Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 09, 2014

Twinkle, twinkle- lightt bulb’s burned, How I wonder what you’ve learned…All that time, in our classThat burrito was the only thing you’ve passed….

Now I stand behind him- It’s Knute’s turnAnd just like then, my eyes start to burn….

Well, at least we know Knute Is graduating…HOW, I simply do Not Know!!! ;)

I am hoping Graduation lasts at least a week…it is just such an important turning point in young people’s lives… ;)

So the Sunday strip was graduation, after all, and the continuity will extend all week (or at least until we learn just what Bernice and Tiffany have planned). I still wonder why the story skipped over final exams, graduation invitations, parties, and gifts, and all the things that make this such a huge occasion for the kids. After umpteen years at Pitt HS, they should make a bigger deal out of leaving it.

Wait…Knute’s going to graduate?Their school district must have very low standards.

Knute’s hat is the special award they give to the student judged to be the “dimmest bulb”.

When I graduated from university, two young women who majored in Architecture wore a facsimile of one of the city’s most famous structures on top of their caps…can anyone top that? ;)

“The Dip In Diploma”“It’s Academic!…. Sort Of…”“As Long As You’ve Learned Something”“♫…You’re Gonna Make It After All…♫”.

“The End Justifies The Beans”or “A Waist Is A Terrible Thing To Mind”

Heheheheh… ;)

When you’re slidin’ into first, and you feel somethin’ burst, diarrhea!

We still haven’t figured out what Bernie is up to yet.^Well, Sherriff was saying yesterday would be in sync with today’s… – BTW, he was worried about the reaction to the color gradient… but I don’t particularly see any problem with it!- But anyway, I noticed Crystal and Tiffany are sort of wearing the same frilly thing- coincidence? Hmmm… Yup! It probably is.. – But I’m sill leaning towards some sort of extra “visual help” in Bern’s presentation….

Some schools are more lax than others. When I graduated in 1971, some of my classmates and I wore construction-paper peace signs on our caps.

So Knute is graduating! He makes Luann look like an honor student!

Hoo-Boy.

Knute’s “Career Path” has “US Senator” Written ALL Over It.

Do final exams mean anything anymore. It’s all about the SAT.

I’d like to know how the garment under Tiffany’s robe changed from purple to green?

If you are familiar with Star Trek TNG, the episode “the Nth Degree” comes to mind… a smart, but introverted guy gets struck with an alien tech thingy, and suddenly he becomes the smartest brain on the Enterprise, and he becomes the most confident person in the world… even more than the “Dos Eqques (XX) Guy”… – And of course, in the end, he “naturally cannot” be allowed to remain so brainy and confident, anymore…..

Everybody’s judging Knute by his slackerish appearance. I have no doubt that he’s stunningly intelligent, but simply chooses not to compete on an academic level that doesn’t hold his interest. And I don’t remember that we’ve ever seen his actual grades, so he may be doing well in class to have been in the running for an honors spot while still looking and acting like Maynard G Krebs.

Oh, gosh, it has gotten to be quite late here…time for me and my IS, Katie, to shut down… ‘Nite all… ;)-—————————————————————————————“Nature, and Nature’s laws lay hid in night: God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light."’ (Alexander Pope, 1688-1744)

Did anyone else notice that Crystal appears to have paid Knute a non-sarcastic compliment in panel 1?

Knute manages one last bad performance even as he, shockingly, graduates. Move on, Crystal; no need to carry this slacker anymore….

Tiffany seems to have changed her dress since yesterday.

Notice, they made Tiff change her dress.

Graduation may last longer than a week. It seemed that way to me. All the speakers were aimed toward the crowd and away from us so we couldn’t hear anything. Blah blah, mumble mumble mumble. Somebody says – “Wonder if we clap they will sit down?” somebody had a card game going. Couple of comic cooks being read.

It definitely feels like a lot of Senior moments have been missed. I think it’s a matter of bad pacing because there is no lack of material to cover the last months of high school. Should have had a shorter more precise prom story arc, and some final exam pressure strips would’ve been nice.

“some final exam pressure strips would’ve been nice.”-Now there are some exciting moments! : DD

Re: Knute’s future endevorYour pick is:

1) Janitor at Weenie World.2) Janitor at the high school3) Janitor at the mall

> Few would wish to see each student take each final, open each gift, write and send each announcement.Nor would it advance the story line.>Obviously, we don’t need to see each student doing those things multiple times. However, if the strip purports to be a portrayal of actual high school life, we do need to see the title character going through the overall process of those things. Worrying about finals is a huge part of high school – other strips featuring teenagers make a big deal about it. Here, it was not even mentioned, making one wonder whether these people even took any exams. Preparing for the actual graduation by planning who to invite, and seeing what gifts you are sent, and attending graduation-related gatherings of family and friends takes a great deal more of a senior’s time than does the actual ceremony itself. However, the strip went straight from “Luann demands more of Quill’s time” to “Luann and Tiffany say good-bye to the kids at Lincoln elementary” to “Phipps wants Bernice to follow in her footsteps” (yet again!) to “Hey, we’re already lined up for graduation.” This is just poor pacing, to leave out so much of what makes a senior year be in fact a senior year. It certainly would advance the story line to show the students getting ready to graduate instead of just going about their lives and then suddenly graduating.

