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

Debe ser una muchacha.

It could be the realization of what he “gave up”, or it could be that he realizes that there are “plenty of bridges ahead to cross”, and that he should make sure they stay intact, so that he can get across and continue on his journey….

“Everything But The Girl” (♫)“A Void To Avoid”“Fait Incomplet(e)”“With Or Without You” (♫)“In ARoundabout Way” (♫)“Traces Of The Perfect Kiss” (♫)“Smoke And Rear View Mirrors”“Potholes Along The Way”“Behind And Ahead”or“Duh! Ya Think?!”

I see a return trip to Peru in Gunther’s immediate future. He was a fool to leave a fox like Rosa in the first place.

If he decides that the purpose in his life is raking up rocks and gathering sticks, then he should be written out of the strip forever.

And please don’t let him decide that his “purpose” is now to dig up dirt on Mr. Gray and to save Mommy from him.

Thinking about Peru is better then thinking about Mr. Gray.

Rosa set her bird/boy free. Now, it looks like he may come back to her. Or he’ll convince her to go to college.

Maybe they’ll do a few study abroad programs together instead of the more extreme “lets live in an impoverished villlage!” alternative.

Gunther continues to be one big, hairy weenie.

“The search for who will be Gunther’s Gal begins.”My bets are on Bernice. She is obviously interested.I approve of Gunther’s new look. I hope his disposition can also do a makeover.

Gunther’s attitude is driving me nuts! S#$T or get off the pot!

interesting………………. obviously he still loves Rosa duh………….. but there is a chance Greg wants to go deeper than just that as his reason of thinking about Peru, part of it might be he found something adventurous (not the Rosa saves the village thing) in it, the trip with the senioritas, the working at the clinic and other things……. Rosa still needs to grow up too…………… she can’t help the village all by her lonesome, she has to become part of an organization that works in solving issues of villages(better services, better methods of agriculture etc) even if that means SHOCK!!!!!!!!! deciding to go to a college and earn a degree before being able to be part of an organization as she would have better skills

“Dear Moony staff: I’m going to Peru. I don’t know when I will be back. That’s up to my girlfriend. Please see to it that I become one of your students whenever it’s convenient for me! Love, Gunther.”

My thoughts exactly.

I’ve had Engineering Labs, Chem Labs, and Physics Labs. What the heck is a Bio Lab? That would imply vivisection or dissection.

Well, ‘Gee’ What Happened, Gunth?

Did They Discontinue making ‘Girls’ in the Good ’ole U.S.A??

I’m with blunebottle. Bernice showed an unexpected interest in the new Gunther. Now, if Gunther will just STAY ‘new’.

Gunther is dazed and confused. Now he misses what he had with Rosa. But I don’t expect him to go back to Peru. Either he will try to entice Rosa back to Pitts, or he will seek a new girlfriend….

I like the new Gunther. I also think we are all awaiting Luann’s reaction to the “new and improved” Gunther.

Ah HAH! Finally a glimmer of hope for this big baby, this mama’s boy!

He had a girlfriend and liked how it felt. Unfortunately the girl chose being a menial laborer in a remote mountain village over being his girl. She also chose that over an ivy league education. This girl just makes poor choices. Now he at the same school as a girl he was once very interested in that now considers him more desirable. Life is looking up Gunth!

This is where Luann comes in.

Not yet…. They aren’t ready for each other. I think they need to go through maybe another SO or two, each, before being ready/mature enough to give it a try… if they are “destined” for one another.

I vote Bernice or a new girl. I don’t see Rosa returning to Pitts. If she does return to the US, she will go to Yale, as her parent’s wanted. I’m sure they’d arrange the “deferred admission” as has been for Gunther, it seems.

Guess we won’t here too much more from the gunther is gay camp.

How did he get re-registered into school so fast? He’s been gone for the past month or whatever.

