Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 17, 2020

Yikes party decoy! Bernice at the wrong party! Get Tiffany out!

Thought so. Bets was watching Tiffany.

honestly she deserves what she gets if she gets busted by Bernice. but it would be really funny if it was the wrong party

This is a bad time for parties. What about social distancing?

Another fine mess. Will Gun and Bets save the day? Will Tiffany leave the party before Bernice arrives? Tune in tomorrow…

Okay. So what happens next?

1) Bernice goes to the wrong room. The music she’s hearing is coming from another students room, who is either studying OR who left the music playing loudly deliberately to divert Bernice’s attention from the party.

2) Bets calls Tiff and Tiff manages to escape/hide.

3) Bets calls Bernice with a fake emergency, and diverts her attention.

4) Bets/Gunther pulls the fire alarm and everyone manages to beat it in the confusion.

5) Bernice busts everybody but later it’s found out that Kip’s party is well within school boundaries.

6) Bernice crashes the party but Is swept up in the fun and winds up going with the flow.

What SHOULD happen.

7) Gunther says to H3LL with Tiffany. Leads Bets to the sofa and continues making out. This time, uninterrupted.

Bets is correct.

For Bernice, misdirection. Bets has led her to another room where she turned on the music—loud—and started making out with Gunther, also loud. Bernice split quickly, Gunther put his shirt back on while Bets texted Tiffany.

Re Frame 2: Gunther can’t lie – and he can’t comprehend that anyone else can lie. A big blind spot in the real world. But god bless – he’s got a hot little item…

This must be the highlight of Bernice’s young life, sadly for her. And here we’ve got Gunther, once again wearing his classic hideous green shirt buttoned all the way up, in honor of St. Patrick’s day.

Uh-oh Spaghettios! (Once Tif finds him, Gun’s head will roll too!)

First Gunther has to distract Bernice to keep her from getting to the party, while Bets goes to the party and beats the ever-loving daylights out of the knucklehead who is broadcasting the party and gets him/her to delete the evidence.

Maybe I’m just old. But when I was a sophomore in college, my dorm was known on campus as The Zoo. Someone always had loud music going, they’d open the windows and point the speakers out into the courtyard. No authority figure prowled the hallways wagging their fingers. As long as no drugs or alcohol were involved, if you wanted to party and ended up failing your classes, there was no babysitter to stop you.

Did Tiffany pull a “macgyver” with a decoy party?

Look at Bernice’s stance! Rigid back and determined jaws! She’s so gonna bust the party. Hope G & B texts Tiffany to get out pronto. The thing about dorm room is there is only one door. If Bernice is an experienced RA, she will stay at the door and call security. If she is inexperienced, she will walk into the room and the guests will start running out of the door and disappear. Let’s see how she handles it.

Bernice will find, much to her chagrin, that there are 46 parties going on in the building while she was having the “Study Ball”. It will take her all night to bust them all.

I just realized that Bernice Halper is a young version of Margo Phelps Fogerty.

Oh oh, Bern smells blood!! Just look at her clenched fist & pursed lips!!

Bernice, to quote Community: “You are the AT&T of people. You are human Tennis Elbow. You are a pizza burn on the roof of the world’s mouth. You are the opposite of Batman!”

80 years ago Bernice would have been a leader in her local Hitler Youth Movement….

Gunther is clueless, Bernice is a busybody, and Bets is spot-on.

Bets’s expression in panel two is one of genuine concern. I wouldn’t be surprised if Greg attempts to redeem her by having her run interference for Tiff.

Be funny if Bernice knocks on the door and finds a resident involved with Piro, who has managed to bum a place to crash. What will Bernice do then? Bust someone for something she did herself?

The benefits of the dm!

You know this is a blog party of hatred of comic characters, which really is such obvious, rank projection about how people identify themselves and their lives through characters. I guess stories can be enjoyed that way, but personally I like the story itself. Some people hate Bernice because she takes her RA duties so seriously, party pooper, others distrust Bets as a poseur, and figures she will break up with Gunther, others think Gunther is a spineless wimp, who dresses so cluelessly, and others keep looking at as just a bimbo, a more insulting, non-scatological description of a young woman is hard to make. I think the story is all about duty, caring, trust, and a fragile young woman who is struggling with life where she has to be subject to life’s realities. All told in an HILARITY ENSUES framework. I think the instant issue is whether Tiffany gets rescued by Bets, through media, or Bernice gets misdirected, or something else hilarious happens. That remains to be seen, GnK are infamous with throwing screwballs. But jeez less hate?

