Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 27, 2012

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    Bashis  over 12 years ago

    Yep inside

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    halestormstopper  over 12 years ago

    He’s probably right…

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    FatTonyBalducci  over 12 years ago

    Brad wants to go inside……[wink]

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    Angelalex242  over 12 years ago

    I’d agree with that. I’m not a public servant of any sort, but yeah, Inside makes sense to me. Unless Toni knows something about Shannon we the readers do not. My hunch, though, is that she’s too panicy to see the simplest idea (inside!) is probably worth exploring.

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    Catfeet Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Inside Weenie World, most likely.

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    Fan o’ Lio.  over 12 years ago

    Does “Sense enough to come in outta the rain” apply here?

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    Fan o’ Lio.  over 12 years ago

    This arc has been stalled for the last 3 days.

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    Airman  over 12 years ago

    Okay. But, inside what? A dog house? A car? Back into the house for a towel & dry clothes, accidentally closing the door and leaving Toni & Brad out to get soaked?

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    Orion-13  over 12 years ago

    Well, it’s gonna depend upon where Greg wants to go – Drama? Either in the creek for a dramatic rescue a la For Better or For Worse, or perhaps a kidnapping (too dark, I think), or if he wants humor, she’s taking a nap in Brad’s bed.

    Orion

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    ZacBSM  over 12 years ago

    Ahem, Toni, you need to listen to Brad sometimes. This time, he is right. She is likely to be indoors – either at Brad’s or at WW. Divide and conquer. Brad go back home to look in hidey places and you go to WW and see if she’s there.

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    Harryfan  over 12 years ago

    They will find her in a comfortable and cozy place after they bring in the police to help find her.

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    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago

    I bet Shannon slipped back into the house and deliberately locked the door.

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    brewingbiker  over 12 years ago

    my money says she is inside.

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    lattiee2  over 12 years ago

    Inside is correct and also if a kid is hiding from you they will be more likely laughing at you freaking out when you can’t find them.

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    Basqueian  over 12 years ago

    Briatollah is my bet, too. Inside, dry, they outside and wet

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    chasches  over 12 years ago

    it’s time to think ‘inside the box’

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    wiselad  over 12 years ago

    she went to the DeGroots home, and is playing makeup with Luann

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    cdward  over 12 years ago

    Yesterday, someone said she was hiding inside. I’m betting they were right.

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    mojitobaby  over 12 years ago

    Man, you guys are getting pretty far fetched! It’s a crappy night – while a contrary little kid might like a rainstorm during the day, cold and wet at night is another story. .I don’t believe Brad’s parents live “across the street”, but if they do, and they are treating Shannon to hot chocolate, then shame on them. Very few parents would do nothing but give a cup of cocoa to a preschooler who randomly showed up on their doorstep on a rainy night – not without first informing either her parents or the cops of her whereabouts. Nancy and Frank aren’t exactly idiots, they’d know Toni must be at Brad’s, and they’d certainly call to let them know where Shannon was. .Which is inside the house, probably fast asleep. Biting for justice takes it out of a kid!

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    tubgrape  over 12 years ago

    Woah! Hold on! Do you think…maybe…it’s DIRK?

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    tubgrape  over 12 years ago

    Maybe: Dirk takes the kid, pays the little cretin hush money, and thrn comes back and SAVES her for Tony!

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    tubgrape  over 12 years ago

    Hmmmm. Shannon could extrack money from Dirk for a long time if this were the case, eh?

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    tomshelly1990  over 12 years ago

    Shannon is probably back inside with a hot toddy!

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    Ottodesu  over 12 years ago

    I’m all for tearing the house apart.

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    Kim Roberts  over 12 years ago

    I still think that TJ came home and decided to take Shannon out for an ice cream to let Toni and Brad some “alone time”, matchmaking yenta that he is. The wind blew the door open because they were trying to be quiet when they left, and it didn’t latch properly.

