Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 19, 2013

Do you mean at last?

Bernice’s expression in panel 1, and her reply of “Hm”, show that she considers the prospects that this is their last Christmas together to be far from a bad thing.

Where is Mojitobaby these days?

Those were the good old days when you could be silly without regard to Luann.

Good night. It’s past my bedtime.

“A Gifted Child”“Your Presents Make Up For Your Presence”

“Cos We’re Living In A Material World”

“Annual Severance Package”or“Call Of Looty”

“Brought to you” by….

George Friendly’s Package Testing Service…. “Making sure your Graduation gifts, Wedding and Anniversary presents not only get to it’s destination, but we’ll make sure that it’s durable and resistant, with our multi-faceted testing… through rain, sleet, snow, hammers, weasels, and a muti-car runover test… we’ll make sure that you know that whomever sent your packages, sent them through a reliable testing service, to make sure that it will stand up to wear and tear, once you get it!”…. – and by…

Ted Wrex Parcel Delivery… "Making sure your packages arrive…. So long as it’s a day that ends in y, and is in a month that has the letter ‘x’ in it, and as long as it coincides with the second Tuesday after all the birds have flown south, so long as that happens before all contestants win all game shows in any given May sweeps that dont have Vanna wearing a red dress, and uttering the word ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’… uh, did we miss anything? Oh, and……

Rosa:As a member of the Peace Corp who will be helping starving, destitute families in Ecuador, I’m not even going to dignify that with a response.

We were so eager to get on to the future, that we didn’t really have time for nostalgia. Luann is making me sentimental about my wonderful life as an American Christian. How blessed we all are!

Only odd thing about the last few strips… Luann mentioned their 12 year friendship, but didn’t Rosa just show up like last year (in comic time, anyway)?

Last ^♪ ♫… Everybody need reverse polarity… ♪ ♫

Honeysum, are you saying that LUANN is an American Christian comic strip? Damn, now I’ll have to stop reading it!

Until we meet again……..

Sorry for the duplication. I don’t post enough to understand how it works .

Never realised Luann is Calvin’s big sister.

Luann is worried that the universe which she believes to revolve around her (consisting of all teen-agers in Pitt) is flying apart, and the prospects of no longer being at the center of things has her disturbed and depressed.

They don’t go to church, read the Bible, pray, depend on Him. The only time they mention Him is when they say OMG. This is an American strip, but not Christian.

♪I’m so glad we had this time together – not♫ ^Yeahhhhhhh…. I guess that means that she’s not gonna be tuggin’ on her ear, there…..

Rosa’s expression looks to me like she is thinking. “I never bought you a gift you silly gringo.” Also, usually this is the time of year where kids go home from college to get together with their families and see old friends. But of course, Luann doesn’t have a role model since Brad didn’t go to college.

It’s not a very good poem, but it’s very deep…^I also found quite a bit of holes in it…..

Rosa would spend Christmas in Ecuador. Bernice will be in Pitt, of course, but she likely will spend the holiday hanging out with her “new” friends from Moony Uni.. Delta could come home, but there’s no guarantee that she won’t spend the holidays some other way, such as if a bunch of Howard students organize a ski trip or something. Luann must reconcile herself that growing up means growing apart.

“Who Knows Where You’ll End up?”

Well, Due to An UNFORTUNATE Series of Circumstances, Probably at the SAME College.

Especially if “Certain Folks” have Their way…..,

Boooorrring!

That thing around Luann’s neck. I finally figured it out. It is a piece of macaroni

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So this was the response that you had already programmed yesterday.On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is hilarious… well. Please program a funnier one for tomorrow, ok?

Oh, I keep forgetting. The character that Greg Evans wants us to think is vain, selfish, and egocentric is Tiffany. Got it!

You can see why Luann is the only one not going anywhere after high school.

it’s pretty obvious she’s joking.As are they all… except Rosa.Par for the course with HS students – and us as well, in all probability.

Isn’t it about time for Aaron Hill to show up? I’m just saying…

The sarcasm is thick in the air, especially from Bernice.

