Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 10, 2022

Awwwwww… Poor Luann won’t be getting that call any time soon.

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I’m still sort of amazed Frank never said that Puddles was on the lap of a cheerleader, or at least mention that “the lady” had a big bow in her hair.

what an eager McBeaver Luann is here

She looks a lot like a concerned parent

Literally dark. ✨

The dark night of the soul — Luann style

Also, the illustration style in the last panel feels new. It’s kinda like the negative of a photograph.

so sad

Luann doesn’t know Stefi. But Luann is a good owner. She’s losing sleep over her lost pet.

One would think that Luann would have learned by now, that one may be waiting a long, long time for someone to “do the right thing.”

And someone needs to tell Frank that the next time he sees his “property” get in some strangers car without a darn good explanation, he might want to start either asking questions and/or getting the license number of the car.

Do ANYTHING but watch that stranger drive off into the sunset.

That was no “lady” in the car.

Well, here’s Puddles’s “useless” owner, according to the person who made that insensitive remark yesterday.

Clue to this person: a “useless” owner doesn’t lose sleep over her missing pet. Some people really are being insensitive toward Luann at this time.

G & K now you just being cruel.

Well – We have amassed a plot.

Love panel 3! Great art!

You know that Luanne won’t get any sleep tonight.

Poor Luann! She’s harboring the false illusion that the person who picked up Puddles is a sensible, responsible, compassionate person who is doing all they can to reunite the dog with his rightful owner.

Pity that’s not the case.

Luann, I know it is hard worrying about Puddles. Like your mom said, everyone is alseep and all the vet offices are closed. Checking for a chip is not an emergency to take him to a 24 hours vet. If you want to keep busy, call the 24 hour emergency animal hospital to see if anyone came in for chip check or turn in a lost dog. Feel useful rather than being in bed staring at your phone.

The humor has become very anemic in this non-comic strip. Needs a transfusion, maybe from Pickles.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Stef takes Puddles to a game and poses him as the team mascot.

Lovely drawing in the last panel……

1. How does Nancy know whoever found Puddles is going to take him to a vet in the morning?

2. I love the third panel, it looks absolutely amazing with all of that black, and those minimal highlights being illuminated by Luann’s phone screen. Very visually appealing.

Playing today: “Puddles Come Home”

Sigh…Steph this is getting old. Return the dog

Poor Lu! Girl needs to catch a break.

What I would like to see tomorrow is Luann to wake up to a knock on the door and find Tiffany there holding puddles. Then Saturday Tiffany can explain how she know who Puddles is.

3rd frame is nicely drawn showing Luann with a worried expression, while using the phone light to just focus on Lu.

I still don’t understand why Tiffany doesn’t recognize Puddles??

It’s likely the four of them will hide Puddles from the RA/Bernice not because she’ll recognize him, but because he’s not allowed to be there.

I love the last panel! So beautifully done!

Someone will post a picture of Puddles. Younglings simply can’t resist social media…

Why hasn’t Luann gone to the college dorm to enlist the help of her friends? Then, she might actually find her Puddles.

The last panel is beautifully drawn.

And how is ‘the lady’ going to call Luann if Puddles had no tag? (I guess the family is assuming the person is bright enough to take the dog to a vet for check-up or tag search… We continue to perpetuate the stereotype of cheerleaders not being very bright.)

Nice last panel!

Powerful strip. Amazing work from both Greg Evans and the Sheriff in the last panel. You can really feel all of Luann’s sadness and concern. Anyone who has a dog that one day runs away can relate so much to her ♡.

It’s been said, but I really like the colours on panel 3. Sometimes, this strip stands out.

Where’s Berniece? She knows Puddles.

Any other kid would be posting tons of notifications all over social media about their lost dog….

I’m surprised that Luann hasn’t posted on social media or at least to her friends that Puddles is lost. These days, everyone shares everything on social media. I would think that at least Tiffany is friend enough to be one of her contacts.

So Luann really does care about Puddy. What kind of dog is Puddles? Wasn’t there a strip where Luann drew a portrait of Puddles in art class and he looked like a real dog?

Poor Luann. Her heart must be shattered. She must feel like a horrible mother to have lost Puddles like that.

A good Thursday piece setting us up for the eventual reunion and “new friends and old acquaintances” scene. Nicely done by GnK. Luann’s showing great remorse over Puddles. As for Frank, very human. He didn’t know Puddles was MIA when he drove by and when you consider driving at residential speed limits (say 25 mph) seeing something for maybe 5 seconds where a young lady is putting a dog into a car that looks like your dog when you know your dog is at home or with your daughter you’re not going to take detailed notes or stop and demand the return of said dog.

That was no “lady” that found Puddles, that was Stephanie. (And, there are several adjectives that can be used to describe her, but “lady”?)

