Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 02, 2022

Say goodbye to Puddles….

”All The Wrong Moves.” ✨

That’s right Frank, no matter how dark things get, just continue lowering the shades; that’ll crush and destroy Luann’s optimism.

So the $64,000 question is …

“Someone we know, or not?” ✨

Is Frank sick of Puddles??

We’re treading water here…

Nancy, it is OK to hit Luann with reality. She is 20 so she IS old enough for this stuff, and the very fact she never considered it (as in someone deciding to just keep the dog) shows she is emotionally younger than 20. As for some of you saying this just might get Luann to move out of the house, today’s strip says she is not ready. She still has more growing up to do.

I have no idea what Greg is getting at with this weeks story. He ended last week on a cliffhanger — Puddles dognapped! But the first three days of this week has all the intensity of the DeGroots deciding whether to order in tacos or pizzas. Frank says he could see Puddles sitting on a woman’s lap inside her car which seems impossible because car windows are higher than lap level. But Frank doesn’t know the woman. Doesn’t recognize the car implying that it’s no body the DeGroots know, But he’s not anxious about getting Puddles back. And don’t give me grief that only a couple minutes have passed Greg knows that this has been going on for three days. He’s leaving us on tenderhooks. This is bad all the way around.

Frank keeps going down further and further. It is the family pet, after all. A furry family member.

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Panel 1: Franks’ bottle says, “Aqua Wet”

Panel 3: Frank’s bottle says, “Greg 3 – 2”

If Frank keeps that up, the next panel will show the bottle saying, “Arsenic” – compliments of Luann and Nancy.

I would be out looking and contacting animal shelters.

Probably been said, but I haven’t seen it. My guess is that it was Frank who found Puddles and he’s teasing Luann. Why else would he not be more worried?

Maybe it’s a dose of reality for Luann to learn some lesson.

Oh, now we’re into some doo-doo.

meanwhile, Puddles is being fitted for a new collar!

frank has the dog

Around here, the lady would post a photo of Puddles on Facebook with info about where she found him. Lots of dogs and cats have been returned to their homes that way.

Frank is too smug. Puddles is safe.

Look at Frank’s cheek on OUR right (his left). He is obviously hiding Puddles in there.

Would Frank do a crank on Luann ?

Frank wants luann to be realistic and understand not everyone does the right thing. But he tries to backpedal when he sees how upset luann got when he said there’s a chance they may NEVER see puddles again.

Frank comedy show

Poor Puddles. He’s not ugly. He is a basset hound. I still think the person is Stella, and she wouldn’t look kindly.

Puddles is in no danger, and Luann is in no danger…………………of growing up.

Frank is going to trade Luann for the return of Puddles.

Why can’t you just call the police and give the lady’s license plates? It’s so obvious, I’m surprised you haven’t done it yet. Also, did you even get license plates?

Okay, now I’m really hoping that Frank is just leading Luann on and teaching her a lesson.

And he’s not the clueless, insensitive, Jerk that he’s been depicted as for the last two Strips.

And if Frank IS leading Lu on, let’s just say just say that this is his way of payback for Lu letting Tara stay at the Fuse last year, and thereby enabling Cousin Stella to Break-in and Enter, the family’s place of business.

Let’s discount that Puddles is pretty plump and a perfect fit for a roasting pan and a small apple in his mouth. I bet he’s well marbled.

It starting to seem, to me anyway, that Frank knows more than he’s letting on. The Way he doesn’t seems to be worried, I think he knows that Puddles is safe, and who picked him up. I’m starting to get the idea that it might have been Mrs. Gray.

In any case, Franko just thought, Meh, let this lady drive away with our potato. It’s one less mouth to feed.

It’s official. Luann has the mind of a child.

Here’s a shovel Frank……..

Too late Frank! He just said poor, missing Puddles is cute and he can’t take it back like that. Luann is now back in a deep state of fear for her dog. I wonder if she’ll be able to act cool with Jack now, or if the next time they meet he’ll see her desperate face. In a way, I want this to happen, but if Jack is the one who returns Puddles to Luann…, how will she react?

Puddles has left the building.

Maybe we’re to infer that Frank doesn’t like puddles very much?

Frank DeGroot is almost as big a douchebag as Calvin’s dad!!

The brand name of Frank’s bottle changed from panel one to panel three..

Love ya Frank! I hope Luann has a mental breakdown.

I have a hunch that Frank doesn’t care if Puddles come back.

Frank was probably operating on the belief that since Luann didn’t care enough about Puddles to keep an eye on him in the park (or get him a collar and tags in the years she’s owned him), she wouldn’t be terribly upset if someone else adopted him.

Frank didn’t do anything to get Puddles back from that woman? Some father.

Third panel: Tongue in cheek.

I think Frank has Puddles. He is trying to teach Luann a lesson. Maybe , if she can be taught one.

No tag??

I remember a long time ago.

Timmy and family had a vacation in the woods.

Lassie got lost.

Next thing we knew, the show was about Lassie and a forest ranger.

You know, a story line like that just might save this strip!

Considering LuAnn’s regular screw ups, I probably wouldn’t be to sympathetic either like Frank.

Because you’re a clueless idiot Luann.

I never knew his name was “Frank”!

Love that face Luann makes in panel 3.

I don’t understand today’s comic at all. If this had happened to my family and our dog were in someone’s car that I didn’t know, there would be all out pandemonium until we came up with a plan on how to make sure he is all right and back with his family!

mom and dad seem fine…this is yet another in a long line of life lessons being taught Luann

Leading Luann on…does good ole dad have Puddles?

