Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 11, 2021

Shannon strikes again!!!!!!!

What could possibly go wrong?

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Season 2, coming soon to Nickelodeon.)

My first thought, ugh, another week of Shannon, then I had to chuckle when she calmed “I didn’t do it.” A moment of self-awareness of how much of a trouble-maker she is. I guess this is the Shannon-rehabilitation week.

I believe Shannon. She isn’t near anything electrical.

Let’s hope that the DeGroots have plenty of LED flameless “candles”…

On Friday I said please not a week of Shannon. No Joy!

Ah, they DO live in California!

This current cycle of Luann, Bernice, Jack, Brad, Toni and Shannon seems to be shaping up as thecycle of the future. Things are being kept somewhat close to home.

I hope Gunther, Tiffany and Dez won’t receive shout shrift in the future!

Looks like Greg is going to be lazy this week

Hey, a week of dark panels and phone lit faces is still better than when that kid draws The Family Circus.

Family Comic: Bern and Jack are heating up – so we have to divert to Shannon again. Shannon – the six year old censor.

Looks like Greg is going to keep us in the dark this week.

The odd, stiff pose of Luann and the scarce background plus 2 black panels almost make this one strip look like it was a rush job.

Thank you, G&K! Shannon is my favorite character!

Note once again, NOT A HINT of Jonah. And when Brad and Toni need a break from Shannon, it’s Luann.

Oh, heck. If not for Bernice and Shannon, we might not see Luann at all any more!

But yeah, I rather miss Tiffany, Gunther, and Bets.

And if we’re to really see a rehabilitation of Luann, let’s bring back Fay! Those were the arcs where Luann was at her best.

I see Shannon is back.

It’s a dark and spooky night. Then…. a scream id heard… “EEEEKK! Something just ran across my foot.”

You take it from here.

Please don’t step on Puddles in the dark! 8^ 0

What? Shannon? Power failure? And it’s only Monday? This arc has all the ingredients of a wasted week.

Shannon The Destroyer, shrouding the world in Ultimate Darkness! Bwa ha ha ha ha! (jk)

Yes, you did.

Well thanks for nothing. Thanks for absolutely zero effort.

Great art today in panels 2 and 3! :D

“A Day without sunshine is like, Night.” – Steve Martin

Somebody hit a light pole in the DeGroots neighborhood?

Do the DeGroots live in California? Blackouts there are part of life.

Shannon immediately went on the defensive. She must realize by now she gets into a lot of mischief.

Maybe Bernice flip the electrical circuit breaker after last week “loaded question” as payback?

Maybe they live in Italy! Or is this a perdiction!

With Shannon’s track record the assumption should be that she did, but for once it appears she may not have been a brat. Today. We have a whole week for her to get back on track.

Did someone say, Electrician?

How made electricians does it take to change a lightbulb?None, we aren’t afraid of the dark. ;o)

“Ididn’tdoitnobodysawmenobodycanproveathing…”

Wow. Before I even clicked on this site this morning, a had a feeling than this pint-sized PITA would be back.

Puddles can talk!

Oh come ON, G&K! We deserve a month or six free of Shannon!

So the babysitter needs a babysitter? Does Shannon’s dad ever see his kid?

The look on Pud’s face sums it up.

“Thanks for watching Shannon! Her own father refuses to take care of his own kid!”

Of course you did!

What a blackout.

For a moment, I thought this was like the ending to the Sopranos.

We have these wonderful emergency lights, they are also night lights and flashlights. An excellent design.

The brat Shannon. See you all next week

Okay, now Shannon’s size makes her look like she’s three—how old IS this child?

I spend so much time trying to be the anti-troll she is not a brat, sigh. Not giving up though. Brad drawn handsomely, Luann drawn pretty, Puddles drawn cute and funny, Shannon drawn innocent and in the dark over events she can’t be responsible for; what will Gnk imagination cook up this week? Wanna see, panel by panel. Not enough to predict yet.

Did the color ink cartridge run out of ink?

No crying over spilled ink? Works for me.

