Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 06, 2012

She still doesn’t get it, does she. But when she finally does….

gurlz are dum

Even with the best intentions, actually telling a woman of any age that they are “less” in any supposedly desirable aspect is asking for trouble.

I hate when Luann over-analyzes everything that happen in a conversation with a guy. Though I do think it’s funny how Nancy acts all therapist-y when Luann gets that way.

I’ve been reading this strip for years and I have never thought Luann was a complete idiot… until today.

I’m with Mom and Quill. But then, I think Bernice is smokin’-hot, so …

Yup, Tiff has all the best that money can buy and class ain’t for sale. Luann you’ve got what Tiffany wishes she had.

Luann has been fully taken in by the advertising world’s post processed beauty image. Poor thing.

Ugh. You know, I’ve to defend Luann as being just a teenage girl and not having some kind of mental illness or syndrome like some like to diagnose her with, and my defense remains true, but crap. This is getting old.

Luann is still in that shallow stage where beauty equals physical appearance – similar to the teen guys. Quill moved beyond that, so he is beyond his years. She doesn’t understand the inner beauty yet. She doesn’t think inner beauty counts for anything because most teen boys don’t. She will not appreciate Quill at all – her big loss. Quill will tire of Luann and move on to another girl.

Watching Luann unconsciously push Quill away is starting to bore me. I want to know what’s happening at Weenie World, that’s where the ‘action’ is.

In this comic strip time frame, Luann will never reach adulthood and learn what she needs to know… How many years has she been a teenager now? She will always be the dumb teen girl with angst.

Delta is far and away the hottest girl in this strip.

True enough.Artifice does not attract sincerity.How many true friends have we seen Tiffany have? What activities has she ever initiated or been involved in where she wasn’t believing that she was the centre?

luann is ready to become grown up. I use grown up because she is not there yet.

Nancy – “Luann, BACK in MY Day a GREAT Philosopher Named Gracie Slick Once said: ‘You Only FEEL Pretty’!”

Luann -" She said WHAT?!!?"

Nancy – “Uh, I MEANT to Say, she said ’You’re Only PRETTY as You FEEL’!”

in other words…some guys don’t like FAKE!…looks OR personality!

Louanne: Take all that fakery away from Tiff she has less than you. Sounds like Quill hates all that fakery. Louanne is just herself and thats what Quill loves. You notice that Quill is talking with Louanne and not Tiff Tiff this is for you::P PFFFFFFFFFT

Tiff also lacks Quill. He likes being with Louanne better.

it’s really sad that she cares so much what some guy thinks about how she looks. If you look good, you should look good for yourself, not someone else.

I’d like to think of Tiffany as “enhanced” rather than “fake”. Luann seems to prefer “cute” guys, so why the double standard?

Nancy’s answer was dumb. Luann just got done telling her how Tiff’s entire appearance is a disguise. All of it is fake. She hasn’t got it all. The stores sell it all. She puts it on.

Luann doesn’t see the fakeness of Tiffany and Quill does. He’s just more mature. The sad thing is women, many of them, feel exactly this way about themselves even when they are genuinely beautiful.

Give it up. You’re always second and without a comment.

A friend has a young daughter. She is/was shockingly beautiful. She reached the age at which her mother promised her she could wear makeup and the next time I saw her she looked like Tammy Faye Baker. Women put this crap on for other women – not men.

Looks fade, a kindred soul lasts forever.

Besides, Tiffany strikes me as EXTREMELY high maintenance.

Quill blew in Tiff’s ear and the hair on the other side of head blew up in the air.

I’m going to defend Luann here. Yes, this constant lack of self esteem and self awareness gets old, but this strip is a good reflection of modern times. I’m in my 50’s and had the good fortune to come of age during the feminist movement where there was a strong message of moving beyond how you look to who you are, using your brains instead of your looks, etc. Now it seems everything for girls is back to how you look, how much you get noticed, being a celebrity for everything BUT your intelligence and efforts. Let’s fact it, young girls have been Kardashianed. When we have baby beauty pageant contestants dressing up like hookers in movies, push-up swimsuit tops marketed to 10 year olds, and mommies getting little girls waxed and giving them gift certificates for liposuction (I’m not kidding), well, I think we know where Luann’s attitude come from.

What you guys aren’t seeing is that Luann is just as self-absorbed as Tiffany. Tiffany sees herself as perfect, Luann as imprefect. They are both the same self-absorbed teenage girl. Sure, Luann may volunteer and help others but other than that all she thinks about is herself.

Tiffany will be living in the Valley of the Uncanny by the time she hits 50. Luann has a natural beauty that will last.

@cooterrichards: nothing if you’ve actually gone through puberty and HAVE a bust! But it’s creepy when it’s Abercrombie targeting a padded bikini top at little girls.

I read these comments sometimes for laughs, and I wonder: do any of these folks have a real life, and do they think the cartoon characters are REAL? You’re all so SERIOUS!! Very creepy……

Excuse me. Therapist-y. Maybe therapeutical-y?

Luann had a dream involving Aaron back during the whole West Side Story thing. Wouldn’t it be hilarious if he showed up?

Abercrombie… once upon a time, it was a rather sophisticated store, marketing things that added a touch of sophistication and even a little elegance to outdoor activities. Or would provide fine clothing and accessories. A little pricey, but valuable.

