Go WITH them Jack. Just Go. Offer to drive them to the party yourself, or follow them to the gig.
Yeah, I know that Lu and Tara are strong, independent young women that DON’T need a mere man, and how Dare You think that they Do, BUT.
I don’t like that rather “Lecherous look” the plaid shirted guy with the Fred Flintstone haircut is giving Luann in panel 2. And while I think the gals handle themselves, I hope they don’t walk into a situation where they are the only two women among 15 drunken, chest thumping, males.
Besides YOU picked these ladies up and as a gentleman You have a responsibility for seeing that they get home SAFE, no matter how “Old Fashioned” that notion IS.
Now Go. And don’t smoke any of them “funny” cigarettes……..,
I agree with you. Most things are equal, but some are not. Alcohol affects a woman faster than a man, and a strong, independent woman can be rendered helpless swiftly—especially if she has no prior experience with drink. Not to mention Jack works out and Luann does not.
It’s time for Luann to get out into the world a little more, however this seems to be the wrong crowd – that Tara got in trouble with before. Jack’s spidey sense will start to tingle. The big guy will achieve hero status following a rescue.
Oh goody, time for a Very Special Episode about the evils of alcohol. We’re going to be shown how awful these guys are for asking Tara to drive them even though giving up your keys to a sober friend is 100% the right move when you’re drunk. But since alcohol is evil and these guys have consumed it, they’re obviously terrible human beings who can’t be trusted at all. Next we’ll find out that these scumbags may have also…. tried to sleep with girls they hadn’t married first! The horror!
I’m not so sure there is a ‘party’ . Could be just a group of drunk guys looking to hit on some girls. While this ‘toon doesn’t usually get into dangerous situations, I can recall high school days when Bernice was madly in love with a guy who hid drugs in her locker, and she almost ended up in jail over it. And then there was the guy who used a wheelchair who Bernice loved, and he almost burned up in a fire. Maybe it’s Luann’s turn to find herself in danger…
This is Greg’s brilliant misdirection working in a direction that happens to college age students all the time. Finding yourself in a possibly dangerous situation, which is enticing, but scary at the same time, with a couple friends who get along, but are different. There is Luann, who is reluctantly intrigued by the party, Tara is is adventurously aware of what could happen but wants to go have fun (at least she will be driving and the friend knew he should not try to drive) and Jack, the risk-averse, gentleman who I am liking more and more, and is protective of the girls, and in particular, I feel Luann. Either he will go, or he will follow in his truck. I vote he follows. It’s better he not be in the car with the other four.
If it was a Indian movie (Bollywood)- 1. Luann and Tara will go to the party with the guys2. Halfway to his home, Jack will suddenly discover L or T had mistakenly dropper their purse in Jack’s car3. He will return to the party4. Will find something bad5. There will be a big fight.6. Jack will win it7. There will be >4 minutes song and dance (set somewhere in Switzerland or Mauritius)8. Happy ending
Today’s strip made me realize how rarely Greg uses thought balloons!. Which, of course, makes me think that the text in the thought balloon must be very, very important!
Yes, it’s a comic.. Only in a comic could a couple of handsome guys like those two entice women to get into their car and go to a party with them. Golden rule of partyin: Do not under any circumstances go anywhere you can’t get back from.
C’mon honestly, he’s gonna let his friends go anywhere with two plastered guys? As a real friend you’d go with them or convince to avoid bad decision. That night would not end well.
How stupid ARE those girls?They know basically nothing about those guys, at least one of them is already drunk, and they’re going with them to an “epic party” at an unknown location.How are they going to get back?I just hope Jack doesn’t get the blame here.
You’ll always notice that the one-off characters in Luann are generic looking, with no details to their appearance… that said, this is NOT a good idea for either of you Luann and Tara…
It appears that Jack is being re-booted in the strip as a mature, responsible person who sincerely cares about Luann. Does Team Evans want us to root for him as a future serious love interest for out heroine? Let’s see just how heavy-handed this new portrayal becomes. Is it time to break out the posters and banners rooting for Jack?
Trust your gut and go, worst that will happen is you’ll miss your class. If you don’t go it could be far worse than missing a class. This has nothing to do with women can take care of themselves, this has to do with being a concerned friend.
Don’t go, Jack. She’s a young adult now (something we forget, remembering her from a few years ago) and needs the experience of making her own decisions as they come up. Not everybody survives it but we all need it.
OF COURSE there is nothing to worry about. It’s a party. Happens thousands of times. The only reason WE readers think there’s something to worry about is we KNOW something is gonna happen.
