If I were in Luann’s place: I don’t think so, Tiffany. I am happy the way I am. Ask me what I would like to be in five years. I’ll tell you, and then you can say, “Well, let’s start now.”
With Tiff and Bets being so committed to old archetypes of the makeover, maybe they’ll resort to lazily putting a pair of thick glasses on Luann’s face for the “Before” picture. Then for the “After” have her take them off and mussy up her hair and they’ll all go, “Why, Luann… you look so beeauty-ful!”
I mean, it worked in every romance movie in the 2000s, which seems to be when Tiff and Bets are mentally stuck in since they’re about as in touch with what Gen Alpha or Zoomer trends as an alien might be (I mean, hot to split hairs but Karen and Greg could do so much fast research on what is in fashion for college kids today with just a few searches on youtube or tiktok).
Also it’s funny how non-stop this storyline has been with savagely dunking on Luann and roasting her for having no personality. She is a character who is the stand in for Karen right? Should Karen be insulted if Greg suggested this storyline or should we check on her to see if she’s in a self-loathing funk? Cause the rebranding thing… it’s kind of painful.
I like the way Tiff curled her hair ends to give her a more feminine appearance. That says Tiff cares about Luann even though she is snarky around her. This is just the Before video stiff didn’t need to curl the ends.
This arc makes it clear Karen must hate Luann – the humiliation for her character and dragging the strip down with a never ending arc so many people want to stick a needle in their eye for having taken the time to read once again. Ouch! Comic strip suicide?
When I think about what Luann was like when this comic strip started, an insecure 13 year old who hated everything about herself who had been an insecure little girl who hated everything about herself and compare that to how she is now, liking herself the way she is, it seems like Luann has actually matured more than most of her friends.
There should be skid marks on the comics page from all the people who’ve been writing the Batubs script about Luanne for the last year or two, and have now u-turned, defending her right to be who she is. I don’t know if anyone else noticed Bets and Tiff are simply parroting readers’ opinions from the past.I’m glad to see the creators get some possibly unintended validation. chuckle
Tiff hasn’t learned the art of interviewing. She doesn’t lead the interviewee to where she wants her to go. Allowing for free association can lead to unexpected outcomes.
Even if someone is seeking re-branding, they are empowered. Luann does not have a brand to re-brand to begin with, but still has the willingness and enthusiasm to give it try.
Unfortunately Bets and Tiffany are right, the video has to start with Luann feeling down. It’s kinda sad, because after years Luann finally seems full of hopes. The fact that a little appreciation from two friends was enough to make her feel this way says a lot about how unappreciative Luann is in her daily life. Now I’m afraid that Luann will think about her life and have a major moment of depression.
If it ain’t broke, DON’T fix it!Typical “NEW Corporate” mentality. Design a “problem” where there are none, then “fix” it. In other words “Make a new problem!”
I doubt that most people of any age would know what their Current Brand Identity is. They may think of themselves in a certain way, but that is probably not how other people perceive them.
There hasn’t been a decent Luann strip since 3-23-24. That’s an entire month! I am so sick of this “branding” fiasco. I am not a business major and have never taken any business courses. I believe many other Luann readers are the same. I don’t want any more “lessons in advertising.” PLEASE!
I am old. I was a teenager in the sixties and really didn’t like it with all the conflict of the Vietnam Era, racial tension, assassinations, etc. Life was bigger than the individual. But, I am glad I didn’t have to put up with this kind of stuff being played out as “personal branding”. Good Grief! I feel sorry for the kids today. As soon as they learn the world doesn’t revolve around “ME”, the better off they will be.
Come on Luann, we’re your friends. Show us what a piece of miserable pathetic worthless garbage you are. Time for Bernice, the insightful therapist, to show up and inspire Luann with a Billy Joel song:“I don’t want clever conversationI never want to work that hardI just want someone that I can talk toI want you just the way you are.”
“I am a blank slate full of potential who is spending large amounts of money on a college education to get me a underpaid childcare job where I will be a tool once I’m provided with on the job training.” Take the rebrand Luann.
