Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 20, 2015

Brilliant.

Uh so what is it actually..a art gallery..? Where does the income come in from…or is it just a philanthropy…methinks Lu Ann has more brains then this trio…

what are they going to do with art museum?seems like a waste of 600k

I don’t think it has been renovated as yet. It is what they are thinking to make it look like.

Wherehouse are you OrAmuseum!

You would think they were talking about “bringing back the Paradise Theater/re”…. – I guess the question will be posed- "Is this a ‘fast forwarding’ ", or a “simulation” of what it would look like, if all these plans came to fruiton, in the midst of the deal “getting done”, in the last panel? – Could serve also as a potenial wedding place…

“Lost And Foundations”“A Rough Draft”“Bessamer Mucho”“Why Don’t We Steel Away?” (♪)

“What’s The Big Deal?”“The Best Mislaid Plans”“Handshake, Rattle And Roll” (♫)“The House That Jumpin’ Jack Flash Built” “Transform, And Roll It Out”“A Prose About Cons”or“Bungle In The Concrete Jungle”

Shannon looks like quite satisfied, like she brokered a deal. :)

I hope Frank D’s business partner doesn’t lose interest in this project like the food truck fiasco. Didn’t Brad have suspicions about the origin of the fire that destroyed the truck? This seems like a risky deal for Frank DeGroot, just hope he doesn’t get ‘burnt’.

This is a good thing for rich people to do. I don’t think anybody in Luann world is rich (not even TJ). These things never make money and always require a patron.

Not a snowball’s chance in Guam that $65,000 is enough to make the building in the first panel look like the one in the second panel. 50 years ago maybe, but not today.

TJ’s 60 grand is about one-fifth of what you’d need to get started with THAT dream.Twice again that much and maybe you have the full purchase price.

for first panel and second one, usually while people talk, they talk the “before” as worse than actually it is, and they talk the “after” as better than what it will actually end up as……………….. from what Frank said and by the skill sets of TJ ………………. I think Frank will put the warehouse as different sections, where they going to have 1. the theater section 2. the music section 3. the art section 4. the coffee bar section and the Deli section and TJ would run the coffee and deli sections ………….. basically a “cultural center” that will have coffee and Deli, they could include a small cinema where they show classics

the 60K is needed for the down payment, and usually down payment is 15 to 25%

…require a patron patsy.^LOL, Bingo!!!

Just curious, where was the picture taken?

I can see this happening in a future arc. I know its a lot of work, but I’m sure it’ll be great in the end. Hopefully Greg Evans will let me build it since I love building stuff in The Sims 4.

“It even has a song.”^You know, you’re right! Good find!

Knute will be the janitor, it’s perfect.

I love the smug look on Shannon!

Dreams can outshine reality easily. TJ will be giving Frank and Nancy a lesson in the Art of the Deal which they may end up not relishing.Shannon (panel 3) looks like her too-smug, foreboding version….

Gweedo trumped my comment; 65K will just about cover the building permits. But this is the funnies, so I’ll just go with the flow.

Nice to have faces to go with names. Thanks.

Frank, Nancy – You’ll be sorry!

Great Horny Toads, DeGroots!

You’re Entering into an Unholy Pack with a KNOWN Criminal!The SAME Jack-Ball That Has Made Your ONLY Son Look like a Moron on NUMEROUS Occasions, BURNED Down Your “Investment” Property (The Horner House) Without so Much as a Penny in Return, AND Has FAILED at EVERY Business Venture He’d Ever Ventured into!!

And Does Old Smiley EVEN Still Have The 60K or Has He Blown it on Something Predictably STUPID, and Just wants to Get Into YOUR Retirement and Savings Accounts, DeGroot SUCKERS??

I Hope YOU ENJOY Being Homeless Franklin, and Spending Your Days Collecting Aluminum Cans off the Sidewalks to Help Make Ends Meet, DOLT!

Jeez,get pessimistic much Mordock999?It’s just a comic strip,they’ll all be fine.(Unless you’re going for comedic overblown excessive drama,in which case,well-played):)

I wish the comments had a “Like” button. Thanks for posting the picture!

TJ will keep buying in$urance policie$ and keep burning down $tructure$

It’s going to take a lot more than $60K to renovate that place.

The way to make a small fortune is to start with a large one.

Thanks, Brdsey. Nice to see some of our fellow commenters. If I’d had to guess, I would’ve switched the I. D.’s.

Maybe they can include a theater. Our local arts center does.

Transform from that to this on $60,000 budget? I don’t think so. The DeGroots should re-think this. They will need more money.