I don’t get it. Unless the party is out-of-control, what’s the beef (of course, I attended a party school in the early 70s— so I guess I’m not a good barometer)?

Meanwhile in an alternate universe Tiffany invites Gunther and Bets to the party. They make out to their hearts content and Bernice never finds out.

They hafta fight… for the right… to Paaarrrtaaayyy!

Bernice will become a prison guard, she has the aptitude for it.

Bernice. It’s time to turn from being the stick in the mud R.A. and start living. Sample the “blackout” You don’t want to become another Ms. Fogarty.

John Hughes has nothing on Evans.

That’s good. The perfect sign of a healthy happy couple working together and concern for each other! Way to go Gun and Bets!!! As for Tiff, Good luck in getting yourself out of this self-destructive-avoidable-mess. Maybe you’ll realize that true friends are worth more than all the riches in the world! Why “Risk” losing them and their trust!! That’s one asset you’ll want to keep!!!

well it could be the wrong party she raids. unlikely,

or

she might just have fun. It’s not really the evans’ way but she gets a glass of wine and realizes it isn’t so bad really…

It’s nice to see Greg hasn’t been completely swayed by all the negativity directed towards her all for the HORRIBLE crime of posting too much on Ig. Because, as you know, NO-ONE has EVER done that in the 2000s. No no we young adults keep our internet sharing to a minimum.

Bernice’s posture says it all. Jaw clenched, hand in a fist… how dare someone have fun.

Or right party? Tiff is in trouble.

I was in a Fraternity, but I still had friends in the dorms. I rarely ever saw a RA. They certainly didn’t have the power to call study halls. I had one friend who had an obnoxious RA, and the guys on the floor penny’d him into his room. (FYI that means jamming a stack of pennies between the door and the door jam and then tapping them down close to the latch creating so much pressure you on the closed door latch you can’t open it.)

Time for a Man in the High Castle Alt universe transfer portal!

Maybe Tiffany has already left the party, she’s been changing a bit as of late.

Tiffany, you are so dead! Dead as a door nail!

I partied like crazy for 2 years, then got serious and barely graduated…from an Ivy League school known for partying. Funny thing, GPAs don’t make it on your degree!

all of you who were hating on Bets, should apologize, lol

Don’t they know they need to remain at least 6 feet apart???!!!

Bernice has absolutely no power against Tiffany being there, and, unless the room is over-crowded by law, she can only ask them to be quieter. And what campus doesn’t have frat houses, etc., to have noisy parties?

I think she will join in

Time to move on from this story line.

You know, Bernice has really found her calling as a boss/supervisor. She’s got a bright future with leadership. She doesn’t back down or look the other way – she should consider the military.

Cue the Jaws Theme….

In the last panel,Bernice is walking like Boris Karloff with his makeup on.

Of course,if somebody is passed out on the floor,the party is definitely “out of control”.And after the party is broken up and the room is empty,can I have the leftover pigs-in-blankets?

What wonderful friends! They just found out that Tiffany lied to them and the first thought they have is the risk of her being captured and that they have to save her♡. But, alas, it seems too late for save Tiffany and the parties gang. Bernice will be unstoppable and the heads will roll. And that will become Tiffany’s fault. By the way. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUANN THE STRIP! 35 YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!!!

Is this a party of more than 50? Are they staying 6 feet away from one another? Why is the campus still even open?! Oh, wait—this is not real life.

They all get busted, and Bernice reports them to the Dean. In turn, college shuts down, and everyone is quarantined, due to the COVID-19 virus.

Finally! One of my predictions was right. I’m overwhelmed. Bern hears the party and Gunther wants to rescue Tiff. The only unanswered question from previous; “Did Tiffany look Buzzed in the vid?”

Now that Tiffany is involved, Bets seems to express an interest in someone other than Gun (ugh!). Similar to when Tiff had financial and class problems.

They could hardly be surprised at being busted when they’re playing music loud enough to attract attention.

