Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 21, 2015

No use, Brad. The women have just spoken the “secret word”, a phrase in their “language”, to signal their “meeting” will now commence. At this point, in this one moment, you are only the “fly on the wall”.

“Gown With The Wind”“You Be Frilln’ " (♫)“Formal Introductions”“A View To A Frill” (♫)“All The Way To Gettysburg For A Dress”“Wedding March On The Red Carpet”“Dress Rehersal”“The Fresh Dress Stress Test”“In It For The Shoes”“Iron Chic”or“Couture Of Duty”

“Gown With The Wind”“You Be Frilln’ " (♫)“Formal Introductions”“A View To A Frill” (♫)“All The Way To Gettysburg For A Dress”“Wedding March On The Red Carpet”“Dress Rehersal”“The Fresh Dress Stress Test”“In It For The Shoes”“Iron Chic”or“Couture Of Duty”

Man! Sure took Greg a long time to post the new strip

9-11-2016. A long engagement…

This writing fails the Turing Test, pretty much every day.

You go, guys! Have a big, fun wedding!

Good to know that Toni isn’t planning to stick Luann in one of those hideous bridesmaid dresses.

Does this mean we have to stay tuned till 09/11/2016 ? That’s asking a lot…oh I forgot, “make ’em laugh, make ’em weep, but above all, make ’em wait”; still that’s asking a lot.

354 more days to go can’t wait i really hope this mean they will show more wedding arcs this weekwill they open the museum before the wedding i wonder..

Nah! They’ll go with the traditional burlap with blood larva…

September 11, 2016: A Sunday strip that will stay on arc. Should be a good one!

What if they have to work on that date, hopefully as an honor guard, not another attack?

Who gets married on a Sunday? I have literally never met anyone who didn’t get married on a Friday or Saturday.

Aren’t bridesmaids dresses usually ugly?

Well this engagement is going to drag out but it gives Greg a shot at many shopping trips. Enjoy your Monday!

Fantastic, I have been waiting for this ever since Brad (Bwad) and Toni got engaged. I suppose the only issue for Brad (Bwad) as to the wedding party is who is his best man…it has to be TJ his best friend. That will be very interesting. And I want to reiterate something I realized yesterday responding to a fellow Luann blogger: 9/11/16 is a Sunday, so this will be one of those rare arcs that probably will have an all panel view of the marriage, and all the people in Luannverse (except Ann Eiffle of course). Congratulations, to my characters!

Weddings are a scam which lead to divorce.

@BrdshttI hate it when I get in an argument with myself.Just walk away and ignore yourself lol.

And Luann, you’ll be able to wear that bride’s maid’s gown to so many different events afterwards!

5While I still worry a bit about the selection of the 9-11 date, I will hope and assume that Greg has a good plan in mind for making this specific selection work out well (and respectfully) in the end.In regards to Luann’s toothy expression in the last two panels…. in looking at it in one way, it seems a little forced looking…. which would suggest some sort of “conflict”…. but I do not sense any conflict in the dialogue, so I will assume it is just an accidental aspect of the way she was drawn today.Earlier some people today were suggesting this means that Luann will not be wearing a “hideous” bridesmaid dress…. I don’t know about that…. the possibility is still ripe with comedic potential… I would anticipate that the will be at LEAST a few panels where Luann tries on some arguably hideous gowns. Perhaps in the end, she will have something really beautiful… but there is no way I would think the opportunity for a few horrible dress comedic arcs would be ignored by Greg.

barf…

Hooray, a 9/11 party! Drinking, dancing, and having a good time all around! Maybe they can line the reception hall with photos of the firefighters who were killed!-I hope most people have the good sense to decline the wedding invitations.

“I want you to be my maid of honor Luann”*So, in reciprocity, to bind the families, will Brad ask Josh (or whatever his name is) to be best man? If so, he better also have someone set in case Josh doesn’t show up.*And I’m still betting something awful is going to happen to one of them before the wedding.

The 9/11 of 2016 (aka Patriots’ Day) will be a Sunday; the 15th Anniversary of the Tragedy itself! And, who knows? Maybe they’ll even go to the very site of Brad’s inspiration: the New One World Trade Center itself (and the surrounding memorial) for their Honeymoon; how fitting!

If you still pushing your bad taste, here are some recommendations: go to Indonesia for your honeymoon (make it coincide with Christmas) and ask the locals when will the next big wave hits, since you really want to surf it. Then fly to Madrid and take the subway in Atocha Station and take some funny selfies. Finally, you can end your tour in Somalia, doing a picnic with fabulous food and drinks, while the starving kids looks. Jeez…

Well, Brad, you now have Exhibits 1 and 1A of why women think nothing of spending thousands on their wedding (Hint: It ain’t about the groom, who is nothing more than stage prop).

I think it’s possible that Frank may be called upon to “give away the bride”. I know that it would seem “out of whack”, as “you’d be giving away the bride to your own son”, but Besides Jonah and Shannon, Toni has no one else for this… unless some new relative comes “popping in”, though it’d have to be someone that rates high in her book…

Toni will never make it to the wedding date.