I still don’t think TJ orchestrated the kablooie of his food truck. And despite the dire “before” picture, the building was fit for occupancy/use just a few months ago, so it may be structurally OK. Nonetheless, this project does seem like a real money pit. So far in this strip we’ve seen only three potential cash cows – Eldon, Tiffany’s father, and Rosa’s uncle (and we haven’t actually seen the latter two) – and there’s no reason to believe any of them would be interested in this project. So… danger, Frank de Groot, danger!

IDK, old Clue Creator! The only “art” in this deal may be on the side of the “Con”!

Shannon looks pleased with herself….Nancy and Frank come up with the development plan…TJ runs the café and catering…Brad and Toni have a wedding venue…Quill manages the theatre….Luann runs the children’s program…Dez is creative director…Bernice is business manager…Zebo manages the art exhibits…Gunther is in charge of costumes and science exhibits…Knute shows classic films….Crystal runs the eclectic gift shop…Tiffany is in charge of publicity…Ox is in charge of security….

The initiation of an empire.

@Brdshtt“The one on the left is Gweedo Murray and the one one the right is Night – Gaunt49.”.Where’s the cowboy hat?

Look they put on clothes and came out of their mothers’ basements !!! Actually, how big is that Christmas tree behind you?

If they really thi9nk this out they can combine an art muesem with a theater & a small diner in one corner!

Frank and Nancy had better get everything in writing.Don’t depend on a handshake where money is involved.

“Afore and futurition of a conceptuality”

or as Zebo would say…………………“avant et après d’un rêve”

Cocoanut (with an a) Grove is still doing fine in Santa Cruz CA. Great old place on the boardwalk. http://www.santacruzca.org/things/family-fun.php?attid=149

So that’s what the place where they had their new year’s eve party looked like?!?! What a dump! So I guess they cleaned up all the broken window glass for their party, wow, how embarrassing. This place looks like it’s been abandoned for years and that it’s in a really bad part of town. Didn’t they put on a play there too? I don’t get it :/

Thanks for posting this photo Brdshtt! NG and Gweedo, I’m looking forward to hearing the story that goes with it. So did you already know each other before this was taken . . . guys?

I look forward to the grand opening – the entire Luann cast of 20-30 people (less Ann Eiffel). $5 tickets could add up to $150!

Nice, but the entrance ropes block the sidewalk. Probably a code violation that will require Brad or Toni to issue a citation.

In the Spanish version, the warehouse looks like it’s being shown at night, or like it’s haunted.

Check out the Torpedo Factory art Center in Alexandria, Virginia..http://torpedofactory.org/about-us/overview/

.The building really WAS a Torpedo Factory for many years.It became an Art Center after an earlier idea to tear the building down and replace it was scrapped after the Developer got the Cost Estimate for tearing down a building that was constructed with potential Explosions in mind..Really Thick Walls. .I visited in the late 1970s and some of the artists who were renting work space in the building were still marvelling at their luck in getting the building in spite of the potentially Lucrative location right on the bank of the Potomac River in the heart of Historic Alexandria. Also, the close access to the Airport and the Beltway would have made for Prime Condominium Development if the developer could have gotten permission to tear it down and put in a Condo & Docks..

What kind of warehouse is this. Fancy windows, at least 3 doors (although the 2 on the side may be emergency exits) and the envisioned plan has the sidewalk blocked by the ropes

The ol’ folk have po’ memories.(click to enlarge)

can’t wait to see how this one turns out and theyt’ll need more than 60k; they have to buy the building first. But a space for the arts ranks high on great investments for a community.

Interestingly, the Evanses have posed this question on the Luann FB page:

“Dream? Nightmare? Reality?”

(“before” and after:) I had taken it for either one of those “misteaks” (sic) Greg referred to in last years’ Reubens Q&A seminar where he “goofed” on forgetting that depiction from last October, or “just a dream (loose referral to the latest post on their FB page) running in Frank’s head”…..– Sort of like the “Joe Westphall/St. Elsewhere Theory” (A.K.A. “Life in a snowglobe”)….

for me it depicts how Frank and TJ are talking about the place, hard for me to see the place as depicted in panel 2, it would be like 10-31-14 strip with better colors as they would repaint it. that is why it has an arrow going from panel 1 to 2, it is how the 3 are talking about the place …………… “the place is in shambles, with missing parts and such, and lot of things to put on code, but at the end we will have it in SUPERB shape”

the only artist in drawing named Michael Terry is this http://portfolio.thepaintbrush.co.uk/ and there is the recurring actor in bones

So where was the photo taken?