confrontational but not manic. The tack he is taking at this point seems to indicate that reconciliation is in the offing; perhaps with a bit more respect for the G-man.

    I wonder if this confrontational mood will spill over onto his relationship with bets and “intimate” postings???

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    wtepps  almost 5 years ago

    Good for you Gunther, well played. Good to see him get a spine.

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    Thorby  almost 5 years ago

    She realizes she stepped in “it”, but GOOD!

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    Tyge  almost 5 years ago

    And where will Greg take this for the rest of the week? A discussion about privacy seems like a pretty lame episode in the overall arc of Bets invasive postings. Will Gunther and Luann wind up further apart or closer in their relationship? Where will Luann wind up in her relationship/intimacy angst? Will the Night at the Gulag emotions rekindle?

    There is certainly much to anticipate this week. I hope Greg doesn’t let us down. :o(

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    Ellis97  almost 5 years ago

    You’d better fess up, Luann.

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    Don Draper  almost 5 years ago

    “Sarcasm: Making the world a better place…one insult at a time”

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    Bernedoodle  almost 5 years ago

    Sic him Puddles!

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    Airman  almost 5 years ago

    Take off your coat, Gunther, and we’ll turn this into a show and tell.

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    asrialfeeple  almost 5 years ago

    The sarcasm is strong in this one.

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    6foot6  almost 5 years ago

    Sounds like he did a lot of questioning of the witnesses that is pretty much what happened.

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    WilliamVollmer  almost 5 years ago

    Luann is learning that payback is a bi…

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    Liam Astle Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Take that, Luann!

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    33Angel  almost 5 years ago

    Way to go, Gunther! I approve!!!

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    Liam Astle Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Hand over clothes action.

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    JB10000Lakes  almost 5 years ago

    Wow; Betts borrowed him his sack back.

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    sacldczoo  almost 5 years ago

    It’s only Monday

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    JB10000Lakes  almost 5 years ago

    Wonder how Gunther lost the tip of his thumb?

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    micromos  almost 5 years ago

    Look who grew a pair.

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    cubswin2016  almost 5 years ago

    This should be where Luann says she is sorry.

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    STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Luann, your nosiness is like a boomerang, and has just come back to smack you in the face!

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    marilynnbyerly  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther is getting what is now called a shiny spine and standing up to Luann. Now, he needs to set some boundaries with Bet, too.

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    dv1093  almost 5 years ago

    Date Pic Guy??

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    lflynn6730  almost 5 years ago

    well, that was mega burn, and now the shouting match shall begin

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    stevesasleep Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    L., push back! Demand to see the photos of them boinking in their cosplay outfits.

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    Mr. Organization  almost 5 years ago

    I expected Gunther to simply yell at Luann as he would have done when he was just a bit younger. Kudos to Greg for avoiding the predictable response; it helps show how the characters have grown through the years. Now I can look forward to seeing what comes next.

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    Pipe Tobacco  almost 5 years ago

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    Thankfully… Gunther approached this in a rather kind, gentle, but firm way. No yelling…. which makes me happy!

    But what will occur this week? Hypotheses:

    a) we will see Gunther confronting all the gossip mongers one by one.

    b) Luann will apologize, and she and Gunther will keep talking and the two of them will stop just short of a kiss before they realize their “love” for each other….. and then Gunther has to decide what to do.

    c) Luann apologizes but then ask Gunther more probing questions about Bets and Gunther just walks away.

    d) we have a surprise mid-week story shift onto something else….. perhaps Shannon confronts Brad for his Santa portrayal at the Mall and so Brad comes to “talk” with Luann too.

    But, the one aspect I think appears likely even if any one of the above happens….. likely this week will not have Bets in it.

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    Solaricious Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Seriously, this strip should never have gone in this direction. Next you’ll be telling me Toni and Brad have been making out too…

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    Code the Enforcer  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther Gumption Goin’!!! … YES!!

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    Cheapskate0  almost 5 years ago

    My take: I guess I’m having a Lord Hearteater moment.

    This looks and feels like Ross and Rachel in Friends.

    I’m starting to think that Lord is right: G&K are playing a long game here, and that long game is Gunther and Luann!

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    JR0602  almost 5 years ago

    Nice job Gunther. Hope she learned her lesson.

