Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 23, 2016
Transcript:
Brad: Hi, mom! No, Toni and I are fine. It's just...our crew has to stay for our full rotation. We won't get home 'til the day of the wedding. No, no, I'm sure we'll make it in time, but I'm worried about all the preparations... Mom: Honey, a whole team of people is working to get things ready. you and Toni just come home safely, and don't worry about anything here, ok? Brad: ok.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
Mothers sure want to know if their children (even if they’re adults) are safe.
Namrepus over 7 years ago
Many real moms are feeling the same thing as Nancy tonight.
SF1972 over 7 years ago
It looks like Nancy’s in charge of the worrying.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Shouldn’t the wedding planner be making all the preparations? What did they pay her for?
AnyFace over 7 years ago
Comic strip time dilation strikes again~!!
Dreamdeer over 7 years ago
Before the cell phone comments flood in again, yes firefighters do check in with their loved ones while taking a break. If they went nonstop they’d drop dead of exhaustion before the fire was out. Sometimes, in fact, they get ORDERED to take breaks. It’s much safer that way.
sid w over 7 years ago
I think TJ fired the wedding planner.
Argythree over 7 years ago
Nancy’s worried face reminds us we were promised some drama…
GirlGeek Premium Member over 7 years ago
Wasn’t there some news about some drama going on with the BRAT wedding? Where is that drama?
Mikeyj over 7 years ago
Lately Brad looked as if he’d stopped working out… a wildfire should be a really good workout though
cynickle over 7 years ago
The fire will burn longer than expected and the wedding will be moved to the fire site instead of a church and it will end happily.
meillered over 7 years ago
Please don’t Greg.
Paul Rider Premium Member over 7 years ago
Still not feeling good about this.
sueb1863 over 7 years ago
The wedding isn’t until the 11th of December. They’re going to be out there for two and a half weeks??
ravonlea over 7 years ago
I am still confused about the wedding venue. Is it the cottages place that TJ bargained for the seating and linen upgrade packages? Maybe the fire will spread and burn that place down and then Broroni can have the wedding at the fuse. Since TJ is doing the catering anyway, that would be more convenient . I like this arc and I really want to see what Team Evans has in store for us.
dlkrueger33 over 7 years ago
I hope Nancy’s face is not a harbinger of tragedy to come. After all, why even have a fire arc unless something bad is going to happen…. One of them is going to be hurt (prediction).
Cronkers McGee Premium Member over 7 years ago
A worried Momma.
bigcatbusiness over 7 years ago
Uh oh. She heard. This is so like my mother. She even checks my texts!
Tyge over 7 years ago
WHAT? No rehearsal dinner!? Bummer.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 7 years ago
But Mom’s gonna worry enough for the both of you, and not just about wedding stuff.
2Goldfish over 7 years ago
Shouldn’t Brad be spending his time fighting the fire than all day on the phone?
Sisyphos over 7 years ago
Oh, dear! Today’s strip is just way too premonitory!
I fear for Toni and Brad. Or, maybe, as I suggested some days ago, Firefighter Big Mouth will buy the farm in a sudden flare-over….
barister over 7 years ago
This is so weird. Just the other day I told my child that she will always be may “baby” no matter how old she is. Flash backs of my mom….whoa. But a good whoa.
æ² over 7 years ago
“Worry is a misuse of imagination.” — Dan Zadra.
ACTIVIST1234 over 7 years ago
I think it’s called foreshadowing.
Mordock999 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Oh LOOK! ALL of Frank’s carefully stapled drywall has now apparently fallen to the floor. Either that or Old Les has just “Liberated” them….., ;]
Airman over 7 years ago
Re: Brad, Toni, and the wildfire. As Yogi said, “It ain’t over ’till its over.”
Luanaphile over 7 years ago
Love the cute little smudge on Toni’s cheek.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago
Hey, folks, this comic strip is usually far, far closer to typical life than to sensationalistic tv dramas. When Greg said “trauma” and when he said “drama” think of the levels of things gone wrong, or worries, or complications, or even guesses about which you have hopes in your own life which would cause you to use those two words, not what woukd cause them to be used by Chanel on “Scream Queens”, please.
luann1212 over 7 years ago
Mom worries of course, that is what moms ALWAYS do even if they are 100 and the kid is 80. Dads do too but momma more. In terms of drama,plenty, but I think it will be okay. Everybody and everything will come together at just the right time, and I am looking forward to that panel when Toni and Brad kiss after taking the vows.
ferretface99 over 7 years ago
if someone gets hurt, I’m gonna flip a table. This year has already sucked massive donkey nards, I don’t need drama in my comics.
CrzyDyeman over 7 years ago
Nancy is dressed as a minion?
Germanshepherds4ever over 7 years ago
In the middle of a fire and he worries about “preparations”? I don’t think so….
Schrodinger's Dog over 7 years ago
Nancy thought bubble : “Not worry?! yeah right !!”.
abstractnotions over 7 years ago
That’s some scary foreshadowing right there. Someone is getting hurt or worse, I can just feel it. Kind of a nail biter, this story arc.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 7 years ago
a good son calls his mother
Brad is a good son
whodathunk, way back when?
Richard Finley over 7 years ago
Way too much foreshadowing, somebody is getting hurt.
fighting9 over 7 years ago
i have a strong feeling either brad or Toni are going to be killed by the fired
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago
Dog, neither ref nor hope correct. You know what i mean.
Airman over 7 years ago
Ah, I can see it now. The beautiful Toni going down the aisle, with a pervasive smell of smoke coming from her beautiful, long hair.
Hookoa over 7 years ago
On long trips I used to assign each person in the car a subject to worry about. They werenʻt allowed to stray onto other subjects or trade with anyone else in the car. That kept everyone quiet or at the very least talking about something besides worrying. House never burnt down or anything. (We sometimes did have to stop to pickup a toothbrush or hair spray)
Enter.Name.Here over 7 years ago
Returning the day before the wedding? Something dark may be looming on the cartoon horizon, story-wise. I worry for Toni.
Takagi-san over 7 years ago
So, my money is still on Big Laughing Mouth Guy. It would make for a much more interesting story if they end up going to a funeral on their wedding day (post-poned, hopefully). Unless, of course, Chekhov’s Gun turns out to be a Red Herring. That would be weak. If I recall, the only dangerous thing to occur to them while firefighting was Toni falling off a ladder onto Brad.
Luanaphile over 7 years ago
Wiki:
A wildfire or wildland fire is an uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside area. Depending on the type of vegetation that is burned, a wildfire can also be classified as a brush fire, bush fire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, vegetation fire, or veld fire.
Luanaphile over 7 years ago
Now I am “worried” that Toni will suffer a broken leg, which means i will have to dine on frozen crow.
Airman over 7 years ago
And why is Nancy in shock? Is it a mother worried about her son and Toni, or is she overwhelmed by the renovation project?
nawlins_demon over 7 years ago
Typical (and wonderful) mother.
sneakysdad over 7 years ago
They might just make it in time to get married in their fire gear!
JPuzzleWhiz over 7 years ago
Pinch-hitting for IamJayBluE:
“What — Me Worry?”
“Mom’s The Worried”
“Right Said — Fret”
joeldouglas Premium Member over 7 years ago
I’ve had a bad feeling about this. I hope he’s not pulling a Lynn Johnston. I like these two characters SO much.
ironman01 over 7 years ago
Gee, what could go wrong here?