Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for October 31, 2022

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!

Congrats to Luann for winning 3rd place in the story contest! =) Nice to see Bernice a little more supportive, this time. So what online story contests have award ceremonies?? That seems quite odd. Since entries would come from all over the country, would be tough for lots to attend, depending where they live.

Do Luann’s eyes look a little freaky in the 4th panel?? lol

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Now the important question… What is MONSTRO going to dress up as for Halloween, this year???

shopping for an outfit when you’re presented the third-place award, Luann?

Hey, looks like I called it on Saturday when I said Tiffany’s little pissy face and the boys’ back-and-forth was signifying an end to that arc. I’ve made a few wrong predictions lately, so I might just be back on form.

Never mind THIS arc. Go back to the novel.

Back to excitable Bernice and her roomie, the author. While Tiff recuperates, maybe we have some time for some real movement from these two.

Jacques the merman (11/12/2020) may make an appearance in one of his many guises; say, Jack, for instance. Or perhaps Nil will come nibbling.

I hope Luann is through with tutoring and this writing award takes her in a new direction. A shopping trip with Bernice could be entertaining and exciting if played right.

Excelsior! Onward and upward!

Appreciation from Bernice and humility from Luann. What world is this?

wait a minute Luann.. is the ceremony for just the 1st place winner or for the 1st 3? Make sure you get these things straight.. Now, i wonder who won 1st and 2nd places…. could it be persons we know?

On 2022/08/24, Bernice mentioned a $50 prize, presumably for first place in the humor category. It’s hard to imagine Luann’s shopping trip costing less than whatever the third-place prize is. But at least she can enjoy the recognition, and perhaps it will lead to her meeting someone interesting. (Or perhaps not.)

I was hoping for a palete cleanser, like a week of Shannon. OH, well, Luann it is. I wonder how Tiffany will handle all the DRAMA at the Gulag? I wonder why won 1st place? Could it be Vale and “his” Van Gogh diary? It is a shame that all Greg can think of for Luann to go shopping, that’s so 1980’s.

Lets go back to the book. Luann can wait.

FINALLY!! After two froggin’ months, a new story arc!

Wasn’t the first place prize $50? Wouldn’t third place be maybe a $10 gift card for BAM or B&N at best? And no, Luann didn’t win crap with any of those garbage anecdote stories. Fiction can only go so far.

That poor fish. Give it a real tank, Bernice. Maybe the award ceremony will explain whether the stories were meant to entertain children… or maybe we’ll go shopping and never see the ceremony.

I’m glad something good has happened to Luann finally. It’s been a long time coming.

Yay Another Luann and Bernice storyline? Maybe, Desiree and Xavier?

“What were you going to say?” “I finally get a story arc in the comic named after me!”

why are Desiree’s eyes yellow? does she have liver disease?

Wait a darn minute! So, last Saturday is the end of the “Tiffany’s Manse gets broken into” arc, right? And we don’t get to find out how and why it happened. Meanwhile, Luanne is sounding a lot like Tiffany.

Maybe the plan is to have her become the next Erma Bombeck or a cartoonist (did well in her art class) who writes comic strips about the life of a young girl and her travails growing up and about her family and friends. (◠‿◠)

“Yeah, that too!”

Evil Annie wins first place with her entry, “How To Fleece A millionaire”.

YEEEEEEESS!!! Luann did it!! The third place in the first contest in which she participated with the first story she wrote is a huge result! Bernice seems to be genuinely happy for her♡. Maybe Luann will meet an editor at her ceremony who will ask her to write more stories, or maybe the producer of some TV channel. It would be great! But she now she has to buy a new ddress. She has to make a good impression, even for the other two winners. Obviously Bernice will come with her.

Go shopping…. What’s appropriate for “Second Loser”?

Well, for all of you who complain that Luann is a minor character in her own strip—now, she’s center stage!!

Me, I’d rather continue the arc with Les and Gunther arguing over Tiff’s care. It’s so much more interesting than a silly contest!!

Duh

Good grief, who the heck are they?

Congratulations Luann! I’m so happy for you.

So ,we just left Tiff’s situation up in the air. Thanks greg.

Spending money before she has it. At the beginning of this, she only mentioned the first prize money, nothing on 2nd or 3rd prizes. Bet she get a book on how to write stories or something similar..

Congrats, Luann. That’s a real accomplishment!

I already said most what I was planning to say in response to IxLax so I’ll just summarize: hilarity will ensue, growth—of some kind—will occur, and perhaps see more about the future development.

