Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 13, 2014

Friom the ‘carved inscription’ on the footrest, it looks like Gunther bought his bed at store called Greg’s…. Crafted and delivered just in time for today… no wonder he had to get home early….

“Don’t Cry For Me, Australia”“Wrestling With A Heavyweight Blues”“Uptight Has Got Me Up, Tonight”“Welcome To The After-Pity Party”“Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk Of Magnesia”“In Vino, Veri-Terrible Date”or“You Know, I Thought The Bowl Packed More Punch Than Usual!”…

He must be the leader of a group of cartoonists that like to mess up their own stuff with graffiti…. he seems really drawn to it…no judge can pencil him in for a date in the pen , mark my words, this will color his record greatly…

He better hurry it up.

He’s only pegging what he felt he heard from Rosa’s own words… he may be so to her, but maybe someone else will appreciate those qualities in him.. he just has to take stock in not only if he’s right for her, but if she’s right for him …..

Or Gunther is pulling double duty… he’s “rapping” with Quill, getting stuff off of his chest, and at the same time he’s trying out his “rapping” skills… so far the ladies find his ability to rap (Up) tight….

Now if G-man will only listen to himself.

Dating advice from Quill ASAP.

“You and Luann must have had fun.”“WHOO!!! WHOO!!!”

Wow, my Magic 8 Ball actually guessed that Quill would be Gunther’s luv therapist. As for milk and cookies, who knows. As for why I picture Bert and Ernie as I look at these two, I’ll never know for sure…

Heh heh…. true… with Barney running the show….

It’s New Year’s A.M. The cookies are OK, but tonight the milk gets replaced with single-malt Scotch. Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot!

Sooooo…What did Gunther and Rosa do during that “five minutes more” Gunth exacted from his mom?(Are those button-to-the-neck jammies?)

Actulally, this might be Quill’s one episode talk show, mentioned earlier… featuring Gunther….

Is the penny about to drop? Watch this space.

…a song by Julio Iglesias:…^From the album, “1100 Bl-and Place”…..

“Yeah, they do kind of clash with those purple sheets and bedspread…”^That’s how you know Gunther is distracted by this problem…

“Brought to you” by…Penn/Needelle Mattresses… – and by….Gunther’s Greatest Hits And Misses, Volume 2… “Direct from K Don’t Tell Records”…

……BWAD!!!!

Same problem at http://sinfest.net/

Well, Gunther, you know what the problem is, and that’s half the battle.

G.I. Joooe!

I know that John 3:16 is a popular message, but I don’t know the text of Greg 1:13….If you know you’re such a loser, Gunny, do something about it!

Know thyself

Good dialogue

Enough!

Here’s Your PROBLEM, Gunth.

1) You STILL Wear Pajamas to Bed.

2) The GIRL You REALLY CARE About Just Went Snogging with That Pretty Boy Up-Start There,

NOW, What Are You WAITING For?LUNGE for His THROAT!!!

Gunther. I think we need to switch girlfriends.Seems like I’ve heard that refrain somewhere…

Finally…FINALLY! The “Come to Jesus meeting” arc this week.. Gunth… pay close attention to what Quill has to say. You can do this Gunth. You can re-light this fire with Rosa and keep it going!

Well, that’s the first alternative… the second is that you both realize you need to “GF swap.” Just do it carefully and tactfully, to both yourselves and the ladies.

Is it my imagination, or does Quill look like Aaron Hill, but with a different hair style?

That’s not really “Gunther” – it’s the childhood story of NORMAN BATES!! LOL

Well, at least self-awareness brings the possibility of change…

What did you do with the extra 5 minutes you told your mom you needed Gunth? Didn’t you make out with Rosa?

Wel the first step (of the 12-step process) is to admit that you have a problem. Maybe Gunther is finally on his way!

-Gunther says as he observes Quill’s untucked shirt.-If you look more closely, you’ll see that Quill’s jacket, which is what is facing Gunther, is longer than his untucked shirt. So Gunther probably can’t see the shirt. What he is probably commenting on is how much later Quill is getting in from the dance than he himself did….

Yes, what OldTimer62 said, too

-Except he has admitted to the wrong problem.-But part of being ‘uptight’ is being afraid of failure, and part of that is hesitating to ask someone out, or trying to kiss someone. Fear of rejection is part of shyness…

Ah, yes… the long dark tea-time of the teenage soul.Still less horrifying then the thought of Luann & Quill knocking boots.

Hmmmmm. Gunther, whatever Mommy put in those cookies….maybe it’s starting to work!

First step in solving a problem is realizing there IS one…

Nothing like self-awareness. Time for Gunth to take some plays out of Quill’s playbook and use them with Rosa.

Acknowledging a problem is the first step.

-I really don’t see why you keep on beating this drum that all the male main characters of this strip are sex-averse-He does this because he knows he’s going to get a lot of people responding to him. Maybe our friend L was a debator in college,and learned to start a discussion by proposing something that others would passionately oppose?

Question: can Quill advise the G-man about mutual nether region exploration with Rosa without outing Luann?

Boo!!

- My wife keeps ripping them to shreds. Just don’t tell anyone else-LOL! You should go to a comedy club on open mike night….

- maybe it’s the viewer not the viewed- A very wise statement….

I think Quill living at Gunther’s is just what Gunther needs. Having shared a room with my older brother, it was always good to have that other point of view. The best advice he ever gave me in 1963 was to enlist in the navy and avoid the draft. I did and it was a great learning and growing experience.