Two possible scenarios: First, Jack shows up to save Luann from trouble, or, second, something happens requiring the fire department to show up and Brad and Toni find her in trouble.
Sometimes you have to make some stupid decisions and hopefully survive them so next time you have the wisdom to make different choices.Sadly you can do everything right and still get killed by a drunk/distracted driver.
Oh no!! Jack, follow your gut. This is NOT good! :O Could this be the beginning of him and Luann finally recognizing they have feelings for each other? I see Luann getting into trouble, Jack worried to death over her, and finally rescuing her, and Jack becoming her knight in shining armor… ahhh I’m a hopeless romantic. ;)
I’ve seen enough true crime shows to have a very bad feeling about this. Of course, I’m sure that Greg Evans isn’t going to have Luann or Tara be raped or murdered, but I still have a hunch that something very bad is about to happen.
Jack – Obviously Jack has matured greatly since the art class arcs and bowling date episode. That Jack would have followed along with enthusiasm. This Jack realizes he has early responsibilities; either job or school related. He is also less exuberant and exhibits a more adult responsibility toward his “wards.” BTW: I made the comment back then that “dog park talk” would be a watershed moment for Jack and possibly for Luann.
Luann – I still cannot fathom GnK portraying Luann as this naïve. She’s certainly not that innocent. She’s had plenty of run ins with the “wild side” with Quill. Can she possibly be this jazzed up by the events of the evening? Is Tara so much a Svengali character to dominate and lure away our “Poor Little Nell?”
Tara – Tara is hard to read from the past two strips. Her responses and expressions have been particularly neutral (introspective?) toward this party. And believe me, Greg is adept at making expressions congruent with what he wants to portray.
It is an obvious set up for a #MeToo plot line but given that he has avoided sex like a plague (because of syndicators?) this would be a near impossible topic to do justice to. We’ll see.
The Evans have done a significant amount of foreshadowing, with this arc. I smell a hard lesson about drinking and driving, just in time for the holidays, about to happen.
I smell tragedy becoming a long-term triumph. Watch where Lu sits in the vehicle, in the strips of the coming days. I posit that she will be the only survivor of the accident that is about to happen. Jack will come visit her in the hospital, and the feelings that the two have for each other will blossom.
1. Luann looks a little hesitant, but still wanting to do ‘wild things’, like she’s said. Beware!
2. Tara is – ambivalent, I think. Hopefully she’s just gonna drive those ‘pillars of the community’ home to sleep it off! I hope she’s learned from her past, maybe call, or have Luann call Jack. And, …
3. Jack looks like he’s trying to convince himself that it’ll be OK. He has played football, so he has to have an idea as to where this might lead. He might just silently follow.
No morality play here, but this will conclude this week – maybe.
My take is Luann probably saw movies where girls get into bad situations at frat parties but her thinking is they were just movies and that she is with Tara and she will be fine. The reality is she doesn’t really know Tara and even less the crowd she ran with at Moony. She knows she got expelled from Moony for theft and Tara claimed to have learned a lesson and Luann took her word at face value. The reality is in this strip – Tara has not learned her lesson. She is rejoining her old crowd who, from the appearances and words of those guys, are bad news. Luann has no experience of college parties or spending time with kids of questionable character so she does not know what she is walking into. She has a misplaced trust in Tara. My hope is Tara will have her back when things go bad at the party. They always do. The arc might end with Luann calling Toni, the relative but not by blood, to bail her out and ask her to keep her secret.
Give the wasted bro’s some credit for having the sense to ask Tara to drive for them. (I assume that, unlike our three “rowdies” who got kicked out right away, the bro’s stayed all the way through the show and got sloshed on ridiculously overpriced lousy beer.)
So Luann told Jack “It was a blast!” – including getting kicked out of the stadium. Luann has been home with Puddles too much. And she is obviously gravitating toward Jack.
Gunther shows up with his backpack and cleans out the joint. Jack shows up at the last minute and Gunther, not knowing Jack well, mistakes him for one of the frat guys. Time to cue up Stroke 9’s “Little Black Backpack”
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♫ Don’t want to, don’t want to talk about it, I say why not, Don’t want to think about it, I say there’s got to be some good reason For your little black backpack up, Smack, turnaround he’s on his back and
Don’t want to tango with you, I’d rather tangle with him, I think I’m gonna bash his head in… ♪
Lots of different things to think about today. A few of what I consider the more interesting ideas that crossed my mind are:
1) Something about the “wasted” guy’s facial profile has a little bit of a look of our newest Supreme Court Justice. If as some have suggested, this is going to be an arc related to #MeToo ideas, I wonder if Greg drew this fellow intentionally just for this purpose? Greg does not seem to add much “political” focus here, so it seems unlikely. And, I am not sure if there has been enough time from when the hearings occurred to have comics made then reach us. But, the look of that kid does seem in profile to have that look.
