Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 10, 2019

I see Luann is listening to an iPod and watching an iPad. She’ll freak out over the rechargeable batteries going dead and there ain’t an outlet for her USB ports anywhere on that (pardon my French) God-forsaken place.

Lose. The. Phone.

Okay, those who objected to Dez’s skirt must be happy now. She appears to have ditched it and any other articles of clothing, down to the shoes.

Saints Preserve Us, it looks like Dez DID get naked! So which of these lovely ladies will join her?

Heh. This reminds me of this 80’s Group, Bow Wow Wow, and their song “Wild in the Country.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-7NJcRnNk

First Tiffany’s underwear are displayed..now Deez strips naked. This comic is getting Racy!! LOL

Is Dez…naked?

Bernice’s eyes in the last frame look like she’s in shock. But she’s been sharing a dorm suite with Dez all year; she must have seen this before…

If anyone knows how to camp, then rule #1 is…anything with a video screen stays home, and phones tossed in the glove box. If you are anywhere within range of a cell tower, then you aren’t camping right anyway.

Wow, Dez did it. Will Luann and Bernice follow suit?? This may be Luann’s 3rd attempt to explore edgier stuff in life. Bernice? No way.

Oh look at that, Dez is hopping around like an imbecile again. As I said the other day, she clearly has never been at nature’s mercy if she treats it like an amusing quasi-spiritual experience rather than as an actual test of one’s mettle. Maybe we’ll get lucky and she’ll go bouncing into an area occupied by some territorial animals, and they can teach her a little lesson about how unforgiving nature can be towards those who don’t take it seriously. Perhaps some fire ants will teach her that the great outdoors is not a good place to run around naked.

Bernice did label Dez the ’naturalist ’.

No way in this galaxy or any other that Luann is going to jump around naked out in the wilderness.

I was expecting Dez to do that the minute they arrived.

When Luann returns from this trip – she can tell everybody about all the interesting stuff she saw on her Tablet.

By the frighten look on her face Dez is naked

Bernice you don’t bring cell phones on a camping trip. While Dez is doing a split in the air and Luann hanging out.

Luann, stop being so engrossed in those devices and look up to your left and be prepared to be surprised.

Um, is Dez nude?

I can’t imagine running naked in the country in the summer. The insects would eat me alive. Today I was wearing regular clothing covered by mosquito proof fine net pants, a mosquito proof fine net top, a mosquito proof event poncho of fine net on top of that, a mosquito proof “bee keeper hat” of fine net, mosquito proof socks, mosquito proof gloves and mosquito proof high boots—and the stupid mosquitoes STILL got me three times. I don’t know how they did it. I hate summer.

Team??

If Bernice talks like that to her patients, they are going to wipe the floor with her.

I can’t take this skit with Bernice anymore. I almost ready to start begging they bring Shannon back ASAP. I guess the Evans figured to give Bernie her “15 minutes in the Sun”, which, lately, is about 16 minutes too long. And Luann on her tablet, I am assuming she has one with wireless support and a cell tower nearby for reception or else she is playing a game or reading a story she downloaded prior to the trip.

I hope someone remembered mosquito repellant.

Ya know, i believe i called this…well part of it. I had a feeling dez would strip. Now let’s see luann and bernice do it hahaha ;-)

And Dez goes “Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!”

The silhouette of Dez looks like a Kokopelli without the flute.

Oh, like, … wow, man ……

The thing about this situation is, it might come back to bite you.

Literally ……

Luann has rather boring arcs—especially since she is so devoted to her devices and dressing up for camping.

OMG – wake me when this “arc” is over…

Really, Bernie? How’s your battery life? You done nothing but analyze your friends like two lab rats who were force fed 300 lbs of caffeine. And yap into your phone. I’d rather hang with the naked whacko.

Now we know why they call it a comic strip! Dez looks comical.

Go Dez, free, happy and beautiful! But alas, unfortunately your friends are not the types able to understand the liberating feeling of being naked in the midst of nature. Bernice’s traumatized face is priceless !!!!

Dez is right. Nothing quite like it.

