Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 03, 2014
Transcript:
Gunther: "You want me to be.... wild?" Rosa: "Gunther, I have to hold YOUR hand. I have to kiss YOU. I had to ask YOU to the dance" Rosa: "I'm an outgoing person. You're inward. What are an innie and and outie doing together?" Gunther: "Um... being an oddie?" Rosa: "Unfortunately, yes"
honeysum almost 11 years ago
Gunther needs time.
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
“Oddies In The Evening”“♪♫….I Want You To Hold My Ha-a-and…♪♫”“♪♫…Gunther, That’s All I Really Want…Is Some Fun…♪♫…”“Navel Conflict”“The Safety Dance”or“The Belly-Button Of The Beast”
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
Two navels walk into a bar…. The one is always criticizing the other… finally, the first turns, and says: “Why do you always have to pick at me?”….
honeysum almost 11 years ago
She doesn’t realize there are benefits and advantages to a straight guy like Gunth
honeysum almost 11 years ago
Well, at least she told him what isn’t going so well with them
seyleigh almost 11 years ago
Is she going to cheerfully accept their differences and break up with him, or happily accept their differences and try to make it work?
Maybe she’ll make him do all the work in the relationship for a week and see how it goes? That could be an interesting ark.
Elmer Gantry Fudd almost 11 years ago
Interesting to contrast how proactive Gunther was making things just so for Quill with how passive and disinterested he is with Rosa. NTTAWWT.
gkid almost 11 years ago
Well, we will see where this goes. Is it …“Well, my goodness, we have a problem. Guess this means I’m gone.” I will now proceed to the next relationship, where there ARE no problems." Ummhumm…" LOL.
wiselad almost 11 years ago
tomorrow is either the goodbye, or he actually for first time takes initiative, kisses her and says “I can’t lose you, you are the Jewell my heart wants”, I say 4/5 possibility that it is goodbye
Elmer Gantry Fudd almost 11 years ago
Gunther may be many things, but I don’t think “straight” is one of them.
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
Nothing, really!…. the 2nd one just realized that the 1st one was right, takes stock into what he said, and…. oh, wait!!! I forgot! He does say: “Fine, I’ll stop! Quit your bellyachin’!”… (but, inside, he knew how wrong he was…)
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
Well, Rosa’s smiling…and her eyebrow is raised (as in merriment or being tickled at a thought)… so, either she’s coming to the realization of the Huey Lewis and the News song “Stuck With You” (joyful and celebratory), or she has a really good way of delivering bad news…..
gkid almost 11 years ago
Better stick with the one you’ve got. and work it out. Together. No relationship is without problems. You have two human beings involved. There will be flaws. But if you love them and they love you , most things can be worked out. TALK IT OUT. AMAZING WHAT COMMUNICATIONS WILL DO. AND HAVE FUN; DON’T FORGET TO LAUGH.
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
“I Will Follow Him”, Peggy March (Will she?)“Shake It Up”, the Cars (What she wants Gunther to do, once in a while)And here is proof that “Shake It Up” definitely applies, here! ….
gkid almost 11 years ago
A Merry Heart Doeth Good , Like A Medicine. If you can laugh and chuckle together , you got it made…
gkid almost 11 years ago
Or not. She may keep going. But it’s more fun to stay.
Caldonia almost 11 years ago
I agree on all points.
gnmnrbl almost 11 years ago
Gunther, its honorable that you are such a polite and studious boy. But you need to get out of your shell before rosa tells you to go on.
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
“Brought to you” by:Admiralty Navel Oranges… – Extroverts’ Convention…. “Make your reservations now!”… – And by… lint….
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
Funny, I thought the present was a gift!…
gkid almost 11 years ago
I think this is going somewhere. I hope.
Mikeyj almost 11 years ago
This is why I love this strip, Greg has us guessing until the last moment on how things will go here. He makes sure we will “tune in tomorrow night”, to see who is right. My guess is “one more chance”, simply by the fact that Rosa doesn’t look defeated. Of course, that doesn’t mean Gunther will want that chance, he might decide he wants to be friends… can’t wait to see how this is resolved!
