Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 22, 2015

So the office staff are (according to Tiffany) going to get mani- and pedicures?

I wonder if Tiffany will even stick around when she realized her transfer involves filing. I guess I’m not sure why Tiffany is working there in the first place – ???

Derp!

Uh, I think Luann was trying to be funny. Like most wanna be comedians, she should stick with her day job. Whatever that is…

One never knows. Tiffany just might like this job. At least she gets away from the children.

“On And Office”“Supply And Demanding”“Cuticles And Cubicles”“She Don’t Need No…Education…” (♫)“That’s Water Cooler Friends Are For”“The Debutante Assistant”“She Rocks The Xerox”“Girl Monday Through Friday”“A Close Cleri-call”“Office Despot”or“One Good Intern Deserves Another”

You haven’t seen the school where my wife works at!!!! – I’ve assisted in there- and I’ve heard some stories… in the summer time, there is some “serious paper pushing” going on….

Tiffany can acquire experience as an office manager and then use that experience to work for a small movie or TV production company (such as one that shoots commercials or industrial films). Small companies like that assign multiple tasks to people, so she could soon be in front of the cameras, as is her dream (even if as an extra, at first).

Meant to say “I’ve assisted in there, and also I’ve heard some stories… and have seen some of the “vaults” of paperwork”…– Also, from my own work experience in both the Govt. and “Private” sectors…..

O great, the childish grudge continues. Inner beauty™!

An appropriate “office parody” song, given today’s strip- “Dog Eat Dog” , by Weird Al… you can enjoy it by clicking on right about…. here.

Let’s hope this arc can end tomorrow.

You know, I feel the Evanses should take notice that a lot of “Luann” fans have become more sympathetic towards Tiffany. If this forum is anything to go by, anyway. Do the writers really want to continue with this tired old Tiffany bashing? Or will there be a confrontation between these girls? Will they maybe break down barriers and talk about salamander mating rituals? Nah, probably not!

“Have you noticed her nails?”

That’s cold!

Poor Tiffany! It’s not paranoia when they all are really against you!

I really dislike this principal. His gossiping with Luann is unprofessional and not funny. Luann’s snarking is so casual and unprovoked in the third panel it makes her seem so small and immature.

As an aside I notice in the strip that IamJayBluE shared with us that genius teacher Luann looks just as detached and unconcerned with the little kids blood geyser as Tff. Look at this strip. Tiffany actually praises Luann in the first panel. Tiffany is actually honest and admits why she is taking the job. No spin, no snark, just honesty. To Luann’s credit, she is not digging at Tiffany even given the opportunity, in fact she has real advice for Tiff, ‘act like you like kids’ is a fair solution. I like this strip more than tonights, which is mean for no reason.

Today’s Luann comic strip was almost a little bit funny.When can we expect Luann to make a decision? This Saturday or a few weeks from now? And will she decide to give up a fantastic experience in NYC for a job? A normal person would go to New York.

@ howtheduck

Permanent files (paper copy) are kept in the vault. Someone is responsible for printing out electronic files and filing them. Mr. Evans is a former public school teacher and is well aware of this.

Only a matter of time before some student hacks in!

I would think Luann’s deliberations on what to do this summer won’t take long, once she tells Frank: “You’ll be OK with paying all my tuition and expenses next year because I won’t be working this summer, right? I want to go to NYC with Quill instead!”

It might be a good thing to note how the comic is named “Luann.” That might give you an idea who the heroine will be.

sad the life that has no lifeexcept for imaginative deedsthat refuses to admit a change is neededa change of personal actions.when all else are wrongand only ‘i’ am what countsthan none will be the wiserif only the mind and thoughtsof life are found in a stripof supposed daily action.than life is not lifeand white rabbits abound and reality is sadly distorted

“Oedipus Gunther”

Oedipus was a tragedy, but this is comic at the same time. A tragicomedy? Lets hope Gunther can live this down.

You Hope Tiffany “Enjoys” Filing??Well I Hope YOU Enjoy Non-Stop, Mindless, JABBERING,Principal Purgas.

“Evans needs to find someone NEW to Harass, preferably someone that hasn’t hit rock bottom”_____________________________________

Well, In THAT Regard, I Nominate, Old Smiley (TJ).

Please no. Why would she do that?