-There should be no fear of rejection here-But this is the true hallmark of shyness and fear of failure: you don’t believe you are ‘entitled’ to the attention of the loved one, so you can never quite believe that you and your attentions are welcome. I remember high school days when (VERY briefly) some of the ‘in’ crowd were willing to let me spend time with them. Of course, I had this skill at copying their Mom’s signatures so I could write them absence excuses. As soon as that novelty wore off, so did the attention.

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I can see that same resigned disbelief in self in Gunther….

Actually, page one of Quill’s instruction booklet:

“Be blandly attractive to girls, because they’ll literally bend over or lie down for you despite the fact that you have no discernible personality whatsoever.”

The quilt matches Gunth’s shirts very well, and his headboard and footboard are so mauve. The pillowcase is white, so it isn’t part of a sheet set or bed in a bag. And those jammies. Starry, starry night. Loosen up, Gunth. I’m not so sure you should listen to Quill though. He didn’t even unbutton his jacket at Makeout Ridge.

Luann isn’t giving Quill much of a chase, but Rosa will.

I think tonight may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back with Rosa. She is too vital a person and needs a person who can enjoy life with extreme passion for all of what life has to offer.

Mr. L, we don’t see Frank and Nancy having sex, so why should we see Brad and Toni? However, one only has to view the Dec. 7th single panel to know that they do. Are we to assume that having finished there tea or whatever, Brad sends Toni home?

“The Toad is asexual."Annnd, loving it!"

-“Disbelief” is an accurate term. Of course, it is practically the same thing as Gunther thinking that Rosa is lying to him.-Not to split hairs, but the term I used was ‘disbelief in self’. The meaning was not that a person saying ‘I love you’ is lying; the meaning is that the recipient of those words is not deserving of them….

- I guess I must be more of a ‘sit down’ comedian – or at least that’s what the crowd kept telling me, anyway-ROTFL!

Quill: Gunther. I think we need to switch girlfriends.^^I agree

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I insist I am right because no one can show otherwise-what …. said:-Since Nancy (nor Frank) are often shown in the strip as brushing their teeth and other preparations for bed, but have NEVER been shown having a bath or shower (nor other private bodily functions) then we can only assume that Nancy (and Frank) really stinks.-Sometimes, you just have to take a certain amount for granted because there’s no way it could be shown in a family comic….

Gunther was created as the quintessential nerd type. Evans would have to seriously re-cast him as a different type to effect needed changes to his personality, much as Brad was recast from the slovenly potato headed big brother to more of an “everyman” character.

^^Well said, Gunther should stay Gunther.I guess we can assume that Rosa didn’t dump him, but, he is feeling very insecure about the relationship, since Rosa “put her cards on the table”.

Though I hate to admit it, seems like Luann’s best bet with Gunther since he seems more at ease with her than with Rosa. Think that’s why this relationship failed…

-That would solve a multitude of problems.-But it would leave you with so little left to write about, here at least. Just the same ol’ stuff about Brad and Toni and Nancy the cougar. Don’t you ever get bored with the same stuff, over and over?- You said you write novels, and it’s too bad we couldn’t figure a way of getting them somewhere that we could read them. Maybe you just need to start a blog and bring bits of your writing to post on this board each day. A refreshing change of pace….

-Not optimistic the bible guy will get it.-He gets it, but doesn’t agree….and I think he laughs each time someone calls him the ‘bible guy’. He uses the name of the book that’s supposed to spell out rules to live by, yet advocates no-nos according to that book. Interesting contrasts….

YER ALL WRONG...I lost track of all the claims, just felt like saying that..TJ is currently a semi-wunnerful personBrad and Toni give all evidence of up close and personal, but until it is spelled out, we can pretend/assume there is only unquinchhed desire.Characters can show development, even Dirk and Shannon and Brad.Nancy is not a cougar, just a hottie attractive lady.Next year Lev will be on the best seller list.Gunther is being reasonable to doubt he is worthy of Rosa, but he WILL be..And no matter how certain I might pretend to be, I am cluelessly enjoying the comic and comments.

Gunther would be just as big a Dweeb with Luann as he is with Rosa. Rosa is practically throwing herself at him, and he is not confident enough to do anything about it. Gunther’s problems have nothing to do with his feelings about his girlfriend; they have to do with his feelings about himself, sex, and life in general.

Please…don’t turn this into another “Mark Trail”. The snarkies there keep making comments about the “Jackelrod Ball”. ^]It wasn’t my intention to “snark on” about Greg’s tag… just funny when you think about it… and that stuff about the graffiti was an excuse to use artist puns… – Besides… Mark Trail has other reasons that people “snark on” about it…. DGMW, I do like strips that feature wildlife and stuff, though…

I’m trying to figure out why Milania is telling everybody that we’re commenting on a comic strip …. – I wonder if she meant to watch a show online, but ended up reading “Hulu”, and watching “Shoe” ….

I have no idea what Lev. is referring to. I thought JayBluE was referring to “two dimensional” Am I right Jay, or is there some esoteric meaning to 2D that is so new-tech and so far over my head that I’ve never heard of it? Anyway, I was making a play on the double D in your call to arms on “This is just a comic strip”.

Gunther hasn’t been thinking or drinking…he’s too busy Sinking!!! ;)

True…..

When I first glanced at the strip, I thought Gunther was talking to his mother, who had just tucked him in bed, and I thought he was protesting, saying that he wants to be treated like a man.

Yes he should!

Forget Gunther loosing his virginity, his first unprompted kiss would be a step in the right direction.

Been there, Gunth.