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
“You want ‘spontaneous’? You want ‘wild’? OK Rosa, let’s both get naked and wander around in the library!”
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
Wow, 5th day of the week, already!!!… – In preparation for this, and also sort of apropos to the current arc, here’s “Chemistry” and here’s “Subdivisions” by Rush… enjoy!!..
luann1212 almost 11 years ago
Talk about opposites, how about Knute and Cystal? These two should work this out I hope, although Gunther needs to take a few more steps to get there. Lets see if he does.
barbarasbrute almost 11 years ago
She can’t/doesn’t want to be the ‘outie’.
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
“Live, Love, Laugh”
“The other one says, “Every day is a gift”
“As part of a set: Past, Present, and Future…”
^Reminds me of another song, this one by James Taylor: “Everyday”…Airman almost 11 years ago
“The tortoise and the hare.” Time for this cute little bunny to dump and run. Gunther will never be able to understand, much less, satisfy her needs.
jemgirl81 almost 11 years ago
Innie. Ottie. Sounds like she’s talking about belly buttons lol
cheap_day_return almost 11 years ago
I’ll say it again, what a dunce. He doesn’t even realize she is just furious with him.
ReneTray almost 11 years ago
Well opposites attract.
gkid almost 11 years ago
I think it’s going to work. Now. He better kiss her. And give her a hug. :-)
EricPost almost 11 years ago
Oddie, wait till she finds out he’s gay. And wait till he finds out she only wants him for her green card.
gkid almost 11 years ago
That’s right. Love it. :-)
TwilightSea almost 11 years ago
Perhaps just perhaps, Gunther might be an Introvert Rosa..
gkid almost 11 years ago
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ooptheman almost 11 years ago
Don’t think Gunther is gay, just a shy mama’s boy, Rosa doesn’t need a green card. If its met too be they will work out differences. Relax folks, this a great comic strip.
Editman almost 11 years ago
Has Gunther declared (no, not that) want he wants to Major in in college? Home economics, perhaps?
Barry1941 almost 11 years ago
In response to seyleigh, why does Rosa have to change her personality? Gunther appears to me al least to pretty much be a momma’s boy.
38lowell almost 11 years ago
Sadly, doomed from the start.Sadly, they’ll also both get more than they want, when they go to college.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member almost 11 years ago
He’s simply afraid to release that monster that’s hiding inside him.That’s it!Gunther is actually the Beast in the new TV version of Beauty and the Beast.
poopick almost 11 years ago
As we used to say in The Bronx, this don’t make no sense. The only reason other guys aren’t after an attractive girl like her is, there are only about two guys in the whole high school: Knute and Gunther. Have we seen any others? This must be the smallest graduating class in American High School History: 7 people. And where was Miss Hot Pants? She couldn’t get a date for the dance?
genorino almost 11 years ago
Tomorrow Gunther invites Rosa in for milk and cookies, BTW mom is out of town.
diggitt almost 11 years ago
Gunth has been brought up by a single mother with no man in sight (and only an excuse as to why that is so). Maybe he’s been taught that sex is a bad thing.
Mordock999 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Enough.
Let Me Sort THIS Out:
Rosa? Even Though YOU are Lovely, Intelligent, Sensitive Person, Gunther, TRY as He Might, Is Just Not Interested in You. And THAT, According to Some Posters Here, Makes HIM a “CREEP.”
On the Other HAND, Luann, REJECTING Gunther for the EXACT Same Reasons, Makes HER “SENSIBLE.”
Welcome to “FAIRNESS.”
That Said, GOOD LUCK with Your GREAT and NOBLE Missionary Work in South America, Rosa!
And Please WARN Those Good People as to What is SPREADING Their Way…..,
tubgrape almost 11 years ago
Maybe Gunther is about to have a major revelation. If not, then there is no hope for this goofball at this time.
genorino almost 11 years ago
We know Rosa has an innie from the pool party so G-man must have the outie. I know mom is not home because the porch light is off.
Argy.Bargy2 almost 11 years ago
Ok, I’m yelling at you….
