Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 10, 2013

There’s that beautiful inside we’re always hearing about.

“Hi, I’ll Be Your Conflict, This Evening…”“Lu Hates Wrinkles”“It’s Our Break And I’ll Cry If You Don’t Want To”“Quill, Don’t Be So Dramatic!”

or “Duhn duhnh Duhhhhhnhh!”

Yeah, Quill, don’t forget you and Luann!!!

Good thing Luann isn’t self-centered like that awful Tiffany.

’Tis the season to be selfish, fa la la la la…

Who’s gonna listen to Luann blabbering?? Oh NO! (A little humor here!)

Quill should do what he wants and what is best for him, regardless of Luann’s opinion.

Yeesh girl, you guys are barely an “us”. You do not have a ring, you two do not live together, and you haven’t admitted to being in love with each other. Relax, you guys were a long distance couple before, you can be one again. And as long as Moony Uni isn’t too far away, you two can still visit on weekends or during the week (depending on when Manezon needs help.)

Quill is a PILL, Luann.

Oh, he’ll be working for TJ… The drama camp gig is a “work for experience” — it doesn’t PAY any MONEY…

For Luann, every situation is an “I” test. Which probably makes her a fairly typical 17-18 year old.

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Perhaps Quill can persuade Ms Melodee to give Luann a part in the show?

Plus, Quill is better suited working in the theater than on TJ’s lunch wagon.

I think that’s a reasonable suggestion.Why don’t the two of them get Luann in the show. She is much better at actingthan the Terrible T. Now. Do you suppose the short one is onceagain helping Tiff out with running interference for her? Elwood is knee deep in movieindustry.

Ms. Manezon is drama prof at Moony Uni “here,” so presumably Quill won’t be far away, for gosh sakes, Luann. Don’t panic just because you’ll not have every minute of break time with the Aussie!

“US”?!!?

Lu, I take it by “US”, You DON’T Mean the United States of America.

Give it UP, Gal. Your So-Called Ro-Mance with Pretty Boy is DEAD.

Hell, Even the Buzzards KNOW IT and Are Starting to Circle Overhead in Panel 2.

Can’t get no satisfaction.

She scaled down her college ambitions for him! But he is carrying on as if she didn’t exist.

Let’s hope he is only [gently] pulling her chain….

I thought Luann was visiting her aunt with her family. That changed quick. Moony Uni? Really

The life we must live gets in the way of the life we would wish

“Hired” to work on the holiday show? For pay? Yet another visa violation. Don’t fuss so much about your relationship with Quill not being close enough now, Luann – it’ll be a lot less close, once Quill is deported.

Note to all looking for jobs:.Do every job you do ro the best of your ability and any who saw your performance are more likely to hire you for any future jobs they may have available..Do it poorly and they are less likely..Don’t do it at all and they are even less likely..Let them know in person you are seeking and they are more likely to consider you than if they believe you are unavailable..Just a thought for those who might benefit

That drama camp woman was a real professor?? But she was a flake who took bribes! Quill, don’t work for a nutty professor!

Looks like this could be a rerun of Ann & Brad at WW. When MM doesn’t keep Quill by her side she may be asking him to do extracurricular duties – of course that may only involve the male actors. She may not want him to be too close to the females.

with LuAnn it’s just me, me, me all the time – typical female

This cartoon based on teen age children base the author of this cartoon Greg does great job with his story lines.

Mrs. Hugeface didn’t take a bribe – the camp allows sponsored students. That policy is completely above-board, and she didn’t profit from it herself. But why is she hiring Quill, to do whatever he will be doing? Surely the school requires that hiring preferences be given to Moony Uni students.

Jesssh, not a Terribly entreatable response there girl.

This wasn’t about cheating, sweetie pie

Quill’s goal is an acting career, which means travel, travel and more travel. He will get his big break and leave because for some reason Luann will not follow….

Tough, but preparation for adult life.

Oh, No! Will I ever see you again? Am I losing my grip on you? Will we have time for each other? Luann is full of panic right now which is typical of a girl her age.

