Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 23, 2020

must be Leslie’s cat meowing (interesting we’re now getting back to the boys’ lives)

And a new mystery ay the Gulag!

Punk speaks!

Uh-oh. ✨

Glad to see that Les is finally throwing out that nasty old box of Greg1123.

And the mystery of Ben which was succeeded by the mystery of Jacques has been succeeded by the mystery of “MEOW” — Where is Scooby Doo when you need a mystery solved?

Where is Punk? He is meowing from somewhere. Unless they weren’t aware their car is a female and is hiding to give birth. Happened to a friend of mine…she thought her cat was a male when she got it as a kitten. She was startled to find her cat inside her closet with a litter of kittens. She was still a “kitten” – like a teenage human mom. My friend thought the cat simply hadn’t developed two telltale male genitals because it was still a kitten. Oops.

Let’s be honest, she IS the cat’s meow.

Time for a game of “Let’s find the kitten”!

Good to see Les back far the couple of weeks.

And now for one of the best short animation films from Canada…

The cat came back.

Looks like the strip is moving away from the adventures of Bernice Halper (page 218, Ben, Jacque and Beatrice, and “busybody” Luann")?

After an evening of gorging on veggie soup Bets heads for parts unknown, lending credence to the “haven’t done it” crowd. Interestingly, the G-man exhibits some testosterone in taking offense at Les’ presumed rude noise. Les isn’t ready to yield the field to “Gun” but the escalating conflict it quashed by a mysterious catlike wail!

Tune in tomorrow. When we hear Les say “I wonder what Bets would look like in a Catwoman outfit? Wrowrrr!”

“Hey Bets – take me home” – Punk

Punk is probably in the heating ducts so now its going to be a week long worth of them trying to get him out

Gunther gets on my nerves when he’s angry. He just overreacts and gets that face, why do they depict him this way?

Hopefully they don’t rip apart the walls looking for Punk.

In the meantime, we bid adieu to Bernice who has gone to check at her local Comcast outlet to see if they have anything called X-dreams on Demand.

Prima facie, i can see how Gunther would think Les “meowed” at his girl. But now he owes Les an apology now that they know it wasn’t him.

Whoever called it – back to Gunther and Bets – have an invisible facsimile! The greatest thing you never saw! (Apologies to Chuck Shaden, radio host from Chicago)

Not sure how this is going to turn into a “feel good” Thanksgiving arc.

Especially since we know Bernice won’t be taking part in theirs.

And the ever disposable Ben has once again “ging verloren.“

Is Gunther overreacting, or is it unacceptable to meow at somebody’s girlfriend?

I wonder if they have a well? I remember something from when I was very little:

“Ding dong bell; Kitty in the well…”

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Well, they actually did not say “kitty”, it was something else.

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https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/ding-dong-bell/

Why does Betts say, “Miss me”? Is she telling Gun to miss her? Don’t you say, “I’ll miss you”?

Leslie Knox was a high school bully who threatened Gunther’s first Girlfriend, Rosa and Leslie threatened to beat Gunther for intervening.Bets meet Leslie on a dating app where Gunther created a fake profile. Bets was initially shock when she found out that Gunther and Leslie Knox were roommates. Bets was suspicious at first with Gunther until she realized that Gunther was authentic. Gunther still carry the resentment and like to punch Leslie. Unfortunate, Gunther’s mother married Leslie Knox`s Uncle Al Gray. Maybe, after Gunther graduate from university……….

It seems that the two of them forgot that they live with a cat!

Now normally, I’d say something like: “Hey! Don’t believe him, Gun! Les is throwing his voice and screwing around with your head! Push him out the nearest open window, and I’ll SWEAR to the Judge it was self defense!”

