Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 22, 2019

Where’s the orange one?

you don’t feel a sharp pain in your back, Leslie?

One lies, and the other hangs with it.

Yeah, probably ran off. Nothing to see here. Move along… move along.

He LIKES you Leslie.;-D

Les’s heart’s in the right place – it realizes that Les and Punk need each other. His head, though… unfortunately, it seems that Les has yet to really learn that “honesty is the best policy,” especially where Uncle Al is concerned!

The home of endless boxes…

Les is a softie, Les is a softie!

I know this is supposed to be funny, and a warm fuzzy at the same time.

But somehow, I’m not feeling it.

Les did the right thing.

Or as my Mom would say when our tom “disappeared” for a few days. he “went to a convention”. Wonder what she meant by that? BTW, “Tinker” lived for 13 years, probably a record for an unfixed male “ranch cat”.

Aww! I’m really starting to like Leslie _

Punk should be renamed Velcro…

Aw, Les likes Punk :)

Les just doesn’t want to admit he is a softie for Punk!

Called it

Always conniving Les. No wonder his face is alway a sourpuss look.

Mr. Gray wants the Gray one.

“SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Punk is practicing his ninja skills.

Nothing more lonely than a single kitten. Keep two! And yes whatever happened to orange kitten?

So cute.

Oh, thank heaven. I first thought that the “cathouse” had been built from the little kitten box. That would have a real STRECH of a sort.

Almost impossible not to love a kitten.. And cats make great friends who will love you unconditionally.

Well, since the kitties are destined for the adoption center, Les may as well simply adopt Punj.

So, Punk has grown ATTACHED to Les. ( bad pun)

Comment on Mr Grey. I bet if he somehow met Tiffanny and found out how his sis is trolling the old man and Tiff that somehow someway Anne Eifel would go into the cafe leave Tiffany a huge tip and move to Las Vegas and become attached to a young guy named Quill who tells her how he was dumped by the most smug girl in the world……. Will not happen but just a suggestion as this current thread with Burt and Ernie taking care of kittens along with the one before having Luann flunking her slacker friend are a bit ugh “average” and any jolt would liven up this strip……….

Les cares. He knows where Punk is.

Les must find the strength to admit that he wants to keep Punk. You can’t just take a cat, you have to notify it, make documents for when you take it to the vet. Sooner or later he will have to do it, and admit that he loves little Punk♡.

just a thought, didn’t they bring them HOME FROM THE ADOPTION center?

Punk…..has picked his human. Les doesn’t know it yet. I had to look through the past few panels to notice it.

You care you big Galoot! Plus Punk doesn’t plan to go anywhere. I think having him have a little pet to care for and take care is Luannverse working to humanize him, and make him a less loathsome character. What is is about look at the person, not necessarily what they do? I think Uncle Al will figure this out, and let it go though. Irma will be cool with it too. Darn! That must hurt!

Who cares, what an intersting attitude to take infront of your father. the person who is basicly paying for your housing and likely all your food and other expenses.

Did anyone else notice Punk is also just visible in the first panel?

You gave me four. I gave you back three, and kept the change. What’s the big deal?

Oh Good Grief. All this “Gushing” over Les Knox, this week! Lands Sakes, people! It’s as though Bruce Springsteen were handing out free tickets to his next concert to ALL the fans that Declared they loved Les!

But I digress. All and all, it’s been a good year for the Strip, IHMO.

Bets is introduced (Thank you Greg and Karen) and claims Gunny. Punk is introduced and claims Les! So while Les may not have Tiffany staying in his room, he’ll have Punk! So it’s a Win, Win!

Now to the question of whether or not Les is aware that Punk is riding his sweater, well. I think he does. But THAT, presents a problem. It would seem to indicate that Les plans to “steal” that kitten, rather than ASK for it. And if THAT is the case, well he’s still the same Old Les. And that ain’t good.

OTOH, if Les is unaware that there is a kitten on his back, then it shows that Les has little “situational awareness.” And if I were Gunther, I fashion some “Kick Me” signs and place them discreetly on Les’ back as he headed out for work! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist)

But I do think Mr. Knox’s days of not having a girlfriend are quickly drawing to a close. If not in 2019 then 2020, certainly. She would truly have to be an exceptional young woman, and I can’t wait to meet her.

