Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 09, 2019

Comic ran hours late and even though now showing as “Available,” it is still not visible. Very frustrating!

Interesting: this is a “Three Stooges” type of deal. And the commentary is interesting: Luann’s in the shade, Bernice is in the dark, and Dez is “Blinded by the light.”

So, I ’m not the only one!

7/9/2019-4:55am-status-“it’s broken” :(

Wonderful Strip! Purely Conceptual. I think it means a bear has killed them all and there is only nothingness left for Luann. A bold choice for Greg!

6:23 am, Eastern time, still no comic posted,.

Returned here about 8:10 EST.

maybe she should change her labels make L the optimist and herself the pessimist as she’s still complaining while L adapts.

So if it’s like “Survivor”, who would be the one voted off the island?

When the 1st hints of a camping trip were introduced I thought it would be a series of goofy (but funny) vignettes. Seems I was right (and wrong).

I gave up and tried again at 7:15am, Illinois time. So far, so good. Must’ve been yearly maintenance???

And when she checks, she won’t find dice in the Monopoly set.

this is going to be a very short camping trip, I imagine; bernice is about to freak out

Luann, you packed for a hotel stay, not camping.

Where does Borenice plan of charging her phone once it runs out of juice?

Not gonna lie. Kind of digging Luann in them boots.

Cans of stew with no can opener?

Bernice who goes mad seems to be Luann’s favorite show. Someone brings her some popcorn (and another chair for Dez). Poor Dez, what must she do to help Bernice relax?

Two panels are taken up introducing the flashlight-with-no-bulb. Is this a foretell about how dark the coming night will be? Will we only see eyes and word/thought balloons at some time, floating in pitch black panels?

Hope Bernice’s phone dies soon.

I keep waiting for Euell Gibbons to show up with a box of Grape Nuts® cereal. :o)

I think this whole set is hilarious, but the last panel of this installment is hysterical. It’s Dez’s facepalm. The poor woman. She tried so hard. Her companions are finally getting to her. That facepalm… ♥‿♥

Have to say, I love Luann’s sarcasm. At least I’m hoping it’s sarcasm.If Dez was hoping to get Bernice to relax a little it’s going to take more than a drive to nature and a half hour. Throw the phone/recorder away and relax a little. Hakuna matata Bernice.

Use your cell phone for a flashlight but mainly go to sleep when it is dark. Throw your beach ball at any predators which come along then hit them with an unopened can of stew.

Somebody puh-leeese dunk Bernice in a tub of ice-cold water!

At least Luann has found her bed.

btw, unless it’s left over from the Pleistocene era, flashlights no longer have “bulbs”. Modern ones, like these kids would likely have, use LEDs.

Sunscreen on the legs Luann.

This is entirely believable even though this is Luannverse. Of course it’s funny, it should be, and I always say that the strip has a point, whatever the arc, because it is slowly moving through lives, whether the main characters as young adults, or older characters as rocks, primarily the DeGroots of course. One comment I want to make is that doofus Luann is extremely cute, beautiful and is drawn that way. What happens in this trip with this fun group of college people—Dez is such a great college “meet”—along with Jack, Tara, and Nil, but this is a point, college is a really great social sphere as well as academic. Brings back memories, even though I was a Blue Demon, and was mostly a commuter student at DePaul in Chicago.

I am getting more and more annoyed with Bernice!

…and WATER! (Luann left it in the kitchen).

Dez, it’s way past intervention time and yoga session for Bernice! Isn’t there a stream nearby to dunk her and her recorder into? Lu seems as tho she’s going with the flow better. Can’t wait to see what’s next for this trio.

I was right about them having a few snacks and drinks. If they can get a fire going and make themselves comfortable in the back of the car later on they should be fine until tomorrow. After that if Jack doesn’t show up they probably should head for home.

Okay the good news is, so far, everybody is “enjoying” themselves. Dez is enjoying nature, Luann is enjoying trying to make do with the simple things in life, like that lawn chair. And Bernice is enjoying be a PAIN. And what’s REALLY good, is that Dez and Lu are ignoring Bernice.

Now All that’s left is for the gals to find a nearby body of water where they can go skinny dipping. Or better still, just go naked at Dez’s urging, so they can later get CAUGHT by hereto unknown strangers. Perhaps one of the ladies’ Future, next BF…….., ;)

and compostable toilette paper? folding shovel for digging latrine? water? has anyone mentioned water yet?