Also, isn’t Bernice the student RA? Where’s the actual RA? Wouldn’t they have an adult also supervising the dorms?

I’d love to be a fly on the wall when G&K discuss these arcs while incorporating their college experiences, maybe decades apart!? 35 years! WOW! Keep ’em coming!

Soundproof one room. Put decoy speakers in an empty room. Smart.

Jebus, Gunther, STAY OUT OF IT. You didn’t create this mess, so let Tiffany take the heat for the option she chose.

pass the popcorn…

Bernice needs is somemore of Dez’s brownies. See Sep 7-12, 2015.

https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2015/09/12

Tiff doesn’t need her head… seldom uses it anyway.

I broke up lots of parties in college. Worked my way through college straight night shift on the city police department and with the GI Bill.

tomorrow: BUSTED !!!!

(Deja Vu ? )

I bet Tiff is no longer there. She went back to her room to “study”.

Remind me never to tell Gun where the money’s hidden, okay? He certainly rolled over pretty quick there…

Piro is at the party and Bernice chills out.

That music looks awful! I must be getting old…

In college, my RA acted like Sargent Shultz – “I see nothing”

Bernice is a drag.

“If”? How hard is it to find a party in a dorm? Just follow the noise.

I’ll bet she runs in to that guy with the star on his head (whose name I can’t remember) that she was VERY attracted to — playing the radio VERY LOUD.

Bets is the Long Ranger that will save Tiffany

Did no one else notice the crumbs in the hallway????

The sphincter-police find the party.

Que Star Wars “Imperial March” music or Darth Borenice’s Theme

Dundun……. dundun……..dundun dundun………..

dundun dundun dundun dundun dundun dundun…….

SHRIEK!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone’s branding Bernice as the bad guy, when all she wants is to help Tiffany succeed after losing her father (and his money) to Ann Eiffel. Bernice has dealt with Ann before, so she knows what an evil person Ann is. But Tiffany’s father has wrapped himself around Ann’s little finger; it’s Game Over for him.

Tiffany knows she needs to do better with her studies if she’s to move on. She finally realizes that she can create a future in Cosmetics, and wants to start a new business: a sports spa, TiffasNails. But she needs a business degree to make it happen, and while her financial worries may be over (cheaper room, cheaper rate), she still needs to improve her grades.

The main problem now, is all the secret parties going on. All the party-goers expect Tiffany to babysit Bernice while they get themselves wasted. Once Bernice sees the Blackout Party, you can be sure that they’ll blame Tiffany. It won’t even matter that someone else posted the party on social media. It was Tiffany’s job to keep Bernice busy, and she didn’t.

Tiffany’s head will indeed roll. The question is, who will chop it off first?

We lost two acting legends on consecutive days:

Stuart Whitman, star of the short-lived (unfortunately) Cimarron Strip, passed away on Monday at 92; and today saw the passing of Lyle Waggoner, who starred in The Carol Burnett Show and Wonder Woman.

R. I. P. to both. They will be missed.

Btw, Lyle was 84.

I’m really curious here since I never lived in a college dorm. Do RAs in colleges really have the kind of power and authority that it’s being implied Bernice has?

Back in the Neolithic Age, when I was an RA, weekend parties were okay as long as no one got hurt (physically or emotionally) and nothing got trashed. But, they were frowned upon during the week or Sunday night when people were trying to sleep or study. If they didn’t heed my repeated warnings during such a situation, I had the lock key to the floor breaker box with all the rooms labeled clearly. Kind of hard to party with no lights or power.

When I was staying at the UCLA dormitories, I didn’t like RA’s, until I saw one talk a girl out of jumping off of her room’s balcony on the 10th floor.

Bets is going to save the day for all

tomorrow: BUSTE……… oh heck, I give up!

Oh, great. The Iron R.A. is about to launch her blitzkrieg.

Bernie, the World’s Greatest Party Pooper.

Go ahead, Evans: prove me wrong!

I agree, luann1212, it’s a comic, and Tiffany’s new trials are the most interesting to me. (Also Les and the kittens and Gunther and Bets’ relationship). And Bernice is an honest, duty bound (maybe a bit too) friend, who cares about her friends, but also the rules of the dorm that she is supposed to uphold. Almost all the characters have a place in the story lines.

For once, I’m rooting for Bernice