Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 05, 2015

Better stay tuned.

Hey, hey, hey! Gunther is NOT wearing plaid!!! I am glad that he will be telling his story! ;)

""You’re Grounded!"“Bean To Lima, And Back”“Grounds For Complaint”“Jet Black Lag”“Sittin’ On The Mordock Of The Bay”“The Mourn In Morning”“Caff-fiending”“The Grind Really Grinds Me”“Perk?.. Oh! Later!”or“The Sun Don’t Shine Till It’s Black”

LOL!!! ;)

The new and maybe improved Gunther…

Coffee as symbol of riotous living??

“No, that’s all. I drink coffee now. Kills the taste of the drugs and liquor.”

Ya Z, there’s more. I’m married.

Our “Little Gunthie” seems to be more grown-up than his Mom wants him to be… ;)

Let’s hear the story. Gunther looks like he has been doing some long distance walking around the mountains and Rosa probably went native and decided to stay in The Heart of Darkness.

Ten bucks nothing interesting happened.

I think so…he seems to have “grown up” in many ways… ;)

What, no little Gunthers going to be running around in Lima or is that a revelation yet to come?

If there is a ‘pregnant Rosa’ plot, we’re not gonna see it till June, maybe even later.

I’m happy just as long as he wasn’t involved in the Greenpeace Nasca Lines desecration event.

Once Gunther was in the outback, he was stuck until the next resupply. I expect that was about a month in which time he learned the joy of no running water and no indoor toilets. I’d bet his wardrobe of plaid was decimated by the ordeal too. As for Rosa, I’m guessing she went back to her uncle and his luxury. Reality BITES!

Which I hope he does! ;)

Firefox crashed! =-O

That whole Mr. Gray thing was the worst of all. Ruined his whole month.

And now we will hear the tale from the perspective of already knowing the ending.

…and if Rosa calls, telling him that he is 8 months short of a surprise?

Drinking COFFEE Is the beginning of Wisdom, Ma Berger.

NOW, Let’s Hear the Delightful Tale of How Our Hero Got RID of That Lovely But Crazy, Mis-Guided Babe that drug Him Kicking and Screaming into the Unforgiving Jungles of Pe-Ru…..,

Just hope he is healthy. There are some VERY nasty parasites in South America.

There’s always some catalyst that forces us to grow up; sometimes without our being aware.

Mom is being selfish not wanting ‘Gunthie’ to grow up beyond her control.

Large, 3 peppermint mocha squirts, and a hot shower. A great wake up call.

‘…well Mom, have you ever heard of the Sendero Luminoso? Turns out Rosa’s one of their deep cover agents…"

Gunther’s Month in Peru has really changed him a lot, or so it seems. What we are seeing appears to be an entirely New Model Gunther. That could be a little unnerving for Mrs. Berger, and for others, if not actually frightening.Just what did transpire between him and Rosa during those lost weeks in the high country?

Seems his time in the remote village was longer than the blink of an eye (that crazy Luanniverse). At first I was afraid he did not even give it a chance. Glad to see he has not shaved yet. Have a feeling a new and more seasoned Gunther is on the horizon.

Well, this should be interesting. I think that he still has is beard and no plaid is a good sign. Coffee? Even better! This should make for a good sub arc this week.

Coffee, to match the beard which looks like coffee grounds. ZING!

Ok, Gunther. I’ve made a cup of Gevalia French Roast. Tell me your story.

I agree with you, Mordock… drinking coffee IS the beginning of wisdom. I am enjoying Gunther’s transformation, and am hopeful it is long-term. His story also, hopefully, will be very interesting.

No more milk & cookies for me… I’m onto the hard stuff now – coffee.

ROFLMAO – Thanks!

Gunther had to watch Rosa fall for another man in the villiage, maybe the driver of the truck that brought them there.

It is a long flight from Lima to LAX, a whole day of traveling is exhausting. Plus it took a lot of energy and nerve to escape from the clutches of Rosa. Just saying NO to Rosa made a real man out of him.

It always bemuses me how many folks here would rather write their own stories than wait to be surprised.

Whatever happened, and I hope we get the whole story, burned out Gunther and caught up Rosa in the satisfaction of helping out in the mountain villages. After seeing Reese Witherspoon in the movie, “Wild”, I know that I’m a candy ass and could never function living the primitive, back to nature style of life. Roughing it is a hotel that doesn’t have a Starbucks shop.

"It would have to be " ^Well, it does seem so… but maybe not. One of the main examples I think of is Riverdale. It is said to be based upon Bob Montana’s home in Massachusetts (Somewhere near Haverhill), and upon a couple of places in NY State. But while a few landmarks and place names were used in the first run of Archie Comics to denote this, over the years they’ve made an effort to try to not name any specific place nearby, to make it an “Anytown USA” to make it so it’s "near everyone ". – It sometimes seems that Greg Evans does this, too, that he throws the occaisional “shout out” or two to places near San Marcos, San Diego and LA, but that he doesn’t “come right out” and say that it’s definitely here or there. – Another example I can think of is the airport scene (in July of 2013) when Luann and Frank went to pick up Quill. It had the look and feel of Dulles in DC. – Not saying that it’s not there in SoCal, but just that it seems that it’s not specifically made to be any place “definitively” (would even seem to “fit” along the lines of Greg’s usual M.O., to appeal to everybody)…

I still wonder if “Mr. Gray” is just going to be a “glossed over” subject (from Gunther’s standpoint), and a “throwaway ancillary character” just for the sake of that “one time plot point”…-For that matter, will the same be said of some of the characters at Bernice’s dorm?