…so what did Bernice bring, besides attitude? any supplies? flashlights? matches or lighter? a multitool, maybe??…

I don’t know why Bernice is upset about the lack of bulb in the flashlight. All three of them have their phones, and should have flashlights in them.

The light in my phone is very bright, and laser precise. I have been known to quip, “Do not point laser into remaining eye” after inadvertently flipping my phone over before turning the light off.

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With no tent… this will, IMO, have to be a “day trip” only.

In this regard, Luann’s comment of it being like “Survivor” is fun. But… who will “outplay”, “outwit”, and “outlast” in this trio? I would suggest Dez is obvious for “outlast” given the current situation, Bernice, even with her current focus, I believe will be the more likely to “outwit”, and that leaves Luann to potentially “outplay”….. probably by just messing around being silly. :)

I think, especially give the bulb malfunction on the flashlight…. that if the trio tries to stay the night , it would have been more apropos for to correlate the experience as being akin to being on “Naked and Afraid”.

So, did Bernice not pack food, or a light source, or any other useful gear? Was she planning to rely on what others brought? Is this meant to be ironic, or did the authors just not think about how a “realist” would approach camping?

Doesn’t Bernice know she can use that cell phone for a flashlight instead of dictating on it all the time?

Their website crashed. I was here just a few moments after USA, New York state midnight. They had a big notice saying they were working on the problem. About an hour or so later I tried again and the website was up and running but they still had to upload today’s comics. Have patience, folks, they have had a really bad day, starting at midnight, I should think. :)

Is she face-palming about Luann or the “Realist”?

Does anybody else think this is a lame storyline?

FOUR suitcases o clothes. Surely a fashionista has a sewing kit on her. To the Patchwork Tent Sewing Cave!

Next time leave Bernice at home. She’s a drag and clueless.

“Wait, that’s not stew, its dog food! And that’s not iced tea, we were supposed to drop off a sample at the urologist on the way here.”

To Bernice——Dear Miss “Realist:” The time to take inventory was BEFORE you left home! And since you have such a low opinion of Luann’s intelligence, why didn’t YOU think to bring things like a couple of working flashlights, matches, first-aid kit, extra water, snack bars, etc. No, all you brought was your little wheelie bag, probably loaded with back up batteries for your phone so you can continue your annoying, unhelpful commentary.

Dez is fast becoming an unhappy camper.

Dez is summoning all her inner peace to keep from tying Bernice and Luann together and throwing them over a tree or cactus or whatever.

Looks like we might need to reassess who the materialst and realist are in this group…

I can’t wait to meet the man that falls for Bern. Haha!

R.I.P. H. Ross Perot, former 3rd party presidential candidate. An interesting fellow.

It’s easy to say Luann is stupid for choosing to bring FOUR SUITCASES of clothes but very little food and no water (and make no mistake, she is pretty dumb) but we shouldn’t let Bernice or Dez off the hook here. After all, what did they bring for a trip out to the woods? Did they engage in any planning whatsoever, or like children did they just assume someone would provide for their needs? Oh, and as others have stated, the time to do an inventory is BEFORE you leave.

This week is a perfect example of what TV Tropes calls an Idiot Plot: a story that requires all the characters to act like morons.

Still, I enjoy watching Bernice freak out while Luann sits back and teases her.

Contest for the day:

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There are three dim bulbs in the last panel. Can you spot them?

So, why don’t they get back to civilization and resupply before it gets dark?

SO, how will you go potty with a flashlight without bulb?? Good luck!

Stop picking on Bernice for being honest. She is taking an inventory (which I will yield and say she should have done this at the driveway back home) to see what they have. She is not being a pain but finding out what they have on hand. She is figuring if they should stay or go home which is reasonable. And I love her snarks. I don’t know why people say like it is negative. Her snarks are honest and blunt. People are so sensitive.

