Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 28, 2016

If you asked “Jock”, it’s “animal magnetism”…sort of… – If you asked “Emo”, it’s "a whole lotta nuthin’ "… – If you asked Luann, it’s all about the “eros”, or romance…and apparetnly, she just remembered her “ink well” just ran out- or, rather, she did… – If you asked Haddaway, he’d tell you that the definition of love is “Baby don’t hurt me, baby don’t hurt me, no mo’…” (♪)…

Long time, no see, Prof. Zébo.

“Greg is giving us a song name”.You and/or Greg are extremely clever!

Ok… back to Gunther and Tiff :p

No Quill you can’t come back. We never want to see you again

I’m going to avoid trying to figure out the meaning of that “abundance” statement

Shouldn’t we be on Spring Break now?

Brd, WOW!

When will a philosophy student ask him to define love as used in the question? It is actually applicable.

Awww. Jpck’s an animal-lover! That’s sweet!

Jay, welcome back!

So, I’m guessing that spring break has already happened.

“What Is Love?”“Deep Waters Run.. Still…” “My Eros!”“Aga-pe As You Go…”“Philadelphia Freedom” (♫)“My Cheesy Brother”“What The World Needs Now…” (♪)“Eros To The Occasion…”“Don’t Say You’re Sorry!”“An Artists’ Rendering”“The Dictionary Justifies The Means”“Zero Eros For Zebo?”“A Subjective Objective”or“Mind Your Heart”

Aw, rats. Does this mean we have to go through months of LuAnn moping about breaking up with Quill?

Well done!

STOP Right THERE!!! NO Moping over Pretty-Boy Luann.Especially since YOU were the one that DUMPED Him.

Besides its Easter Break. Shouldn’t You, Bernice and your new best friend be in New York causing all sorts of Mayhem and Chaos that only Gunther Berger can get you OUT of ???

So once again Tiffany and Gunther have something unfinished. Potential passion postponed. A “moment” missed. Frustrating.

I like the two guys (though it would be nice if they had real names). And the dogs are cute.

With any luck, Quill will catch a ride from the porcupine he fell off of…

Thanks!!!!– Apart from having to stay up late (FIL was ill, had to be rushed to the ER, glad to report he’s recovering!), also there is a big project I have been undertaking, then there was also preparing for this past Wednesday (where we observed the Memorial of Christs’ death, leading up to his resurrection), then there was also Jury Duty on Friday… well, I guess I managed to get a tan in there, somewhere…

Hey, there!!!! (8^D)

So the Fourth Wall is suggesting that Love – and Truth – is specific to one person at one point of time. That is the clockwork of live theater. The Luann comic is like live theater.

Uh oh! This is going to get worse before it gets better. I think I have jury duty this week. Ah rats! That’s next week! Darn my luck!

as many as your heart can hold

And yet…“Love in tennis means no points scored,And you have nothing.You have nothing.”

Apparently, she’s not over Quill!

Nice surmising Brd, I’m impressed. You are quite the problem solver, aren’t you. I love a handy man :)

Oh No! Not THIS jerky subject again. He is so puffed up with his own importance…

“Love is a deeply human reality and of such complexity, that some give up all definitions, considering the words as useless and powerless. Love cannot be defined. It is as mysterious as life, hence the variety of the almost contradictory aspects of love. For the word “love” is the most fluid, the most complex, the vaguest and varied in meaning of all words.”

Beautifully said, sallymargaret :)

C. S. Lewis says four.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Loves

Those are the cutest dogs. That said, does Luann only have one class? I’m trying hard to stay interested in this comic, as I’ve read it since I was a kid, but it’s going so off kilter with its storylines and splitting everybody up.

There’s one, but it has lots of different symptoms

4 loves – Phile, Eros, Agape, Storge

More Than AirLove. We need it more than air.Love. Without it, why even breathe?Love. Why is it so rare?Love. Why is it so hard?Love for parentsLove for partnersLove for childrenLove for brothers and sistersLove for friendsLove for strangersLove for the lostLove for the foundLove for the homelessLove for the hungryLove for the sickLove for the outcastLove respectsLove honoursLove supportsLove encouragesLove is patientLove is kindLove is humbleLove is gentleLove gives freelyLove forgives freelyLove lifts upLove holds upLove is not greedyLove does not horde what others needLove does not manipulate or play gamesLove does not abuse or bullyLove does not cross to the other sideLove does not turn its backLove does not block its earsLove does not shut its eyesLove. We need loveLove to live forLove to die forLoveWe need it more than air

I’m with Jock. Who needs people when you got dogs? (or cats, or other animals depending on your tastes)

philosophy in artphilosophy as art

Emo seems to have the right eccentricity to succeed in Prof. Zebo’s course.

