Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 22, 2020

when Mom was sick, Dad made making soup and waffles for dinner for him and Calvin… so let us hope Luann’s father isn’t planning to make the same thing

She’s being Herman Munster. ✨

Bad choice to impersonating your Dad before he makes dinner and your Dad looks startled by the bad acting. BTW, did Luann give the pill to the dog, Pubbles?

OMG, the arc continues this helpless thread.

You don’t have enough hair to “be Mom”, Frank.

Ah, I like this silly Luann. Making light of the situation. We mimic each other in my family and we laugh about that.

I think Frank has mastered Nancy’s sarcasm. However, Luann’s impression of her father needs a little work.

So… does no evening involve Frank being at the establishment he owns? Must be nice to not put in any appearances whatsoever and just expect everything to run smoothly.

For this, we gave up Pru.

Drop the mic.

Gotta’ recognize this as a simple, daddy-daughter event. Mild humor, no controversy, and the proof will be in the pudding.

What’s that expression: “Turn-around is fair play”…? Watch out, Luann, for Frank’s impression of YOU!

Now I want spaghetti. Very, very, very much.

So yes – Frank does have a job (we still don’t know what).

You forgot your briefcase, Luann, I mean, Frank…

Hilarity ensues.

We learned more about his job than we knew.. Still not much.

This strip actually made me laugh out loud.

Frankly, Luann does a great impression…not! :D

It’ll be funny to see Frank act as Luann tomorrow ;)

And, debuting in the role of Luann… Puddles!

And on the alternate nights, he gets to imitate Luann. This should be good.

There is only one problem with the wife going off to work. For most people work blows, seriously. My poor wife comes back from some terrible days in the office. It’s beyond me why people strive for such a dubious prize; you get to work for 1. corporate America or 2. the government. Yuck. “Death by PowerPoint” here we come.

https://youtu.be/oaalq3RYAyw

I understand why Nancy wants to go to work, but there is a lot more to bartending then opening a bottle of beer or pouring a glass of wine. And by the way, where are Brad and Toni, we have not seen them for months

Me thinks this strip is just a place holder for this arc while K and G think up adventures for Mom at the Fuze. That could be more interesting. Maybe an employee who doesn’t realize Mom is the OWNER will be doing something illegal and ask if she wants “in” on the scam. Anyway, that’s how MY mind works. If I could draw, I’d have so much fun making a strip…..

Uhm… we KNOW that Frank isn’t actually like that, so what’s with unprovoked-ly taunting him? Life lesson here, Luann: treat your food server respectfully, or they might spit in your food. You’re welcome, grasshopper.

So it’s come to this. Performance art.

This is boring

The “snarking” will STOP, after Luann samples Frank’s “cooking.”

Luann MIGHT want to have some bicarbonate of soda handy.

And the local Little Caesars delivery, on speed dial…….., ;)

I think this arc is pretty entertaining. Sure it’s based in stereotypes—the intrepid wife returning to work leaving her spoiled and untrained family to fend for themselves but it does have Luann front and center for a change and I think she and Frank will figure it out and eventually become a great “home front team”. I only hope we also get to see Nancy’s learning curve at The Fuse so really hilarity can ensure from all sides. This is good stuff. They should all grow on the process.

Frank knows how to be a great and fun father ♡.Luann is really good at acting. She knows how to be dramatic, how to be serious and, especially, how to be comic, really a lot comic. I hope that one day she will return on the stage. Maybe with Fay.

Luann is making this up as most of the time, she doesn’t know what her parents are doing.

So many expect dinner to be ready as soon as they walk in the door. When I was a stay at home wife, I was thankful mine wanted to relax a bit before eating. It took pressure off both of us. 47 years married.

I like the other characters much better than these two

You’re such a great actor, Luann.

Does Frank regularly come home and complain about traffic, meetings, and his day at work? How often have we seen that? In a lot of strips that’s the basis for much of the humor, but honestly I didn’t know for sure that Frank even had a job. This strip is really stretching, trying to be a 1970s sitcom.