2) Self-describing one’s self as “wasted” seems to indicate this fellow is up to no good. To me, “wasted” as a term seems to shape his character to be more negative. Now, that said, to me, it is not the drinking…. hell, I drank in college. The issue for me is how he described his drinking… that is the red flag. And, of course people can drink and still be responsible, caring adults. But, the self-proclaimed “wasted” guy does not seem to fall into the category of a drinker who is responsible and caring.
3) The very act that Tara & Luann are going to a nebulous party with guys who for the most part are strangers and without transportation of their own…. just stupid on both their parts. They are young and want to explore… but you do not explore potentially dangerous (or at least nebulous) things… without an exit plan. They have no car, no way to get out of the situation if it becomes necessary. That is stupid.
4) I feel a bit annoyed that Tara and Luann basically have willingly left Jack in favor of this nebulous party. Jack should not have to be accompanying them just to be chivalrous and provide them transportation home…. but I bet he will by the end of the arc.
Hopefully, no one winds up in the hospital or worse.
Young women getting in a car with a couple of guys they don’t really know that well and who’ve been drinking? What can go wrong? I wonder who will wind up posting bail for Luann and Starr?
Okay, I see a way out of all of this. Like, ALL of it. It’ll take a second, though. And it starts dark. Stay with me.
They accompany The Two Stooges to this party. Things get way, way out of hand. There are drinks and drugs and all sortsa mischief available. Luann partakes in most of it, hoping to impress Tara.
Later, around 3 a.m., she gets into a car whose driver is clearly intoxiated beyond belief. Tara is MIA at this point. Jack is not there to save her. Bernice does not magically appear to bore some sense into her. Nor does Gunther. The car drives away.
Over the course of 18 panels (this IS the Luanniverse, where the time continuum is roughly the same as Our World vs. Narnia), the worst happens…the car crashes…the last panel is filled with black ink…
…and then Luann wakes up, aged 13 years, in the year 2018. She posts something online about the “weird af” dream she just woke up from. The entire strip starts over from the beginning, only maybe this time Our Heroine has a personality beyond “thinks boys are cute.”
And we’ll never have to visit Les and Gunther in their Fisher-Price-lookin’-* house again.
Going off with a couple Drunk idiots who are planning to get even More Drunk to a Party where the Only person you even Vaguely know will soon be Passed Out.
I don’t think this will segue into a sexual misconduct episode…I think the foreshadowing is showing us that alcohol and vehicles will play a part. I foresee an accident (bad one?) on the horizon. Luann has always been pretty level headed, so I’m surprised that she is about to do something so reckless. Also, it tells me that she has zero interest in Jack as a love-interest. If she DID, she wouldn’t go off with these strangers and kooky Tara. She would hang with Jack. I know I would have stayed with a boy I was interested in back in college, rather than run off to a party. Yeah, I think Jack will follow them. And probably save the day (call 911? Drag Luann from a burning car?). Perhaps Luann will have an epiphany about Jack’s possibility as a boyfriend once he “saves the day”. Can’t wait to find out.
A huge, clear headed college football player and sloshed softies who could end up in a world of hurt. Outcome predictable, case closed. Next story line, please.
Let us remember this is a family strip. Nothing truly bad is going to happen to Luanne and Tara. If this was real life, this could be a disaster, but it’s not. The girls will learn a lesson; Jack may, or may not, save the day, and the arc will switch to something totally different. Like back to Gunther and Les being idiots.
Just two days ago everyone thought this arc would be all about Overzealous Twerp Security Guard and how or if he knew Tara. Looks like the stakes are higher, maybe?
Cut Tara some slack. There are a lot of reasons she might still be stuck with these party guys – she may have signed a lease and be stuck living there till its up, she might have grown up with the roommate, she might just not want a friend driving drunk, she might just trust them as she may have known them longer than Luann who, from Tara’s perspective, is a bit of a potential narc (nothing against Luann but it’s always the one rule following kid with the least skin in the game who’s the weakest link in any potential mischief. And Luann is GREAT at following rules, the same way Tara is great at breaking them.). Tara can handle herself pritty well, and she isn’t drinking or doing anything wrong, but Luann is a bit of a liability at this point. Tara’s best bet is to try and send Luann home with her very nice, very safe beau and limit her time around Luann to nice good girl activities to build up her reputation. It would be kind of funny if Fay was at the party after having sneaked out though:).
