Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 10, 2011

seems he is only slightly scared of dates, unlike Q and L

I do believe that is “Rarnaby Budge” by Charles Dikkens..

Looks like these two could write the book on dating.

I have a feeling that they won’t do a LICK of reading.

I hope that they’ll start to go out together. She seems like a sweet kid.

@ Alain Harper…wndrwrthg was making a Monty Python reference (Dikkens with 2 K’s, the well known Dutch author) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCM2nEBE0RY

I hope Greg persues this line between them. They do look good for each other.

Rosa likes the novels of Charles Dickens! So do I! If Gunther doesn’t make good on this potential match, he’s losing a real winner!

‘Ethel the Aardvark’ isn’t considered a classic? LoL@wndrwrthg….and Wiselad, I would have loved to see the bookstore sketch with Marty Feldman. back on subject, I like to see things going Gunther’s way. He reminds me a bit of me in high school, just a bit smarter and more multitalented

Cool Gunther Scores?

I think Gunth is terrified that her hair will black out the whole pane.

My man.. Pimp’n aint easy!

Gunthner always had trouble asking Luann on a date. I was hoping he would be a little smoother here. Come on Gunther. She is interested in you. She wouldn ‘t be in the library with you if she wasn’t. Lighten up and follow through.

Well,MY favorite book is Orwell’s Animal Farm and…,oh wait, You DIDN’T ask Me.

Uh, nevermind,

You two carry on….,

I think Rosa opened the door for the “hit” Anyway, not a hit, but a Freudian slip.

I noticed that foreign-born Rosa is more appreciative and attractive to a normal person like Gunther wile the born-and-bred American girls like Luann, Tiffany and Bernice dismiss him.

Rosa is a younger, brunette version of Toni…in physical appearance, anyway. Toni might not be as well read.

Not at least to bumbling and insecure guys…(sorry, first thought that came to mind).Humor is based on the upsetting of expectations and everybody’s psychological “trickster” differs on that subject (in eight different basic flavors, actually). The problem is most of us don’t realize that and often we expect everyone else’s humor to “Be Like Ours” or “Be Like Theirs”. I for one enjoy Greg’s versatility in exploring the human condition – not every cartoonist can play to different “trickster” points of view.

Yes it is!

Come on Gunther, ASK HER OUT!

Who says Rosa is foreign born? Luann doesn’t dismiss Gunther. She loves him as a friend. She just isn’t attracted to him. Tiffany dismisses nearly everyone. Bernice treats Gunther like a friend. That’s normal human behavior. All girls can’t be attracted to all boys who have a crush on them and all boys can’t be attracted to all girls who have a crush on them.

Gunther & Rosa, sittin’ in a tree…

Umm Wait a min. what happen to him going after Luann…..did i miss something?

For Gunther it is the best of times and the worst of times to ask Rosa for a date.

Like the AC/DC song goes:“Na, na, na, naaa, na, na, naaa, naaa. GUN-THER! “Na, na, na, naaa, na, na, naaa, naaa. GUN-THER!”

one of the few potentially healthy relationship in the strip.

Gunther had better hurry up and ask before Rosa’s calendar is all “booked” up. . .

Gunther: “I like big books and I cannot lie!”

Luann: “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read!”

Hey G…. wear that bookworm costume, I’m sure that will be a discussion not to be forgotten….

I checked Rosa on the archives (9/7/2006). Back then her skin color was much darker than now. I thought she was perhaps intended to be of African or other dark skinned ancestry.

Delightful!

Rehashing on the Diplomatic immunity: the “temporary citizenship” (not appropriate term as I had said) issued to diplomats is called A visa…the A is not the singular reference but the name of the visa – as opposed to the permanent residence visa issued to immigrants or green card. A visas are issued to diplomats and very few other foreign head government officials. Those A visas grant them the equal (nearly) protection provided by the US Constitution when they are not immigrants with green cards or hold permanent resident visa. A visas are different from those.

smooth move ex-lax…

I agree Tigger he got right the first time.

I think that backwards hat guy is a bit off color in his post. Kind of sick I think.

Here is Rosa from 2006:http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2006/09/07

Awww how sweet!!! I hope this works out :)

Oh No!! He said the “D” word. I realize that everybody in this strip is suffering from a severe hormone dificiency, but must they all behave like ninnies evey time the opportunity for romance arises? I can’t believe these people are in high school. We didn’t act like this in junior high.

It’s high time that Gunther found his soul-mate. Luann clearly is not the one.

Ummmm, they’re a cute couple, but without Luann, it’s boring. How about finding Bernice someone to go out with, Greg?

my cat is named Barnaby Fudge. i like that these two people actually know about BOOKS

I was just wondering how Tiff will react to this. She’ll see Gunther dating the girl who beat her in a beauty contest. She never considered Gunther worthy of dating herself. How-now, Tiff?

Hey G hit on that cutie!

you see gunther as hitting on rosa? how did you come to that conclusion from the past three strips?

Rabble Rabble Rabble!!!!

Where the hell is Professor Chaos!?!?!?! Are you hiding Professor? Are you in here?

I was the only on in here to comment on DeGrootingForLuann’s post “I like big books and I can not lie”. That was genius!! You all spent a whole day on the proper way to clean a bathroom the other day!!! Rabble Rabble Rabble!!!!!

@fanolio – coloring on the older strips was not done per United Media specs that have been in place for maybe 3 years now, my guess is that the art was colored post publication date for print collection(s) and nt done by one person consistently. The only skin color spec’d different than “pink” is for Delta and TJ. I believe the first time I saw Rosa as a character to be colored was when she appeared on a school bus — don’t have that date at hand.

Hmmm … Gunther gets a live one-and she has some brain power goin’ for her. Maybe this will loosen him up …

and “lots of time to discuss this”, man, if a girl had fed me a line like that when I was young, I’d have been in REAL trouble, REAL soon …. subtle, I like that …