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    eladee AKA Wally  almost 5 years ago

    Off topic here but I just heard that the comic strip “Retail” is ending. It was funny and relevant and I wish the author many more years of success in future endeavors. I hope it will Archive somewhere soon because it really is worthwhile reading. And many thanks to the poster who mentioned it to me. I think it was someone on this forum that’s why I’m posting this. I want to say thanks for treating me to a very entertaining strip I would never have known otherwise.

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    Hindsight’sRelative  almost 5 years ago

    I love Gunther. He nailed it!!

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    kenhense  almost 5 years ago

    Actually Luann should simply tell Gunther she hadn’t done it with any of those guys. In trying to find out about Gunther – I think Luann was mainly trying to evaluate her own progress in life. I don’t see this as Luann digging up “dirt.” And not many of their peers would be judgmental if they learned Gunther & Bets were doing it. In fact, most that knew Gunther very well would be glad to hear that Bets yanked Gunther out of the crib. If Gunther and Bets do break up – I wouldn’t be surprised if either Tiffany or Luann wanted to be next.

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    CitizenOfTheValley  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther is showing a lot of maturity – more than Luann.

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    ZeMastor  almost 5 years ago

    For those who are still scratching their heads over “What did Luann do wrong?”, or trying to pass the blame onto the victims (Bets and Gun) for having a social media page… here’s a much milder and less personal analogy. You invite your friends over to your house for a get-together. The rooms that are open, and intended for free access to all the guests. Living room, dining room, kitchen, downstairs den/entertainment room, bathrooms. People gather in these public areas, talk, have a laugh, eat, drink, have fun.

    Some rooms in your house have closed doors. Your bedroom, the home office. One guest is not satisfied with staying in the public areas and starts to snoop around, open your closed doors to see what’s in them, because they’re “curious”. You catch them. The nosy biddy tries to use the excuse, “But you invited me into your house! It’s assumed that it’s normal for me to want to check out everything in it! Even the parts with the closed doors!”

    How well does that fly?

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    laurasohn11  almost 5 years ago

    This is the part where Luann figures out that she’s totally screwed…

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    ViscountNik  almost 5 years ago

    Perfectly handled.

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    AndrewSihler  almost 5 years ago

    There was that interesting exchange in the janitor’s closet with Quill. . . . And him buttoning his shirt in the last panel.

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    alexius23  almost 5 years ago

    Are all his months alone with Rosa being entirely wiped from the communal memory?

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    Lord Hearteater  almost 5 years ago

    Gun can’t get too mad a Lu, given their long history, and the fact that she opened the pathway that led to Bets. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein should be required reading, due to the message, which is applicable here: Build whatever monster that you wish to build, but know that it will eventually turn on you.

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    PhoenixHocking  almost 5 years ago

    “Oh, ouch,” is a bit of an understatement. Good for Gunther, says I.

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    SHIVA  almost 5 years ago

    I would ‘un-friend’ her for awhile.

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    Argythree  almost 5 years ago

    Since I am the only one here who doesn’t understand how someone can post all of their private moments (including a passionate kiss) on social media, and then object to someone trying to get more info, I guess I need to go read a different ’toon for awhile…

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    ZeMastor  almost 5 years ago

    Now here’s the weirdest thing… I don’t always check online, so I read today’s strip in the newspaper. Before I got my glasses (to be able to read the dialogue), I looked at the faces, and I was take aback by Gunther’s calm expression, and the open hand in Panel 2. I thought he was going to thank her for broaching a subject, and that he and Bets had a little talk, and all’s good. But once I got the glasses on and read the dialogue… whoo hooooo!

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    Scoutmaster77  almost 5 years ago

    I like Gunther. :-)

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    MathProf2  almost 5 years ago

    If a young man has fallen for a young woman who doesn’t return his attention, the standard advice is “you’ll get her interested if she thinks you’re turning to someone else.” The theory, I guess, is that you own anyone who’s stuck on you, so you don’t need to earn what you own, but you won’t ever be entirely happy to give it.

    Now Gunther is characterized as too sincere to manipulate Luann by taking up with Bets (or Rosa or even Tiffany), but Luann has always regarded him as an ace-in-the-hole. At least it seems to us (I think) that it seems to her that she hasn’t really lost him as long as he’s not actually “doing it” with anyone else.

    So I expect this arc to flirt at least with Gunther’s realizing that Luann is panicked about losing him forever…and that somehow he didn’t know she cared. But it’s a comic strip not a rom-com…so only a little of that can come out a little at a time…

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    BlitzMcD  almost 5 years ago

    Touche, brother! Gunther with a spine works for me.

