Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 04, 2017

poor Jack trying his best to grasp what Prof. Zébo said

I’m not sure that the professor can grasp what he said.

My gosh. After Bernice gets a long-desired kiss from Piro, this thread has bounced way off the topic and out into the boonies.

Oh goody, it’s Professor Pretentious again. Because his one-dimensional shtick hasn’t worn out its welcome a long time ago.

I bet professor β∅zΦ could not repeat that same thing again.

Jack has apparently found the key to Zebo’s blather.

Jack’s friends should be careful about saying ‘Hi’ at the airport.

How funny that Mr. Evans signed his name to an artpiece that says ‘up’ while showing a ‘down’ arrow…

Clearly Jack has food, teeth and naked guys on his mind. If Luann had asked goth boy, Nil, the same question, what answer would he have given? I would guess it would be something like:

Mother dark. Manic depression. Here the carcass is slaying with a spikey stake, when we stripe our eyes lines to raw ebony inky-ism.

Yep that sounds about right.

Professor Zebo’s interpretation of the picture reminds me of something my Sociology professor once told us. “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, blow them away with BS.” ;-D

I still think Luann needs a Cro Magnon man – not a Neanderthal… It’s my guess that Jack isn’t that good with the answers – even when there are answers…

She’s asking the wrong person.

Jack must be related to Ruthie.

Jack: “Here’s something that apparently was painted by a fish!”

Luann: “No, that’s by Jackson Pollock!”

So, WHO STOLE THE TV??????????????

I like Zébo. He’s absolutely certain about anything that’s a matter of opinion.

I wonder if you could reach your hand though that hole like in the Roadrunner cartoons.

Isn’t is kind of standard with this sort of art that no one can specifically say what the artist is saying, as Zebo is doing?

You have what Zebo said. Then, you have what Jack said. In the end, it’s all pot-8-o, pot-8-o.

…and who knew that you could get all that, from staring at a “hole-in-the-wall”?

“Optical Intrusion”

“Stream Of Non-Consciousness”

“Word Salad, With A Ton Of Dressing”

“All Or Nothing…Mostly Nothing”

“Mad Nauseum”

“The Walking Tower Of Babble”

“My Ragtime Gallery” (♩)

“Hot Air, Through The Blenders Of His Mind”

“The Anguish Of Language”

“Train Of Naught”

“Jack May Be Nimble, But He Sure Ain’t Quick”

“Pretension So Thick, You Couldn’t Cut It With A Knife”

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“See Ya Later, Translator!”

There’s a fine line between reasonable skepticism and intellectual nihilism. The jump from “I don’t get what’s going on here,” to “There’s nothing going on here” is small. It’s a sort of world view preservation stance. I want to believe everything is logical, well ordered. I want to believe that what you see and immediately comprehend is all there is. These are survival mechanisms. But human thought and expression are capable of so much more. How can a picture of a hole mean anything? How can a canvas that just has a hole in it mean anything? Why is one opinion more valid than another? That last one is particularly threatening to most of us. “My opinion is just as good as yours!” Well, sometimes. But suppose you are better informed than me? Suppose you have read interviews with, say, Jasper Johns in which he says in various ways, “I am interested in art as a collaborative experience. Art happens when the creator and the observer interact. So some of my work is about interaction.” You and I are standing in front of a Johns work, a large canvas, blue. A hole has been cut in the canvas, a key inside. Turning the key activates a music box. Now, knowing what you know from the interviews cited, is it likely that you are better equipped than I to say something about what it all means? When presented with a baffling situation, our tendency is to try to figure it out. Failing, we likely regard it as meaningless. It’s not a matter of devaluing something we don’t “get.” It’s more that survival mechanism to protect our world view. So, it’s natural to reject, to devalue, to ridicule. Though I’m not an artist but a bookseller, I’ve read enough to have several workable approaches to modern art. So when I see a canvas blank except for a tiny barely visible pencil mark, I have a reasonable way to interpret what’s going on. I always assume something intentional is going on.