In that case, Lev, you should probably explain to poor Luann that boys are not Pokemon and she is under no obligation to ‘catch ’em all’

Pity whoever ends up with this messed-up Sad Sack. No matter what she does, she’ll be wrong. If she’s overly attentive, he’ll react like he does to his mother. If she has some kind of idealistic interest in fixing things that are wrong with the world, he’ll whine at her that he needs his home and routine. If she waits for him to make a decision about what they should do, she’ll die of old age, waiting.-He better figure himself out before he goes looking for a female companionship.-Anyway, as we learned from our sister’s experiences, the way a guy treats his mother is an important indicator of how he’ll treat a girlfriend. If he bullies his mother, look out…

Luann and every single female in the universe deserves better than a nasty, surly, snarling Gunther. If Luann is forced into a ‘relationship’ with this pathetic mess who alternately whines and yells at the most significant woman in his life right now, no one should ever bother with this comic again.

Something missing from Gunther’s life is a girl?Que for tomorrow’s strip… in walks his DREAM GIRL.

I’m betting it’s BERNICE.

Both she and Gunther have undergone the biggest changes after graduation.

Is Gunther’s stubble a permanent part of his appearance now?

Does anyone else think that Gunther’s new look makes him look a lot like T.J?

Also, he should get back with Bernice! They were clearly meant to be!

Couldn’t studying hard, getting a degree, and becoming a successful engineer be Gunther’s “purpose”?

People are reading alot into one comment by Bernice. She’s exactly what Gunther doesn’t need, someone who lets herself get pushed around by people she doesn’t even know. On the other hand opposites attract, maybe brains/stupidity is a good combination…

We have Dez waiting in the wings for Gunther to find.

@ReallyBad2-Cute, but you misspelled ‘restraining’…

LOL! (The biggest lie on the internet.)“Oh, and I’ve frozen your education account. I can’t have you frittering it away on pointless last-minute travel. If you want to butt your head up against that Rosa wall again, you do it on your own dime.”

Queue Bern.

In Peru, he had that cushy job at the clinic before Rosa dragged him off to the mountains. He was everyone’s go-to guy.He needs that again.

Gunther, when Quill says “girl” he’s not referring to your mommy; just so you’re clear on that

Gunther will decide Mr. Gray is harmless & catch a flight back to Peru. Then he’ll convince Rosa how much she means to him & get her out of the jungle!

Happy National Weatherperson Day!

Of course, this could really just be “1/2” of a conversation, where in the next part, Gunther says: “Hmmm… a girl?… no, maybe something else….” and then thinks of another possibility. It will be interesting to know what happens in tomorrow’s strip, indeed!

Or perhaps in the midst of the “muddle and mundane” of one of his classes, the “inspiration” suddenly comes to him…

Gunther’s going to BUILD himself a girl.(Cue Nutty Professor hijinks!)

> Who’s to say Rosa would even take him back? It’s not she put up much of a fight to keep him there, and was smiling/waving as he pulled away. >Indeed. Remember when Giunther was at the airport, and he heard an unseen speaker tell him “You didn’t think you could leave Peru that easily, did you?”, then lots and lots of people here proclaimed “It’s Rosa! She couldn’t bear to let Gunther leave without at least saying good-bye!” Nope, it turns out that Rosa was perfectly happy to give Gunther a hug (which was not returned) in the mountains, and bid him a fond (and lasting) farewell.

Someone here said Gunther was “smart”. Is there evidence for that. Certainly his behaviour, starting with the sudden rush to Peru and ending with his chewing out his Mother states otherwise.

Of course he does better with older women. Guess who they remind him of…

Sounds like a more sophisticated version of electroshock therapy that left people with messed up brains…

Gunther is not gay, just asexual. He is way too uncomfortable with his own body to get sexual with another person. We’ve seen how awkward he is when someone hugs him.

Maybe tomorrow Gunther shocks everyone by deciding that his purpose in life is to join the military, not to look for a new love…

So apparently most people in this strip need to have a boyfriend/girlfriend to survive?

LOL!-Guess again…

“Lost, aimless guy seeks girl to help him find his life’s purpose.”

Yeah, that’ll work.

“The biggest change has actually been Luann, as she’s doing well in school.”.Of course Luann is doing well in school.The girl’s a genius, a genius I say.

Love your mom/Gunther scenario. Lol!