Then it got taken over by some sixty-plus man who acted like he was still seventeen. Since then, Abercrombie and Fitch has just fallen to the pavement. It would have been better if they had just gone out of business altogether.

Great to have y’all back after vacation! (Congratulations, Bike n Boat— glad you shared the glory yesterday). I tihnk the writer here is giving a lesson to the teenage girls who read the strip. And I’m not sure Luann is qualified to point fingers— her mom has black hair, her dad has “skin-colored” hair, so where does HER blonde hair come from?

I don’t think Nancy’s comment was terribly helpful. Luann still doesn’t get that some guys just don’t like the fake stuff — especially the obviously fake stuff.

Tiffany is like celery. Looks substantive, but is actually empty calories.

Maybe in tomorrow’s strip Luann will have an epiphany and realize that she is more!

Who’d look twice at Stefani Germanotta…but when she shows up as Lady Gaga…WOW. Don’t you think about a million guys would have loved to trade places with Mayor Bloomberg when she kissed him on New Year’s Eve? As Joseph Conrad said, “…youth is the romance of illusions.”

Was she describing Tiffany or Dolly Parton? No matter, her mom is right.

A Playboy bunny club manager was interviewing prospective bunnies. He rejected the first for having silicone enhanced breasts. The second he rejected for wearing a wig. And the third he rejected for wearing padding on her hips. His assistant said, “Gee, boss. You just turned down Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail!”

cooterrichard: If, with all that added ballast, they have drooped to the point of tripping over, I suppose there is nothing wrong with them. Otherwise, they are just more artificiality.

Now THIS one I would put on a t-shirt, mug, and more.

Not much to add since the comments above pretty much cover all the bases. Luann’s sweet but she’s going to get hurt a few times before her mind matures. Even a clue-by-four wouldn’t do much for her at this stage.

I notice in passing that the trolls are out in force today; sometimes they’re more amusing than the strip itself.

A lot of good comments. I think mom should have phrased it differently…something like “a lot of guys see more than the paint job on a house or car”. The real value of a house, car, person, etc. is behind the shiny facade, or in other cases, the less than shiny facade.

When is the Brad/Toni/TJ/Ann arc returning??? That is so much more interesting than Tiff the dish :(

I’m getting tired of Luann’s attitude.

Tiffany is a fantasy creation that is real in her own mind. Luann is real, to herself and everyone around her.

here here!

Kind of a boring week with perpetually clueless characters. No mention at all of inner beauty, which is what’s behind the entire Tiff-Luann-Quill drama. It’s as though nobody can articulate this concept (not even Mom), and so the whole conversation is fixated on surface beauty, with no way to get to the root of what’s going on. TGIF.

This is typical teenage girl stuff. I remember going through something like this at that age.

However, let me point out again: “Luann, remember that you beat Tiffany in a beauty contest. Let me add, please, that, if you watch TV Land, you should be aware that, although many men want to have a relationship with the glamorous Ginger, the ones who want a serious relationship, wanted to get to know MaryAnn. Finally, understand that, though Tiffany’s looks are perfect, most guys aren’t looking for that. Guys like all natural good looks and, babe, you got that all over.”

Luann is also high maintenance too, I mean she kind of proved that when she got hung up on thinking Quill was into Tiff when he never ever acted into her and even when he told her nothing happened (even if it had she’s not his girlfriend) she proceeded to whine jealously about it all day at school. Just because she’s the main character doesn’t mean she’s perfect.

Must be some truth in those ‘blonde’ jokes.

@Bill the Butcher – I don’t believe I have ever agreed with you more with regard to your assessment of the Tiffany lamp. That bulb burns dimly. There is little hope for the narcissistic personality.

Most people seem to be missing the elephant in the room! Yes, Luann is insecure and can’t quite believe Quill likes her, not Tiff…but there has been a major change this week. At least for now, she’s gone from doubting Quill could still be interested in her to acknowledging he thinks she’s beautiful—even if she can’t quite understand how that could be possible. Perhaps the point of this week??

Good insight, bronze!

Not only that, but, based on his perpetual misadventures with Lucy and the football, has never learned from bitter experience.

Luann may be comforted to know that Tiffany will eventually snag the star hs quarterback and they will go on to lead an Al and Peg Bundy life.

She’ll get it just in time for him to leave. So says the Great Karnak.

No, Tiffany doesn’t have it all.

Luanne having a Brad moment, that would explain it.

@…said, just like the “real housewives” (especially Bev Hills, who are all indistinguishable Barbies). The aren’t even interesting to watch since they are hard to distinguish one from another. They have all had so much “work done”. There was a girl in my grade school of whom I was jealous because she was perfectly coifed and had lovely new stylish clothes (while I washed and set my own hair and still do, and my parents bought my clothes in resale). I have seen her a while back at 50th HS and I’m no longer the least bit jealous.

@janinbarnes, I also dressed oddly in school because of what I could find in good condition in the resale shops (as I was given some choice) and the other kids called me “teach” because my clothing was mor similar to what our teachers wore than what was in fashion for teens. Currently Baldeagle and Ottodesu have always had the clearest fix on the personalities (and our resident sheriff/colorist).

Goodnight all!

Well, stop for a moment … just how do you know that it wasn’t really the previous generation … ?This will be the last generation that may not know who their true parents are. If for no other reasons, it will be done to avoid hospital mix-ups.