Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 17, 2015

Éclat, huh? A lot of verve… panache… exhuberance… je ne sais qoui.. and a bunch of other “Fancy-pants” words that mean: “I’m too good for this place!” Well, in Zébo’s mind, anyway… He may suggest “style for school”, but perhaps he means “for his own sake”… – Room for an “expansive” exhibit, huh? More “seeds” to water Frank and Nancy’s “inkling” of opportunity… – If they’re not careful, they’re gonna end up "meeting sharks "… with or without a " tank "…. – All the same, it does seem to make the pieces “come together” more for this idea being “kicked around”… and causes Frank and Nancy to hear “the sound of coins dropping” at the same time…

Oh, looks like the père and mère of Luann have an idea to help Prof. Zébo in this dilemma. (What is éclat?)

Frank and Nancy, don’t do it! Don’t endanger your retirement funds with a wild scheme like this!

I begin to understand why Luann sometimes seems so impulsive. The apple does not fall far from the tree…

$$ Ka-Ching!!!$$ Nothing makes you see dollar signs like the idea of a community college art gallery!

Seriously, what? If they were passionate about art, I could understand. This really isn’t a great investment opportunity on purely financial side. Weren’t you just standing around sneering at the displays? “This is art?”

That’s funny!! I would have guessed an eclair/latte combo.

“Opportunitease”“A Space In Your Pitts”“A Pocketful Of Changes”“Wishing It Were Very Real Estate”“Circumstantial Arrogance”“Entrez Vous, Entrepreneurs”“Éclat Pour L’École”“Sowing The Seeds Of Shove” (♫)“An Apprentice In The Shark Tank”“The Wild, Wild Investment”“Project Run Away!”or" A Glutton For Capital Puni$hment"

(“Same Junk, Different Place”:) LOL!!! – (“Sanford And Son II”:) Heh, heh- the “Family tradition” continues…and with TJ on board, Quincy Jones’ theme “The Streetbeater” will have to become “The Streetcheater”….

Personally, rather than starting a new storyline with the building renovation right now, I would like to see Toni and Brad’s engagement/ wedding brought to the front this summer. They’ve officially been a couple now for over 2 years. (Just my opinion.)

Little do people know that TJ is part “KaChing!on”. This means he will use his “toothsome powers”. – Also, it means that somewhere, someone in his family line is a Ferengi and a Klingon….

Word of the day : ECLAT Thanks greg i learnt a new word that i never knew it existed

Ecatic ambiance

Wasn’t this same warehouse in the thinking stage of being used for some other, stupid idea not long ago?I hope we see the demise of Zebo in short order. BBBOOORRRIIINNNGGG!

Can someone tell me please, how you copy and paste things here. Is it a browser capability? Mine won’t do it. I can’t even do italics of bold.. Phooey!

And so, The DeGroot Institute of Poots was born.

(Wholly, subsidized by a velvet Elvis painting factory in Tijuana.)

Good Grief!

For this type of class one pays? This storyline has gone on for far too long.

CHACHINGGG!!!

OK, now we’re talkin’…. Have Zébo rent the warehouse! A way to keep him (and potentially) Mr. Jock and One Eye in the picture, while Lu gets transferred to Moony! But does he have enough juice to keep that warehouse “well sustained?” We shall see…

Perhaps the next thought bubble will say SUCKER!

Yeah. Yeaaaaah! A Space with that “Artistic Energy” Stuff and Full of those Ye-Cats things Professor Bozo was Talking about.

The Warehouse, Of Course! A Place Where ALL the Crappy “Art” in the City Can Be Gathered and Displayed!

(Then one Night, someone does a “Reichstag” burning the Joint to the GROUND and Pa and Ma DeGroot Collects the Insurance Money!!)

Great Idea! Frank, You Sell Zippy on the idea Whilst Nancy Gathers Various and Sundry Oily rags and Discreetly Places them in the Walls of the NEW “Gallery”……,

That must be a great novel. They both want to go home and read it.

Out of curiosity has it ever been established what exactly Frank does for a living that is causing this mid-life warehouse fantasy?

I predict the DeGroots will partner with TJ, who is flush with cash after his food truck business “bombed”.

Doing anything with this pretentious shell of a man could not possibly end well.

I’d say give the phony enough rope to hang himself (metaphorically), but Zébo is not big enough to do that. Instead, his inflated ego would expand to fill the warehouse and guarantee its failure as an enterprise.

Aha – la raison d’être pour Monsieur Zebo émerge.

Most speculative investments are capital punishment.

And the final hook of the warehouse plan is set.

Why would you need a whole warehouse to house… nothing?

Oh my goodness! RB2 may end up being right after all in his prediction about Frank and Nancy…… If the two of them really do invest a whole boat-load of money along with TJ in that warehouse…. for Zebo’s “Gallery” for fine art….. geez…. it is going to be akin to the movie “The Money Pit” for sure. I cannot fathom their community being able to drum up even 1/10th of the art sales necessary to keep the investment potential into the warehouse FINANCIALLY at even the break even point, let alone being profitable. An art “Gallery” isn’t really something that can be viable unless it is there long term and that would seem to me to prevent any other possible uses for the warehouse (a stage for plays, a restaurant, a reception hall, or whatever). That both Nancy and Frank are wistfully contemplating this venture…. is scary, and a bit disturbing. It feels almost like the start of a horror film! :)

See a needFill the need

Grifter Zébo had these two marked from the beginning.Say, “bon voidage” to your bank account, Frank and Nancy.