I wouldn’t say.. uneducated …. to do menial work like “trash detail” and digging… – Garbage workers are looked at as though they were without skills or education. But let there be 2 weeks of no pickup, let alone just 1 day . – “Menial tasks” to some may not be “glamorous” or anyone’s idea of “gainful work”. And it may not be looked upon as skilled, for sure. But if she “makes out” okay at the end of the day, and can “live with herself” (no one else can be you, but you!), then “more power to her” for whatever choices she makes, as we all make choices that are not the “standard” or the "popular’ ones… her values and mindset can’t be ours, and the reverse is also true….

And too, I know of people who aren’t in the “highest station” in their line of work, but they show more intelligence and social awareness than even some of those in more “dignified” professions. I’ve worked with fellow clerks who have lawyers and doctors for their bosses, and also departmental heads of local/municipal services, and some of them get treated like “nothing” by their immediate superiors at times (though some bosses are very good with their people!) - Furthermore, there are those whose natural abilities/talents don’t necessarily equate with the work they do, so people who do/don’t do certain jobs aren’t necessarily “educated”(in terms of schooling)… but it doesn’t mean that what they’re doing is of no value…case in point, Phil Collins of Genesis, his father disapproved of his going into music, as though it were… “rubbish”… he took a chance, and we all enjoy his/Genesis’ music today. Bill Withers was a mechanical worker at a major airplane manufacturer, and we today think of him as a skilled singer/songwriter. Somewhere along the way, people will look at someone and only see one thing, but inside are totally different. So my point its, that people may choose certain things that are not deemed as “valuable” or “good choices” to us (of course, excluding criminal activity, human rights violations), but the value is theirs , and in time, it may benefit just a few, or more… in time….

What value does Rosa contribute to the village? They can rake up their own rocks and pick up their own sticks, if they feel those tasks are important. They don’t need someone from the USA to come do that. They need doctors and nurses from Lima to come help at the clinic. Rosa is wasting her time, and the villagers’, just to feel good about herself.

The question Is…will he fall back into old habits?!. No, no! Gunther needs to make new roles for himself and stick to them. Like his new look. For once, he doesn’t have that immature Momma’s Boy!

It is unusual to just have a Bio Lab without a Biology course to go along with it.

When he said he was going to bio lab I assumed he was taking a biology course that required lab work. Why else would he go to a bio lab?

Bottom line: Gunther is screwed up.

Whatever you might like to see—for whatever reason—there is NO good reason to think that Gunther is gay— or any reason to think anyone already in the strip will ever come out as gay.

As predictions go, this is good.

“Luann has always wanted every boy for herself.”

Long time passing… That was before she had Quill and now what she wants is more intimacy with him. It’s called maturing.

Good advice, Gunther! No-one his age should be thinking about girls as in serious. The classes Gunther has to take should come first as they require so much study. And who, BTW, is paying for Gunther’s schooling? He is either taking out college loans, or working on the side, or being lucky enough to win a scholarship. A serious student should join study groups, or participate in lighthearted activities. Whatever, everything needs to be informal, and playful. Its time for Rosa to move on because she is going one way and Gunther another.

“Quill brought up the girl, and Gunther was not certain if that’s the case.”

Why else do you think he was thinking of Peru?

“However, if Gunter was to pair with Bernice (or Crystal), Luann knows it would not be so easy to take him back.” Right you are. Anyone who has ever studied chemistry, especially chemical bonds can see that. chemistry between people is not just metaphorical. Attraction has a literal meaning.

Well, I am hanging up my hat so I can get some quality time with our Big Stuffed Polar-Bear and other things LOL. I haven’t had enough time for rest and relaxation, so, for now, I am checking out until next time! ;)-—————————————————————“God and the doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before; The danger o’er, both are alike. God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted.” (John Owen, 1560?-1622)

“Luann the character is on the worst run in the strip’s history being with Quill because it’s dull. They’ve already played out the “will they-won’t they” sex angle "

You think so? Recall the careful preparations Luann made for intimacy with Quill in her bedroom—when they were interrupted by an unwelcome phone call from Quill’s dad saying they had to depart right away; and Luann’s complaints to Quill more recently that he should spend more time with her and maybe less in the theatre.

Actually, his hair is also styled a bit differently. A subtle change that may or may not have been noticed….

What were they both thinking??They come from different worlds.Good thing this is a comic strip!

Wow, he got registered for college quickly.