Argy.Bargy2 almost 11 years ago
-If he waits another 85 years to make a move on her, she can charge him with “Assault with a dead weapon"-LOL! Or grave robbing….
seanyj almost 11 years ago
Gunther and Rosa are just like Jon and Liz from Garfield, the ultimate odd couple with hot chick and geeky guy!
Tim Pickard Premium Member almost 11 years ago
He will prove to be a good, stable, loving husband in the future. Right now he is just at an awkward stage. Right now having a hottie like Rosa look his way is a little intimidating. I was awkward around the pretty girls in high school, I just never felt up to the task. I met my late wife who was beautiful while high school, but we didn’t work out. Long story short, I went in the Navy and grew up. We re-connected by letter while I was off Vietnam. We wrote many letters and wound up together for life. There is hope for ol Gunther.
JimT8 almost 11 years ago
Really good drawings today.
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
> All this “gay” talk is from the uninformed.>We’ve seen Gunther’s expressions and behavior around Rosa. Now look at how he reacts towards Quill, or even the thought of Quill:July 24October 10October 11and most telling, of all, when he is with both of them. Just sayin’.
JimT8 almost 11 years ago
Rosa and Gunther are both gentle people. This is the first first overt fire either of them have shown, although it has been clear that Rosa has had the concern she shows today, for some time. They first got together when she asked him to design a dress for her, after seeing the (rather wild) one he did for Luann, and she has mostly been the one to take the initiative on everything. He has not seemed to mind that—but she does not want to be a dominant, controlling partner—a good thing. Gunther is maybe too polite and too timid, but the fact that has so much as shown the nerve to date someone as attractive as Rosa offers some hope for him and their relationship. And sometimes he really comes through, like the time they were dancing and both admitted to having a wet hands problem, and he said—and showed—he had a way to fix that. He is worth watching.
ACTIVIST1234 almost 11 years ago
The G-man has a sense of humor, and Rosa likes it! See her smile!
Gokie5 almost 11 years ago
I’m very close to someone (A) who was virtually ignored for months by a man (B) who finally got a new job and moved across the U. S. Then B proposed to A by mail. But by then, A had met another man, whom she soon married. B was shocked.
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
As I was explaining to Seyleigh, it’s…agenda, from him, that’s all… just because of how she looks… he’s usually posting like that….sad, and all…
Radical-Knight almost 11 years ago
Careful… the show is beginning to melt. Don’t turn the heat up too fast, you don’t want to scortch him!
johndifool almost 11 years ago
Ol’ Gunth needs to try Monty’s Hyde formula that the latter imbibed this week, turning himself into a beast of man…
KEA almost 11 years ago
“…you’re concave and I’m convex, welcome to the world of s**” — Steve Goodman
Hugh Manatee almost 11 years ago
If this was a movie, I’d have walked out a long time ago.
716PMedGuy almost 11 years ago
once again Gunther gets her
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Actually, no they don’t.
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Yes. You should be yelled at.
ahess247 almost 11 years ago
Gunther is gay.
drewpamon almost 11 years ago
One of the great lies of modern society is that children learn social skills from other children. It’s not true, if it were true you could expect children to learn music by having them hang around tone deaf people. Children learn social skills from watching their parents interact with both themselves and more importantly with other adults. Gunther missed out on having the most important teacher he could have on interacting with women, namely his father.
lspang almost 11 years ago
Gunther is a good example of the extreme “safe” date. However its not fair to expect Rosa to commit to someone who isn’t giving her any physical or romantic attention. Yes he is honest, trustworthy, talented, kind and generous. But he has to be able to put out too….there must be a balance here. Its up to him to get over his fears and take a move.
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Again, I have to say that if the strip really doesn’t want to depict Gunther as gay, it had better stop drawing him as reacting the way he did on July 24 and October 11. That goes way beyond mere admiration to, at least, complete infatuation.
Takagi-san almost 11 years ago
He’s becoming less interesting to her. She’s bound to discover soon what a dullard Gunther is and will move on. If Reality has any say, that is.
harmgb almost 11 years ago
Dullard? PROBABLY, if they wind up married, Rosa won’thave to worry about her husband smoking or drinking, or being unfaithful. Probably won’t have to worry aboutabuse, either, and very likely Gunther will be a great Dad.All in all, a pretty good package, compared to some….(Yes, I know it’s a comic)
kritter666 almost 11 years ago
I was hoping that Gunther and Luann would eventually get together
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Yeah, I don’t know a lot of these acronyms, either. Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That, of course.