Luann is clearly in an elevated “After” position since she seems to see the irony of this con-game. Bets and Tiff are about as “Before” as it gets in terms of integrity, validity, and responsibility.
Luann was not frustrated and unhappy when these two walked in the door. Tiff and Bets gave her some words and a way of thinking that helped her to feel empowered but she wasn’t in some miserable state before hand. Their before and after concept and the idea that someone can be instantaneously re-branded is flawed.
Tiff’s comment of “Show us your frustration and unhappiness, ’k?” should serve as the perfect cue for Bernice to show up…prompting Luann to say, “There you go! Ask and ye shall receive!”.
Which means this arc’ll be hijacked, and will no longer be about Luann, as is what usually happens in arcs she’s involved in.
This business is going to fail for a reason you can see coming a mile away. They want to change who people are, and that’s going to doom any attempt they make at “rebranding” someone.
lvlax 25 days ago
As predicted.. BATUBS is going down in flames. Luann is happy with who she is.
Will they throw in the towel and try something else?
Joe1962 Premium Member 25 days ago
Luann, is happy with the person that she is. You don’t need branding to change who you are, If you like the person that you are.
Willow Mt Lyon 25 days ago
If I were in Luann’s place: I don’t think so, Tiffany. I am happy the way I am. Ask me what I would like to be in five years. I’ll tell you, and then you can say, “Well, let’s start now.”
Mordock999 Premium Member 25 days ago
I’m sorry.
But these ladies are Branding / Re-Branding the WRONG “subject.”
And just WHERE is Bernice anyway??? ;-)
e.professor 25 days ago
Tiff: Show us your frustration and unhappiness, ’K?Luann: (look at my face having to deal with you two).
Azul0858 25 days ago
So…they’ll need to craft videos for two fake personalities…the before (fake miserable Luann) and the after (fake “changed” Luann).
Rockabore 25 days ago
With Tiff and Bets being so committed to old archetypes of the makeover, maybe they’ll resort to lazily putting a pair of thick glasses on Luann’s face for the “Before” picture. Then for the “After” have her take them off and mussy up her hair and they’ll all go, “Why, Luann… you look so beeauty-ful!”
I mean, it worked in every romance movie in the 2000s, which seems to be when Tiff and Bets are mentally stuck in since they’re about as in touch with what Gen Alpha or Zoomer trends as an alien might be (I mean, hot to split hairs but Karen and Greg could do so much fast research on what is in fashion for college kids today with just a few searches on youtube or tiktok).
Also it’s funny how non-stop this storyline has been with savagely dunking on Luann and roasting her for having no personality. She is a character who is the stand in for Karen right? Should Karen be insulted if Greg suggested this storyline or should we check on her to see if she’s in a self-loathing funk? Cause the rebranding thing… it’s kind of painful.
beb01 25 days ago
This whole story has gotten old, it was always tired and unimaginative. Running this out for the whole week is just rubbing salt into an open sore.
TheThingIs 25 days ago
You can’t pass shiny off as authentic. Doesn’t work!
Wishingonastar 25 days ago
What is this? Week 3 of this weak arc?
snsurone76 25 days ago
Dr. Phil, they ain’t!!
GirlGeek Premium Member 25 days ago
Scam, scam, scam
9thCapricorn 25 days ago
I like the way Tiff curled her hair ends to give her a more feminine appearance. That says Tiff cares about Luann even though she is snarky around her. This is just the Before video stiff didn’t need to curl the ends.
9thCapricorn 25 days ago
luca.debus creator 25 days ago
Yea, and really ham it up for the sob story. People LOVE desperation.
jmworacle 25 days ago
What did the fans do to deserve this tripe……
Argythree 25 days ago
Tiffany and Bets picked the wrong name for their company. It shouldn’t be ‘Batub’. It should be ‘Batty’…
hubbard3188 25 days ago
Bored.
jea9hrkr 25 days ago
This arc makes it clear Karen must hate Luann – the humiliation for her character and dragging the strip down with a never ending arc so many people want to stick a needle in their eye for having taken the time to read once again. Ouch! Comic strip suicide?
