Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 12, 2024

Sweet comic and very true. Mothers know calming songs/melodies that give comfort and help children fall sleep.

WTG Nancy!

She’s not crying because you said bath (or shower).

WOW – Nancy has power just like Tiffany had with her chimes “tinkle tinkle”

For the first time I am not seeing Shannon as just a deeply annoying disagreeable anklebiter.

Not bath Brad….something about her dad being gone for a month.

Well let me be the first to admit that my prediction of a jump to a week of Shannon with Toni instead of Brad has just gone up in smoke. It looks like we may learn some more about Shannon’s anxiety/ies after all.

In other news, the splotches on Shannon’s shirt are back and the stripes on Brad’s sleeves have changed from red to yellow.

Left out a few key details there, didn’t you, Brad?

So, just leave the PITA with your mom, and keep that adorable teddy bear.

I agree with RSH. I think Shannon hadn’t realized (or had it explained to her) that she would be staying for a month. And it took her completely by surprise. Actually, they probably did tell her, she just wasn’t listening.

Shannon is crying because Brad said she’s stuck there for a month while her dad is involved in something…

The original and ONLY superheroes.

Mom had a bad stroke a month before my first one was born an only lasted a few years after that. Even though she culdn’t help much it was good to have her there and her advise was good and she loved the kids. She called em ‘her medicine’ cause she perked up when they were around

Looks like this week we are going to see Brad get a lesson in “Parenting 101” from Nancy. Way to go Nancy. Brad is quickly going to realize that actually having a baby and starting a family with Toni D is going to be rewarding but not without numerous challenges. Will this discourage Brad (and Toni for that matter) from wanting to have a baby? I am going to guess that Nancy is going to find out what really is bugging Shannon Brad and it is not taking a bath.

I am pretty sure the bath trauma was triggered by the realization that she won’t see her dad for a month. Delayed reaction trigger. Quite common in displaced children and Shannon certainly comes from a very unstable environment.

**This comment is made from years of experience with children in foster care

Americans are known far and wide for being touchy-feely people (not in a bad way, you seem to need to touch people). Why have we never seen that little girl receiving a hug? This is the first one she is getting.

Nancy! Put Shannon in that bathtub! You raised two children. You know what to do!

“rock a bye babies on the treetop”

It’s weird that Brad didn’t realize the reason for the crying was telling Shannon that her father would be away for a month, but Nancy will probably understand and help the little girl to be strong. Brad will really learn a lot from his mother in this occasion.

Shannon has stayed with them before, many times. Are we to expect that this is the first time she’s had a meltdown like this?

at the end of this brad will nt be sure he’s got it to be a dad and toni will tell him he better get ready. I’ll be back in a week

Shannon’s only real female role model we know about is Toni, and she has never really been the motherly sort. So this is something new for Shannon.

She’s crying because her father left her for a whole month, Brad. It’s parental abandonment issues at their finest.

Brad to Toni: “It’s official! I’m not up for this!”

so Shannons father didn’t tell her he was going to be gone for a month. Will he ever come back?

Yay Nancy — Top job!

I wish MY mom were here to use her super powers on…:( Been need them for 39 years.

Moms. Aunts, and, Nancy hopes, Grandmothers.

I would have just taken Shannon outside and hosed her down.

Mom to the rescue

Aaaaaawwwww!

PS they’re the most beautiful women in the world.

Sick of that little brat,enough

Shannon has spent the night there before and has probably had many baths. Why would she be upset on her first day with T and B? Surely she will video chat with her dad most days so it is not like she won’t see him for a month.

Sorry but Luann, the comic, has lost it. Nice artwork, but empty storylines and annoying characters. I will politely continue to monitor for a pulse.

Is that a Shannon clone? Or she’s finally having an epiphany? Anyway, props to Nancy.

Isn’t the heartbreak of child abandonment a little heavy for a comic strip? And how long before Shannon gets over the realization that her dad is gone for a month and reverts back to her old self?

reinforcements!

Nice! Shannon actually looks cute. Thinner eyebrows helps. Good job, Nancy?

It would be interesting to ask Greg Evans why he has made child abandonment and dysfunctional families such a primary thread in his storylines. Les was abandoned by Ann, Tiffany has been pretty much abandoned by Tom, Bernice has been alienated from her mother (nothing is ever said about her dad), Shannon is abandoned regularly by Jonah, TJ has no evident family ties, Tara has murderous relatives, Piro has a dysfunctional home life and Bets is alienated from her family. That’s eight of the strip’s main characters who have family issues.

Ah! , the magic touch, super powers indeed !

Leave it to Nancy to fix the problem. Maybe Brad should admit that he’s not parent material and just have her take it from here, especially since he’s a grown man being soothed by a lullaby. Still, I’m grateful for anything that calms Shannon down.

I wish Luann was more about Luann and MUCH less about Shannon.

If he freaks out that easy what will happen if he has to do more than rescue a cat from a tree at work?

Nancy to rescue.

I had two boys over for the weekend. They needed a bath so since one was 5 and the other 6, brothers, i let them take it together. They had a ball; I had a mess, but it was a good time.

“moms have a superpower, don’t they”

yep, until they don’t. signed, lost mommy decades ago

Another week of this shnit, call me when it’s over!!

And in London,Dad is starring in A LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT>

That makes two of them

Mimi would say “No wanna baff!!”

After a month with Shannon, I don’t think Brad will be too eager about becoming a father anymore.

Ha! Live next door just like I thought!

It wasn’t the bath comment that got her crying. It was not going home for a month…

Yes they do.

Sure, no problem. Just have Mrs. Luann devote her life to the sniveling little loon cake.

Truer words never spoken.

Awww! This is wonderful. ❤️❤️

I’m still hoping that the brat’s dad, does a “runner”, now that he’s pawned off his #1 problem on someone else.That would be “way far better” than the broken window, at Tiffany’s “mansion without at least one servant”.

Wonderful episode! … Laughed, and cried … Thank you so much!

Works for all kids at all ages. Even after their passing the memories will bring you peace.

Give the kid a swat on the behind and send her to the bath.

Awww…