Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 08, 2018

The word I think Tara is looking for — since they’re in a chem lab — is “risky.”

How do you know if it is the perfect souffle lingerie? Looking at it will make your partner rise and not fall.

Luann is still here. Hope to see her do something interesting or different.

Some readers certainly will welcome this. A return, both to Tara and to Ann’s lingerie party.

FYI – I’m now often getting 2-3 posts, even if I deselect the text box before clicking the button. So I’m no longer offering that as advice.

Sure will be nice when GoComics fixes it.

Souffle Lingerie AKA as edible undies. Which have been around for decades. They are hardly a new item.

When leaving bio lab, be sure to take a little anthrax with you.

Tara would look Ritzy in anything!

Well finally we have a date to and confirmation of, the next (and or second) lingerie party.

Completely introduced with a lack of any details.

1. Does Pru know she was lied to to get a discount for the first party? Does she know of Ann’s history with Bernice?

2. What does TJ know now, now that time has pasted since the first lingerie party?

3. Are we back to before Christmas, Luann time, or are we now in the second semester of Bio lab, again paired up with Tara?

Not sure yet that we will actually get to see inside the Lingerie Party. For Ann to make much money – I’m thinking it might be like Amway – where Ann tries to get her guests to sell to people all over the world – with small profits distributed. It’s my recollection that relatively few participants made enough money to significantly improve their financial condition.

First and second frame – Luann projects so much energy and warmth. It’s a wonderful skill that few cartoonists have. Even McEldowney in 9 Chickweed Lane does not have any characters this likable.

Been building towards seeing what goes on at these parties, hope the reveal doesn’t disappoint.

We’re doing this plotline again? Sheesh.

Will the event at The Fuse end up being

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Gambling?

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Some kind of sex club?

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Or, will Greg play it safe and it will be just what Ann said it was, just a Lingerie sale?

Place your bets, folks! What’s the chance of them actually making it into the party this time, much less encountering Ann? Years of never actually showing the events being discussed leaves me skeptical, but it is the beginning of the year, plus I believe it’s her third go at it (and the Rule of Three is huge in storytelling). Fingers crossed!

Luann needs a boyfriend. A whole new character to add to the strip, not one of the regulars.

Luann needs a boyfriend. A whole new character to add to the strip, not one of the regulars.

There’s a thing on the internet called “Rule 34” that basically says everything floats somebody’s boat. You may not be turned on by lab aprons, rubber gloves and safety goggles, but be assured there’s someone out there who is.

“RITZY,” No!

“DITZY,” Yes!

Does Luann know that Ann Eiffel is involved? It doesn’t seem like it. Though come to think of it, does she even know Ann? Brad, TJ and Bernice do of course but I’m not sure if Luann knows about her.

Yeah, if you’re a character on The Big Bang Theory…

Why are so up for that Fancy door prize, Luann. You mentioned a while ago that you already have set of “sexy” undies that disappoint you, because you haven’t had an occasion to wear them for somebody. (And, since this is a family strip, unlikely to have such an occasion for some time.)

Wait a minute – Luann is interested in buying edible undies?

Speaking of ritzy, let’s proceed with dissecting that frog.

BTW, there actually IS a "Souffle Lingerie " . Based in Albertville, France.

Glad to see Tara again, and it makes sense to show her and Luann in the college context. Tara has a fine,dry sense of humor too, but context will be provided more clearly when they actually attend the party.

“What, this isn’t ritzy?”

YYYYes!!! Like Breaking Bad ‘ritzy’ … And in an RV, it would be the Rolling Ritzy!!! :)

Remember, Tara was wanting to do something ‘exciting’ earlier (after the archery arc) … After some not-so-good suggestions from Luann, they got to the lingerie thing.