As evidence of how abrupt this was, yesterday many comments posted herein were arguing that the Sunday strip was normally not part of the daily continuity, and surely there would be more daily strips devoted to getting ready for the big day. But nope, it was just Bernice is “chosen” valedictorian mid-week and then Sunday it’s already Pomp and Circumstance time. I wonder whether Frank and Nancy even know about it.

When my son graduated from UC Davis, many graduates put some type of design on the top of their caps so their relatives could find them among all the same color caps and gowns. My son wasn’t one of them, and we found him with no trouble, but I agree with the reason to do so.

Tiff’s dress (what there is of it) was purple yesterday, lime-green today. Hmmmn.

We know now that Bernice didn’t go to Tiffany for a make over.

Hmmm. Tiff changed her dress, or at least the color of it.

Knute is never as dumb as he acts. Crystal knows that.

Sheriff! Aha! I finally caught one. Yesterday Tiff was wearing a PURPLE dress.

By the end of Voyager’s run (he was also a recurring guest there) they developed Barclay a bit more. He had a few girlfriends here and there, and had the ear of his Department head, and was the one who had discovered that Voyager wasn’t missing, but stranded (and with a little help) even got to convince a top Admiral!

There are 2 Rules of Life: 1) Never tell everything, 2)…

The strip was always about the relationships, not the school. IMO Greg will spend a lot of time on the goodbyes as they each go on different paths. I remember the first time (last summer?) Greg wrote a reference to them being “seniors” that he was warning us that he was drawing the strip to a finish. I’ve been reading Luann for so many years that they feel like family almost. If I’m correct, I’ll sure miss them.

Evans wasted time on the “Fo-getty Flashbacks”, having never explored the ‘what high school has meant to me’ essay assignment that proceeded the the weeks of teacher-stupid-student-smart reruns. He truncated the promise of individual arcs leading up to the prom, and milked what he did use to no real conclusion.Now he’s rushing everybody into graduation to play catch-up with real time. In some ways, Knute represents Evans in this strip, and he can’t very well flunk himself out of the ceremony, right?

Where are Quill and Gunther?

“Closed until further notice”.

I’m surprised Tiffany is graduating.

This processional is in no way alphabetical, or by class rating. And, of course, include no other students at Pitts H.S.

Knute certainly has underperformed in some strips, but the one thing we do know from the Washington D.C. trip arc is that he has a C average. If he didn’t, he would not have been able to take the trip. So he’s not by any metric the horrific failure as a student that everyone seems to want him to be. Go Knute! And Greg would not let any of his main ensemble characters fall into abject failure after graduation, so I have faith that Knute will find something to do. Eventually. I think he could study comic art or photography, or work at a skate shop. Knute’s a good-hearted, creative guy who got through HS with his cheerfulness intact. I wish him the best.

Sheriff (2) – and yesterday Ms. Ph. had on a fetching little red & green number!

Tiff took pictures with a red outfit under her robe – Today it’s green.

And Greg (since he was a former teacher) could have been playing out the humor of the “stereotypical” teacher/student relationship….– This is In addition to what you’ve said…. and his recent video in a seminar during the Reuben awards will attest to all of this….

Let’s cut funding to Pitts High and a bunch of other imaginary schools while we’re at it..Unless, of course, we can imagine Knute actually learning more than his witty joking spells out for us.

You’re being reasonable today.ATTABOY

KNUTE!! You made it, dude. And to show what you learned, your diploma is printed on toilet roll. :) Now you can remember all the CRAP you learned in HS. (Line from an obscure song. I’m dating myself. Don’t take my Kodakchrome away) :)

Tiffany changed her slip/dress since yesterday’s strip? It was purple before.

Her slip is made of a new kind of fabric based on electronic ink

Tiffany’s dress changed color…

….I’m not sure what today’s lesson is here. Be a horrible student and the system will still push you through? Knute should NOT be graduating….-Not to worry: the real world will give him a wake-up call soon enough—shape up or ship out.

“Dangerous Curves”

He also did a voice in CatDog, and Chowder, too!

" …I always figured they were just giving exaggerated one-dimensional references to academia simply for comedic effect …. "^Exactly . – Tis the state of our society, today. 24 Hour news cycles, constant updates and analysis of it all on News/Weather/Sports, “In Depth Discussion” from “all the analysts” you can cram into a studio….of just about everything….. from “is your fried squash coming from USA or Timbuktu?” to “Is Lindsay Lohan really just an alien?” – In some ways, it seems al of us live in the United States of Analysis…..

As long as you’re okay!!!!

You know what??Crystal turned out to be the hottest of the hot, and she’s with Knute!Well, sorta with him… kinda, maybe, in a certain way…

Gawd… I love the imagery of a burrito in a toilet bowl. High School Graduation is imminent. They must get through this process! Time for COLLEGE!

I really hope Greg Evans has the integrity to end the strip with graduation, the natural end of its arc, but I haven’t heard any announcement.

“The “flea” market?” ^If that were true, there would definitely be a media circus …..

Glad you’re back! ;)

KK with his fair lady mayhaps? ;)

Tiffany’s dress changed from purple to green.

“And, that would be if a bottle of it fell off the top rack and hit him in the head.”-Exactly!