Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 23, 2012
Transcript:
Tiffany: "Are you in the geek group, Luann?" Luann: "Geek group? No." Tiffany: "What about preppy?" Luann: "No way" Tiffany: "Jock?" Luann: "Nope" Tiffany: "You're definitely not an emo, goth, skater or punk..." Luann: "Why do I have to be anything? I'm just.... ME!" Tiffany: "And that is....?" Luann: "I don't know, Tiffany! There;s no slot I fit into!" Tiffany: "Yes. There is. You're a TWAG: Teen without a group. Or a BUG: Boring, uninteresting girl" Luann: "Actually I'm a CHIP: Clique- hating independent person"
BillWa about 12 years ago
So would make make her a Chippy?
TooOldToBeCool about 12 years ago
And Tiffany is a FIE – a Female Idiotic Egomaniac.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 12 years ago
I was such a pariah in high school that even the D&D nerds would shun me.
The Old Wolf about 12 years ago
My first year in college, there was no fraternity I felt comfortable with. I ended up joining ΓΔΙ (g.d.i.) which stood for [blasphemy] [blasphemy] Independent. They even had pins made up for it, and I still have mine. The following year I joined Intercollegiate Knights, a national service fraternity, and stayed with them until I graduated. We were a bunch of misfits, but misfits who enjoyed making a difference.
Snark-impaired about 12 years ago
Great analysis.
Namrepus about 12 years ago
Tiff is a Bimbo In Training: Class Hater.
blunebottle about 12 years ago
Sock it to her, Luann!
tudzax2 about 12 years ago
A member of the go home early club, that is, people who aren’t members of a club after school.
slug_queen about 12 years ago
Donny, what you don’t know about the Temperaments and the New Testament would fill a very big book. They are as you describe only if reduced to a simplistic form well beyond what they are.
As to Luann? She has for many years wanted to be part of something, valued, needed. In the past year or so it seems that she is learning that she can be valued as she is and on her own merits. This is an important part of her emotional makeup, and a real step towards maturity.
evergrey about 12 years ago
I was the Protector. Technically, I was a goth, but I didn’t hang out with many of the other goths, as a lot of them were really catty.I hung out with the misfits and a few other groups. Theatre people, punks, the few kids brave enough to be openly gay, rivetheads, artists, and random people from random other groups. I tended to be the one who guarded them, protected them, stood up for them… I chased off the neo-nazi skinheads and stared them down when they tried to bully those kids. I’ve always been the type to have friends from many different groups though… I love introducing people to each other when they probably wouldn’t interact, otherwise. It’s great when they become friends, and everyone’s world gets a little bigger. :D
SoItBegins~ about 12 years ago
Luann’s not boring nor uninteresting. She’s a CSP (Comic Strip Protagonist).
chefcass about 12 years ago
“You can’t stamp out individuality — there’s too many of us”. – Cyndi Lauper
Chuck374 about 12 years ago
My 14 year old daughter is a lot like Luann minus all of the romance desires. Count my blessings every day.
Tackerdog about 12 years ago
Way to go Luann!!! YESSSS!
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member about 12 years ago
Donny… you are hopeless.
Cronkers McGee Premium Member about 12 years ago
Luann nailed it!
jeanie5448 about 12 years ago
I was a BUG in high school too but we didn’t call it that, I was just the invisible one that no one paid any attention to. I can guarantee that 95% of my class has NO idea who I am. I went to a reunion about 7 years ago and found out that most folks didn’t even know I graduted with them. I have found out in life that you are better off being invisible and so I remain INVISIBLE.
Mordock999 about 12 years ago
No, No, Tiffenstein".
Luann’s in the “I’m ABOUT to put My size 9 UP Your BIG Butt if You Don’t SHUT UP” Group!
And FURTHERMORE…., HEY! Are You RECORDING This?!!?
rugeirn about 12 years ago
This strip is totally predictable. It comes out against cliques – big woop! Now, a pro-clique stance would be interesting.
sacqueboutier about 12 years ago
+1 Luann.
KarenSchultes about 12 years ago
You go, girl!!
ewalnut about 12 years ago
It would be interesting if Tiffany developed a perfume allergy — or an allergy to all that makeup she slathers on.
runar about 12 years ago
How about a member of the group that hangs together because nobody else wants them?
RayThomas101 about 12 years ago
Why does she have to be in ANY “group?” I wasn’t, when I was in HS, and I never noticed. I guess I was excluded, but who cared?
Thehag about 12 years ago
Wow there sure are a lot of commenters who like to box people up. I took today’s strip as anti-‘box-’em-up’
RayThomas101 about 12 years ago
Glad Greg’s back. I couldn’t take that old art much longer.
yangeldf about 12 years ago
I was also a CHIP in highschool
Gokie5 about 12 years ago
“Tiff. Man, Tiff and Luann are two competing feelers.”It would seem to me that Luann’s volunteering to work with kids in the public library. shows that she’s not all fluff and ego.
Mikeyj about 12 years ago
“Im just me” < the BEST thing to be
The Orange Mailman about 12 years ago
I like it. Me too, Luann.
whiteseal1333 about 12 years ago
She’s one of the normals :)
marvee about 12 years ago
“Tiff is jealous of Luann since she doesn’t know how to be herself – just a ‘plastic’ person.” Yours is the first comment that actually makes sense, i.e., I agree with it.
vwdualnomand about 12 years ago
those people who label other people are called anthropologists and sociologists.
LiviaBay about 12 years ago
No labels here…
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member about 12 years ago
Ha. Don’t flatter yourself. I KNOW Mojitobaby — and you’re no Mojitobaby. Better bring two lunches when Moj eats your first one. I worry when I see you ramble in less than 500 words.
mechaman about 12 years ago
I got along with most everyone in high school … mainly because I didn’t try to fit into any group. I didn’t let anyone force me into one either.
Gerry Lee about 12 years ago
It was fun to see this more recent Tiff/Lu strip right after the Vintage one when they were kids:) People change over time, but they remain the same people. Nice exchange.
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member about 12 years ago
Brdshtt – I was probing the system like a good little intelligence agent and I got my answers. Which, in part, indicates a lack of intelligence on behalf of some posters. Can’t take their little sideshow too seriously. It’s a tired game than ran its course on the old United Media site. Cheers.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 12 years ago
Sometimes I don’t think those two love each other.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 12 years ago
“evans is a OMWWTG ,old man wishing was teenage girl”-Have you ever expressed your love for him?
Dconskjk about 12 years ago
That was me. Had no group. Only reason my classification could be band was I played, but it wasn’t my species
Attila The Voice! almost 12 years ago
Nice comeback Luannmister!
DevilDog2001 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Go Luann!
(Me, I’m a wallflower)