Mazel Tov! I just checked my calendar and it’s on Sunday! That means it will be in color! My wife and I, who also did it also in one year and celebrating 25 years, Good Luck!

Ten days ago, did anyone here go to their local fire station and tell all the firefighters, “Happy 9/11, everyone!” I suspect the reaction would not have been celebratory.

So, no one even questioned their choice of date? I suppose when they go to the fire station to break the news, everyone will congratulate them on the decision and talk about how honored all the people killed on 9/11 would be that they chose that date to get married?

You might be able to make a case for getting married on 9/11. I think it would be hard, but maybe you could, since the events were the inspiration for Brad to become a fireman and led to his meeting Toni. But to pretend that it is not a controversial choice and just have everyone ignore the issues is pathetic.

My heart goes out to all of you complaining the free strip is late – by what, a day or two?

Luann might want to make sure they don’t have a nude wedding, like we did!

Now that we know Brad’s exultant “It’s Nine-Eleven” on Saturday wasn’t some play on words, I’m disappointed they are planning a wedding celebration for that date. If they want to have a quiet, tasteful church or civil marriage ceremony that also somehow honors those who died, then fine. I just don’t see how a wedding celebration (by today’s standards) can do that. I hope they find a way.

Weddings are as boring as buying warehouses.

Rosener’s 2nd Rule: It takes two to make a marriage—a girl and her mother.

Thom’s Law of Marital Bliss:The length of a marriage is inversely proportional to the cost of the wedding.

“Wouldn’t it be fun to see the Evans crew planning this?”*Gary – wouldn’t it be lovely if they gave each of us regular commentators a piece of wedding cake? I LOVE wedding cake. Please, Team Evans?

9/11/16 is a Sunday. Odd day for a wedding !!

It’s fun when the bridesmaids try to show up the bride.I remember one in which the maid of honor quickly switched to Daisy Dukes. I forget what the bride wore.

Why do I have the feeling that Imp and seismic are really just the same person talking so that they can agree with themselves?

Luann is already such a materialistic character Tiffany had to be completely bizarre to look bad in comparison.

BIG QUESTION – Do we invite Dirk?

“What is confounding is that some posters totally do not believe that Greg, Karen, and their created characters can pull this off in an appropriate and respectful manner.”

I hope you are right. The problem, for me, is the manner of Brad’s announcement on Saturday has already missed the “appropriate and respectful” mark. Let’s see if this can be fixed.

We can agree to disagree on that. I stated why I think its a fine idea. At least it’s on Sunday which means a nice big strip.

I guess I was just spoiled by Gunther’s adventures in Peru and Tiff’s dorm room. The reality stuff is just too mundane.

Good point. I like your take on that.

I’m sure that the Evans daughter will have a lot to say.

I guess that you had to put a cork in it. LOL!

“She may ask The Captain to give her away ….”^Yes, more likely candidate…

Dirk’s kids are now old enough to be ring bearer and flower girl

“I took Brad’s joy as at the fact that they had finally set a date, not over the date itself.”^As did I.

In that regard, perhaps some of the week prior can be the final moments leading up to the ceremony, the crazy hours of preparation the night or two before, and honored guests and relatives flying in, etc., with Saturday being a “sneaky tease” of the moments before Toni walks down the aisle….

“It would be a heckuva thing if you had to perform your own ceremony.”^LOL!!!!!! – Talk about a “cliffhanger”! If I would have to ask: “Do you take this man?….” I think that my tuxedo would have “washed itself” in sweat! Can you imagine even the slightest pause, before her answer? Hollywood would pay for slo-mo effects like that, too!

“a nude wedding, like we did!”

….. Brd, DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!!! ….-They were often done on that nude beach in San Diego, when it was a more relaxed, celebratory gathering place than it is now.

Brdshtt GoComics PRO Member said, about 18 hours agoIf Greg is going with this in the direction I think it might be heading, there are some here that might get to taste some crow.-————————————-Your thoughts please.

Implausible said,Luann, you got the job because Toni has no female friends. Next up, TJ gets best man because TJ is Brad’s only male friend.-——————————Can we expect at least a week or two on each fantastic decision?

Yep, that’s the one I was thinking of!

Congrats to you!!!! – We’re only on our 15th, next month, but it’s still ours , though, and I’m proud!!! – I think Brd has his soon, too, if I’m not mistaken…

Thks for including Puddles in the announcement!!

Brad says the wedding will be “September 11, 2016.”

That means it must be planned for a day fifteen years after the attack and when Brad is 33 or 34.

Even in the Luanniverse, “September 11, 2016” can only mean “September 11, 2016” .The option is to imagine that the attack was in 2013 or so.

And Warehouses are just a memory….

Sure could! But I said it for two reasons: (1) There’s a lot of story to unfold between now and then (similar to what you’re saying)(2) People may “warm up” to the idea of the whole date thing, by then (Warehouse or not)…

Yeah, I guess that’s where it’s at- when a wound runs deep, it’ll take a bit longer to heal, than other kinds…

This is a horrible idea, and I think most firefighters would find it horrible, too.