Evans, no, no and a thousand times no. Step away from the Zebo! Put the Zebo down. The Zebo is not a good idea. You’ll cause nothing but grief for your fans if you use the Zebo!

Who is going to lease the warehouse space for an art gallery? It shouldn’t come out of the college funds.

I think if this gallery comes to fruition, it will not just be an art gallery, but a craft boutique as well. Yesterday’s strip pretty much telegraphed it, with Crystal and Dez discussing their friends’, and Crystal’s, creative endeavors.

[ another comment, now that I am ameliorating my initial shock with a large, dark roast coffee and a bowl of vanilla-tictured burley ] With this potential warehouse/gallery idea being actually being sincerely contemplated by Frank and Nancy…. this seems to suggest a few pleasant things as well:1. It appears that art is going to continue to be a part of Luann’s college experience. That is a nice thing to focus on IMO.2. With the art story arcs likely to continue, that suggests that several characters introduced here will also continue…. Zebo, Jacque (aka “Jock”), Emo (aka “Goth Dude”). I really have liked all these characters, so their being likely part of the continuing story is pleasant to me. 3. With Greg’s obvious affinity for art (as an artist himself), I think a focus of the strip being on art, the art process, and the philosophy of art could be VERY entertaining, refreshingly uncommon, and (at least for me) a continuing draw (pun intended). So, even though I do think Nancy & Frank are NUTS if they go through with the “Gallery” Warehouse scheme, I also do think it could make some interesting stories… prior to when Nancy and Frank have to file Chapter 11 status. :)

This looks more like Palomar College every day. Hope it is not based on actual fact.

Wow, have to go back to 1st of April to pick up that string.

* * COMING SOON!! * * * ~ – - Zebo’s Gallery d’Papier-Mâché & Document Shredding Emporium – - ~Right Next Door to the Major Greases’ Edible Pork Surrogate and Engraved Donuts stand on Route 1!

I was doing a crossword puzzle yesterday and the answer was eclat.I looked up to verify its existence.(Well, actually, my buddy, Google, looked it up, but that counts. Right?)

Ah – that’s where Zebo is established as a sideline character. Nancy and Frank will open the theater warehouse where Zebo will be the executive director or something.

Good points – what’s going on with the Summer Wedding? Will we see Gunther Grow? What shall happen between Gunther and Tiffany? Why do Tiffany and Burnice live on campus at Moonie U, yet Quill and Gunther don’t. Will Frank and his wife go broke before retirement or will TJ swoop in and do something with the Warehouse… and why doesn’t the community have a better Art Center? All this and more (maybe) in our future.

Zebo, mon ami, you do deserve more space. But there’s this issue called— money. You want FREE space. Even if you charge students for the exihibition space, 30% of $7 will not pay much rent.

So mom & dad, this is no time to be thinking of the warehouse plan.

Frank and Nancy were sensible enough when they bought Mrs. Horner’s house and rented it out to Brad and TJ (with attendant insurance).Why is"The Warehouse Plan" so enticing that they would overlook the massive holes in the idea?

Warehouse? Way too costly. They should talk to Neddy from Judge Parker. She can get them a great deal on used shipping containers.

Crystal? Knute? Where did you go? I only saw you for a minute.

Éclat— very common crossword answer.

won’t work. I see photos and links posted. also..not here! :-(

JPuzzleWhiz said, about 3 hours ago

@Skylark

Can someone tell me please, how you copy and paste things here. Is it a browser capability? Mine won’t do it. I can’t even do italics of bold.. Phooey!

To copy and paste, first, highlight what you want to copy, then right-click on your mouse and choose “copy”. Second, go to the “reply” field, right-click and select “paste”. Simple as that, where text is concerned.

For bold type, use an asterisk immediately before and immediately after (without spaces) the text you want in bold.

Didn’t work for me either!!

bold is easy or is it hard?

the asterisks(the shift key and 8) worked fine for me, you sure you didn’t use space between the texts? if you leave space between the 2 asterisks and the first and last letter of the text you want in bold, it won’t work

For you, Wiselad, I too shall try.

All joking aside, this truly was an amazing course in Intro to Art. Students reviewed their Art History lesson, made that into the raw material for future art, made original art, exhibited & sold it. All in one course. “A” for you, Prof. Zebo.

ruh roh

Wait till they find out that Mr Pretentious expects the Space to be FREE because, well, ART..Not that he won’t cheerfully Accept any Money people might Pay him for his Voidage.

Zebo is so 2 dimensional if he could kiss his own aerosol he’d become a Mobius strip.

I’d like him better if Luann walked in on him drinking a beer while watching a vintage video of classic HeeHaw episodes.

P.S. My éclat melted in the sun.

And after I answered your question, last night! – See how muck I halp you, in dae futures…

Yes, T’was!