But I just got thru telling Tyge about “forgiving” Les’ evil mom, Ann Eiffel. And there’s been enough Hate this lousy, stinking, ROTTEN, year as it is.So in this season of Thanksgiving and with hope for a better, peaceful, more cooperative 2021, I’ll say instead that the “Cat is out of the bag.” And that Punk either being titillated by some secret gentleman/lady caller. Or she/he has somehow wedged himself/herself into the walls. And We are about to be treated to a fun-filled week of the lads demolishing the Gulag with sledgehammers, a-la TJ, in a frantic attempt to rescue the poor pus…, uhhh “cat.” Much to the chagrin of one, Master Al Gray.

But hey. As My most respected friend Luann1212 says, “Hilarity Ensues,” am I right?

Gunther? A few suggestions:

1) You might want to start meeting Bets at her place for change.

2) Never, Ever, EVER, leave your girlfriend alone again with your “roommate.” Especially to “cook.”

3) Bets is smart, gutsy, and beautiful, no doubt. In fact in that outfit, she reminded me of the old Tiffany Farrell from 3 years ago. But Gun? You might want to keep your eyes and your “options,” open. Just saying.

Happy Thanksgiving to EVERYONE. And EVERYONE Please stay Safe. ;)

Does Gunther not know that Punk is his third roommate. He is acting surprised that there would be a meow coming from inside the house. Even the look that Les is making looks surprised. Was Punk just a dream sequence.

Ah jealousy, that is not shown as possessiveness is a thing! Not that there isn’t a bit of possessiveness in Gun(ther) andBets, on both sides, although with Gunther it comes out if he has the tiniest inkling that his roommate might be thuggishly flirting with her. Alas it’s just the cat, ohh I wanna write a nasty double entrende about two cats, one having left the house, but nah I will keep it family friendly (lol).

Is it Fred Basset’s cat?

This is a conversation that could only happen in a comic. In real life a cat’s meow sounds very different from a person cat calling a lady.

I’m calling it now. Punk’s in a wall. And when they find him and pull him out, he’ll have found something fascinating and/or valuable that was tucked in there.

Wha-whoa.

Did they somehow forget they have a cat?

SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO LIL’ PUNK ? PLEASE NOOOOOOO !!!!!! However. Bets looks more and more beautiful at every new appearance (♡) and Gunther looks more and more in love and…. on the verge of fight with Les? I hope the cat emergency will help the two of them be a little more friends. And… I still miss Gunther’s three-day beard. He looked better with that.

Meow = Help! I am locked somewhere! Usually in a box you just taped shut.

I’ll miss her FOR you, Gunther.

Les, don’t be a Punk! :D

What about Bern and Jack?

Thanksgiving Dinner storyline? New kittens?

Punk is still here.

Why did Gunther accuse him of that? He does know that Les has that cat, doesn’t he?

No resolution to the Ben story arc. No resolution to the Jack story arc. If the prediction that Punk is in the vents proves true the poor cat may never be rescued. Or, in a surprise twist of fate we also find Ben and Jack caught in the vents.

Bets strikes me as more of a “Reow”.

where’s the “whipping” sound? :-/

I wanted to see a continuation of Lu & Bern as Bernice becomes slightly more human.

Punk’s in trouble or about to be.

Quick! To the laboratory!

Punk is stuck somewhere. Maybe in a wall.

why’s he carrying a box of gregs ?

ghost cat!!or one has found a way into the walls and is trapped.

Pretty sure it’s not Jack…lol

They have a cat. Why would a “meow” be surprising?

What time is it? Is Bets leaving after spending the night? Or the day? Or what?

It’s Jack! He’s hiding in the walls wearing a merman suit! Quick! Squirt him with water and get him to Bernice!!

If I lived with a cat and heard a meow my first thought would be that the sound emitted from the cat and not my room mate, but that’s me…

Oh noooooo! Punk is in the walls!

And the Ben situation gets forgotten altogether, in favor of… a kitten. The stakes have never been lower.

Punk has gotten himself trapped somewhere; good that he is shrieking to get himself freed (cats do that). Les and Gun can follow the sound to his location. On another ote, I can’t help but notice that Bets says ‘miss me’ (like ‘you need to miss me’) as opposed to ‘I will miss you’. I could be wrong but it seems like the comment of someone who like the idea of having complete control over their significant other.

oh, love the “Miss me.”

