Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 03, 2015

Take it as a compliment, Luann, not an insult.

…I think this is more Greg showing off his own artwork then Luann being awesome at self portraits.

“Insight Out”“A Sketchy Person”“Are We There, Vignette?”“What Am I Doing Hanging Around?” (♫)“Take Your Best Shot”“In The Eye Of The Beholder”“Art For Art’s Forsaken”“Baubles, Angles And Lead-Ins”“You’re The Inspiration” (♫)“A Depiction Of Fiction”or“An Ounce Of Perception Is Worth A Pound Of Obscure”

Back last summer, didn’t Bernice say she was signing up for a quad dorm room? Are there two roommates we still haven’t met? And where have they been all this time?

I think number 2 was done by someone else, and number 3 is Upchurch’s version of Luann at 10, number 4 is from a Sunday one where Lue dreamed she was grown up, I think I saw 1 somewhere and 5 is a sketch (prework before doing final one for strip for one somewhere in the last 2 or 3 years)

Hmm…..I thought at first you were referring to Bernice- having her tongue out of her mouth before thinking about what she’s saying. Some friend.

compare Upchurch and Greg in this 2 strips, www.gocomics.com/luann/2014/09/27 and http://www.gocomics.com/luann/1985/03/18

the Ecuador/Peru thing…………. maybe the Ecuador thing was before she found out she could not be enrolled in peace corps without college education

think greg might be changing luanns design again i really hope it changes to the 2nd picture hopefully by 2 to 3 years time

i really would like to see changes to tony (change lips) as well as tj possiblywhen was the last time greg changed luann’s design 2005 2006 i think it was around there

I think Luann #2 is drawn Disney heroine style.

anyone can get the Luann design when she “guested” in the other cartoon? where she found a dog and gave it to another teen character? and number 2 is almost “Disney like”

Luann #1 might be drawn in the style of an action comic?

“. I actually know some folks who do that while they are concentrating or working, tying their shoes…” ^Michael Jordan was also famous for his tongue hanging out while in “mid-air flight”. Probably also does it now, way after retirement, when he reaches over to tie his shoes…

What’s happening on the 17th?

Seriously so fast? i remembered 3 years ago i read 20 years of luann stripsTOOK ME 4 MONTHS STRAIGHT

There are actually other comic/cartoon characters who are drawn with the “tongue out” expression at times, as well, like “Curtis” and “Snuffy Smith”…

Isn’t sticking your tongue out supposed to be a writers way of showing creativity or something its a quirk used by writers i believe

Kobe sometimes sticks tongue out http://lakers.topbuzz.com/gallery/d/277863-1/Kobe+Bryant+sticks+out+his+tongue+and+drives+against+Kevin+Durant.JPG

On second thought, I think Luann #1 is drawn in the style of a graphic novel. And with that… good night, all!

@Brdshtt thanks

second from the left, me like

No, Bern. You MEANT say, Dezzo has an “Incredible” sense of HER-Self…..,

The second self-portrait in panel 3 looks very Disney-esque.

Bernice gets it right, as always. With Luann it’s all about Luann. Unfortunately the one person Bernice can’t get right is herself.

The first one will come to me (I’m drawing a blank) …, then Disney character, retro Luann, Beyonce style, last one? Pffft.

playing fantastic basketball

is the far right portrait (our right) Luann on caffeine?

Is Greg going to retire & let Luann do her owe strip?

“What do studies say about people who scratch their heads while thinking?” ^Or about people who can pat their heads and rub their bellies?

“I’m stumped, but I know it….”

Maybe young Billy (Keane) could give Luann some pointers on it…

I knew I remembered that angry Luann drawing from somewhere. funny how she has evolved!

(Greg/story changes:) Yes. That’s… what I said…

Speaking of tongues sticking out, this onewould probably win an award for “the most awwws”!

Panel 4, Bernise has a pencil through her cornea!!

Well, we almost got two days worth of comics out of the way before Bernice said something critical of Luann.

Thanks a lot, friend!

Maybe she should really concentrate on art in that school but I don’t want it to be with Zebo (or whatever his name was). Although he might turn into a good teacher/critic once he is past the intro to art part!

I think you’re being very kind.-It’s been many (many!) years since I was a teen, but, from what I remember, the use of sarcasm was to show that the teen was were exasperated with someone, and thought the target of the snarky remark was kind of stupid (compared to the person delivering the snark)…

Another head scratcher is that… Twerking… dance thing…..

"…but as her way of saying “get real”. ^That’s the way I see that one, too.

