Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 11, 2022

Shame on You, Luann!

cat’s out of the bag now that Gunther arrived on the girls’ conversation

Is Greg Evans not doing this cartoon any more? Artwork and dialogue is sub par compared to even last weeks submissions.

DUM, DA DUM, DUM.

Moving along nicely from 2001.

How did we ever miss at the time this early indication that Bernice would be full-of-herself critical of everything?

So is Greg on vacation this week, is that why the reruns? Can we get back to “current events” please.

I hear the Dragnet sound effects.

I’ll be so glad when Greg gets back.

Wow, Luann’s face in the last panel! And I thought the front end/grille/bumper of some of the early 1960’s Dodges and Plymouths were ugly…

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Looks like Gunther got there just in time! Now show your sweetie the card, Lulu.

Honesty can hurt. It’s about to.

Uh-Oh…..honest…Now what?

Tacky?

Where is Delta these days?

Just reading KL above fits just with what I was going to comment. To me this Valentine’s Day flashback arc is sad; the desperation of Luann’s romantic delusions in her romantic life, the emotional cluelessness of Gunther, the casual cruelty of Delta and Bernice on Luann’s embarrassing card and now it’s gets deeper with Gunther about to see that very card. Man it was cruel back then, even if there was a gag setup in panel 3. I know there is a lot of shade thrown in the current iteration of the strip and characters, including new ones, like Bet and Tara, blaming Karen for the change; If that is the. case, congratulations Karen. Lu still carries water in the strip for being so doofus and talking about shade, but at least it is not as cruel. And a lot more satisfying with the character and story development now as the characters become young adults although Luann still can’t catch a break. She gets criticized for not being in the strip while these new arcs are being developed and when she is she gets criticized for things like being allegedly doofus on helping a friend, Tara, in a fix, or putting up with Bern’s sarcasm and her romantic life is still in a mess. What a troubled road the character whose world is being described and life in that world is about has to travel, then and now.

Now, if Gunther really would have done that card, it would have been on graph paper.

And then the ferryman said:“There is trouble ahead…”

Luann the liar

When was the last time Bernice had the expression like she did in panel 3? Bernice usually has that “look down her nose” at you when she speaks with Luann. She is a lot like Delta, who despite being intelligent, often looked down at people. Too bad Luann did not just turn the question around yesterday by asking: “Hey Bernice did you get any Valentines this year?” (Answer, no, unless Gunnie is being nice) It would be interesting to see what Delta would have said if she was asked the same question, she probably would have attracted more interest than Bern but then again, maybe not….

Luann: The Queen of Tacky

Just about to check honesty.

Foot? Meet mouth.

“It’s deja vu all over again “

Interesting similarities between this plot and the one that’s being shown in Luann Againn now.

When do we go back to Tiffany and that idiot roommate of hers?

Delta and Bernice aren’t fooled. They know that Luann wrote it and are trolling her into admitting it.

It’s embarrassment, Gunther.

I’ve always hated these kinds of story lines. They make me cringe.

Deeper and deeper!

At least this time they are really honest with her about what they think of her Art. Now, The Very Awkward Moment!

Go ahead, Bernice.

Tell Gunther how “tacky” you think his card is to his face.

And by the way, where is Your Valentine’s Day card?

Luann reminds me of a kid in high school that we hung out with, he was a liar, always doing something stupid, got us in trouble, created drama…..years later we were wondering why we ever hung out with him and it turns out nobody ever really liked him.

Have G&K decided to quit this strip and GoComics are rerunning oldies??

Bernice hasn’t changed much.

Poor Lu – the girl can’t seem to catch a break either here or in “LuAnn Againn”! Similar pickles in both situations. :D

I wonder why the old comics this week.

I see this was made before Luann got so boring

Here comes the big boom!

As honest as the day is long. Isn’t it?’

Oh oh.

UH-OH!

I hope this is just Greg taking a week off.

We see by this series of reruns that there’s been no character development at all in the last 20 years. Should I bother to keep up with this strip? I feel like Sisyphus sometimes: All I have to do is stop, but the gods won’t let me.

maybe not THAT honest…..

So many questions and complaints about the reruns! Who cares why they are doing this. Even cartoonists deserve a vacation or a sabbatical. After so many years of doing this its o.k. to take a break and recharge. I’m enjoying the flashback to 2001. Also enjoy Luann again strips. It’s good to be reminded about where the strip was and where it is now. BTW has Delta been written out? Can’t remember the last time I saw her. One thing I appreciate about this strip is that they continually add new and interesting characters.

Loser! LOL Luann!

Did LuAnn regress back into high school? Are these repeats?

why are we getting the old strips lately? I haven’t seen a current one in a week or two.

I don’t think she’s ever been that fired up since!

Whoops! Wrong time to make a big deal about “honesty”. (But I suppose Luann’s secret is safe.)

Oh, what a tangled web we weave…

Everybody’s an art critic.

Luann quickly lights a cigar and “accidentally” sets fire to the card.

AN OLDIE I REMEMBER

Luann coming back home supremely wobbly after having her wisdom teeth pulled.

To the usual bad jokes from “Brad The Blob”.

Thank you, GE, for improving Gunther’s character design so much. I don’t know why, but I feel he used to look dumber than a box of hammers. Something about the mouth..

Like the movie groundhog day,. this stuff happened already.

Well, this just got awkward!!

This is all so confusing! Why does Bets look like that? Is there a guest artist this week?

Bernice was born a snob, and will always be a snob.

Gotta admit, brash Bernie has deftly skewered loser Luann. And Gunther is about to take a shot, too….

What happened to the strip in the past week? I much preferred the modern Luann and the stories that went with it.

I’ve stayed quiet so far, but I have to say a couple of things now. First of all, thanks to the people who have for days patiently answered the shocked, enraged, and baffled questions of hundreds who obviously don’t read the comments before they ask questions. Second, commenters, could you at least read a FEW comments before you ask a general question about the comic and any bewildering changes? There’s a good chance it’s already been answered (in this case, MULTIPLE TIMES). Thank you. I sincerely hope that we return to “regular” time on Monday, not because I dislike the older strips, but because it’s so wearying to go through the comments.

Honesty?! Here comes the karma bus!