Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 03, 2012
February 02, 2012
February 04, 2012
Transcript:
Rosa: "Thanks for rescuing me, Gunther. But I could've handled that jerk" Gunther: "I know. I hit him for me" Gunther: "It really irked me the way he was treating my... my... um... you." Rosa: "Well, you were very chivalrous. I had no idea you could be so brave" Gunther: "Oh! Uh... well, I... um..." Rosa: "Of course "brave" is relative"
i think what some readers of this strip is missing is that the responses and reactions gunther is displaying is a lot more common than said readers would assume. greg is sensitive to this and displaying gunther’s reactions in very normal ways. i can think of at least a couple of instances in my own high school days that, upon looking back, i wished i had displayed a similar level of bravado in seeing a situation involving a girl i liked. it wasn’t until my college years i was able to “man up”, as it were.