Oh, and Jack? There is something to worry about. Luann may end up dating one of there guys. She can’t wait forever. Better figure out what you want from this relationship, fast.
I dislike this on several levels…. A – it’s rude to leave an event without the people you arrived with.. B – even though he gave Starr the keys.. they are not ‘partying’ at Luanns level.. and she isnt aware of her surroundings…. C – While i dont think Jack should go with… he should at least speak up and say.. this is a bad idea
Templo S.U.D. about 6 years ago
oh, won’t Mr. and Mrs. Degroot be worried about their daughter hanging with the wrong crowd
capricorn9th about 6 years ago
Oh, please worry, Jack, and go with them.
Namrepus about 6 years ago
Danger, Will Robinson, danger! The women are going to have a MeToo moment tonight.
Mordock999 Premium Member about 6 years ago
Go WITH them Jack. Just Go. Offer to drive them to the party yourself, or follow them to the gig.
Yeah, I know that Lu and Tara are strong, independent young women that DON’T need a mere man, and how Dare You think that they Do, BUT.
I don’t like that rather “Lecherous look” the plaid shirted guy with the Fred Flintstone haircut is giving Luann in panel 2. And while I think the gals handle themselves, I hope they don’t walk into a situation where they are the only two women among 15 drunken, chest thumping, males.
Besides YOU picked these ladies up and as a gentleman You have a responsibility for seeing that they get home SAFE, no matter how “Old Fashioned” that notion IS.
Now Go. And don’t smoke any of them “funny” cigarettes……..,
sallymargaret about 6 years ago
What on earth is Luann thinking of?
howtheduck about 6 years ago
These boys may be wasted but at least they know how to shave.
Dreamdeer about 6 years ago
I agree with you. Most things are equal, but some are not. Alcohol affects a woman faster than a man, and a strong, independent woman can be rendered helpless swiftly—especially if she has no prior experience with drink. Not to mention Jack works out and Luann does not.
kenhense about 6 years ago
It’s time for Luann to get out into the world a little more, however this seems to be the wrong crowd – that Tara got in trouble with before. Jack’s spidey sense will start to tingle. The big guy will achieve hero status following a rescue.
butterfly_qvrs about 6 years ago
Cue ominous foreboding music
Black76Manta about 6 years ago
Jack, don’t fool yourself, you have a bad feeling about this and so do I!
Charliegirl Premium Member about 6 years ago
Man up, Jack! Go with them and make sure they’re OK.
Brdshtt Premium Member about 6 years ago
I know Greg will never let this escalate into something dire, so we’ll see what happens when they get to the party.
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Will our favorite Neanderthal ride in on his brontosaurus F – 150 to save them in time?
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Tune in for our next episode:
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“Two Girls In Commando”
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or
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“Commando Jack Rescue”
BJShipley1 about 6 years ago
Oh goody, time for a Very Special Episode about the evils of alcohol. We’re going to be shown how awful these guys are for asking Tara to drive them even though giving up your keys to a sober friend is 100% the right move when you’re drunk. But since alcohol is evil and these guys have consumed it, they’re obviously terrible human beings who can’t be trusted at all. Next we’ll find out that these scumbags may have also…. tried to sleep with girls they hadn’t married first! The horror!
Argythree about 6 years ago
I’m not so sure there is a ‘party’ . Could be just a group of drunk guys looking to hit on some girls. While this ‘toon doesn’t usually get into dangerous situations, I can recall high school days when Bernice was madly in love with a guy who hid drugs in her locker, and she almost ended up in jail over it. And then there was the guy who used a wheelchair who Bernice loved, and he almost burned up in a fire. Maybe it’s Luann’s turn to find herself in danger…
Rosette about 6 years ago
ALWAYS trust your instincts, Jack! Something’s off! Even if you don’t know what it is yet, trust your gut feeling, and intervene!
gnmnrbl about 6 years ago
“i’m sure there’s nothing to worry about…” famous last words.