I like the chiaroscuro in the last panel. It’s really hard waiting for news.

wrong approach Luann (Nancy too). Reach out and do the things one would normally do when a pet is lost. Put signs with pictures up everywhere. Call everyone in the area you know with the information. Passively waiting is not the way.

talk about Greg dragging this arc out forever.

Sad for Luann, how is it going to be resolved?

I am pretty sure police have chip scanners.

Nice artwork in the last panel!!

Oh so boring….on and on….

I am screaming through the screen “Your friends have him!” right now!

It was Colonel Mustard in the observatory with a dog biscuit.

Get off your duff and start making / posting flyers…yeah not one or two, but LOTS and how about using this social media stuff that seems to be so popular?

Again, what is the purpose of an arc where Luann is miserable about losing Puddles? This IS a cartoon!

Nice scratchboard technique on the last panel. ;-)

I hate this! Luann needs her dog back!!!!! SOON!!!!!!

Nice artwork.

Frank said he seen Puddles in someones car not a dog that looked like Puddles. He was on the woman’s lap. Kind hard to see whats on anyone lap looking from car to car, bus or big truck yes! Puddles is small so he would have to be standing on someones lap looking out the window. In every discussion about Puddles he don’t back away from the fact he seen Puddles. It looked like, might have been, may not have been or anything similar was not mentioned, He seen Puddles and stayed with it!

Where WAS Puddles when he was fuond?Was he smart to(nearly) find his way home before Steffi "rescued"him?

No,Steffi,dogs do not eat fried tomatoes.

I’m still trying to figure out the Luann message for this particular story. Remind people of their pain when they lost a pet? Take better care of the things we love? Pay more attention to those we care about? Don’t take our pets for granted? Use a leash? It just all feels so heavy and sad. I like the art in this comic and enjoy the comments, it gives me a creative moment to post a comment (or a rant), but I am really hoping this is resolved by Saturday. If not we may well see Luann in the future, still sitting at home looking at her phone and recognizing Puddles as he rides in the Mayors car in the Founders Day Parade, or seeing him being hailed as a hero for finding a lost child, or maybe Puddles being recognized by local law enforcement for busting a big drug ring or even possibly the star of a new TV series called Proud Hound?

All kinds of neighborhood apps that report seeing or finding lost dogs, like Nextdoor, Luann.

Trying not to post anymore unless I have something nice to say.

That last panel is over-the-top.

We need to remember that it was designed for black-and-white, where it would be just as effective.

Nevertheless, I’m with others, I don’t see how this arc wraps up by Saturday.

Only that the dog was found by people who know Luann (Bets, Dez, and especially Tiffany) gives us any promise that the dog will be returned.

But clearly, G&K are making it clear that they are in no particular hurry to do it!

Luann, if you are going to stare at your cell phone screen all night do something constructive, e.g. send a picture of Puddles to everyone you know (that would include Tiff) and announce that he is lost. You can ask each friend to pass it along to their friends.

….when you REALLY care…….

Waiting indefinitely for something important to happen? You are either Luann, or you are a “Luann” reader.

So she’s not gonna do anything except sit around and hope someone else solves her problem for her? Luann is the literal opposite of Liam Neeson from Taken. Even Brad did something when he thought Shannon was missing; sure, tearing down the walls of his house may not have been the best move, but he was still pro-active about the situation.

A watched phone never rings!

Having your dog or cat go missing is the worst thing. The reunion is the best.

This will be one case where Bernice’s nosiness actually benefits someone. There’s no way the girls in the dorm won’t cross paths with her and mention that they’ve got a new dog, and she won’t put two and two together and tell Luann. In any case Luann’s circle overlaps with theirs so much it’s only a matter of time till somebody makes the connection.

Whoa whoa whoa, Miss Lippy. The part of the story I don’t like is that the little boy gave up looking for Happy after an hour. He didn’t put posters up or anything, he just sat on the porch like a goon and waited. That little boy’s gotta think ‘You got a pet. You got a responsibility.’ If your dog gets lost you don’t look for an hour then call it quits. You get your ass out there and you find that fucking dog.

I don’t have a pet, so I’m not really sure how easy it is to lose one but I assume if she had watched him as closely as she’s watching the phone right now, she wouldn’t have lost him.

Nice use of lighting in panel 3.

really milking this storyline

Stefani Bird was driving a full size sedan that you associate with older people. Puddles was walking on the sidewalk looking sad. Stefani assumed that Puddles was a runaway canine who fled from its owner. The strip is going to milk this storyline for a long time. Maybe the strip needs more of Shannon’s antics?

Beverly Cleary devoted a whole book to Henry Huggins dog Ribsy getting lost and finding his way home.

https://www.amazon.com/Ribsy-Henry-Huggins-Beverly-Cleary/dp/0380709554/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ribsy&qid=1646969155&sr=8-1

Too bad Luann wasn’t so concerned about Puddles back at the Dog Park, rather than crushing on Jack Studly….