Once Bernice confirms there is no jug of water, the girls will have to decide what they need to do. Hopefully, Dez knows enough about nature that they should not drink water from any body of water unless they brought a filtering system – which I doubt Dez knows about. After all she only brought a yoga mat. However, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Greg elected that Dez convinces the girls to stay and go au naturel. They get sick from drinking the water from the creek, are hungry because their food supply ran out the first night, their car has no gas, Bernice couldn’t recharge her phone so unable to contact and no source of light from the phone since the flashlight has no bulb. Oh boy, what plight they will be in. Who do you think will be sent to walk to civilization for a rescue?

Bernice has to go. Doesn’t have to be a bear. A stray bullet or lightning strike would suffice. Why does Luann have to be so stupid? Getting as bad as Jeremy of Zits.

I think this is about the point where the smart call is to load the car back up and just go home.

Ok, why would anyone take out the bulb, and just leave the light without a bulb?

Add darkness (night) and a few hundred hungry mosquitoes (no tents cause the guys didn’t show) and see if Luann’s outlook is still positive.

“The Spirit Of Saint Lu, Is…”

“Stock — Mark It!”

“You’re Camping, My Style!”

“Maid In The Shade”

“Sunny, And Chair”

“A Look Of Dez-peration”

Except in this case no one will survive.

Dunno if Evans’s goal is to make people hate Bernice, but that’s sure the effect this is having on me.

After some thought (and going out to play Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite), I’m beginning to think that Dez’ survival skills might be over-rated. Some people believe that Dez knows all about primitive camping, and can pull a miracle out of a hat, errr, dreadlocks, but I now have my doubts. Since arriving, Dez has not shown any real practicality. She’s more interested in the “commune with Nature” shtick, and has not shown any concern about securing the basics (food, water, fire, shelter).

So now I think that it’s quite possible that Dez has been to this particular campsite before, and has done primitive camping, but she was in the company of a group that knew what they were doing. Some other members of the party were handling the food, water, fire, shelter parts, and she was filling the role of the shaman. Which is all good for the indigenous societies that she’s trying to emulate… but it’s not all about sitting in a circle holding hands, drumming and chanting and lying under the stars. Someone else was providing for the more prosaic needs of the tribe. Otherwise the tribe would have all died out. So Dez’ previous group probably had a similar division of labor.

I think Dez is a good person, but in her role, she might not have really noticed what the providers were actually doing to keep everybody alive, safe and happy. So, the suggestion of the camping trip with the girls was maybe her way of having that group experience again, but sadly, with 2 city girls, and one missing truck that was carrying some crucial supplies, it’s not gonna happen.

At least they remembered the beach ball!

Just out of curiosity, why is everyone so sure that the 4 suitcases full of clothes are all from Luann? Doesn’t Bernice need to change clothes ever? (I guess Dez probably might decide not to, but I would think Bernice might at least want a sweat shirt when it gets cold at night…)

Yes don’t you just love “planning”?

This cartoon is giving camping a bad name.

No Bulb? Most people woun’t even know How to get the bulb out.

the time to weigh in on what was being packed would be when they were actually packing. Realist is not being realistic. In hind sight they should have made a list of items that would be used by all (lights, food, water, tarp for shelter in case of rain, tools…) in addition to their own personal things. It’s almost painful watching these kids. If they could just get off their individual viewpoints and come together to set up a campsite with whatever they have they might be able to enjoy themselves.

When do they get to the “naked and afraid” part? Also, wait until Luann discovers that the only “potty” is behind a convenient bush?

Whompa Whompa Waaaaaaaa. Please turn around and try again next time.

Awaiting the poison ivy….

If they are not too far out of town, they might be able to catch some episodes of, The Bear Grylls Show, on their phones.

Dez, i feel your pain…..

Luann is way too at ease for a Little Lost Girl with too many clothes and too few survival skills.

It’s her strip, though, so I guess she can lounge if she wants to.

Bernie continues to annoy….

I don’t get why so many are getting out of shape about their lack of supplies …. sure it’s an inconvenience, but that’s ALL it is at this stage. They easily have enough for one night’s stay … heck, they don’t even need what they have just for one friggin night!!!! If they were stuck out there for a week it’d be a different scenario, but that isn’t the case right now, SO CHILL PEOPLE!!!!!

Next time they will pick a more civilized camp, like drama camp or music camp or wood carving camp.

I vote “Video Nut” off the island. Now.

I can’t wait for Luann’s “ooo” once the sun goes down and she discovers that forest trees do not have street lights.