Joe1962 about 6 years ago
Man up Jack and go with them this is screaming red alert !!
luann1212 about 6 years ago
This is Greg’s brilliant misdirection working in a direction that happens to college age students all the time. Finding yourself in a possibly dangerous situation, which is enticing, but scary at the same time, with a couple friends who get along, but are different. There is Luann, who is reluctantly intrigued by the party, Tara is is adventurously aware of what could happen but wants to go have fun (at least she will be driving and the friend knew he should not try to drive) and Jack, the risk-averse, gentleman who I am liking more and more, and is protective of the girls, and in particular, I feel Luann. Either he will go, or he will follow in his truck. I vote he follows. It’s better he not be in the car with the other four.
chris_weaver about 6 years ago
At least Jack will be at home the next morning for Luann and Tara’s ‘bail-me-out-of-jail’ phone call!
Saurabh_India about 6 years ago
If it was a Indian movie (Bollywood)- 1. Luann and Tara will go to the party with the guys2. Halfway to his home, Jack will suddenly discover L or T had mistakenly dropper their purse in Jack’s car3. He will return to the party4. Will find something bad5. There will be a big fight.6. Jack will win it7. There will be >4 minutes song and dance (set somewhere in Switzerland or Mauritius)8. Happy ending
Good that Greg is not an Indian :D
SactoSylvia about 6 years ago
Today’s strip made me realize how rarely Greg uses thought balloons!. Which, of course, makes me think that the text in the thought balloon must be very, very important!
Barry1941 about 6 years ago
I think Tara is the one that will come to her senses. Luann is kind of clueless. Jack’s a good person.
Rocknaww about 6 years ago
Yes, it’s a comic.. Only in a comic could a couple of handsome guys like those two entice women to get into their car and go to a party with them. Golden rule of partyin: Do not under any circumstances go anywhere you can’t get back from.
electricpostcard about 6 years ago
C’mon honestly, he’s gonna let his friends go anywhere with two plastered guys? As a real friend you’d go with them or convince to avoid bad decision. That night would not end well.
asrialfeeple about 6 years ago
How stupid ARE those girls?They know basically nothing about those guys, at least one of them is already drunk, and they’re going with them to an “epic party” at an unknown location.How are they going to get back?I just hope Jack doesn’t get the blame here.
jonesbeltone about 6 years ago
The comments and this strip are going no where. I am checking out.
sueb1863 about 6 years ago
Luann is being a complete idiot here. She doesn’t know these guys and barely knows Tara. This isn’t going to end well.
sheilag about 6 years ago
You’ll always notice that the one-off characters in Luann are generic looking, with no details to their appearance… that said, this is NOT a good idea for either of you Luann and Tara…
seismic-2 Premium Member about 6 years ago
It appears that Jack is being re-booted in the strip as a mature, responsible person who sincerely cares about Luann. Does Team Evans want us to root for him as a future serious love interest for out heroine? Let’s see just how heavy-handed this new portrayal becomes. Is it time to break out the posters and banners rooting for Jack?
james28602 about 6 years ago
Every RPG player is probably going “Don’t split the party” right about now…
godess_of_fire078 about 6 years ago
Trust your gut and go, worst that will happen is you’ll miss your class. If you don’t go it could be far worse than missing a class. This has nothing to do with women can take care of themselves, this has to do with being a concerned friend.
flagmichael about 6 years ago
Don’t go, Jack. She’s a young adult now (something we forget, remembering her from a few years ago) and needs the experience of making her own decisions as they come up. Not everybody survives it but we all need it.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 6 years ago
THERE’S EVERYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, JACK! But i admire his trust in Luann.
ChazNCenTex about 6 years ago
Foreshadowing?
clebs about 6 years ago
Bummer! It was date non date.
Fuz about 6 years ago
OF COURSE there is nothing to worry about. It’s a party. Happens thousands of times. The only reason WE readers think there’s something to worry about is we KNOW something is gonna happen.
TL;DR: Greg is a prude.
Qiset about 6 years ago
Just think, maybe in thirty years she can testify before the senate.
PatrickIngram about 6 years ago
Jack….your spidey sense is tingling….
GirlGeek Premium Member about 6 years ago
I’d rather Jack to go with them or tag along just to be on the safe side.
Tyge about 6 years ago
No, no, no. I don’t like where this is going, one bit.
LarryMonroe1 about 6 years ago
Two possible scenarios: First, Jack shows up to save Luann from trouble, or, second, something happens requiring the fire department to show up and Brad and Toni find her in trouble.
Anon4242 about 6 years ago
Sometimes you have to make some stupid decisions and hopefully survive them so next time you have the wisdom to make different choices.Sadly you can do everything right and still get killed by a drunk/distracted driver.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation about 6 years ago
I see jack becoming the hero. of course if they’re already waster why are they away from the party? I
Lescoe Brandon about 6 years ago
Given the #MeToo movement a smart male would just walk away.