I REALLY don’t like this guy.

Three Dog Night”

wow! now that’s a creative interpretation! ( I’m not saying it’s wrong, but I wouldn’t have come up with it on my own. ) very interesting!

Luann needs some hot lovin’…

to brdshtt:ha.

Brdshtt I was listening to Three Dog Night’s “Joy To The World” when I found your comment this morning…

How clever. I heard the name reflects how cold it is. On a cold night you would sleep with 3 of your sled dogs.

Luann might be changing her mind about Mr. Quill???

Oh, PLEASE don’t let Luann slip back into her old habits and start getting weepy over Q-ball being gone.-She was revved up and ready to move on with her life last time we saw her, and now THIS???

As a sometime poster, it is good to see you back Jay. I was a little worried not knowing where you went…

But you are back in force. Great!

Pretty keen insight, there, Brd!i was looking for maybe a Nilsson reference in there, too, but don’t see one.

A void of abundance is Lack. Lack is not Love at all.

Yes, Jay, each day Puzz would say something along the line of, “Here is my attempt to fill in for Jay. Hope we hear from you again soon, Jay.” They were the messages of a friend.

Very clever!I don’t think Lu is pining for Quill; she’s just answering the question in terms of girl-boy love experience she had. I do wish Greg had gone back to last week’s drama, but he changes gears over the weekend almost every time. I am also surprised we haven’t moved into the Spring Break trip to NYC.

Matter manner.

Does Luann, who insofar as we know is not majoring in art, nevertheless take an art class every semester? If so, why? And why is it always with the same instructor and the same two classmates? I thought the reason for moving the strip from high school was to break out of the Fogarty rut by allowing Luann to interact with more people (as one would expect a college student to do), but apparently it was just so that the Fogarty classroom rut could be replaced with a Zebu classroom rut. It’s not clear that this revision is much of an upgrade.

Anyone seriously interested in the neurological aspects of love may want to read “A General Theory of Love,” by San Francisco psychiatrists Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon. They include the devotion shown by dogs, among other things.

Why do I keep thinking that this strip wasn’t even meant to run today? Perhaps the Sheriff could reassure us about that.

I can’t fathom why people are saying the New York Spring break trip isn’t going to happen! Patience people! Obviously it isn’t Spring Break time in Pitts yet!

How many of you actually KNOW the event behind the name of “Three Dog Night”?

Please tell me: where is Delta??? I miss her.

In Luann time this appears to be only the second semester of college for her, given that she is still 18 per a recent strip and Spring Break is still to happen.

When they return from break what Spring art projects will they be assigned:Sidewalk art?Permitted graffiti on construction fences?Something botanical?Something like this?http://tingilinde.typepad.com/starstuff/2016/03/a-egg-zoetrope.html

Where does Zebo do his shopping?

btw, I’m also reminded of “Black is Black” ( Los Bravos) for Emo’s bubble.

On the topic of today’s strip itself, I am not surprised to see Luann still thinking about Quill with regard to the question of love. Just because she made the decision, and appears to be unwavering in her belief in the correctness of that decision, does not mean she is ‘over’ the pain of the loss of the relationship. When last we saw her, she was distracted by new developments and the anticipation of adventures to come, so she was not dwelling on Quill. However, when confronted with a question on love, it seems natural for her mind to still go to Quill at this point as the end is still fresh, especially since the main issue was not a lack of love, but rather different priorities.

lessee, in Bible school they said there are 3 Greek words for love.

Yep!

Gunther has stubble and looks “hot” (according to Tiff)Piro has stubble and looks “avant garde”?Jock has stubble and looks “sweet”.*Well, guys, I guess you know what to do!

Does anyone else wonder — if they are so inclined — if Gloomy and Hair might make a couple w interesting stories every once in a while?

This is the ultimate disappointment.

When doing the math, don’t forget to carry the Garfunkle…

Nice!