Bernice is abrupt and tends to be more “analytical”, and snappy, but her overall “criticisms” are not stemming from a negative zone, so much so as a more “pragmatic” one (though she too had a couple of brief moments of needing to “get real”). It seems to be part of the nucleus of this strip, for us to identify with (and also laugh at or sometimes shake head vigorously at) Luann’s outlook, as depicting what many go through. Some choice “get real” moments towards Luann from several people, including Bernice (+ or – snark): –

See the strips I just posted. It was part of their ongoing convo, and it was part of what Luann was bringing up, not Bernice. And she and Luann were there working out their separate situations, both being arcs going on around the same time….

You forgot this one:

Thank you!!!

Luann has unexpected skills! While drawing #2 from left is very sweet and demure, by that very fact it is not like Luann. The drawing #4 from left is “Farah Fawcett DeGroot” and not really believable, either. In fact, although not very flattering, #1 seems to be the most likely as a vision of a future Luann. Sigh.

Yeah, I figured, I didn’t mean “forgot” literally, just wanted to post that one myself, since it was one of my personal favorites, and I already had been thinking about that strip lately, in light of this upcoming month..

The one that makes me scratch my head is this maneuver by some singers, male and female:

Michael Jackson did it also.

It’s funny… Sheryl Crow once said in an interview that one of her first jobs in the “biz” was as one of Jackson’s “assistants…” Apparently, one of her duties was to keep Michael’s “soldier” always “standing at attention,” in advance of a stage/concert appearance.

Hmmmmmmm……

Series begins at:http://www.outnumberedcomic.com/?p=452

I am OKAY with Bern being “REAL” but many times Luann basically was asking Bern “AM I beautiful?” and Bern basically told her “there is no hope for you” Maybe she was scared of Luann getting a big head and actually becoming Tiff, but unlikely………. Lue is just as beautiful physically as Tiff, but Tiff has more confidence on herself(sometimes more than reality) while Lue lacks it (even in the mist of being successful ),Tiff lacks quality friends while Lue has some because despite both wanting to be more than what they are, Tiff pretends she is what she wants to be and Lue wishes she was(to the points she sometimes wishes she was Tiff), Lue for being more real, gets friends who like who she is, while Tiff many times realizes that she does not have anyone of “importance” and becomes jealous of the “not important people” around her (who end up being the closest to actual friends, “HBF” Crystal, Luann, Bern, Delta, TJ, Knute, Gunther and even Ox.)

Aaron, Crystal, Bern, TJ, Gunther, and Ox have all had their moments of mutual friendship/attraction with Tiff. .She and Luann have even had a few moment of closeness. .Tiff is not hopeless.

we readers know that, but Tiff DOES NOT KNOW THAT just the same way Lue can’t see she has beauty, talent and many admirers ……..both Lue and Tiff think they don’t have the things the other has

Reallybad, you take this comic strip way too seriously.

The savant title is a little premature.

That second skecth is my favorite. Lu looks VERY pretty in that slightly more realistic style. I was gonna say I like the fourth pic too, the one where she has longer hair, but it has too much of a ‘Tiffany’ vibe, know what I mean?

@IamJayBluE

Another head scratcher is that… Twerking… dance thing…..

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LOL, here ya go, Jay – Synchronized ‘twerking’ from Brazil…

Aw, not fair! You must remember, In South America (Brazil, Argentina, etc.) it is the “posterior” and not the “Northeast Mounties” that are the primary object of attraction/obsession among “hetero” males. They even have an annual “pageant” (a la “Miss America”) that honors that particular portion of the female anatomy.

Second from the left is from the future, when she works at a Disney theme park. Second from the right is after she gets back from a plastic surgery clinic in Lima. (Tell Sofia that Gunther sent you, to get a discount.)

Wow! That second from the left portrait! That is great! When was that used in a Luann strip?

If the “Disney Princess” drawing is Luann’s ideal image of herself, then it is perhaps significant that she gave herself a nose job…

From the FB page:

"To give credit where credit is due, Luann’s “self-portraits” in today’s strip were done by: (L to R) Greg, Tom Bancroft (former Disney animator and multitalented cartoonist), Jonathan Upchurch (Greg’s grandson), Chad Frye (illustrator, storyboard artist, all around ’toonist) and Greg."

Quick! Someone check Mord’s coffee pantry… – No, wait- on second thought, that itself would be a “deathwish”…. Plus, I’m sure the Mastiffs on guard are too full for any more treats to keep them distracted….

OK, SPOILER ALERT…-Tomorrow, the fourth wall falls with a big, loud PICASSO sound…-Either that, or Greg Evans had an attack of hiccups….

I want to see Botero Style http://pzrservices.typepad.com/advertisingisgoodforyou/images/2007/06/25/botero.jpg

Where can I get some of this? It sounds like my cup of…coffee!

I like the Farrah-inspired one.

Thanks for posting these. I’m not on GoComics anymore (I got tired of paying to have my comics here) but they can be found every Monday at www.outnumberedcomic.com