Salinasong 25 days ago
When I think about what Luann was like when this comic strip started, an insecure 13 year old who hated everything about herself who had been an insecure little girl who hated everything about herself and compare that to how she is now, liking herself the way she is, it seems like Luann has actually matured more than most of her friends.
Wilkins068 25 days ago
Better switch to ‘Plan B’
No Plan B’s not Bernice
montymiff 25 days ago
There should be skid marks on the comics page from all the people who’ve been writing the Batubs script about Luanne for the last year or two, and have now u-turned, defending her right to be who she is. I don’t know if anyone else noticed Bets and Tiff are simply parroting readers’ opinions from the past.I’m glad to see the creators get some possibly unintended validation. chuckle
French Persons Premium Member 25 days ago
Did I just hear a toilet flush?
Wilkins068 25 days ago
One for th road:
A girl, with a very enticing and sultry voice, phoned me and said, " I’m at 1211 Elm St. . . . Come on over, there’s nobody home."
I hurriedly went right on over.
Nobody was home !
jewlie 25 days ago
That is the “beauty” industry in 4 panels. First they make us feel ugly, then they “fix” us. It’s the ugly industry.
nickdnd 25 days ago
I’m sure she can point out two big sources of frustration and unhappiness right now.
robinafox 25 days ago
They should do Les. He really needs a new way of presenting himself.
The Joke Explainer Premium Member 25 days ago
Oh poor Luann. Having to listen to this mind-numbing idiocy that goes on and on and on.
Trust me: I know how she feels.
When is this arc going to end?
preacherman 25 days ago
Tiff hasn’t learned the art of interviewing. She doesn’t lead the interviewee to where she wants her to go. Allowing for free association can lead to unexpected outcomes.
OneTime59 25 days ago
Even if someone is seeking re-branding, they are empowered. Luann does not have a brand to re-brand to begin with, but still has the willingness and enthusiasm to give it try.
ACTIVIST1234 25 days ago
I sure hope Luann has protected herself by saying, in writing, the airing cannot be published without her approval and written consent
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member 25 days ago
A good left hook should do it!
Aladar30 Premium Member 25 days ago
Unfortunately Bets and Tiffany are right, the video has to start with Luann feeling down. It’s kinda sad, because after years Luann finally seems full of hopes. The fact that a little appreciation from two friends was enough to make her feel this way says a lot about how unappreciative Luann is in her daily life. Now I’m afraid that Luann will think about her life and have a major moment of depression.
comic reader 22 25 days ago
So incredibly boring.
Doug K 25 days ago
They have to tear her down …
… so they can take credit for building her back up.
hwaynemorgan 25 days ago
This arc sucks, please move on.
RonMcCalip 25 days ago
If it ain’t broke, DON’T fix it!Typical “NEW Corporate” mentality. Design a “problem” where there are none, then “fix” it. In other words “Make a new problem!”
chris_o42 25 days ago
Best strip yet in this arc. Luann knows she is fine the way she is.
Ellis97 25 days ago
You’re causing her frustration and unhappiness right now.
wschott 25 days ago
Never noticed that up curl in her hair, like in panel 2. She’s a blonde “That Girl”
locake 25 days ago
Bets is wearing a different shirt than when she arrived at Luann’s. Since she obviously packed a bag, she should share one of her shirts with Tiffany.
WilliamVollmer 25 days ago
Luann does see herself as needing “rebranding,” just not the way Betts, and, Tif planned on doing it.
locake 24 days ago
I doubt that most people of any age would know what their Current Brand Identity is. They may think of themselves in a certain way, but that is probably not how other people perceive them.
sallymargret 24 days ago
There hasn’t been a decent Luann strip since 3-23-24. That’s an entire month! I am so sick of this “branding” fiasco. I am not a business major and have never taken any business courses. I believe many other Luann readers are the same. I don’t want any more “lessons in advertising.” PLEASE!
hdude711 Premium Member 24 days ago
Once again, Bets is being controlling and trying to run someone else’s life…
lemonbaskt 24 days ago
wheres piro?just kidding
Call me Ishmael 24 days ago
Oo ! Ooo! Give her a libido !
dblbaraje 24 days ago
I am old. I was a teenager in the sixties and really didn’t like it with all the conflict of the Vietnam Era, racial tension, assassinations, etc. Life was bigger than the individual. But, I am glad I didn’t have to put up with this kind of stuff being played out as “personal branding”. Good Grief! I feel sorry for the kids today. As soon as they learn the world doesn’t revolve around “ME”, the better off they will be.