Because it’s one of the ways to antagonize Luann, especially since Lu is probably pulling her hair out over this decision. And anytime Tiff and Lu “go at it,” it’s excellent dinner theater! Tiff might think she owes Lu one for besting her in " Big Chin’s" eyes…

She has shown zero [interest] in Quill ever since he FINALLY let her know he was taken…

She doesn’t have to. All she has to do is attempt to flirt with Quill in front of Lu, and that should set Lu off. Doesn’t matter if Tiff or Q have any interest in one another. Her target is Lu, and getting under Lu’s skin.

Happy to see Luann being appreciative of the opportunity that was presented. So many feel entitled.

But is it near Quill?

Finally got it—

Fililng – paper filing is hard on nails (what I first thought)Filing – a manicure technique (what I just realized)

lol

She picked up Bernice’s sarcasm!

> I’m sure Greg and Karen are working on a “murder a hobo” storyline as we speak.>That’s the next assignment in Mr. Zebu’s art class. Of course, Bernice will have to come over and help. At least with her astounding set-design talent, Luann will lay out the body in an arrangement that will be praised by everyone else in the strip, convincing Luann that she has a great future ahead of her as a serial killer.

Except it won’t work. Quill has no interest in Tiffany. It wouldn’t create any drama because Quill/Luann are too solid. It would just serve to make Tiffany pathetic, and the majority of us appear to be tired of those jokes. Let’s do something different.

It doesn’t have to work on Quill. It only has to work on Lu… And I think it will. All Tiff has to do is flirt with Quill in front of Lu, or tell Lu she flirted with him. That will be sufficient.

“She may not have lied so much as repeated what she heard in her head.”.Yeah, some people do hear what they want to hear.

“Doubt it”

That she lied? Only of you accept Dave’s suggestion.

> Luann wins again!! Victory for Luann!

once upon a time America won every single battle in a misguided war far faar away, yet lost the war.

“What’s Luann’s excuse for being a horrible person?”.Isn’t that rather strong simply for making a catty joke? It has long been clear that Luann and Tiff can’t stand one another.

I want Luann to really think about this, I hope she doesn’t choose Quill over her future. I mean, I love Quill (he’s like the best guy she ever dated) but this is her future we’re talking about

Our heroine, ladies and gentlemen! Three cheers for Ms Inner Beauty!

when Luann starts looking to insult Tiffany behind her back shows how unlikeable Luann can really be. . . . ’ "-——————Luann has always been shown to have failings. You can all make a long list of them..Bernice has retained her failings, too. Much like Luann, but with more sarcasm..HOWEVER, Brad has largely reformed, no longer lazy or quite as sloppy. Gunther has gotten worse, far shyer than before, momma-centered, prone to anger, etc. .Tiffany seems to have improved some, no longer a pure villainess. .Quill is cut out of cardboard.

You don’t have to use the word, to make the accusation.

It’s really not so much that someone should “like” the job of filing papers. Who likes to file? It’s like cleaning the bathroom, nobody likes to do it (except Knute I guess), it just has to be done. I don’t like filing but I happen to be very good at it. Let’s hope that Tiffany turns out to be a conscientious worker because filing is a meticulous job and if not done properly can have serious consequences. I mean, organizing an event is not the same as being an office clerk.

“Where does that ‘Scoonz’ get off coming here and dumping that vitriol?”

Right? I was quite taken aback when I read that comment about you. I’ve never seen you to be offensive. Maybe it’s that person who is impersonating you on ArcaMax. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was DW.

some people can’t take in by indirect reference that Luann is good with the kids even thought the principal SAID SO unless they show for 1 or 2 weeks specifically showing her being good teacher, (they go by “not shown, not happening” which is why they say Brad is still virgin as implied is not proof) with no Lue/Tiff drama while a supervisor observes and at end of that storyline that supervisor/observer says “Luann, you are a great teacher” ………… and Quill is not a cardboard as some say, he is sometimes a little nasty with his banter, and he was forced to be direct with Tiff as she never took the hint, as both Tiff/Luann had always being in the past “Tiff tries to steal what I try to get/ let’s have fun with Luann so she would not see herself as my equal” symbiosis with both jealous of the other

No Luann is not 9 Chickweed Lane. How McEldowney gets away with some pretty hard PG-13 content in print newspapers is a mystery to me. Not complaining just wondering.