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    shyone2573  almost 5 years ago

    Good for Gunth!

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    eujeste  almost 5 years ago

    He’s SEETHING.He’s as nasty as an asp in the reeds, The sleeping dragon has been aroused and is not going to let it go.

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    SactoSylvia  almost 5 years ago

    Time can never mend the careless whispers of a good friend. – George Michael

    The question now is whether time, or anything else, can mend this friendship.

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    kenhense  almost 5 years ago

    I’m kinda reminded of the current Impeachment excursion into a moral jungle. Many of Trump’s supporters say yes – he did those things – but not a strong enough reason to remove him from office. Luann did what she did and got caught. In my opinion, if Gunther gets on his high horse and decides Luann can never be a friend again – that would signify Gunther is still plagued by the same demons that warped his life to date. At the heart of the issue, single people no longer have to wear a Scarlet “A” in shame if they are found having sex outside of marriage. I don’t think there was much if any damage to Gunther’s “reputation,” and arguably it may have improved his “reputation.” Gunther has been stunted emotionally, but now he seems to have got past this curse enough to find intimacy with another person.

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    NG: HEADS UP!

    Preliminary work.

    Wound healing.

    Elderly and mention of diabetic work late in the write-up.

    https://scienceblog.com/513594/we-know-exercise-is-good-for-your-skin-this-protein-mimics-those-effects-in-mice/

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    JonnyT1971  almost 5 years ago

    Let her know, Gunther!

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    RSH  almost 5 years ago

    I believe Luann will admit that she is jealous (after all) and that she ‘struck out’ on her date pic effort while Gunther was successful. Gunther will encourage her (as Jack did) to be more assertive, to accept people as they are and meet a person half-way instead of expecting the perfect relationship to just land in her lap.

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    bakana  almost 5 years ago

    He really knows how to apply the Cat-O-Nine Sarcasms.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 5 years ago

    He is being both delicate and jabbing. Good show. Gun is using a prickly softness.

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    kenhense  almost 5 years ago

    Note the tabloids make millions selling stuff that should be nobody’s business. Luann’s curiosity about her friend Gunther’s situation is a normal reaction. If Lu ran into Les in a bar – she might cozy up and steer the conversation in that direction. If Les doesn’t run with the bait – then mission aborted. However Luann running into the Fuse and not worrying about who might hear it was a big mistake – but compounded by others. All this to say I think many commenters are too tough on Luann. She’s a good kid – but far from perfect.

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    electricpostcard  almost 5 years ago

    Hahahahahahahaha!!! No where to run on that one Luann. No more digging into his stuff anymore. Good for you Gunther, done with taste and class!!!

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    despain_  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther is the lead batter….. Bets unseen is next up in the lineup!

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    You’ll be surprised Gunther because NOTHING HAPPENED!

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    Sisyphos  almost 5 years ago

    Stick it to her, Gunny. Luann has it coming. She is stuck at “15 years old.”

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    Takagi-san  almost 5 years ago

    Too easy. Looking for a bit of redemption tomorrow or he’s a weenie.

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    Tyge  almost 5 years ago

    Looks like we’ll hit 400 comments with this one.

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    Tyge  almost 5 years ago

    He’ll cave on this!

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    Argythree  almost 5 years ago

    I think the Evansi should gladden the hearts of all posters on GoComix and change the name of this ’toon to “Gunther and Gang”, and just eliminate Luann altogether.

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    R.J.C.  almost 5 years ago

    Way to go Gunther!!!!

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    gnmnrbl  almost 5 years ago

    Learning he is, growing he is. A pair he’s finally grown. But if there’s one thing i can say about Gunther, he doesn’t have the heart to hold a grudge, no matter what someone does to him. He will likely hear Luann out and forgive her. He just wants her to taste her own medicine.

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    Airman  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther is an unlikable dweeb with the mood swings of a tower sniper. I think that if any psycho crime was committed on campus, the criminal profiler would have a ball with “the Gun.” Luann and Bernice may be dull, but they’re not dangerous.

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    mechaman  almost 5 years ago

    Gunther ain’t the timid boy she knew in highschool anymore… subtlety in that last panel was more effective than rage. And Luann deserved it!

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    LeighBurton  almost 5 years ago

    When did Gunther get so mean and throw so much shade?

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