Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 14, 2016

oh, those were the days

Luann, do you mean like, for example, your second strip from March 18, 1985?

“Those Were The Days, My Friend….”, “We Thought They’d Never End…”

You were right. They haven’t ended yet anyway.

Nice!

….and a pack o’ mammas….

If you have to state over and over again how grown up you are you still have some growing up to do lol.

They’re sitting on a couch in Bernice’s dorm room, blabbering like silly teens about how grown up they are, due to one trip to New York where they got kicked out of a club for being underage.

“Sofa, So Good!”“Never Adult Moment”“The More Things Change….”“I’m Down For An Upgrade”“My, How You’ve Grown!”“Age Of Ascent”“Teens?!…WHAT Teens!?”“Mature Of Duty”“Converse In The Inverse”“Just Don’t Want To Bang On De Drama, All Day” (♪)“Something Seems Different….”Or…“Adult Language”

♫"We Belong To The Mutual Admiration Society"♫

Okay, we’ve settled into a quiet, no-crisis mode for a while. I can handle that.

So what? Not everyone is in a rush to do the deed the second puberty hits. Some people even save themselves for marriage (now, THERE’S a novel idea)!

It would be so cool if Delta came to visit!

Sniff. I miss Quill.

The surest sign that you’re really all grown up is that you worry you’re not grown up and are just putting one over on everybody.

I think we’ll see “Return of the Silly Teens” as soon as they meet someone.

Having the strip focused on Luann has got me excited to see it each day.

Coincidentally, that’s what they’re doing in today’s Luann Again

Yes, conversing like adults, not swearing like adults. That’s what I like.

Boooooring.

The way they parted, I am not sure, if they were ever really in love, perhaps infatuation, as Quill is real hot and talented, but not love. No tears? No one brought to their knees in grief?

Unless you can think when the song is done No other is left in the rhythm;Unless you can feel when left by one That all men else go with him;Unless you can know when upraised by his breath That your beauty itself wants provingUnless you can swear, “For life, for death!” Oh, fear to call it loving!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Only the location has changed.

They need to go to a kegger.That’ll make ’em feel mature.

Well, since everyone else has already furnished the puns, and I’m a lazy boy, I’m gonna sit this one out.

Location, location, location…

That can’t be Luann’s bedroom….the floor is clean and the bed is made.

Like she said…..

I think their biggest recent changes are that they became more open to trying new things, and they became less afraid of learning those new things somewhat on their own. Those are GREAT attitudinal changes to utilize in college where there are such wonderful opportunities for new learning, new perspectives, new skill sets, new interactions, and new dreams and goals. I think several of the characters are going to find they have strengths and interests that never crossed their minds in earlier years. Becoming more receptive is one of the first necessary steps to take advantage of such a wealth of opportunity, as is coming to appreciate the treasure.

Not surrounded by stuffed animals, good sign.

A sofa in a dorm room? My dorm room had an 10 X 10 space for each of the two students. That space had the bed, a desk, and the closet. Absolutely no room for a sofa.

It amazes me how many people do not recall that maturation took quite a lot of time and happened in segments for all of us. Luann and Bernice have recent moved into a very important phase: one where they have become less sheltered and more open to new experiences, new information, and thinking more for themselves. That is actually a huge step but incredibly difficult to illustrate. It DOES make possible a range of future changes, though, ones that would have been impossible with more closed or fearful minds.

HUGE difference.

the grown up streak wont last. Bern only needs to see Piro walk in now.

More grown up? Sure. More mature? Well, maybe. But still blabbering more than doing….

So when is Aaron what’s his name going to show up? The guy she was in lovebwith as a child and middle schooler?

Yeah, they became so much mature on account of their experiences in NYC that it turned them into women. There was the time when they lost their credit cards and they had to figure out how to handle the situation, and the time when “Muncher” suffered an adverse drug reaction and they had to call 911, deal with the staff in the Emergency Room and then the police, and there was the time when they witnessed a street crime and had to come to someone’s aid, and… oh wait, none of that happened. Well, they stayed in a hotel, ate Korean food, took a taxi, and rode on the subway! Yep, they’re fully mature women now, you bet!

Now that I gave the simple answer, here is the more detailed one..Aaron Hill last had a speaking role (other than a flashback) over ten years ago, on August 15, 2005.He has been referenced exactly six times in the past seven years (August 23, 2009; April 10, 2010; August 19, 2010; August 7, 2011; February 17, 2013; and the most recent, on February 14 of this year)..Does that seem like a character Greg and Karen will bring back just because a few commenters ask?.(The question was rhetorical.)

[the immaturity] to post negative put-downs Instead of attacking the character of @seismic-2, can you please tell him and us why you disagree? I want to hear all views here, and @seismic-2 usually makes me think, even when I disagree.

…and they spent four minutes in a night club without talking to anyone or ordering anything. I don’t think those four minutes of looking at the place made women out of them, quite.

Yep, Sam the Sham and the Pharoh recorded “I’m in with the Out-Crowd” long ago, young one! :-)https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-VhuhdggrhE

Erendirani, FF is paraphrasing something Trump told people today. It was in the news; he basically said he was not releasing his tax info, but i can not recall the exact wording.

FF, unless i am confusing you w another poster, you are rather new to the strip? The Evanses do introduce real world issues, from female development, to drug use in high school, to child abandonment, and more, so when people discuss how the strip crosses w the real world that is invited by the sort of subject matter that comes up. As someone said very assutely a few months ago — and i am paraphrasing and not saying it as well as that person did: it is better to over think things than under think them.

Ah! You beat me to it, Puzz!

And no more “Quilly The Kid”, either…..

Wake me up when things get interesting again.

Sam The Sham has this version: https://youtu.be/PcauJRcBVEs

You don’t have drama or maturation. Got it.

“It is a pleasant diversion and nothing more.”^Yes, especially considering there’s unpteen million news channels and such, all around! It’s nice to have a place where we all can enjoy this wonderful strip, and have a little fun with it, in the process!

So, now they’re blabbering like two young adults.

I believe someone may have commented on it earlier, but just for emphasis, the basis for the gag in this strip comes from the pairing of the “Luann Againn” rerun with today’s, as quoted on Luann’s FB page:-

“Was it brilliant planning or coincidence that led today’s LUANN and LUANN AGAINN to pair so perfectly?”

Spoiler: wiggy Wiggy Zebo (Zebu?) not just bald wiggy Zebo

-What makes you conclude that the comic is ending? I’m not a long time reader, but I can recall other relationships that ended, and the comic went on…

Both still virgins though? Righty-o then^^^^^^so your criteria of being a ‘woman’ is based on their sexual experience? How proud you must be.