-Careful, you might upset Leviticus….

I’ve never seen Luann so selfish. Me, me, me. She is becoming another Tiffany. It used to be that friends moved away, and at best they sent a Christmas card. Now a bunch of electronics have reunited old friends and classmates, and we have become better friends than we were in high school decades ago.

Well, I certainly hope she was joking, but I don’t see any sign of it.

Getting some good midriff action from Delta in panel 1.

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Sorry to suggest otherwise, but if you look at panel 1 on December 16th, you’ll see that Delta’s sweater has a lower edge that matches the color of the scarf she tied around her neck. I think that what you are assuming is her midriff is a miscolored edge of sweater. -As far as I know, most public schools have dress codes that don’t allow bare midriffs on girl students.

Luann lightens the tension at their somewhat disturbing thought of separation. They will remain good friends, even when or if apart.

Poor Luann, she just doesn’t get it’s not about her all the time. I would think the girls can’t wait to leave her behind.

Quite right. If Luann says, “I want people to give me things!”, it is because she is trying to cheer everyone up by making a joke, and we should adore her for her sense of humor and for her “inner beauty” that makes her so sensitive that she realizes that the people around her need a good laugh, even if they don’t realize it themselves. If Tiffany says, “I want people to give me things!”, it is because she is arrogant, vain, conceited, greedy, selfish, and uncaring, and we should despise her for it. The difference is as plain as day, obviously!

A strange thing happened when I opened the ‘Luann’ board a few seconds ago. Your original first post, in which you wrote ‘Last’, has vanished.

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What strange thing is this….

One rather substantial difference between Luann & Tiffany: critical difference: it says ‘Luann’ at the top of the strip=Maybe now that the characters are supposed to be going separate ways to new lives, Evans can accomplish the impossible, and please all the posters by spinning some characters off into their own strips.=I can see a ‘Tiffany’ comic, where seismic-2 is happy to follow the adventures of a hard-working wannabe actress who is beautiful on the outside (and not so much on the inside). We finally learn about Tiffany’s family; her mother,who raises pedigreed poodles, and her father, a penny-pinching banker who wanted a son and disapproves of actors. And we find out why Crystal hangs out with her.=And there will be a “Bernice” comic for Leviticus, where we get to follow Bern’s adventures on the campus of Moony Uni, in a dormroom with a mystery roommate who is never there when Bernice is.(Quill?) Bernice will dedicate herself to her studies to become a counselor, no longer interrupted by the requests from former friends who need a shoulder to cry on about studies, boys, etc. When she starts her intership, though, she discovers that the phrases she memorized in her textbooks are out of date.=And the rest of us can stick with the orginal “Luann” comic, and watch as Luann decides to share an apartment with a new girlfriend and attend community college. There, she meets a new guy who is interested both in her and his career.=Could work.

No strange thing =Ok, I was just surprised at the disappearance.

Bigger smile maybe?

Teens thinking of the down side of getting independence? ! ?* Don’t know about you, but I was so focused on the future I never thought about the friends I’d be leaving. Until my 30th class reunion.

Brdshtt – Finally a poem I can relate to!

Luann is kidding.Her friends? Not so much!

“If it is Bernice, she is being mean and spiteful and wants to do everything she can to destroy Luann. "*Levi, aaaa, poor little Bernice is just feeling left out because Hanukah was SO early this year. She’ll be happier next year when she can celebrate something too (Dec. 16-24, according to Google).*How’s that for a title for your next book, “The World According to Google.”?

Oh wow! I just realized how big Luann’s eyes are in comparison to everyone else.

I expect tomorrow, to have them playing “Don’t Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House… Y’know something? Maybe Delta and Bern and Rosa got that message when they played it on the Pitts High intercom during morning announcements…. with a heavy emphasis on the name of the band…..yeah, sneaky subliminal messages…. har har har!!!…

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And now, “Trips 1”

LAST!(for now…)

FYI JayBlue & Brdshtt— Meh was the last poster OF THE DAY.*So, Meh, you win! You had the last word!