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
The Sinatras? :)
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
The “Evans’ blog says Gunther isn’t gay, so he’s not” advocates could become movie reviewers by not bothering to watch the movies either, but simply reprinting the directors’ press releases as objective truth.
imbaldeagle almost 11 years ago
She walks Him to the door?! Guess she’s desperate for a good night kiss.
boldyuma almost 11 years ago
Innie…outie?..They need some time to gaze at each others navels..
notbornyesterday almost 11 years ago
Gotta be sumptin’ really sick or deviant in Gunther’s past for him to be such an emotional cripple. Anyone care to speculate ?
notbornyesterday almost 11 years ago
But not Hawaii. What happened there was a whole lot more shameful.
capricorn9th almost 11 years ago
The male usually initiates the acts of kissing, asking for dates, etc. Rosa has to assume the male role in this relationship with Gunther. Gunther is too timid and shy about these things, like most girls are. For the girls, it is mostly about not wanting to send the slutty vibes or image, while with Gunther, it is more about his timid personality. So if Rosa wants to continue dating Gunther, she has to assume the male role and initiate.
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
> let me see… the artist can’t claim he’s painting a still life as opposed to mountain scenery because he’s not impartial?>Maybe he can’t, always. If he’s painting a mural of the Matterhorn, and he claims it’s a bowl of fruit, his protestations are simply misguided. If Gunther behaves as if he has a much stronger attraction to Quill than to Rosa, it doesn’t matter what Evans says. It’s what he draws that counts.
3pibgorn9 almost 11 years ago
Nah. He’s just like I was. If he doesn’t grow out of it, he’s in for a number of years of being passed over.
mrs_yld almost 11 years ago
At least she’s smiling now. :)
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
> In this case he is GOD. Characters live or die by his whim. So pipe down>Ah, that explains so much. This forum exists to worship him, and any skepticism as to the merits of his “creations” is abject heresy and must be stamped out as such.
Angelalex242 almost 11 years ago
…what’s actually going on is that the male role and female roles are reversed here. Rosa’s taking the masculine role, Gunther’s taking the feminine role. Rosa wants her female role back, and all her attempts to get Gunther to man up are based on this idea.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 11 years ago
Even if you are, we still love you
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 11 years ago
Zirconia is very pretty.the price of diamonds will continue to drop as the cost of synthesis goes down.
live2read almost 11 years ago
Not being passive-aggressive; just making an observation. I know that there are many Americans who aren’t d-bags, but there are those who DO hold preconceived notions of Latinos as illegal aliens because of what they see or hear in the media, which mostly present VERY racist, stereotypical depictions of us. You can’t blame me for making an accurate observation.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 11 years ago
This is the most encouraging strip in a while..They may break up eventually or never.Both consider the future together worth working on.They understand they weren’t cut from cookie cutters but are individuals..Those who want EXCITING PASSIONATE resolution in two hours might consider some silly formulaic action/adventure movie..I praise the artistry found here and those who can see it.
ORMouseworks almost 11 years ago
Someone once said (among the many millions who already have said the same thing): Opposites attract…but the question is, do they continue attracting? Rosa seems to be getting more and more frustrated…I am waiting for tomorrow’s comic to see where this goes, if anywhere… ;)
Willow Mt Lyon almost 11 years ago
Rosa, Rule #1: Never say it is okay when it isn’t okay. Rule #2: Never take a guy home past his curfew.
alviebird almost 11 years ago
He realizes this is odd, he just doesn’t know how to go about evening it up.
gusty1345 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Opposites balance each other…
ahess247 almost 11 years ago
Gunther is gay, and it should be okay for the comics page. Evans & Daughter? Are you listening?
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
How nice of Gunther to make it easier, by joking about it, for Rosa to dump him! (She does have to do everything in this relationship, including end it!)
nferg Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I think Gunther has Asperger’s syndrome