A pregnant Rosa?? No way that’s happening, BUT, just what were the living arrangements in Peru? Just thinking about this little clan of recently graduated HS’ers, I do believe that Ol’ Gunthy can be the first one to truly lose his innocence. He is no longer a boy, Momma’s or otherwise. Quill and Luann get all smoochie but I don’t think it went any further. Who thought it would be Gunther.

Maybe mom should introduce him to Irish coffee

Not old enough yet…. I think he needs to be 21 or over.

Why is it that girls can do “boy-stuff” and no one bats an eye, but if a guy does “girl-stuff”, people think he’s gay? Enough with the double standards. He’s not gay just because he likes to sew. Grow up, people!

I find your perspective to be quite odd. You state, “How do you grow as a person and become closer to someone you care for if your not willing to meet them half way in achieving their dream?”++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Let us see…. Gunther ABANDONS his plans, JUMPS willy-nilly on a plane to Peru, FINDS it to be opposite of what Rosa said it would be, MAKES due with what is for several months, FLEES again when Rosa suddenly wants to steal away in a delivery truck….. and GUNTHER did not meet Rosa halfway in achieving her dream?!?!?!?!?!? Bah. My perceptions of Rosa has changed drastically since she was at the start of her Senior Year in high school. She is in reality a rather short-sighted, somewhat self-absorbed person, and IMHO it is ROSA who did not and was unwilling to meet Gunther even 1/10th of the way towards making any sort of long-term relationship.

The personality of one who has matured, is very tired and has become more realistic has been captured in the artwork. Excellent job, Greg! Please allow Gunther to go forward. No more plaid shirts and black oxfords. Please!

Le Petit Chateau exists also in Pitts..We can imagine a whole chain of them in the Luanniverse.

He’s going to tell, he’s going to tell! Come on, Gunther! We want to hear all about the remote native village! Tell us of the squalor and the misery, of plague, pestilence and famine. We want to hear stories of foul vermin and odious excrement!

I have never been more interested in Gunth then right now

“Flight 312 is now the real flight. Therefore, Pitts has to be in New Guinea.”

No, in the Luanniverse it leaves Pitts for Sydney (very occasional blizzards, permitting.)

[grin…. one more thing]… and idealism does not mean stupidity. Rosa’s brand of idealism seems fast-and-furious…. and much more likely to fizzle out quickly that it would have if she had either a) did a more intensive and accurate assessment of how and where she could be helpful, or b) she had longer range goals on how to be best helpful not only for this moment, but in the years to follow.

Meanwhile…Rosa is in her 3rd week of captivity courtesy of M-19…

‘I have mentioned before that some things in Luanniverse defy gravity…’.As Elwood proved.

Home just in time for registration, spring classes are starting soon at MU or the Pitts CC. I would bet MU so Bernice would have his “Rugged Good Looks” to swoon over, and make Luann jealous.

about the “white Christmas” google Big bear mountains which is about 2.5 hours from the Area where Greg lives, east of San Bernandino city

flight wise, if Greg had researched, and taking as given that pitts is southern California(one time Q went to visit a relative in hollywood)………we can easily see Luann taking him to LAX and waiting for flight 108 of Quantas or he could have made sure to get a flight number that does not exist

If it had snowed,I’d ’ve knowed.

Wish Gunther’s mother would shut her trap … next thing we know he will be back in plaid shirts —-oh the travesty.

That is the critical point of this week’s sub-arc…. Will he revert, or not? And what happened with Rosa?

I share your concern but something tells me that Ma Berger’s mothering words are rolling off Gunther like beads of water on a wax surface. The guy has changed… black coffee not pancakes and syrup.

Another thing in our favor.. In the past, whenever Greg has changed the look of a character, he / she never goes back to their former appearance..e.g. when Luann had her hair straightened as she was going through puberty, and two times for Bern.

Nerd no more!

Unless were are following a dream Gunther is having, and if Gunther has actually, suddenly appeared at home, Greg has dropped the ball on possibly one of the most exciting potential storylines imaginable. Gunther and Rosa being captured by the Shining Path. After all, weren’t they both talking about finding their “paths?” This silly comic above HAS to be a dream.

“He (Gunther) is free now and worn out. I agree, considering most of this took place out in the mountains… ;)

Hoh, boy…..

Re: Firefox vs. Chrome…maybe that is why I keep getting fouled up with Firefox… I’d really like to try Chrome, but I have no patience when it comes to ads. My hub said there really isn’t anything like Firebox’s Ad Block out there. Maybe I’ll try to slow down tonight and see what happens (I’m a fast typist so maybe that is the problem…? ;)

“Gunther has changed.” And the more better of it… ;)

Ahhhhh, Irish coffee! ;)

I can attest to the vast difference when upgrading to Pro on GC…. Definitely worth it, with those “sneaky pop ups”….