Dez is naked and Bernice is afraid,

Tune in tomorrow when:

Dez has to deal with being covered with bug bites, sunburn and embedded ticks.

Luann’s tablet dies and she suddenly realizes that she doesn’t know what to do with her time if she’s not staring at a screen.

Bernice finds her voice recorder mysteriously pulverized.

I still say you need to shut the car doors. Batteries don’t last forever.

I was wondering how long it was gonna take for Dez to shuck her duds.

They are all doing what they enjoy, so it is all good.

Tomorrow: Luanne joins Dez in the buff, and then Jack & co. arrive, having gotten the car fixed. Tables turned!

Hopefully, while Dez is in the buff, she’ll be seen in silhouette and behind specifically-placed bushes. This is a family site.

Dez? Naked? Not a pleasant thought. More likely she found some kind of crazy weed to graze on.

Called it that Dez would be A’natural and dancing around.

Is anyone else completely tired of Bernice and her holier than thou, clinical approach to life? Dear Lord, let loose and have some fun

We used to call it “Cadillac Camping”. No hiking in. Perfect.

Wow, I am with Dez! AND whatever kind of mushrooms she must have eaten :))

A true nature girl.

Having worked in a National Park, Luann and Dez are actually behaving as regular tourists; Luann relaxing in the shade (and yes, tourists use their phones and tablets at Parks too), and Dez communing with nature (even if naked.) Bernice needs to try relaxing herself. A realist she’s not! Great eyes on Bernice in the final panel, Dez is definitely naked for that reaction!

Tomorrow’s strip: Dez goes completely feral!

Hope she doesn’t sunburn easy.

Damned censorship shadows…

First thoughts: Well many were waiting for/anticipating the au natural panel and there it is. The answer to my recent question re how would Greg handle female nudity in the strip. Recall that Gunther, Jack and Nil were shown explicitly; with family friendly cover. :o)

Yesterday someone chided Dez for wearing a skirt camping. Now we know Greg relied on that aid the naked silhouette visual today work. Plus, what does it matter what you wear there if you’re just going to shuck it?

Right now, I’d say Dez is the only bright spot in this arc. In a reply under Dreamdeer above, I expressed the fear that this arc may be heading toward the punishment of Dez for her exuberance. Which would be too bad.

Bernice is really bugging me now. The smug is starting to shine.

I love how people are always reminding me (and others) that this is “only a comic strip”, as if we didn’t know. That’s like saying, “It’s only a movie.” Alfred Hitchcock said, “I’m frightened of my own movies. A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.”

Greg has broken the female nudity veil here… can skinny-dipping be far behind? ;o)

Being happy in nature is nice, but this is like Snoopy on drugs. Dez worries me a bit.

♬She’s just as proud as she can be, of her anatomy/She gunna give us a peek/Oh, yes they call her The Streak♬

“DON’T LOOK, BERNICE!!”

Too late. Now she’s seen it all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtzoUu7w-YM

I was kayaking in Canada, and we pulled up to a secluded spot, so I stripped down and went for a swim. Turns out it was a picnic area. I had to spend a long time in waist deep water.

Worked as a counselor at a Baptisst Camp went for a 4 mile hike along Lake Michigan, and had to pass by a family of nudist who boated in for privacy. 4 groups of 15 junior highers, they thought the parade would never end.

I can’t believe Dez did that!

I’ve gone to nude resorts a few times. It feels wonderful to be naked outside in a safe place. I wouldn’t do it in the wilderness though.

I think I predicted that a few days ago, ha!

I hope Dez brought OFF. And calamine lotion in case she dances though a patch of poison ivy.

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For me, this is reading as a sort of “Wednesday Filler Day” effort…. not much in terms of advancing the plot, IMO. That is ok, of course, but for me it is a little less interesting than the first two days of the week had been. That said:

1. I believe we are to infer that Dez has gone “naked” in her pursuit of “Zen in the Wild”. Questions this brings to mind include…. will Bernice join her? I would say the odds are against it and perhaps there is a 1 in 10 possibility. Will Luann join her? More possible, IMO, but still unlikely (perhaps a 3 in 10 chance). Also, this could be an interesting time for some sort of law enforcement or park ranger to arrive on the scene. I would imagine this could be a way to encourage “hilarity ensues” so it seems a potential option as well.