 "Puttin’ Off The Ritz" (♬)

“Living The Glamorous Strife”

“Cowgirls And Engineers”

“The Whiz, Of Osmosis”

“It’s A Crime, To Be Crag-Kneed And Lacy”

“The Unmentionables Take On Another Bust”

“Diamonds Are A Girls Vexed Trend”

“Better A Silk Purse Than A Lab Retriever”

“The Tale Of Ripped And Wrinkled”

“A Cache For Strapped”

“All My Vexes, Are In Latexes” (♩)

“It’s A Cotton Pickin’ Shame!”

or

“Heads, Shoulders, Knees And Mitosis”

That underwear sound very uncomfortable to wear. The women must just wear the lingerie for a few minutes for “special” occasions.

Who else thought of Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle (RIP) in Young Frankenstein?

LOL

Wonder if Ann will check the guest list and knock them off. Does Luann even know that Les mother is Ann?

Souffle Lingerie must be one of those High-End imported European brands. Luann probably can’t afford it, and Tara doesn’t wear it. But, hey, have fun at the private lingerie party, girls! (If that is what is really is….)

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Lunch and pipe break commentary time:

This should be a very enjoyable and fun series for this arc! I am thinking Luann and Tara are fast becoming one of the pairings for characters interacting that I enjoy the most. A few points:

1. The lab “apron” that Luann and Tara are wearing is not really typical lab wear for biology classes. If and when students in a lower division biology lab (or even upper division ones for that matter) wear something of the sort, it is usually a lab coat with sleeves. There may (of course) be a few places that use a lab apron, but truth-be-told, it is definitely a minority of schools. I suspect Greg chose the lab “apron” look mostly for its better comedic value. A lab coat, while not necessarily “ritzy” does often look nice, and also looks professional. The lab “apron” look always has a “geeky”, “cheesy”, and definitely unritzy look.

2. Sadly, thus far, every instance where those two are in biology lab, consists of the most mundane and boring laboratory experiences. All they ever seem to do is measure and weigh things…. mostly inanimate things. While this sort of work does occur in introductory biology labs to a degree…. I hope Greg does move eventually more into the more “bio-ey” aspects of biology lab as well. I think that Greg could find some really great comedic potential there as well.

3. I am glad that Greg seems to be showing good safety techniques in the lab situation…. especially in Luann’s long hair pulled back. Having hair pulled back is a valuable and important safety concern in the lab. I always have a container of inexpensive elastic hair ties for my students to use if they do not have them. Female students use the majority of them, but several longer haired male students use them as well, and I have even had a few guys use them for their beards.

Oh… and…. finally, I am going on a prognostication limb here and predict that we will (in the next week or two) get to see inside the actual Lingerie Party. I predict that Greg will have some of the comic be portrayed in the event itself instead of just talking about it like does happen with many arcs.

Lunch and pipe are finished…. back to work for me.

Lingerie party? Re-enter Knute and Crystal.

I actually could see Tara and TJ matched up as quite a compatible couple. TJ suggests crazy things and Tara….goes along with it! Maybe the lingerie party/Fuse/Ann story will bring them together.

Don’t really know Tara’s thing, yet, other than she was kicked out of school for stealing. Maybe she has a romantic interest in Luann. The boy-girl stuff was limited in 2017 but I can always hope that Toni and Brad will play strip income tax preparation this year.

Wait, don’t tell me, let me guess…later this week:“The lingerie’s missing!”All fingers point to Tara, so, naturally, she’ll be vindicated when Les is accused…only for it to turn out that he was framed by Ann because, well, Ann has to be the guilty party at some point, doesn’t she? Otherwise, what’s the point in bringing her back?

Luann in lingerie? Sign me up!

Luann in lingerie? Sign me up!

Something’s fishy with this. A lingerie party with Ann Eiffel and her son, Leslie. It’s locked down and tickets must be approved. I think we’ll get a look at what it is just before the cops raid the place.

Maybe this splicing parts of the past with the present is like in Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut. Just a little occasional mixing of the past and future, doing a little ‘time jumping’, etc.

I for one am surprised to see that Tara has shown up for class.