Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 31, 2021

oh, won’t this be fun

Yikes! Don’t let her play with scissors, Luann!!

Safety first.

No running gags with scissors.

Sadly, Luann was a better baby sitter when she was 13 years old. =-/

This does not look like it’s ending today. Another week of this will be unbearable.

Yeah, yeah! Not gonna happen!

A little trim here and a little trim their now Luann you owe me $75.00

The chainsaw is next.

About to get scalped… why did she even agree to sit down?

Called it! Cut and style!

You know what they do at real salons, Shannon? They shave off your bushy eyebrows every time you try to be “cute”.

RUN. Do not walk. RUN The demon has scissors.

Time to cut and run.

I don’t care what any of you old farts (or young toots) say, this is funny, HILARITY ENSUES. What a setup.

In real life, no fully conscious 20 year old is going to be sitting on a chair about to get their hair cut by a six year old, but this is a comic strip. So make believe it is happening. Luann is going to get her head shaved tomorrow anyhow for cancer awareness.

Be afraid, be very afraid, Luann!

What? No Flowbee?

Please Note.

Luann hasn’t had a new hairdo since she turned sweet 16.

Nor does she need one.

There are several other characters who I’d bestow a new “do” on long before Luann.

Bernice, for instance.

But, 1) Looks like Lu is about to get scalped. And 2) Looks like this story is going to extend into next week.

Troubled times are ahead. And not just in the real world.

One question, for those of you who find this amusing (I’m looking at YOU #1):

What would it take before You would deem it necessary finally to put the brakes on this bra….uh, Kid? :)

WHAT could go wrong?

If Luann lets Shannon CUT her hair, hilarity will not ensue (just disappointment).

Looks like this arc is leading up to Luann getting a new hair style. Shannon botches the haircut attempt and Luann grabs Shannon and heads straight to a hair salon to fix the injury to her hair.

Originally meant to be posted under Luann1212 s comment, above:

The big disconnect for me is, having told Shannon about professional hairstylists, the next scene wasn’t at a professional hairstylist’s.

How quickly did Luann surrender? That jump between panel 2 and panel 3, did Shannon persuade Luann to get in the chair, or did Luann just jump right into position?

It’s off-panel action and, in this case, I think we needed to be clued in…

Also a concern: These last few months have featured my favorite characters, from Bets to Tiffany to Gunther, to Bernice, even Shannon, and each and every arc has dragged them all through the mud.

Who do G&K think they are? Luann?

People whose misadventures make the strip fun.

Step away from the scissors, girl ! Slowly ! :)

Hair today, gone later today.

Gruesome …..

From the subliminable to the ridiculous.

Is Luann serious about this??? She wants to change her hairstyle so bad that Shannon with a scissor is okay too? This is truly a huge revelation!!! Shannon is almost scary in panel 3 and Luann’s worried expression is simply the Best ♡. It’s a crazy-funny moment that could lead to something unpredictable.

This cannot end well

Seriously. Demon child. Can no one say no to this monster?

Still think that kid doesn’t need discipline? Think again.

She still hasn’t addressed the fact that they are using someone else’s stuff without permission.

OK, is Luann mentally blanking or something? She’s just going to sit down and not do anything when Shannon’s standing next to her with a pair of scissors in her hand? A responsible person would take the scissors and say “Nope, sorry, instead we’re going to put everything back and wash your hair and then you’re going to bed.”

To all of those who complained that Luann is just a supporting player in her own strip—well, this week (and next, I suppose), she’s a star. Whaddya say now???

Nancy confronting Ann Eiffel. Now that was awesome. But this? …Eh..

Why does Luann look like she has no idea how she got where she is?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Next Storyline- Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Will Luann be ball headed on Monday? Tune in next week!

I have to wonder if this will signal a Hairstyle change for Lu, similar to how Tiff did the change for Bern… We’ll have to see.

Just no! I can only hope next week’s arc goes SOMEWHERE.

I do not understand why the people with constant negative comments read Luann!

Next, Shannon will offer to cook on the hibachi and do her knife tricks rendition.

I’d give up on this strip, but it’s too tempting to watch this potential train wreck. Maybe at 73, it’s time for Greg to retire.

Sunday: Luann shops for wigs.

Well, for the fans who were done with Nil & Bern, longing to see the Brat, ya got Shannon for another week. We haven’t seen the real disaster, yet, from this arc.

Luann did do well mentoring Fay. That arc seemed humorous. Luann should return to her acting career. That’s the last time she showed development toward maturity. Now she just seems to be a matronly aunt. 8^ (

Luann, you’re the biggest dumb blonde I’ve ever seen.

Tara! Tara! Tara!

Please let this arc end here. For everyone clamoring for more of the title character, hopefully you’ve had your fill.

Do people actually enjoy the strips featuring Shannon? Luann is one of my favorite comics, but Shannon’s antics do nothing for me. Please, let’s move on.

Maybe this arc will lead to something. If Shannon does a hack job on Luann’s hair, Luann will have to vist a real salon to get a proper cut causing her to have a different look. For that matter Shannon might do a job on her own hair and then they both end up in the barber’s chair.

I would love to see Luann with a chopped up hairdo that no one is talking about next week! I can just see her holding up her hand and saying “Don’t ask”.