Does Frank know something? Like who has Puddles and he’s just pulling Luann and Nancy’s chain for some reason. He seems to be strangely dissociated from the situation.

GnK have received quite a few digs lately from commenters about their story lines and I admit to being one of them But I think these last two weeks have been quite interesting. Kudos to you both GnK.

Ann Olds anyone? Ransom?

I know it’s a comic strip, but the ongoing reactions here are just not believable. In real life, we (my family) would be out running down this lady in her car. When dad saw her the first time, he would have run out in front of the car to stop it. Really.

Frank brought Puddles home. He’s messing with her.

Lightbulb moment?

This isn’t Frank teaching a harsh lesson to Luann. Is Frank that stern of a parent? Not from what we’ve seen.

Frank is just the second banana. This is Nancy’s shenanigans.

brrringggg F: Hey hon, I just found Puddles up the block wandering his way home. I’ve got him, he’s safe and we’ll be home soon.

N: What?? He should be at the dog park with Luan…

N: Okay, it’s for her to learn another lesson. Here’s what’s going to happen…

Suddenly their behavior makes a lot more sense.

To much said about to little of a story!

Luann get off her lazy ass and start looking for him

I’d be asking a Frank to describe the car and checking the area, alerting the gang and Brad, making posters. Frank’s right. Luann should wake up to reality and Nancy stop trying to sugar coat it. :-o

’bout time Frank gave his daughter a reality check. people will pick up animals and NEVER try to locate where the animal came from.

Featured comment of the Day (Garbage Ape-Ade, The Comic Strip Club):

As a pet owner myself, Luann’s nonchalant attitude about her dog being in someone else’s possession is really pissing me off.

I’m guessing the strange lady is Ann Eiffel.

If itś Ann Eiffel, itś a shame. How many times can he really go to the Eiffel Well?

Frank does more then he is saying he has been dropping hints the last few nights

She could be waiting for the REWARD signs to be put up all over town.

Frank was NOT the person who picked up the dog. Puddles had a look of fear and dread on his face that day. He would not react to Frank, his owner, like that.

Will Luann find Puddles? Will the mean lady keep him? Will Puddles find himself homeless on the mean streets? Will readers continue to follow this slow arc? Stay Tuned.

Kind of related to today’s strip:

https://www.gocomics.com/dogsofckennel/2022/03/02

I hope Frank has Puddles. Now, let’s let Luann have an adventure or two worthy of a college girl. I’m enjoying seeing her but let’s let her grow up a little GandK.

so many conspiracy theories! :-p

Occam’s razor: A woman driving by saw Puddles wandering and picked him up. What she does next is anyone’s guess. If she’s kindly, she’ll post on social media that she found a dog and include a good photo (not Luann’s style photo!).

It just dawned on me …. Frank being so nonchalant and all …. maybe HE picked up Puddles and is just pulling everyone’s leg.

Frank, you have put yourself in a hole. Stop digging.

Never depend on the kindness of strangers.

Consider how dependable YOU are at times.

Okay,it’s official.There is no “she”.Frank is just messing with Luann.

And I might add t hat more than half of the readers are going into the same panic mode they criticized Luann for two weeks ago!!

The Evans’ set a snare trap and you all walked right into it!!

Now,.don’t the bunch of you feel awfully silly?

avoiding reality never leads to anything good. REALLY.

Go Frank! This is hilarious! The look on Luann in panel 3. Ha ha!

or… as Dr Sharon put it on Ted Lasso… The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

My ability to suspend disbelief at this whole storyline is being tested.

I think Frank picked up Puddles and this is being used as a learning tool for Luann. He doesn’t seem worried at all.

I think Dad is putting Luann on. I think he has the pooch in the car.

I went back and looked at the mystery shadow hands. Looks like someone wearing a suit! So it could indeed be Frank.

Frank is being truthful; also the possibility that he picked Puddles up is a little weak because of the look on Puddles’ face as he was being grabbed. It was a look of fear like he did not recognize the person.

also, if you look at the silhouette of the person behind the wheel of the red car that pulled over next to Puddles, it looks like that of a woman.

The dog is at least 36 years old

Wake up and grow up, air-head Blondie-Girl! Your dog is gone, possibly in the clutches of a “Cruella de Vil,” and it’s All Your Fault!

looks like neither Frank nor Nancy can bear to see Luann cry.

Frank knows where Pud is. As does Nancy. They are too calm, if not annoyed about it all. Not panicked. They think they are teaching Luann a lesson, I guess.

It’s something to think about. I have a cat right now that was a stray; I kept her in because of a winter storm. I’ve been trying to find her owner but it’s been no response. I may find her a new home before long. But yeah, Luann, there is the kindness of people who take care of pets but without any contact, they do end up rehoming them.

now it is possible that Frank honked at the woman in the car and motioned for her to pull over. In this case it is Frank who is the “kindly”, not to mention observant and on the ball, person.

Mary Kay just wants Puddles to help her test some cosmetics…

So Luann panicked and wandered the streets looking for puddles the first time he was “lost”. Luann felt she overreacted and was embarrassed by her “stressgasm”. Now that she is being depicted as trying to keep herself calm and react like “an adult” and many people see her as unfeeling and irresponsible. It seems like a lot of readers only comment on the panal they see without going back to past panals for context.