Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 19, 2017

Devil’s in the details.

Small changes can yield big gains.

A bean bag toss? At a theater camp?

“And coming up later in the week: Les Knox, ‘Hitting’ on every teen gal in the camp INCLUDING Luann.” Back to You, Chet!!"

A bean bag toss is always sure to draw a crowd.

Let’s give the theater kids something to throw at each other. Yay! Next we will have them practice stage fighting!

Oh, joy! Bean toss!

If a bean toss is the big draw, the only two name tags they will have to make will say “Lu” and “Pru”.

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(Crickets chirping in Das Fuze)

The games and such are a way to “break the ice”, form rapport, get everybody comfortable and such, in order to get the best and most out of everybody at camp….don’t wanna hold anything back, from acting exercises!

Of course, I don’t know if any of the kids will go for “bean bags”… maybe a “hackey sack” relay….

Of course, there’s always the old “break ’em down crying, then build ’em back up into drama machines” approach…

I also still say that Melodee Manezon is out in front of the Fuse, ‘recruiting’ campers for her own summer camp. Nobody hurts her “Quilly-kins”, and gets away with it!….

….And, if it makes her a few bucks? Well…. somebody’s gotta pay for that expensive “stiff neck message thingy” and that trip to Branson, Mizzou…. and that new custom turbo kit outfit for her Chevy Nova….and most of all, her replica Academy Awards statuette…. (Manezon: “Yeah…those snobs on the committee need to know who they’re dealing with!…”)

“Arts And Cracks”

“Life Changing Moments!…..Eventually…”

“Itine-rarely”

“Identification…Then A Coordination Check”

“Bean Counting, Followed By Security Exercises”

“From Tags, To Switches”

“Let’s Play Badge Ball!”

“A Game Of Musical Fruits And ‘Guess Who?’ "

“Get Start, Then Tossed In Space, Then I Dream Of Beanie”

“Name That Teen!”

“Hot Potato, Haute Pot-ah-toe”

“There’s Always A Catch!”

“To Cir-cle, With Love” (♫)

“You’re So Bean To Me!”

“Fun Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”

or

“A Legume To Stand On”

Pru had a hard childhood. There’s a backstory there.

Luann and Pru are about to clash in how to put things together

When does the camp start? This week? And they’re just now deciding what to do there? Shouldn’t they have done all planning that over a month ago, to have everything ready (supplies ordered, etc.)? Even worse, it sounds as if they’re organizing activities for Kidz First, not for teenagers. I hope these kids aren’t paying very much to attend!

How are teens going to let go of their phones long enough to throw a beanbag?

This camp is for teens? Teens live are non-stop drama. Don’t need a camp for that and teens don’t need to go to camp while mommy and daddy are at work. I think the camp idea is going to be a bust.

I wonder if they’re drinking “Moxie”?

I don’t get this one, but at least it’s not about the brat!

Looks like a little “who’s in charge” issue brewing between Luann & Pru. Ultimately though – I’d like to see a good friendship there. Will Pru run into a love interest? Maybe a new character?

Why not have cream pies standing by so if someone accidentally hits someone with a bean bag it could progress into a theatre pie in the face throwing exercise?

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A mildly interesting set of circumstances is being set up here today. Drama camp has some potential for being amusing and interesting. I am not sure about the bean bag toss being all that exciting, but, probably (as other suggested) it will some sort of “ice breaker” activity.

Luann’s comment of “We are about to change lives!” is, a bit much in my opinion, but as it apparently helped Pru, and it is definetly better to go into a (semi)teaching experience with enthusiasm, I will accept Luann’s comment as simply an expression of her exuberance.

The thing I find especially interesting with how this arc has changed is the potential we have in terms of a lot of new characters arriving. If Greg actually has us, the readers, experience “Drama Camp” it will be interesting to see these new characters. And, if he does this, will any of them become regulars in some fashion? Now, it very well could be that Greg will focus only on the planning of the camp (sort of like how he had planning for the Christmas play, but never showed the play itself). We will have to wait and see.

Who knew how fun name tags could be?

No, first you form the big circle to check in. A real trauma queen would’ve known that.

I’ve got a bad feeling about this….

Anyone else notice that Greg got the date in there twice in the first panel?

Pru says it could even help a guy like Leslie. We know a lot of the bad things Les has done, but what does Pru actually know about? I don’t think she knows about stealing the donations, or picking up Ox’s tip money. Maybe Luann told her about the high school bullying. Pru may just think Les had a rough childhood like she did.

They are running a drama camp for teens and yet they are barely more then teens themselves. I also get the feeling from their plans for nametags and beanbags that they may be in over their heads. I certainly hope they have more experienced people lending a hand.

Drama Trounces Trauma!

Now we finally get a hint about Pru’s “tough childhood” which may explain why the Big City Lesbian has moved to Nowhere Important, USA to waitress in a vaguely conceived event space and share a room with the pointless title character Luann.

Well, this isn’t exactly a good sign. Neither one—especially Luann—is qualified for this job. At most Luann can entertain little kids for brief amounts of time. I went to theatre school when I was fifteen and it was run by adults. If I’d seen people like these two in charge I would have begged my mom to take me home.

It should be interesting to see them do drama as a planned camp activity rather than as normal Luannverse activity. The mentioning of Leslie as a participant should raised all kinds of drama. Luann the name character in the strip, but I think she is used as a foil to advance the story of different characters in Luannverse. That is fine with me generally, although I must post a mild complaint; I would like to see some of the characters put on the shelf more, like Crystal and Knute, or Rose, or Delta more often,and more part of the developing story. Who knows anything could happen?

The drama of Drama Camp is so suspenseful! I wonder if Leslie (“Don’t Call Me Leslie!”) Knox will indeed become involved?

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Interesting bug in the system right now, showing that there is only one comment.

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