Just PLEASE G&K. NOT Tiffany! :)

It’s nice to see this caring side of Les, Awww…. A guy and his cat.. :^)

Les does love Punk :)

Les’s ploy that the kitty probably ran off wouldn’t fly. Al and Irma would have everybody looking for it all day and all night. Also they will certainly know that Les has a cat. This is pretty corny.

I’ve had scores of cats as pets, but only one dog. My dog would have given her life for me. I can’t think of one cat that would have done that.

Ahhh, the short walk of adoption for Punk. Saturday Al says Punk has to be adopted with the closure being the kittens are adopted (if the arc continues next week we’ll see Irma say she can’t let them go and maybe Bets shows up).

Just because he won’t admit it doesn’t mean he is incapable of caring.

Lol

Les knows exactly where Punk is and yes he does care!

Les is hiding that one.

Tomorrow: Will Les get to keep Punk? and at what cost? Will Puss I Boots show up thinking Les is an ogre? Stay tuned.

This is absurd. Les is basically “stealing” the kitten, yet he didn’t even bother asking for Punk first! I can understand if Al/Irma said “no”, or the kitten rescue made him jump through hoops and red tape and still wouldn’t guarantee Punk’s adoption to Les… that would drive him to desperation. But really… all these people have to do is communicate a little… like TALK? Al/Irma: “It’s time for the kittens to go back to the adoption center! BTW, did any of you boys want to keep one?” Les: (being honest for the first time in his life) “Yeah. I want the little gray one.”

As it is.. Irma may get in trouble over the missing kitten, unless she LIES to cover for the (alleged) runaway kitten. It’s hard to hide the fact that Les is keeping a kitten. Bags of cat litter, cat food in the cabinets, cat fur on the furniture and on the carpets… Uncle Al might be pissed to find out that Les stole the kitten! Eventually, Les will have to come clean, and Al would allow him to keep Punk, and maybe there’s a lesson built into this arc, but who knows?

Les doesn’t feel any sharp pain in his back because it is the warm cozy feeling of a cat’s (kitten in this case) welcome …

worst. parents. ever.

"Punk is … uh … Sleepin’ wit da’ FISHES!! … Dat iz, IF, ya know whut I mean!! Heh-Heh!! :)

[More like EATING of the fishes, (open can of tuna, ya know)!!]

Punk found his human.

We fostered a Snowshoe kitten, she was 5 weeks old and needed kitty milk. We told them that we wanted to adopt her. When she was 3 months old we adopted her. They paid for all her shots, spayed her at 3 months and sent her for a vet checkup on the way home. Our cost was $35, they are always happy when seniors adopt their babies. Our little kitty is now 4 years old, 3 ft long from head to tail and weighs 17 pounds, a little bigger than most Snowshoes.

Just call him “Marc Anthony”…

Punk is probably hanging around somewhere.

It’s unusual for a cat-person to pretend not to be one. But Les has his share of demons.

Punk isn’t going anywhere, now that he has officially adopted Les.

I think Les has made a friend….

Les has a problem with the truth when it come to revealing his feelings. He’s got such a hard shell around him, the tough guy image that he keeps on display. Why can’t he just say “I’d like to adopt Punk. Would that be OK?” How hard is that?

Hmmmm… my cat’s name is Punk, but she’s black.

No way he doesn’t Feel that kitten clinging to his back.

and that’s when Les heart grew three sizes that day

new bff

My cat had her first litter when I was 12 years old. There were 5 kittens, and the mother had no idea what to do with them. She wouldn’t feed them—in fact, she’d run away from them when they tried to eat. I raised the 5 baby kittens, feeding them with an eye dropper, giving them a mixture of milk and pablum with a little Karo syrup. They loved it! They grew up to be normal cats as far as I could tell. I named one of them Purr-fection and another Tom Foolery.

Looks as though Hard Knox is developing secretly a soft spot for the grey one, Punk. This grinch’s heart grew three sizes that day!

I was wrong. I thought Les had a monkey on his back. It turns out to be a kitten.

Translation: “Can I keep him?”

Do you feel lucky, punk? Well do ya?

( you’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38mE6ba3qj8 Dirty Harry )

“Crouching Tiger, Kitten Draggin’ "

“Claws Encounters Of The Furred Kind”

“The Puss Hidin’ Adventure”

“The Whole Kitten Caboodle”

“Getting The Hang Of It”

“Les Got Punk’d!”