2. Of note… I think all three of these “robust campers” need to be putting on some sunscreen. This may be ESPECIALLY important for Dez at the moment, because she appears to have a lot of skin now that is exposed that is typically covered by clothing….. in this day and age, no one should risk getting sunburn. I do not know if it is just my eye or my monitor… but at least in comparison to the last two days…. Bernice appears more pink/red than before…. I do not know if that is intentional or not…. but it could be the start of sunburn.

3. Also, perhaps a fault of my monitor today…. but to me…. the blue of the skyline today seems “darker” than I would have anticipated on a relatively good California weather camping day. Are we to infer a) this is an indication of nightfall approaching, b) a potential storm brewing, c) a color difference suggesting something “foreboding”?

Singing a single eighth note would sound strange, especially if you’re nude and outdoors.

My eyes! My eyes!

OMG this is tedious! I’m taking the rest of the week off for Luann.

As I recall, Luann told Jack and Nil that this trip was intended to be a girls’ bonding affair. So far these three are like trains passing in the night and this trip has exacerbated their differences. Bern’s experiment is interesting in that respect e.g. three totally different persons forced to camp together for a period. They interact more at school than on this trip, so far. They will realize this (maybe) when they get back, unless (we still have half a week) some event occurs that forces them together.

Imagine if the boys had made it to the campsite…

Dez will not be naked…not Greg’s style. Either the censors would censor, or she would be declared a weapon of mass destruction, and the Army would come in. Don’t forget, a cartoon is just like rubber life…you can twist it however you want.

So it appears that Dez has gone the “sans clothing” route, and she’s encouraging Luann and Bernice to try it.

I can’t see Bernice doing it, and if Luann decides to, it can mean only one thing-a day or so later (in real time), Jack and the others will show up.

Skyclad is for Nighttime ceremonies because Moonlight is so much more Flattering.

Well, like everyone in the comments I wondered when the OTHER OTHER shoe would drop and how hard. But ya know, as I was trying to write a witty comment, I got to thinking. Why am I sitting here fully dressed, escaping my life of putting out fires by cynically analyzing a cartoon strip. Then it it me! Why not try this? So I threw off all my garments (working from home anyways) and felt so free that I was able to lower the air conditioning and got a lot of work done in the nude! Then my wife came in and insisted on checking me for signs of stroke. Probably because when she asked what the hell I was doing, I replied “BODY POSITIVITY!”

I certainly hope the dirt path has been completely swept of dried brambles, sharp rocks, twigs with thorns on them and any metal bits left by other campers…. Barefoot person dancing and hopping around… it’s gonna hurt!

Go for it, Dez!!!! Dance like nobody’s watching. Except us, readers, of course.

Look for the Bare necessities. The simple bare necessities. Sorry Baloo fans.

There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.

Dez’s doofy dancing defies prissy twit’s logic.

Yep, she’s an Amazon.

Well, I DID ask for “naked and afraid.” So, Dez is naked. Lu will probably be afraid. And Bern? Bern is so wrapped up in “observing” that she’ll be the one eaten by a bear. Of course, maybe once all the girls get nekkid is when the boys will show up. Also…why do I get the feeling this isn’t the first time Dez has communed with nature au naturale?

put the phone down, live in life

Dez is “communing with nature,” and no one should be surprised. Luann is blissfully ignorant (briefly, one suspects), and Bernie is a huge pain in the backside….

Maybe a near-sighted mother bear will go after Luann & Bernice to protect Dez.

Dez must be on something as she’s running nude through strawberry fields. haha

3 cheers for naked naturalists!!!!

Now is the time for one of those plush RV’s, the size of a baby aircraft carrier, to come rolling in.

All the comments about mosquitoes and other biting bugs miss the REAL threat to running around naked in the woods — POISON IVY! Poison ivy will make anyone wish for mosquitoes. I’m thinkin’ that this bunch has no clue what it looks like. Using poison ivy leaves in lieu of toilet paper can land you in the hospital.