Ghost cat!

Or, Punk is stuck somewhere, and this week is the wacky misadventures of Gunther and Les as they try to rescue him.

Where [did Dandelo go]? Into space — a stream of cat atoms.

Les seemed to like Punk. I’m surprised he forgot all about the cat. I hope the cat found something to eat the last few weeks.

Here we see Gunther looking like a badass. Not sure he can back it up – but G & K have been known to surprise us. Knute didn’t do very well against Les. BTW – Bets looks hot. Good that we have comics – can’t say that about a real person anymore.

Apparently Gunther’s memory is failing. He seems to have forgotten all about Punk. He hears a “meow” and immediately accuses Les. The dialog should have read:

Gunth: "Did you just meow at Bets?’

Les: “That was the cat, you moron.”

So, we’ve all pretty much figured out that Punk is trapped in the wall. Is punk actually a female and has now had kittens? If so, that would not explain just HOW she got pregnant, since I don’t think they allow her outside the house. But then, we don’t know that, do we? So I predict a week of trying to find exactly where Punk is and demolishing something to try to get her out.

Does anybody else remember that Twilight Zone episode where the little girl gets trapped in the wall in a whole other dimension? Do do do do….

Isn’t Bets worth meowing at?

What’s in the box?

I thought for sure this week would have had Luann inviteBben and possibly Berniece’s folks/ and nephews over for Thanksgiving as a way to try to force Berniece and Ben and to work things out. But maybe this is GnK’s way of subtly addressing the not allowing/encouraging different households to get together for Thanksgiving because of covid stuff. Although I hear Southern Cali Weather may be conducive to host small outdoor family gatherings. Glad i am not a betting person. Maybe if we are all good this year, GNK will get Ben and Berniece back together for Christmas.

Welcome Back Punk! :^)

Had a new cat meowing at me today, when I fed the strays and ferals.

Ugh, Bets.

Really Wow

Cat is disturbed making that sound.

Don’t they have a cat?

The cat came back. Just couldn’t stay away.

Or had kittens!

well, the cat’s out of the bag now! :-/

My, how fast those kittens grow up.

Either that, or another cat has slipped into the house while no one was looking.

Meow?

—Thus begins the caper called The Missing Punk Mystery!

Is Punk the cat’s meow?

Hmmm, I wonder if what Les thinks is in that box is really in the box. Is Punk hiding? Les wouldn’t look surprised if he knew Punk was in there, would he? Hmmm ;-)

Think about today’s strip structurally. Leslie and The Gun hear a cat meowing. It could be Punk. It could be another cat. It could be a Gray Parrot having fun with them. In any case how do you dol a four panel strip with just “Meow”? You can’t. So you add in some faux drama. Bets leaving and The Gun gets upset because he thinks Leslie is giving Bets the Wolf Whistle. Which doesn’t sound anything like “Meow” but never mind. After a panel of mindless junk (hem) waving. They both hear another meow. And they are stunned apparently because Punk has never meowed before. But without the fight over Bets there would have been just one panel in today’s strip with “Meow” overhead and the two men looking stupidly at each other. The fight gives substance to an otherwise pointless page.

well…

Do you think maybe Bets might have either accidentally or purposely let Punk out?

Ah, yes… This takes me back…

Years before, I was in the kitchen while my aunt was roasting a chicken. She heard meowing and thought it was me. I kept telling her it wasn’t me. It turned out there was a cat outside. It had caught scent of the chicken and was hoping for a taste.

Gun, you and Les have a cat. Or maybe it’s Les’s cat. Anyway, a cat shares yours and Les’s living space. “Meow” was coming from the direction of the inside of your house, or so it seemed at the time. “Meow” is a sound that most cats make. Why the heck wouldn’t you, hearing “meow” coming presumably from the inside of your house, assume it’s Les insulting your girlfriend, instead of Les’s cat singing the song of his people?

You forgot you have a cat??