Camiyami Premium Member about 6 years ago
Oh no!! Jack, follow your gut. This is NOT good! :O Could this be the beginning of him and Luann finally recognizing they have feelings for each other? I see Luann getting into trouble, Jack worried to death over her, and finally rescuing her, and Jack becoming her knight in shining armor… ahhh I’m a hopeless romantic. ;)
Mordock999 Premium Member about 6 years ago
1) We meet Tara’s “roomie” and she just happens to be the “Coupon Lady” that ripped Les off a couple of months ago.
2) We Meet Tara’s “roomie” and it’s a “HE.”
3) The gals are never in any “danger” at the so-called “party” but Jack blunders in anyway and makes a Fool of himself, a-la Gunther.
4) We Meet the “bad crowd” that Tara ran with, and got her kicked out of Mooney U.
5) The Guy’s idea of a “party” is getting drunk and playing Fortnite, PUBG, And Overwatch, and they hardly notice that there are even females there.
31768 about 6 years ago
Luann is just going along for the ride. Tara is looking for trouble. Jack is not too comfortable.
Pinkweeds about 6 years ago
Massive “Ick” I’m so over the idea that a young woman can’t go out on her own and take care of herself. Really lame and tired storyline.
drewpamon about 6 years ago
Jack is going to get a panicked call at 2am. So much for his early morning.
corpcasselbury about 6 years ago
I’ve seen enough true crime shows to have a very bad feeling about this. Of course, I’m sure that Greg Evans isn’t going to have Luann or Tara be raped or murdered, but I still have a hunch that something very bad is about to happen.
Tyge about 6 years ago
I like *LarryMonroe1*’s take re Brad & Toni.
Tyge about 6 years ago
OK. Let’s pick this strip apart:
Jack – Obviously Jack has matured greatly since the art class arcs and bowling date episode. That Jack would have followed along with enthusiasm. This Jack realizes he has early responsibilities; either job or school related. He is also less exuberant and exhibits a more adult responsibility toward his “wards.” BTW: I made the comment back then that “dog park talk” would be a watershed moment for Jack and possibly for Luann.
Luann – I still cannot fathom GnK portraying Luann as this naïve. She’s certainly not that innocent. She’s had plenty of run ins with the “wild side” with Quill. Can she possibly be this jazzed up by the events of the evening? Is Tara so much a Svengali character to dominate and lure away our “Poor Little Nell?”
Tara – Tara is hard to read from the past two strips. Her responses and expressions have been particularly neutral (introspective?) toward this party. And believe me, Greg is adept at making expressions congruent with what he wants to portray.
This is a cringe-worthy strip.
phoenix0401 about 6 years ago
It is an obvious set up for a #MeToo plot line but given that he has avoided sex like a plague (because of syndicators?) this would be a near impossible topic to do justice to. We’ll see.
Lord Hearteater about 6 years ago
The Evans have done a significant amount of foreshadowing, with this arc. I smell a hard lesson about drinking and driving, just in time for the holidays, about to happen.
I smell tragedy becoming a long-term triumph. Watch where Lu sits in the vehicle, in the strips of the coming days. I posit that she will be the only survivor of the accident that is about to happen. Jack will come visit her in the hospital, and the feelings that the two have for each other will blossom.
Code the Enforcer about 6 years ago
I see some things here:
1. Luann looks a little hesitant, but still wanting to do ‘wild things’, like she’s said. Beware!
2. Tara is – ambivalent, I think. Hopefully she’s just gonna drive those ‘pillars of the community’ home to sleep it off! I hope she’s learned from her past, maybe call, or have Luann call Jack. And, …
3. Jack looks like he’s trying to convince himself that it’ll be OK. He has played football, so he has to have an idea as to where this might lead. He might just silently follow.
No morality play here, but this will conclude this week – maybe.
capricorn9th about 6 years ago
My take is Luann probably saw movies where girls get into bad situations at frat parties but her thinking is they were just movies and that she is with Tara and she will be fine. The reality is she doesn’t really know Tara and even less the crowd she ran with at Moony. She knows she got expelled from Moony for theft and Tara claimed to have learned a lesson and Luann took her word at face value. The reality is in this strip – Tara has not learned her lesson. She is rejoining her old crowd who, from the appearances and words of those guys, are bad news. Luann has no experience of college parties or spending time with kids of questionable character so she does not know what she is walking into. She has a misplaced trust in Tara. My hope is Tara will have her back when things go bad at the party. They always do. The arc might end with Luann calling Toni, the relative but not by blood, to bail her out and ask her to keep her secret.