If Luann lets shannon cut her hair she deserves what she gets. This is not really cute.

Doesn’t anyone say “No” to this kid?

I tire of Shannon almost immediately.

I just realized that my wish to see a big fiasco is probably not going to happen. This will probably just fizzle out with some kind of anti-climactic resolution, but OH how I would love to see a scene of Luann tucking Shannon in for the night and as she turns we see a big short spot in the back of her hair!

Luann what wrong with you

Whatever Luann gets here, she completely deserves.

Seems they should have cleaned up Shannon’s hair first. She’s dripping mousse all over. I’d be out of that chair like a shot if I saw Shannon coming at me with scissors. Can’t believe Luann is that gullible. Sheesh! :-o

It might be fun to see Luann with a makeshift man-bun for the next month.

You know, Luann, you don’t HAVE to submit to this. That is, unless Greg or Karen is standing off-panel with a gun pointed at you.

Shear chaos to follow

It’s a good thing Brad and Toni are first responders. I think Luann will need some emergency medical attention when Shannon is done with her.

The last thing Shannon should be wielding is a pair of scissors.

Luann why are you letting a kid that has more common sense then you do play you what is your end game.

Oh, come on . . . not even Luann would let a six-year-old anywhere near her hair with a pair of scissors.

Luann, a child is holding a pair of scissors near your. DO WHAT MUST BE DONE.

Or let this whole thing result in Luann getting a new hairstyle; could be an interesting change.

Why hasn’t Shannon grown up any at this point? Seems she has been this age – 4? 5? – forever!

Today’s many comments about Luann and other irresponsible “adults” in Shannon’s life remind me of something else I saw once (well, actually more than once—and that’s part of the problem) in a comic strip.

The strip showed this kid, maybe 7 or 8 years old, playing baseball. He throws a pitch and—POW!—the batter hits a line drive straight back at him so hard that he (the pitcher) gets knocked upside-down with his shoes and socks flying off. The same thing happens again multiple times in later episodes of the strip. In the panel after the kid gets knocked upside-down, we see him lying on the ground with little stars all around or a swirly line over him, suggesting he hurt his head when he landed. Do the kid’s parents ever realize the danger and put a stop to it? Nope.

There’s also this girl in the outfield who clearly shouldn’t be playing baseball. I don’t say that because she’s an incompetent player. (She is, but attempting things beyond your current competence is an important part of growing up.) I say it because the situation is unsafe. On more than one occasion, whether through lack of coordination or on account of being distracted and not paying attention to the game, she gets bonked on the head by a fly ball. And do her parents, or any other responsible adult, ever put a stop to this? Nnnnope.

In the strip I’m talking about, grown-ups aren’t shown, though they supposedly exist off-panel, so I can’t say whether any are watching these baseball games. But either way—whether none of the parents (or teachers, police officers, park employees, etc.) in the neighborhood are paying enough attention to notice kids getting one concussion after another, or whether they notice but don’t care—they must be all be a pretty sorry lot of irresponsible excuses for so-called adults. Good grief!

Unfriggin believable; and Luann still can’t say “no” or “stop” to that overindulged brat?

This just gets better and better. Just take the scissors away and give her some hairspray and a blow dryer! Or break out the cosmetics. That should keep her busy for a while.

RUN, LUANN, RUN!

Where’s Jack? Wasn’t he supposed to show up for a date or something?

Pausing for a moment to think whether I’d still be in that seat when Shannon was that close to me with big scissors..ok! I’m done! Bye!!!!

Omg, shannon is a good reason to think carefully if one wants to be a parent

I’m gonna miss Luann’s hair.

She’s gonna butcher your hair

Throwing red meat to all the Shannon haters.

Besides, Luann has NEVER had a new hairdo.

@Susan00100, rrsltx, shamest, dbradway1, tremaine53, luann1212, and others:

The character ‘Luann’ in this ‘toon is not the character those of us who followed this ’toon have cared about. This situation is similar to what happened when Jonathan Lemon and Joey Allison Sayers took over the Alley Oop ’toon. The new writers for Alley discarded the character’s previous history. I guess only Karen Evans is now writing this ‘toon, instead of her father, and this is how she sees the character ’Luann’.

Disappointing…

Miss Shannon is clearly on the “cutting edge” of hair styling.

Panel three: And so came the reincarnation of, “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

Tell Shannon to go run with those scissors.

So this is how Luann will end up getting a new hairstyle. My misadventure, of all things.

this is not going to end well.

Never let Shannon hold a pair of Scissors.

Running, walking, sitting, even Sleeping. Just don’t do it. Trust Me.

Shannon + scissors = disaster.

Scared. Very Scared.

Luann, are you crazy? —Or, crazier than we thought?

Do not let the Brat From Hell near your hair with scissors in her hands!

Or, maybe you are feeling suicidal….

There is so much crap in the bwat’s hair that it is dripping. Gel doesn’t drip. Neither does mousse. Is this some kind of oil? Yuck. I think playing hair salon has gone far enough. Luann’s new hairstyle will be very short. Hilarity ensues.

Could we possibly be about to see an updated version of the unpublished novel ‘The Horrible Haircut’ by Greg Evans?

No, Shannon. That’s a word you need to hear AND OBEY. Luann, take the scissors away NOW!