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    Tirasmol  over 12 years ago

    my guess is that she’s inside … playing quietly in a back room or something, and the door being open was just a fluke. I say this, because my son did this to me when he was 3…

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    Tinyman  over 12 years ago

    I agree with Brewingbiker. INSIDE

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    rasalom  over 12 years ago

    she is going after Eiffel. either to apologize or bite her again.

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    blackdawne  over 12 years ago

    Shannon in the library with a candlestick holder.

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    Big_Tex  over 12 years ago

    Toni, we men CAN’T think like a little girl. Please explain yourself.

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    rasalom  over 12 years ago

    @kanuckles

    at least Evans knows how to spell

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    rasalom  over 12 years ago

    @kennuckles

    irony

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    txcatbackers  over 12 years ago

    Ok, I am sure the shadow inside is a lamp, but it looks very much like a little girl with a weenie world crown on her head. Just saying….

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    drogers30  over 12 years ago

    I bet she ends up with Eiffel.

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    Raymond Powell  over 12 years ago

    Did he check in the closets and under the beds?

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    demorodney  over 12 years ago

    Some people are assuming Weenie World is within easy walking distance for a child in what seems to be just a few minutes. But Shannon does have a thing for TJ.

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    SoCalCloud9Man  over 12 years ago

    Hmmm….2 bachelors living as housemates, each has their own room. Brad says that he checked every room, but I suspect – as being a bachelor that lived with housemates in the past – that there is a boundary with each others’ bedroom (i.e: respect the privacy of your housemates. Don’t enter unless it is an emergency. Brad didn’t think that it was an emergency at the time of his first search.). I’m going to say that she might be asleep in TJ’s room. TJ gave her the WW crown [which made her day, as “Queen of the World”]; She did seek protection from Ann Eifel by hugging TJ and saying she didn’t like her, and he told her she could join their club, remember? After all, Toni & Shannon left WW and went to the house to see Brad. TJ had not returned home from work, yet. Remember, he was feigning a concern for Ann’s injury to her finger and then went to attend to a customer. So…"Shannon. In TJ’s room. On the bed, with the WW “Queen of the World” crown."

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    Mordock999  over 12 years ago

    Well, Brad today You’ve LEARNED a valuable Lesson:The Ladies? They WON’T Listen to You.Oh, and THEY are NEVER Wrong.So be GOVERNED accordingly.

    Now, while I DUCK the incoming FLAK, a question:

    Have you looked in your car? Or Toni’s? Shannon might be there….,

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    dieseldude  over 12 years ago

    even a barn yard chicken will stick its head in out of the rain…………..HELLO.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 12 years ago

    I suspect that Shannon fell asleep and did not hear the hollering and is inside.

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    Hoodude  over 12 years ago

    Inside w/locked doors,oh snap

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    Kathe  over 12 years ago

    She could have found either Brad’s or Toni’s car unlocked and got in out of the rain. Then, either fell asleep or is ignoring them when they call her name. My son, when age four, did this to me.Or she found her way to WW by now. Or she is somewhere in the house and refuses to respond to the calling of her name. Hope we find out tomorrow. This is getting tedious.

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    legionbuck43  over 12 years ago

    Awww nuts ! Toni put on a raincoat…I was hoping for a wet T shirt shot…

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    dallasfan1  over 12 years ago

    I don’t think he knows he has a daughter.

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    Guilty Bystander  over 12 years ago

    And I’m still working on a definition of which strip you’re alluding to because I’m pretty sure isn’t this one.

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    Sisyphos  over 12 years ago

    Toni had the sense to put on a slicker before going out in that downpour, but poor Brad did not. Maybe in fact she is wearing his. If so, a noble gesture on his part, but dangerous. I think Shannon is probably fine (at WeenieWorld?), but now Brad’s health could become a concern (requiring round-the-clock nursing from Toni, of course).

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    barkingspider1  over 12 years ago

    Five frames age they were celebrating her win over Anne Eiffel. Look at Shannon’s face. Maybe she liked the attention and went back to Weinie World to go after Anne again?