Dr. Midnight about 6 years ago
Uh oh! Is Luann about to lose an arm ?? Sorry Becky…
eladee AKA Wally about 6 years ago
Please Jack—go with them!!! Luann has no idea what she’s getting herself into. It’s one thing to party but these guys look hardcore.
GOGOPOWERANGERS about 6 years ago
Jack should give her a rape whistle
KEA about 6 years ago
ruh roh
timbob2313 Premium Member about 6 years ago
If Jack doesn’t change his mind, Luann is going to be the one who gets in trouble, not Tara
drewpamon about 6 years ago
What do you want to bet Bernice is going to go on a rant about Tara before this arc is through.
seismic-2 Premium Member about 6 years ago
Give the wasted bro’s some credit for having the sense to ask Tara to drive for them. (I assume that, unlike our three “rowdies” who got kicked out right away, the bro’s stayed all the way through the show and got sloshed on ridiculously overpriced lousy beer.)
kenhense about 6 years ago
I remember in “For Better or For Worse,” teenager Allison Creemore (great name) got into a similar mess.
kenhense about 6 years ago
So Luann told Jack “It was a blast!” – including getting kicked out of the stadium. Luann has been home with Puddles too much. And she is obviously gravitating toward Jack.
Brdshtt Premium Member about 6 years ago
Gunther shows up with his backpack and cleans out the joint. Jack shows up at the last minute and Gunther, not knowing Jack well, mistakes him for one of the frat guys. Time to cue up Stroke 9’s “Little Black Backpack”
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♫ Don’t want to, don’t want to talk about it, I say why not, Don’t want to think about it, I say there’s got to be some good reason For your little black backpack up, Smack, turnaround he’s on his back and
Don’t want to tango with you, I’d rather tangle with him, I think I’m gonna bash his head in… ♪
Pipe Tobacco about 6 years ago
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Lots of different things to think about today. A few of what I consider the more interesting ideas that crossed my mind are:
1) Something about the “wasted” guy’s facial profile has a little bit of a look of our newest Supreme Court Justice. If as some have suggested, this is going to be an arc related to #MeToo ideas, I wonder if Greg drew this fellow intentionally just for this purpose? Greg does not seem to add much “political” focus here, so it seems unlikely. And, I am not sure if there has been enough time from when the hearings occurred to have comics made then reach us. But, the look of that kid does seem in profile to have that look.
2) Self-describing one’s self as “wasted” seems to indicate this fellow is up to no good. To me, “wasted” as a term seems to shape his character to be more negative. Now, that said, to me, it is not the drinking…. hell, I drank in college. The issue for me is how he described his drinking… that is the red flag. And, of course people can drink and still be responsible, caring adults. But, the self-proclaimed “wasted” guy does not seem to fall into the category of a drinker who is responsible and caring.
3) The very act that Tara & Luann are going to a nebulous party with guys who for the most part are strangers and without transportation of their own…. just stupid on both their parts. They are young and want to explore… but you do not explore potentially dangerous (or at least nebulous) things… without an exit plan. They have no car, no way to get out of the situation if it becomes necessary. That is stupid.
4) I feel a bit annoyed that Tara and Luann basically have willingly left Jack in favor of this nebulous party. Jack should not have to be accompanying them just to be chivalrous and provide them transportation home…. but I bet he will by the end of the arc.
Scoutmaster77 about 6 years ago
Hopefully, no one winds up in the hospital or worse.
Young women getting in a car with a couple of guys they don’t really know that well and who’ve been drinking? What can go wrong? I wonder who will wind up posting bail for Luann and Starr?
pepnkids about 6 years ago
Starr is a very bad influence. I thought Greg’s Luann was smarter than this. It’s gonna be a bad night for Luann.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 6 years ago
Self-interest versus conscience.
Chunk Style about 6 years ago
Okay, I see a way out of all of this. Like, ALL of it. It’ll take a second, though. And it starts dark. Stay with me.
They accompany The Two Stooges to this party. Things get way, way out of hand. There are drinks and drugs and all sortsa mischief available. Luann partakes in most of it, hoping to impress Tara.
Later, around 3 a.m., she gets into a car whose driver is clearly intoxiated beyond belief. Tara is MIA at this point. Jack is not there to save her. Bernice does not magically appear to bore some sense into her. Nor does Gunther. The car drives away.