Who wears an apron? Just be careful!

Oh. I almost forgot.

Happy Mirth Day, Gentle People!

Our gift to the Earth, NO SMOG!

Maybe We DON’T have to be EVERYWHERE after all………, ;)

This is ridiculous. Its 2020, not 1950. Why are we having so many strips about cooking dinner? My 12 year old helps with dinner as does my 9 year old. My husband cooks dinner often. Am I the only one that has people that help “mom’s” work? I am also gone sometimes at night and guess what? Everyone manages to have dinner without much ado.

Frank says “..I’ll be mom tonight…” implying he has the intact view that it is mom’s job to make dinner. But he will take that role for now. He could have just said ’I’ll make dinner tonight". This family is finally moving on from the 1950/60’s with Nancy as June Cleaver. better late than never.

I have to laugh and shake my head at people who think making dinner begins at dinnertime. Anyone who makes the family meals knows that the meal planning sometimes starts 24-48 hours in advance – as in thawing out the frozen stuff – and then making sure your kitchen has all the recipe ingredients on hand, and so on.

Happy Earth Day! Respect the planet.

Where is Puddles?

There was a period of time in my youth, around 20 I believe if memory serves, when my father and I had to go out on the road together to work. Long story as to why….but for about a year I had to do all the cooking. Dad was the type that was spoiled by mom in the capacity that she was a stay at home mom, cooked every night, laundry, kept house clean, etc etc. Fortunately I took it upon myself in my teenage years to learn how to cook, figuring I’d be a bachelor for awhile, and no better teacher than dear mother. Anyway, dad expected it every night and mine was not to question. I got pretty good at it. But I DID make him do his own laundry!

No, Frank, you’ll be a member of the family pitching in to do your part.

I’m more interested in seeing how Nancy’s doing at her first day on a job in several years.

She looks like Axel!

I notice that there is a theme pointing out that 2020 families don’t resemble the 1950’s TV families, and in fact on TV shows like Modern Family there has been a lot of progress in mass media. I think though that this arc is a humorous way for the strip to reflect that progress. There is always a tension between a family strip, and change; for example how Greg approaches Gawd. Sometimes references to a basically Christian deity is hard to avoid, and no matter which way the strip goes on that, Greg and Karen are going to draw shade. So in my mind I remain interested in the slow progression of how this major change in the fundamental family theme will affect the characters and the storylines in the strip. It ought to be interesting.

He’s Lucille Ball and she’s Desi Arnez? Seems so.

So far there’s no originality shown with this trope. Frank doesn’t act that way with Nancy, as Luann portrays. But Frank may be channeling Nancy with his response.

They’re lousy at role play. I hope Luann (as Frank) doesn’t try to get fresh with “Nancy.” Now that would be “hilarity ensuing.”

And why does Frank need such a large pot for the two of them. He’s acting like Frank, not Nancy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17OwXVBmvQs

Me washes the dishes after dinner.

wait’ll it’s Luann’s turn . Let’s see how she does with food prep.

Oooh! Sick burn, Frank!!

“The Gripes Of Wrath”

“Girly’s Little ‘Dad’”

“Kitch-ing Rotation”

“Dinner Roles”

“I Am You, You Are Me, And We Are All Together (♪♫)”

“If The Lu Has A Fit…”

“Father (With A) Figure”

“Dinner On Demand”

“Mr. Mom”

I think Luann’s actually having fun with this…!

Yeah. Frank works.

Pretty good, Luann.

She knows dang well she should be makin dinners for her pops every night to say…“I love you pops…”

Luann really is a jerk.

Nice burn, Frank.

Frank doesn’t seem to have the kind of personality that Luann is imitating, but mostly we see him on sundays.

So, she sees Dad as an abusive butthead?

Luann’s heavy-handed caricature hardly matches mild-mannered Frank, though I suppose she could call it exaggeration for effect….

When my older brother, the first born disrespected my father, my father stared him down. No one ever disrespected Pop.