I am just happy to see Luann!

Who are these people?

As excited as you are about winning that contest, Luann, I’d say the much BIGGER accomplishment is having actually made an appearance in your own strip on a day other than Sunday! WOW!!!!!

Is Bernice trying to “subtly” urge Luann to finish her announcement, so she can get back to something more important, like reading her “bodice ripper”?

Good to see that Monstro finally has a bubbler.

Great… A return to an arc that nobody cares about or wants to see. Let me guess. Luann is going to go get an over-the-top outfit to receive her 3rd place reward, placing behind a little kid and an old cat-lady. And nothing is going to come out of the actual contest. Perfect opportunity to develop Luann a bit, but nope. The Evans seem to prefer to have Luann be unlikable and clueless.

Going shopping,” eh?

Well, since the malls in many places have become war-zones if they still even exist at all, does that mean the gals are gonna “shop” on-line and have their stuff delivered by Amazon Drone which may crash thru the DeGroot’s bay window the way a something broke the Ferrell manse window?

And Lu? Whoever won first place, probably won by writing about YOU without your permission. Someone close maybe. Someone currently in the same room maybe.

Someone currently NOT swimming in a ‘fish tank.’ ;+)

It kills me. lol. People spend weeks biching (yes I know it is spelled wrong), about Luann not appearing in her own strip, now she is here and some of those same people are biching about her appearing in her own strip, because they don’t like the arc, WHICH JUST FREAKING STARTED! lmao.

Third place is probably a voucher for a couple of value meals from Wienie World but I guess it is off to the mall for Luann and Bern, perhaps they run into Jack, Nil and/or Tara along the way…..

Greeeaaat…another “horny Bernice” arc.

At last, a happy strip from the constant series of troubles surrounding Tiff, Stef, Betts, et al.

Wow, do you think that G and K read my comment? I said that it would be refreshing to have a story about Luann in her strip.

A 3rd place bronze winner for Lu.

Priorities, first things first.

Maybe the first place winner will be a charming, handsome fellow that Luann could date.

forget all that I want to know more about Desiree’s hands

PLEASE! Aren’t ANY of you interested in whether or not Tiff breaks down and tells her Dad the truth about how she was hurt??? I feel as if I was shoved off a very high cliff!!

An “Oxford Comma” might be a writer’s costume to consider …. oh wait, that should be for Tiff.

You gotta look nice for the award ceremony. Congratulations Luann.

“However much hatred you feel for the beautiful Bernice, you have to acknowledge that at least she receives character development, unlike Luann.”

That’s because G&K LIKE the Bernice character, unlike Luann, whom they seemingly keep around so Stick-Up-Her-A s s Bernice can have her own personal punching bag.

I must say I’m surprised G&K let Luann win anything at all, even third place.

She probably would have won first, if she’d gone with her story about Bernice.

Monstro is swimming upside down —-has he bought the kelp farm?

Shopping: the universal pleasure

yay Luann. Now, is she going to follow up and try to further develop her writing skills? or will she just bask in the pleasure of this one event and then forget about it…like she has done with every other skill or talent she has shown?

So what. I came 2nd in a beauty contest, I won 10 whole Monopoly bucks.

the unanswered question is: how many persons entered the contest? just 3… or many more?

She forgot to mention that there were only two entries, but her story was so bad that they gave her third place.

Let’s go back to that re-sale shop where Bernice got her way out “muse” dress to inspire Nil. Dare Luann accept her prize wearing a black leather, peek-a-boo biker outfit?

Now watch it turn out that pretty much everybody got “third place,” which entitles you to have your story published in a book…for a “small” fee, of course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZLkqYy-LvA

Wait, Bernice didn’t say something snarky? Oh, well, plenty of time to get snippy on the shopping trip.

Even in a moment of triumph, however small, Luann demonstrates her superficiality.

Unless Greg gives Luann a break, she is beyond all hope, I fear. Perpetual Dumb Blonde stereotype….

I love the 1st panel showing Bernice absorbed in the romance part of a novel. Moon in the Dune.

Are Bern’s glasses fogged up?

Congratulations Luann. But it would have been very nice for G&K to let you win first prize. Next time.

She’s reading Moon over Dune? How did she get an Advanced Reader Copy? That book isn’t due out until next year.

Way to focus, Luann.

I love Bernice’s face while she’s reading that tawdry Harlequin book.