Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 15, 2014

So, Luann’s voyage into the “unknown” will be done in familiar surroundings… – And Nancy will pick up where she left off… but preferably not in Luann’s room… – And Frank’s consoling is like a velvet hug…. From a hedgehog….or like finding relief from an itch.. After rubbing against a thorny hedge… – Ah… the same old sun shines, upon a brand new day!

Are Brad and Toni off to work next? They are allowed to wear civvies…

“Wince, Lathered…. Repeat”“The Continuity Conondrum”" Nothing’s Still The Same"“Everything New Is Old, Again”“No Dorm-ant Jeans, Here!”“Room And Bored”“♫…Still Crazy After All These Years…♫”or“She Put The Loco In Local”

“Or, alternatively, we can change the lock on the door and not give her a new key. Your call.”

Somebody call for a Bob Seeger song ?

So, how much longer will the strip go? My guess is September.

Good job by Greg having Bern’s new ’do in the first panel, since Sunday strips are usually drawn in advance of daily strips.

@ShagsCA, while my dad was a cop, he always came to my sister’s or my graduations in uniform.

Frank is simply enumerating all the ways Luann HASN’T “graduated”.

Plus ça change, plus c’est le même emmerdement..

Now that they’ve all graduated and are going in different directions, many of them will never see each other again, unless they run into each other by coincidence. And of course, there’s always the class reunion. I graduated in 1988 and my former class has already had three reunions—the 10th, 20th, and the 25th, all of which I have attended. Up next: the 30th reunion. Still don’t know if I’ll go to that one. But I said that I wouldn’t to go my 25th and still went, anyway. So. . .

Tune in next Sunday, when LuAnn is accidentally bitten by a radioactive lab animal, gains super-powers and becomes a costumed crimefighter in the all-new strip: “LuAnn Goes Off The Rails!”

Knute is being his usual flakey self in panel 1, and Bernice is tossing the mortarboard, while Brad and Toni congratulate Luann. Toni has certainly helped make a man out of Brad! Meanwhile, Frank goes just a little too far in attempting to console Nancy on the “loss” of her daughter. Yeah, happy Father’s Day, Frank….

Think about how the strip has progressed with Luann actually aging as opposed to most comics, makes e wonder if he will keep that up and she will make her parents grandparents in maybe 10 years. Ok, I called it.

Aw, Don’t WORRY, Nancy-bot.

Frank’s smile will FADE when He starts paying those “College Bills”….,

What happened to the hair sewn onto the back of Bernice’s mortarboard? I guess she had a stunt double.

She and Bern don’t even turn 18 until September… –

About time for a 29 year old.

happy happy joy joy

There is only one interesting question that needs answering. How will gunther fit into plan C?

Did knute really manage to pass sufficient courses to grtaduate?

(1) possible answer: "Depends on if she can finally transfer to Moony (if that’s the goal) and if there’s a dorm spot opened up (everyone going is likely to already have an assignment by then)….. - (2) For now, the common consensus opinion seems to be that it’s called “Pitts Community College” as it would seem to be named after the community (unless Mr. Evans had been searching for a name between strips)…

Junior, or community, college is little more than remedial stuff covering what you should’ve already learned in high school. An Associates degree is better than no degree at all, but you’re mostly just getting your 100 and 200 level credits out of the way before transferring to a real college (and paying real tuition).

And so ends Luann.

Greg Evans did a great job with the character and story line over years but this last year was the best THANKS GREG

Unless there is a separate strip next week, VERY telling that Quinn apparently did not attend the graduation …

Yay, Luann!

Graduation was over maybe 20 minutes ago. I figure Mr. Fogarty is already in the next county by now, with his foot pushing the pedal to the floor all the way.

At what point does life begin?A. At the moment of conception;B. Can’t say for sure, but certainly by the time of birth, and probably much sooner;C. When the kids leave home and the dog dies.

He said something about Bern’s do, yesterday eve….

Remember a few years ago when it was Brad graduating? Time marches on. My daughter graduates next week. I am glad that she is marching into a new phase of her life, but I will still picture her getting on the school bus for her first day of kindergarten. She was just as confident then as she is now.

I do not mean Woodsy, I mean the owl from Steiff Manufactory, Giengen, Germany, with name Wittie (I was wrong with Witty, sorry). I once bought my daughter this litte fur owl.

That’s great… specially your night owls perched on the fence… smiling

Luann is going to college…she should no longer depend on her mother like she did in high school…Grow Up, Luann!!! ;)

Re: Greg hitting 60…I would Not be surprised if Greg winds up the strip after Brad and Toni’s wedding… ;)

See y’all later! ;)-———————————-“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.” (From “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849)

Actually, there are some owls named “Witty”. Here is one from Facebook….

And here is his Youtube vid: –

Here is their website!

“We have all kinds of wildlife” ^Ours perch near bars.. except for the really young ones who migrate to Jersey, Ocean City, Md., Virginia Beach, or Florida…. more potential “pickins” to scavenge forage from…..

Hm… quite!!!!!

Also Chuck Noll (of the Pittsburgh Steelers)… – Here is his page at Wiki, for anyone’s reference… he was a prominent NFL player and head coach in the NFL… – And though he coached for a team that has a “rivalry” with the team I root for (the Ravens), that of course gets put to the side, and my heart goes out to his family and I hope for their well being and would like to extend my condolences to them!

Is it an earthquake or simply a shock?Is it the good turtle soup or merely the mock?Is it a cocktail, this feeling of joy?Or is what I see the real McCoy?Is it for all time or simply a lark?Is it graduation I see or only a rehearsal in the Park?Is it a procession, not worth thinking of?Or is it at long last Luann’s graduation?Is it an earthquake, or simply a shock?Is it the good turtle soup, or is it merely the mock?Is it a cocktail, this feeling of joy?Or is what I see the real McCoy?Is it for all time or simply a lark?Is it graduation I see or only a rehearsal in the Park?Is it a procession, not worth thinking of?Or is it at long long long last Luann’s graduation?

The period of time between graduation and September, most girls and some boys make a drastic change toward being a mature adult, as anyone who has worked with that age group will tell you. Luann may not cook dinner every night, but she will make effort to work with her mother as a team around the house. She will take on more responsibility without being asked or nagged. If she doesn’t, Nancy and Frank are long overdue in their own discipline which is: NEVER do for a child what the child can do for their self. Come September, Luann will often have to put college work first, but she will still do her best to find time to contribute to the functioning of the household, that is if Nancy and Frank can let go enough to allow her to get to that point.

If someone named Dee asked me a question, I am tempted to just say “Nein, Dee!”

60 is young for a cartoonist in good health. Who has talent. Who is productive. Who loves doing what he was born to do.

Fernandes, who’s sexier, me or Nancy?