Over the course of 18 panels (this IS the Luanniverse, where the time continuum is roughly the same as Our World vs. Narnia), the worst happens…the car crashes…the last panel is filled with black ink…
…and then Luann wakes up, aged 13 years, in the year 2018. She posts something online about the “weird af” dream she just woke up from. The entire strip starts over from the beginning, only maybe this time Our Heroine has a personality beyond “thinks boys are cute.”
And we’ll never have to visit Les and Gunther in their Fisher-Price-lookin’-* house again.
Train 1911 about 6 years ago
There a lot to worry about more than any will ever know justRead morning paper
bakana about 6 years ago
Going off with a couple Drunk idiots who are planning to get even More Drunk to a Party where the Only person you even Vaguely know will soon be Passed Out.
What could go Wrong?
Tha_Hype about 6 years ago
I can see it coming, Jack is going to be her knight in shining armor to save her from the evil, handsy drunk dudes.
dlkrueger33 about 6 years ago
I don’t think this will segue into a sexual misconduct episode…I think the foreshadowing is showing us that alcohol and vehicles will play a part. I foresee an accident (bad one?) on the horizon. Luann has always been pretty level headed, so I’m surprised that she is about to do something so reckless. Also, it tells me that she has zero interest in Jack as a love-interest. If she DID, she wouldn’t go off with these strangers and kooky Tara. She would hang with Jack. I know I would have stayed with a boy I was interested in back in college, rather than run off to a party. Yeah, I think Jack will follow them. And probably save the day (call 911? Drag Luann from a burning car?). Perhaps Luann will have an epiphany about Jack’s possibility as a boyfriend once he “saves the day”. Can’t wait to find out.
TiffanyCrystal about 6 years ago
Well, we can already tell this isn’t going to go well…
ironman01 about 6 years ago
Nothing to worry about…Famous last words.
Argy.Bargy2 about 6 years ago
For some reason, these guys look too old to be college kids to me…
Airman about 6 years ago
A huge, clear headed college football player and sloshed softies who could end up in a world of hurt. Outcome predictable, case closed. Next story line, please.
phxhocking about 6 years ago
Let us remember this is a family strip. Nothing truly bad is going to happen to Luanne and Tara. If this was real life, this could be a disaster, but it’s not. The girls will learn a lesson; Jack may, or may not, save the day, and the arc will switch to something totally different. Like back to Gunther and Les being idiots.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 6 years ago
Don’t go, drunk can lead to all kinds of problems.
JayBluE about 6 years ago
“A Wasted Opportunity”
“Mama Told Me Not To Go!” (♪)
“Suspicion…. Torments My Heart… " (♩)
“She’s A Good Girl… " (♩)
“People Are Strange, When You’re A Stranger” (♪♩)
or
“The Dudes Of Haphazard”
FrostbiteFalls about 6 years ago
Just two days ago everyone thought this arc would be all about Overzealous Twerp Security Guard and how or if he knew Tara. Looks like the stakes are higher, maybe?
astahl2003 about 6 years ago
Cut Tara some slack. There are a lot of reasons she might still be stuck with these party guys – she may have signed a lease and be stuck living there till its up, she might have grown up with the roommate, she might just not want a friend driving drunk, she might just trust them as she may have known them longer than Luann who, from Tara’s perspective, is a bit of a potential narc (nothing against Luann but it’s always the one rule following kid with the least skin in the game who’s the weakest link in any potential mischief. And Luann is GREAT at following rules, the same way Tara is great at breaking them.). Tara can handle herself pritty well, and she isn’t drinking or doing anything wrong, but Luann is a bit of a liability at this point. Tara’s best bet is to try and send Luann home with her very nice, very safe beau and limit her time around Luann to nice good girl activities to build up her reputation. It would be kind of funny if Fay was at the party after having sneaked out though:).
Sisyphos about 6 years ago
Maybe Jack is right, or maybe not. What could possibly go wrong?
astahl2003 about 6 years ago
Oh, and Jack? There is something to worry about. Luann may end up dating one of there guys. She can’t wait forever. Better figure out what you want from this relationship, fast.
Schrodinger's Dog about 6 years ago
so, does Tara end up holding Luann’s hair/head as she “drives the porcelain bus”, or vice versa?
JacquelineGarcia1 about 6 years ago
I dislike this on several levels…. A – it’s rude to leave an event without the people you arrived with.. B – even though he gave Starr the keys.. they are not ‘partying’ at Luanns level.. and she isnt aware of her surroundings…. C – While i dont think Jack should go with… he should at least speak up and say.. this is a bad idea