Romance is almost over, accept it, Luann…

Hmmm. I dunno. I still say, don’t quit your day job…

what about his future? this could be his big step up, to what he would like to do in his life .

And now Quill can ask Luann if she wants to be in the show, or at least work on it with him.

If there had been no relationship between Quill and Luann, Quill wouldn’t even be in this comic. Evans was going to phase him out, but Karen convinced him to keep the character because so many readers were requesting that the relationship continue.-If the relationship is put on hold so Quill can concentrate on a variety of jobs, there’s really no further need to include him in the comic. -

This comic is supposed to be about Luann and her family and friends. How does an a foreign student who occassionally crosses her path in school get to be called either ‘family’ or ‘friend’. What kind of ‘friend’ says, ‘Oh, by the way, I’m going to be working at a university during the school break, when I’m not working at the food truck’?-I have completely lost interest in Quill as a character and I hope Luann gets to move on to other parts of her life now.

I think that it’s always been that way, that it was split down the middle, when it comes to Quill… – To me, what keeps him around, has to do with those regular meetings he has with his new “writing consultants”… certain articles seem to point to that, as well…

“What about **us”??? Didn’t you even see that picture of me that I stuck on your bedside table in Gunther’s house?" Luann seems more committed to this relationship than Quill does.

Moony? Is this university affiliated with the Unification Church?

“Exactly what college ambitions (realistic ones) has she scaled down?”-Ha ha, busted!

Do critics need punch lines? Just askin’…

I’m hoping that when Luann goes to Pitt CC she will meet some folks who are less annoying than a lot of her high school friends (e.g., Gunther) and who are not so vacuous as others of them (e.g., Quill).

Luann moving on to a community college is a perfect opportunity for her to meet news people who might be interested in a more balanced life. By that, I mean a life that includes both relationships and careers. Since there are a lot of older students who attend community colleges (people already in the work force, looking for more opportunities in life through training), she might find both women who don’t think she is a waste of their time (like Bernice and Delta, apparently) and men who understand that advancing in life doesn’t mean just building their resumes. -It would be interesting to see Crystal at the community college. I’m sure Bernice and Delta will move on to some Ivy League schools somewhere, and will only return to Pitts for holiday breaks. If then.

No. 100— AND No. 101. Amazing! Be sure to put it on your resume. Even better is to get the last word in for the day.*That said, I think they can all keep in touch on-line during the semester and in person during holidays (holidays & vacations taking up half the year).

I think that the point of all of this, isn’t “who is committed to whom?” but rather “whose lives are progrressing at a ddifferent pace?”… - Sometimes, one person isn’t finding post,school gigs, or having the same perceived success rate as others… i.e., finding work in your chosen career path, having colleges “fight” over your attractive entrsnce potential, etc… in other words, some people may feel like they’re at a standstill, while friends and others seem to be “taking off” in a figurative way, maybe literal….- That may be what Luann is going through, with not only Bern but Delta, Gunther, Quill… she may be coming to that realization…. Since Karen is a school dean, this may be the product of what she’s observed in her work, and is coming through in the strips…

moony uni – isn’t that one of the Zappa kids?

Luann was mistaken yesterday when she said she has no goals. Being Quill’s love goddess is her goal, and Quill had better get with the program or she’ll send him packing back to Australia.

That’s something that I love about reviews, if nothing else… can’t recall, but “the Hunger Games” just had one that fit greatly…

There is nothing in the dialog of this comic that suggests that Quill will actually be in a play, only that he will be helping with a holiday show. For all you know, that could mean he’s writing publicity or recruiting actors, or creating scenery. -It’s not always about sharing someone with someone else. Sometimes, it’s about not having a person around, period, because they are so involved with projects that they have no time for anything else.-‘Her boyfriend of the moment must worship her at all times’ is just another way of saying ‘I really dislike this character’. Just like Seismic; can’t figure out why you two bother to read something when you find so little that’s acceptable about the viewpoint character.

I think I’ll just keep my amateur status, then.