The Old Wolf 24 days ago
Nice response, Luann. These two are full of enthusiasm and devoid of human connection.
JustPlainBob 24 days ago
Come on Luann, we’re your friends. Show us what a piece of miserable pathetic worthless garbage you are. Time for Bernice, the insightful therapist, to show up and inspire Luann with a Billy Joel song:“I don’t want clever conversationI never want to work that hardI just want someone that I can talk toI want you just the way you are.”
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member 24 days ago
Beautiful reply, Luann!!! Do not listen to “BATUBS”!!!!!
comic reader 22 24 days ago
Bets and Tiffany are missing THEIR calling… running a used car lot.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 24 days ago
“You want to see my frustration and happiness? Turn the camera to focus on Tiffany and let me tell you what growing up with her in my life was like.”
astahl2003 24 days ago
“I am a blank slate full of potential who is spending large amounts of money on a college education to get me a underpaid childcare job where I will be a tool once I’m provided with on the job training.” Take the rebrand Luann.
tcayer 24 days ago
Pretend you’re in your room talking to Bernice. That’s when the pathetic details come out!
viniragu 24 days ago
Call me when this is over!!
rbullfogg 24 days ago
I wish this section go away. Get to something good and interesting, not millennial needing a participation trophy!
nsr60 24 days ago
I yam what I yam, and that’s all that I yam. End of story.
percheronhitch6 24 days ago
I wish she was allowed to be that self assured on a daily basis!
The Quiet One 24 days ago
Good for you Luann.
pearlyqim 24 days ago
When reading my selection of comics in the morning, I’m skipping right over Luann till this stupid story line is over! I’ll check back next Monday!
MJ Weber Premium Member 24 days ago
THIS is why I never wanted to go to Business school!
Shanana 24 days ago
The makeover is gonna take a couple of days, I guess.
liberalnlovinit 24 days ago
I’m frustrated and unhappy with this line of questioning…
Squid Ink Thumbprint 24 days ago
Luann is clearly in an elevated “After” position since she seems to see the irony of this con-game. Bets and Tiff are about as “Before” as it gets in terms of integrity, validity, and responsibility.
RSH 24 days ago
Luann was not frustrated and unhappy when these two walked in the door. Tiff and Bets gave her some words and a way of thinking that helped her to feel empowered but she wasn’t in some miserable state before hand. Their before and after concept and the idea that someone can be instantaneously re-branded is flawed.
YorkGirl Premium Member 24 days ago
I like the flip hairdo Tiff gave Luann. They should listen to Luann. She’s writing a better selling point than they are.
JPuzzleWhiz 24 days ago
Tiff’s comment of “Show us your frustration and unhappiness, ’k?” should serve as the perfect cue for Bernice to show up…prompting Luann to say, “There you go! Ask and ye shall receive!”.
Which means this arc’ll be hijacked, and will no longer be about Luann, as is what usually happens in arcs she’s involved in.
eddi-TBH 24 days ago
Coaching the witness.
HodgeElmwood 24 days ago
This business is going to fail for a reason you can see coming a mile away. They want to change who people are, and that’s going to doom any attempt they make at “rebranding” someone.
eladee AKA Wally 24 days ago
But she’s not frustrated or unhappy.
kittysquared Premium Member 24 days ago
I think I’ll have to skip the strip till this arc is over. It is painful to read.
kenhense 24 days ago
@Ivalx. I don’t know how happy Luann is. But she can do better.