Now, this is the way to start an arc with a BANG!!!! Is Shannon afraid of the dark? Was Brad’s (and Toni’s) night ruined by this incident or he’s already far away? Is Luann alone or is Bernice here to help her watch her “beloved” Shannon during the blackout? I love this!!!!!!

PRE-EMPTIVE COMMENT#1

For those of you who have commented or are thinking Shannon is drawn ‘too small’, or ‘ret-conned’, today Greg has one panel to insert 4 characters. Luann, Shannon, Puddles, and Brad.Therefore, he made some size adjustments. Plus Shannon is bending over the dog.

Blue and black lamp with a yellow shade, against a washed out green wall, next to a cement purple couch? Please, hire a decorator!

Everyone assumes it was Shannon talking…

Chuck Berry, “It Wasn’t Me”.

Did we just wander into a Geech episode?

A “Sopranos ending” for Luann?

Cause the power outage, or pee on the floor? My retriever would pee when they got anxious.

Actually that’s Pud talking.

Hmmmm … I think Greg got lazy with drawing the last two frames today!

That darn colorist strikes again.

This must have something to do with the missing lamp pull. The one that Shannon used to decorate the cookie for Nancy.

Puddles looks rather apprehensive as Shannon is reaching for him. Didn’t she deliberately drop or pour something on the poor dog once? If so, then his expression is justified.

As someone who has lived through a lot of long-term power outages, courtesy of hurricanes and ice storms, I know that firemen and paramedics will be needed with people starting fires trying to keep warm and illuminated but the most when the power comes back on and starts problems. Brad is going to be one busy character.

fine time for a pow’r outage

I think Mr. Evans decided to take a vacation from drawing this week

We know my beloved Shannon is innocent.

For his own good, I hope Puddles is too.

Shannon didn’t do it? That’s a first.

Are you sure you didn’t do it?

So it looks like it’s a done deal – Shannon is a permanent member of the B&T household, and any babysitting arrangements are between Brad and Luann. Her previous life has disappeared.

Can you change a fuse? Shamefully, I can’t.

well this ought to be good.

Call Jack!

This old trope?? Looks like someone doesn’t feel like drawing this week.

I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove anything.

Looks like Mr. Evans got a little too distracted by Super Wild Card Weekend.

Gee I feel like taking a few days off work, but i have to produce a comic strip every day and I don’t have enough strips done ahead, hmmm what can I do? Power outage. all black with just speech bubbles. Easiest set of comics i can churn out a weeks worth in 5 minutes flat.

IF this turns out to be another Shannon trashes everything special, then this movie is getting old. I’d rather see a strip about Shannon doing something even remotely thoughtful or helpful. Otherwise, she looks like a future inmate at a women’s prison. Yes—-I’m being facetious. But really…she does all these really awful things that a kid who looks to be old enough to know better shouldn’t/wouldn’t be doing. Like she has no hope of growing out of this.

Oh, geeze, not the brat again!

I’ll bet she did…..

Shannon couldn’t have done that one.

Looks like Greg needed a break this week?

Puddles doesn’t look all too happy to see Shannon.

Can’t be Shannon, it’s Bart’s catchphrase

Shannon wanted to get her disclaimer in Early.

Unless that was Pud, displaying a hidden talent.

Oh good grief. Shannon week. Dropped the Jack/Bern/Luann arc. Jonah, go get your kid and get out of the strip. This is tiresome. Shannon has no business being there so much

…being there so much. If Jonah gave up his daughter, then just get on with it. Have Brad and Toni get legal guardianship. Do something.

Yes, you did! Easy art day….

tomorrow: Bernice and Jack, caught in the dark????

Maybe Puddles did it.

If ever there was a clue that Shannon has exceeded Ann Eiffel in unpopularity today’s comments would prove it. People are so sick and tired on Shannon that they are trashing a strip that actually was funny. And are trashing Greg for writing about something he knows — California blackouts. Writing about a blackout has to be a lot trickier than writing a regular strip because the dialog has to carry the entire story.