If what you see in a painting isn’t obvious,then it isn’t art in my mind! But, I’m old fashioned and….oh yes…old! What you see to the left is an example of my art! Titled “Great White Heron in the Wind”.

That about sums up much of modern “art.”

I’m not sure I could have summed it up much better. Luann didn’t miss much. I wonder if Nils will have a different perspective and comment?

Yeah, that’s how my college notes always turned-out as well.

Was tv really stolen by Agnes Wiggins? Was she really a character? Can you tell us a date she appeared in so I can see what she looked like or WHEN her name was mentioned?

Okay Luann. If the “Nutty Professor” here, gives You ANY “Guff,” just Remind Him: Showing Up Late for His “Class?” That’s ART!

I’ve mentioned the ‘Three Stooges’ vibe before regarding Luann-Nil-Jack and Larry-Moe-Curly (both groups respectively relating in that order), and it’s here again. [I do like it!] ‘Professor’ Zebo fits right in that mold as the stiff, straight-man to their antics. Others earlier today posted him as ‘Professor Pretentious’ and as one who makes up crap – just as a straight-man would, and they are right!. As I said, ‘and it’s here again’. :)

Why is this the ONLY class we ever see Luann take? And why is it lingering over several years? She’s obviously completed at least two academic years…. no reason she should still be in this class now. Did Evans and Evans ever go to college? Also, how many more signals do we need that the professor is gay?

Luann, you really want to be with this guy? It is clear he is a dimwit. As in Archie’s Moose. Your Ox. You can do better. He is fine as a friend and let’s leave it at that.

Professor Zebo is basically a plot device. Actually he is pompous, but I bet he really is quite a good teacher. We all had teachers with “interesting” personalities, but often they are really great if we admit it. My bigger interest is where this arc is going. Nice to see Nil (?) too. Jack is trying his best to learn something and as a teacher I appreciate that. But that is window dressing. Where will this fit into Luann’s relationship life, and in Luannverse, to be (what) or not to be (what) is the question.

There are smart jocks and dumb jocks, hateful jocks and considerate jocks. Sometimes it’s the smart ones who are mean, the dumb ones kind… but it can be the other way too. Once again, prejudices and preconceptions are difficult to change because we are so comfortable with them and they support the rest of our belief system. I know a brilliant woman married to a dumb jock. He’s one of the nicest guys I know, and she is just as fine a person. They are a wonderful, happy couple.

Jack makes more sense than Zebo.He has mastered the art of understanding the incomprehensible.A skill best learned as a parent, and as a Trump-watcher.

I think Naked Psycho Steak opened for Black Flag back in the day.

I think that if we peeked into Zebo’s closet, we’d find Victoria’s Secret.

No, HERE he is saying “These people are such morons, that I can sell them a black dot painted on a $20 canvas as long as they think it has deep meaning!”

Great minds discuss ideas.

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Average minds discuss events.

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Small minds discuss people.

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-Eleanor Roosevelt

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Zebo? I think he just makes most of it up as he goes along.

Where is this “Museum of Modern Art”? Did they take a field trip to San Diego or LA? If so, did everyone go separately instead of in a group, and that’s why Luann is late?

Maybe Greg or Karen had a ‘Professor Zebo’ in their college art course life and have created this character as a result. Or as a composite of some weirdo quirks their art professor(s) possessed.

Blah can’t we conclude the stolen TV/vending machine goods arc?

Just what is Zebo the Pompous always doing with the hand that he is always holding behind his back?

As for Jack: Nice guy, but I don’t think that junior college’s have football teams and he really doesn’t look like a scholar. Maybe he’s in a welding program and will create the kind of heavy art that they sell in all those Summer art fairs. He’s certainly more open than Piro and way better than Leslie.

I kinda like Jack. The difference between Jack and Luann reminds me of Brad & Toni when they met. Maybe Jack is a diamond in the rough.

Phonetic note taking! Maybe Luann is clever enough to decipher what Jack wrote? Or maybe not….