Groan

@Leviticus-I think the last panel of the comic is the most important. Quill is totally misunderstanding why Luann is worried; he thinks she’s concerned that he won’t have any time for his food truck job. And her response is ‘No! Us!", meaning, no, you won’t have any time for us.-But I think the underlying meaning is: there is no ‘us’ in Quill and Luann. She’s starting to realize that she’s interested in an ‘us’, but he isn’t. So I hope she’ll get a chance to just move on to community college, and start the next part of her life.- Who knows, maybe she’ll discover a career to love, instead of a man? But then you guys will find some other reason to criticize her, I guess….

As is shown in the first panel, Luann doesn’t especially care one way or the other that Quill is in contact with Melodee Manezone. It is when she learns that Quill has holiday plans that take him away from her that she becomes panic-ridden. This would be her reaction to anything that took Quill away, and not to the fact that it is Manezone who is doing it. If TJ were sending Quill to attend a fast-food cooking school in San Francisco, for instance, it would provoke the same outburst.

Well, I just hope that professor puts on a real play, assuming the play is featured at all. “A Christmas Carol” for example, rather than “George Kisses Martha 2: Electric Bugaloo.”

> Can’t speak for Seismic, but for me, I have never claimed to be a Quill fan>I find him boring. He is basically a non-person. Even his face is pretty much blank, as is his personality. His only contribution to the story line is to keep telling Luann how wonderful she is, on account of her inner beauty. A comic strip called “Quill” would be on my “ignore” list, because (as Gertrude Stein said of her home city of Oakland) “there is no there there.”

I think she thinks that their relationship is more serious than he does.

argy.bargy2, she has not stated that she is in love with Quill. He has not said or implied that he is love with her. They are both in high school. This is not a serious relationship, and therefore he does not put Luann’s desires over his own. Maybe one day he will, but he isn’t committed to anything but a possible entertainment career right now. And if you remember being 17, even THAT can change in an instant.

Luann also needs to find something outside of Quill to be passionate about. Be it volunteer work, a job, a hobby, or her friends. I think that is why most of the posters are mildly irritated by the way she is acting. She is also 17, and needs to figure out who she wants adult Luann to be, so 17-year old Luann should to try out new experiences. Maybe volunteering with disabled children, taking an art class just for fun, going on a road trip with her two best friends and not talk about boys the whole time, and maybe meeting a more relationship oriented guy in the process.

The play could have been a long time in production already. Manezone may just need some help with painting scenery, installing lighting, distributing advertising, organizing ticket sales, etc., that would require hiring some extra people at the last minute.>However, since this is “Luann”, it is entirely possible that she needs someone to fill in as Ebenezeer Scrooge, so Quill will have to learn the part overnight, since no professional understudy or Moony Uni drama student could possibly handle the assignment.

Ha ha ha! Love the change-up pitch!…

Which again seems to be why Frank was adamant about the whole thing, when Quill arrived for the senior year, seeing Lu’s over-exuberant celebration… seeing her need to balance a good ane healthy love life with other things….

Which again seems to be why Frank was adamant about the whole thing, when Quill arrived for the senior year, seeing Lu’s over-exuberant celebration… seeing her need to balance a good and healthy love life with other things….

Or a sequel withouut a number: George and Martha: “I’m Tired Of Crossing the Delaware!”…- or “Luann’s Revenge: George and Martha II”…-Paul Revere comes to warn… but this time, it’s toooo late ….. then it turns into a slapstick dramatic comedy….complete with itchy, powdered wigs….

Or a sequel withouut a number: George and Martha: “I’m Tired Of Crossing the Delaware!”…- or “Luann’s Revenge: George and Martha II”…-Paul Revere comes to warn… but this time, it’s toooo late ….. then it turns into a slapstick dramatic comedy….complete with itchy, powdered wigs….

Yes, I believe it was!…along those lines, that is… (snicker)

Heh heh, yes, indeed… credit due for that comedic treasure!

" They are not in love, they are in horny." LOL! That is a very good way to put it.

She is worried about him being gone over break, what about her being gone over Thanksgiving? She is becoming the naggy overbearing type.

Look at this!!!! It explains a lot!!http://www.gocomics.com/luann/1992/11/15#.Uwf3xBz_xic