This arc is for me the ultimate disappointment..Leaving a half dozen interesting stories hanging, is IMO bad writing. But so typical recently. It’s actually what I expected..Not opening any promised new arc (like NY, or Les, or what Pru is doing, etc.) compounds it..Going to Zebo and these stereotyped critters is IMO pointless. They play no role in any plotline here, as far as I can see. Not even funny. Three kinds of love for three different breeds of dogs? Come on, now..Needless to say, art is NOT about love. Some famous art depicts hate, or fear, or tranquility, or respect, or other basic emotions..Moreover, showing Luann mooning about Quill in this way is totally inconsistent with how ex-boyfriends are typically envisioned by those gals who made the break..That Luann has no love for Puddles, her parents, her grandparents, her brother, her country, for anybody or anything (but perhaps the guy she dumped) is odd in the least. This is not our Luann. .Love, is, as they say, a Many Splendored Thing..This arc is for me totally incomprehensible. I had some hopes that Karen’s writing was improving. This is a serious relapse.

are we already back from Spring Break? Or maybe in the ‘Luanniverse’ it is still coming. It just has to be the latter.

Three Dog Night was my very first concert, 1969, Albuquerque. I think my next live music performance was “Jesus Christ, Superstar”.

Dover.seismic

While I sympathize with those who hate, hate! multiple unfinished arcs, I see this as realistic and satisfyingly complex. I find this Bozo arc boring, and I hope it remains unfinished, unless this teacher has a fatal freeway accident.

So … who will Luann date next?

Jock?Emo?Gunther?Piro?Hair?Prudence?Dez?Zēbo?TJ?Ox?

Very cool, Brd! You are on quite a roll today!

Love? Don’t even go there. I subscribe to the song in South Pacific………….“who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give us reasons, wise men never try.”

funny how just a few years can make a generational difference in music!

Remember that we haven;t seen Les since the characters were still in high school, and now they are nearing their second year of college. Maybe Les graduated sooner than Luann’s class (he does seem to be older), and he’s done more than 2, maybe nearly 3, years in the service already.

As I mentioned, though, we shall have to write our own backstory, since the whole thing seems to have been invented in haste just to fulfill the requirement of having Mr. Gray ask for something in February. It doesn’t really make any sense, because if Mr, Gray had actually wanted them to hire Les in February, there’s absolutely no reason he couldn’t have told them that last fall instead of making them (and us) wonder what the favor would be. Again it seems to come back to poor pacing of the story line.

Art instructor/self-anointed genius Zébo generates a humorous interlude with his pseudo-philosophizing. But it is the three students (I use the term loosely) who generate the joke itself. N’est-ce pas vrai?

What kind of college is this where they have the same professor for two classes in a row? Is this Luann’s major? Thought it was just an elective? And he does Art AND English?

Very clever.

I could not comment last night when this arc started, so let me comment just before this is about to turn over. I have just glanced through the comments so far, and I am not ready to guess where this is going. It’s interesting to see the goth type young man (if that is not goth, feel free to correct me, but I hope it’s clear what I mean) not having an ability picture love and it being a void. An abundant void. What could fill that black hole like thing up? Somebody mentioned Three Dog Night with the big dude and his three dogs, whom he loves, and most important, because it is her world we are in, is Luann who pictures Quill. I had to think about it, but I don’t think this means that Quill is coming back. I mean he might if he can get over his blindness, self-centeredness as much as Luann is working through hers (another theme here? but just because people in love break up does not mean they do not still think about the object of their affections that easily. That is part of the pain of breaking up, however it happened. That object has a piece of your heart in his or her hand, and that takes some time to recover from. With that in mind it makes sense that Luann, a real romantic, would still have Aussie boy in her head as being an example of love. Wonder who Gunther would have in his thought balloon if he was in the class? Questions marks (lol)?

JPuzzleWhiz said, @DiannazarPlease tell me: where is Delta??? I miss her.

Delta is at Howard University.=======And doesn’t come home for Christmas, or for the Summer, or anything..The volcano has got her. Sun, too.

It wouldn’t work as a Sunday strip, since (1) it makes reference to Luann’s dumping Quill (in the daily continuity), and (2) Sunday readers don’t know Luann’s classmates and thus wouldn’t understand their thought balloons. It may be a stand-alone “filler” strip, but it has to run on a weekday. I too had thought this week would be devoted to NYC trip preparations and departure.

When we do see Lu, Pru, and Bern leave for NYC, will we also see Quill leave for his fill-in role with the traveling dramatic production? Will we ever see him come back, or is the first performance slated for the Caldera Dinner Theater?

SPOILER ALERT

Timing is everything, crying is optional.

New York recedes further into the distance.

Many years later, on May 15 2021 the artsy guy, Nil, will invite Bernice (through Jack) on a date to his art show and it is titled The Unsaid. “It’s using Nothing to say something”. Wow- so he has always been into the void vibe. Ok!