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    kathrynismerry  over 12 years ago

    The psych-ic/o Big Sister turns on her Little-Sister Radar: *Shannon thought about going back to Weenie-World, because TJ pays attention to her. But it was raining, and she had to go potty. So, leaving the back door open, she went to the bathroom. From there, she did hear Toni calling her name, but didn’t answer loud enough to be heard.

    Shanon made it to the kitchen about the time Brad and Toni left. Seeing their exit, she has gone to the closet to get her rain gear. She’ll be following them for quite some time before they notice her.

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    auramac  over 12 years ago

    She’s inside. And we’re outside, waiting for this to end.

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    mojitobaby  over 12 years ago

    Dave, that was the worst. You can go work for Stephan Pastis any time now! ;D

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    Chuck373  over 12 years ago

    I think she is inside, too.

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    violinrules  over 12 years ago

    You’ll notice how Toni is wearing the raincoat and thinking rationally, and that Brad is getting absolutely soaked, and therefore wants to be the one to look inside….

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    Petemejia77  over 12 years ago

    she got kiddnaped by Eiffel!!

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    kenwarnerfordictator  over 12 years ago

    Call me crazy, but now would be an great time for Dirk to show up with Shannon!

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    RCAuclair  over 12 years ago

    I have another idea. What if the girl’s missing because Ann Eiffel’s upset over getting bit and wants to get even? It’s not exactly a secret the woman’s a pill…she might just be unstable!

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    Fan o’ Lio.  over 12 years ago

    Call me a Taxi.

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    Fan o’ Lio.  over 12 years ago

    Here’s a hard one – Draw me a bath.

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    Popeyesforearm  over 12 years ago

    that little brat probably commandered a police unit and is on her way to kick Ms. Weenie World in the shins.

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    rvonluchen  over 12 years ago

    Inside – inside home – Shannon’s home.

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    sa227cc  over 12 years ago

    This is so predictable. Shannon will be dry and warm inside Brad’s home or a neighbors, and looking at them like they’re crazy, and they’ll be panicked, wet and relieved.Boring.

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    imbaldeagle  over 12 years ago

    Now, I’m thinking that Toni doesn’t think well under pressure. Ignores Brad’s common sense and pursues the only alternative she can think of – YELL! Ridiculous.

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    marsh_1  over 12 years ago

    she’s standing at the front window in the 1st panel

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    Train 1911  over 12 years ago

    she went back to real father

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    Fan o’ Lio.  over 12 years ago

    Please – Somebody ask me if I took a bath.

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    Airman  over 12 years ago

    Greg has to pace himself with these arcs, or he’ll burn out trying to constantly come up with fresh ideas. He could always take a Luann “break”. She’d be a fresh, new face.

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    Geez, I can’t wait for tomorrow— Mr. Evans has “left the door open” for so many possible scenarios. Now, I no longer make predictions, but here is one reader’s assessment of probabilities: Kidnapping by either Ann or Dirk would lead to serious repercussions, and might take weeks (or months) to play out. If Shannon went outside the house, I wish Greg E. would have drawn a map indicating the relative position of Brad & TJ’s place in relation to Weenie World, the DeGroot residence and Jonah’s place. Finally, it would be great to have a floor plan of the house to show all of the potential hiding places where Shannon might be if she had not left the house. Also, as a follower of Lynn Johnston’s original strip, I love the idea of Puddles expiring as he rescues Shannon!

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    As all of this “drama” is unfolding, Luann is oblivious to it, being in her own little world (probably fantasizing about Quill), Tiffany would be apathetic, and Frank & Nancy are unaware of the situation. But where is TJ at the moment?

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    Lastly, if Greg Evans runs out of ideas, I would suggest something that might be more than a bit original for newspaper comic strips. That is the one that I suggested a few weeks ago— Bernice is approached by an old Occult Philosopher, who offers her employment as a Naked Librarian in the Lodge of a Secret Society.