We’ve never seen the principal observing Luann or Tiffany. How do we know that he’s any good at his job? He could be forming his opinion of Tiff’s and Lu’s skills strictly based on second-hand reports, just as you want us to do.

My thoughts too. Well, you’re definitely a mensch in my opinion :)

if ANYTHING, it was shown that despite Tiffany’s lack of knowing what to do in case of a kid having a nosebleed, or a girl crying because of a bruised knee, or heaven forbid, a kid asked an elementary school academic question, she managed to be liked by the kids for things NOT HAVING TO DO with being a teacher, and we already knew what skills Luann has by her talk with Bernice and by seeing her at the library and we already sen her as a babysitter too

“Until now it appeared that Tiffany was the better teacher based on what was shown.”

Actually, on the surface this statement seems to be true. However, we know that according to Tiffany herself she’s not good with kids, but Luann is a natural. Therefore, we can infer that Luann is better with the kids than Tiffany is. Evans doesn’t need to constantly show us Luann is good or better with the kids because we already know this from her past experience at the library too. In addition, Luann’s boss states that Luann is so good with the kids that he offers her a teaching job. Of course, Tiffany wasn’t awful with the kids, and she certainly had her moments with them, which is what was shown.

Remember, neither Tiffany nor Luann is a teacher here. This is an after-school day-care program, so Tiffany is correct that it is basically baby-sitting. Actual teaching skills are something quite different than we have seen either girl exercising, The closest they’ve come is that when Tiffany had the class draw the flags of the world (as decorations for the homecoming dance) and when Luann made the class ask her questions to drill her (not them!) for an upcoming art history quiz.

Again, it all depends totally on our assuming events that were unseen by us. The downside of this approach to cartooning is that we are then perfectly free to assume anything we want, excusing that assumption on the grounds that we are forced to assume all the action that Evans doesn’t show us, which is a great deal of truly critical information. So we can assume that Gunther and Tiffany did, or didn’t, have slimy salamander-like sex, and we can assume that Luann is wonderful with the kids and Tiffany isn’t, or vice versa.

Perhaps we should remember that the kiddies admire Tiffany rather more than than do Mr. Jawbone:--

I can put today a clown at an elementary school and most kids would say at night “Dad, mom, he was best teacher EVER!!!!!” (some would come crying as they scared of clowns but is the exception) but won’t make that clown better teacher than Miss Jane Doe teacher and most probably that clown would never pass a test to be certified as a teacher.

and just in case some of you assume and write “wiselad just said Tiff is a clown”, I did not, and I always have stated that I think she has lot of potential, she is just lazy to learn anything outside of her interests thus she comes across as a dimwit

“She may not have lied so much as repeated what she heard in her head.”^Exactly. And on top of that, in usual “Tiffany fashion (and not the clothing kind)”, she was mistaking the term “are wanting” for “so/are desired”…

LOL, and are doing some “field research” by studying “Hob-Barney”….

“that’s different ..the Purple Dino deserves to “buy the farm”^Impossible. If you’ll recall, his cousin “Baloney” received several at the hands of the Animaniacs (and some of his own crew) and still “kept on ticking (people off)”…

_ “Barney rubble”!_^LOL, that’s a good one!!!

(song:) LOL!!!

It was the same “Scoonz” who didn’t understand some of the posts, and asked for an explanation- I haven’t checked, but I was under the impression that they were “new in the neighborhood and don’t know all the houses, yet”, so to speak…

spoiler ……………. Tiff’s misunderstanding of what has happened this week continues

Nice has nothing to do with it (being boring), as far as Quill is concerned. Nice is one of his good qualities…

No, I forgot that I did check- and to make sure, I checked again. They are a “newbie”… and seem to have some things “mixed up”…

that is Greg’s, not a problem of Q’s personality

@seismic-2“trust no one in authority, eh? how 60’s of you …”.My hero, President Reagan, said, “Trust but verify,” which really implies distrust.Even he, himself,…no, not gonna go there.Just trust what you can verify even if you are forced to give some the benefit of the doubt.

“His condensation to me was irksome, but not expected.” His condescension to me was irksome, but not unexpected.(You knew I had to do it.)