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1. 6 days ago on Luann

   As I’ve pointed out several times, Brad, Toni, and TJ live in the house formerly owned by “Mrs.” Horner, who was introduced as Bernice’s (not Luann’s) neighbor [2001/07/12, ff.].

2. 6 days ago on Luann

   Brad, Toni, and TJ live in the house formerly owned by “Mrs.” Horner, who was originally introduced as Bernice’s (not Luann’s) neighbor [2001/07/12, ff.]. I have often wondered whether Shannon will ever meet Ben’s stepsons.

3. 7 days ago on Luann

   There was also the arc where B&T had Shannon for a whole month. That was a lot of work, but getting through it evidently helped them—especially Toni—feel that they were up to the challenge of caring for a chid of their own. In the strip of 2024/09/07, Toni said quite clearly that she was ready for parenthood.

4. 10 days ago on Luann

   We briefly saw Quill on 2016/09/26-28 when Luann went to the Bergers’ house to see how Gunther was doing on her bridesmaid dress. Then on 2017/02/20, we saw Irma remarking to Gunther that “we don’t see much of Quill,” which suggests to me that Quill might have still been staying there occasionally when not on the road.

   In 2018, the Bergers moved out of that house, Irma moving in with her new husband, Al Gray, and Gunther moving into the “guest house” (or, as some here call it, “gulag”) with Les. I don’t recall learning anything about what Quill has been up to since then. Some people may have the idea that he’s gone back to Australia, or that he’s gone to New York, or that he’s permanently traveling with a touring company, but I think that’s all just their own speculation or what they remember from other people’s comments, and not anything established in the comic itself. Of course I’m willing to be corrected by anyone who can back up their claim by citing a specific strip or other communication from the Evanses.

5. 13 days ago on Luann

   If you go back and look at the strip of March 1, you’ll see that Phil said something about a kiss not being expected. He didn’t—at least as I read it—say anything about kissing being ruled out or unwelcome. I read his “Now I’m sorry” in panel 3 as meaning that he enjoyed having Luann kiss him and he hopes that it will happen again. I, too, assume that they’ll both figure out that their attraction is mutual. We may or may not be treated to more comedy of errors first.

6. 13 days ago on Luann

   I’ll go out on a limb and predict another kiss before we switch to a different story arc.

7. 18 days ago on Luann

   Maybe they could get four chamber musicians.

8. 18 days ago on Luann

   This thread is reminding me of “The Play.”

9. 20 days ago on Luann

   I think we saw a bit of the parking lot in the arc where Tara got run down by her dangerous cousin Stella. Since Greg creates and re-creates various spaces on the fly, the parking lot can be as big as it needs to be to accommodate a bloodmobile, or the dining room can be as big as it needs to be for the blood bank to set up their equipment there.

   As for there being only “1 or 2 servers and one cook”, I wouldn’t get too worked up about that. The Fuse isn’t the only comic strip business that’s understaffed compared to what a real-world equivalent would need. As I’ve pointed out before, Blondie Bumstead and Tootsie Woodley have run a catering service and maintained a storefront for years, apparently with no other employees until they recently hired a pastry chef. This sort of unrealistically low staffing saves cartoonists the trouble of inventing names and faces and personalities for a bunch of minor characters and developing them all within the constraints of having ~3 panels a day to work with.

10. 20 days ago on Luann

    Who says Ox plans to make those cookies at home? He could make them in the kitchen at Kafe Kablooie under supervision of TJ, who presumably has taken the required food safety training unless you want us to imagine that KK has been operating illegally all this time.

    Also, Luann has already contacted a blood bank. See yesterday’s first panel.