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    No offense against dogs! I am a lover of all animals. Actually, Puddles should not be killed off, as he has never done anything against the “humans” in this comics! I was just making an oblique reference to the thing about Farley…

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    Things could be so much easier to think about if Greg Evans furnished us with a street map of Pitts, as well as diagrams of houses in the city. Also, what are the regulations regarding employees of the municipal departments?

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    I hope Puddles is in a safe refuge in the House Of DeGroot! No, he should not be crucified for the sins of Shannon! Let’s repent our evil thoughts!

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    With all this fan-generated build-up, there had better be a blockbuster development tomorrow. But, whatever happens will possibly have a significant effect on the relationship of Brad & Toni. Shannon has proven to be problematical in the “chemistry” of their erotic relationship…

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    No! No! I didn’t never kill no little doggy! I love dogs— however my pet cat does not know what to think of them. Seriously, Neutron reminds me of Bucky. Do you read “Get Fuzzy?” Satch the Pooch is a good dog, who would be a friend and protector of Puddles.

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    Again, no predictions, but I really wonder how much Greg Evans is pondering the re-introduction of Dirk into all this. We know he collects garbage, and claims that he will be a cop. Now, how about the possibility that he would be rejected as a police officer due to his past record, but be hired by a private security guard company?

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    Fan o’ Lio.  over 12 years ago

    Nobody will be my straight man …sigh.

    OK – Quill & Gunther are gay lovers – Luann has been arrested for assaulting Tiffany – Nancy and Frank are divorcing. Puddles has been sent to the pound. Shannon was never found. Toni reunited with Dirk – Brad went into the priesthood.

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    Oh! Did Dirk contract HIV/AIDS due to needle-use/injection of amphetamines, cocaine and heroin?

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    mojitobaby— Neutron hates other cats, also does not trust humans, and is confused about dogs. I know that this is off-topic in regard to “Luann,” but I have to talk about something while waiting for the next development on this comic!

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    melmarsh9v  over 12 years ago

    Why am I discussing the goofball cat that I love? Tomorrow, let’s just stick to analyzing the comic strip!

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    mojitobaby  over 12 years ago

    I dunno, I think Sanchez retiring to Spain in the nick of time for Brad to be at the head of the magical rehire list, so Toni didn’t have to sacrifice her place, is about as deus ex machina-y as you’re ever likely to get!.I also don’t get the constant Dirk fascination amoing the conspiracy theorists, except for the fact that evil is far more entertaining than good, just like conflict is far more interesting than happiness. (Which is why Greg won’t do a happily-ever-after marriage for Brad and Toni, no matter how many people swear they won’t read the strip any more unless they get their way.).While Dirk may not be in prison, I think wherever he is, he’s still up to no good. My first hunch would be identity theft, which would also explain why he isn’t back in clink..The open door? It’s just like the “legal schmegal” paperwork – a plot device that arises from nowhere, and returns just as quickly – with zero explanation.

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    mojitobaby  over 12 years ago

    HA – you can if it’s dead!

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    Ottodesu  over 12 years ago

    The BogieMan never became the BirdieMan of Alcatraz, did he?

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    mojitobaby  over 12 years ago

    What was ridiculous is that apparently Brad was the only firefighter laid off during the cost costs, which were “last hired, soonest fired” – but that also means “last to be RE-hired” after layoffs. So for him to be able to take immediate advantage of Sanchez (say that 3 times fast!) leaving, he’d have had to be at the head of the recall list, with no one else having more seniority. Totally a deus ex machina save.

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    Airman  over 12 years ago

    Crazy cat ladies.

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    Sweetlorrain  over 12 years ago

    She’s being a snot!…lol. Probably fell asleep in a closet! My cousin Tara acted like she was 10, when she was Shannon’s age. Now Tara is 10 and acts like she’s 16…lol. She’s a clever girl!

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