Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 30, 2012

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh this is SO realistic, High Priest Mordecai. This is JUST how people behave. These characters we love have SO grown.

Really?

OK, they really need to split up. They were more realistic looking for Luann when she was “locked in” with Aaron. I am not saying that a missing 16 year old is less serious than a missing 5 year old. But 16 year olds know not to run in front of a car, or get into a car with strangers, or get lost a block from home. Let Brad and TJ tear up the house. Toni needs to get her arse into the car and drive around!

I think she found a nice, dry secluded spot to play “Queen of the Castle” in. That, or one of her parents picked her up without telling Brad and Toni.

Sheesh. All that demo they have to repair…Shannon is not THAT devious. Just call police.

Overkill!

Okay, children, can we all say “ridiculous?”

If she was asleep before, she certainly is awake now!

This strip is every bit as hilarious as the Dead Parrot sketch.

I suggest they check out Weiner World. Shannon never got her meal when she was there and she was complaining about it just before she disappeared.

I thought this would be resolved by now but I finally had to register to post my guess.

This is an unrealistic response they are exhibiting by tearing the house apart.

One can only hope that the little brat was abducted by aliens, in a nice, shiny UFO.

Things sure got crazy in a hurry.

.A part of me (27%) is saying “Go, TJ, go!”

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Another part of me (33%) is saying “Noooo!!! Not the black wall!!!”

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Still another part of me (40%) wants TJ to get with Jonah and become Shannon’s stepfather.

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Then, there’s always that tiny part of my mind (100%) that won’t stop thinking about pump cheese.

Now this is what comics is all about! Unrealisticness.

Shannon slept through all this ruckus inside the house? Heavy mallet? Electric saw? I think not. I am leaning towards that she is not inside the house. She walked to someone’s house. Children are known to do that. My guess is she walked to a stranger’s house otherwise the DeGroots would have called or Ann at WW would call the police. I wonder through all the noisy ruckus, they did not hear the DeGroots trying to call??

My toddler wandered away from me on the street and into a nearby store. We were frantic and a million things flashed in our minds all at once about possible kidnapping or abduction. After searching fruitlessly for what seemed an eternity but was actually just a short while, we flagged a police officer who was on a motorcycle. He sped off to search for our lost child just as the shop owner brought him out to our immense relief. All we could do was hold him tight even as our hearts were racing a mile a minute.

I kinda think that destroying the house, literally, will not in the end lead them to Shannon. She’ll probably just show up on her own and in her own time….

I think people forget that Greg never adheres to real-world logic all that closely. There will be some absurd reason why Shannon failed to hear the Skil-Saw, screaming, yelling, and what appears to be a sledge hammer about to break out a wall. Just wait – she will have stuffed macaroni in her ears in an attempt to make it look like she’s wearing earrings with her crown, or fallen asleep under a pile of coats. .It will be lame. Oh yes. it will be lame.

I have to admit, this was the last thing I expected. But of course Greg can’t win. When he’s like this, people accuse him of being unrealistic, When he’s realistic, people accuse him of being boring. How many of them have ever tried to do what he’s doing? None that I know of.

She is IN the car!!!!

This is getting ridiculous, even for “Luann”. She is an annoying, in-your-face kind of child. If she was there, I’m sure they would find her. The back door was open- pretty obvious that Shannon has let the building…

This is getting bizarre….

Anybody remember the old “Twilight Zone” where the little girl crawled under her bed and wound up in another dimension? Seeing them tear up the house makes me think of that…

The little twerp probably went to Weenie World where Ms. Awful sees her without adult supervision. Even tho she knows how to get ahold of Brad, she will probably call the police thus getting Toni in trouble with the fire department.

Maybe Shannon and Ann Eiffel have become allies.

yeah. really. tj needs to get laid. by whatever gender. now that IS a creepy mental image, but then you have to realize this strip bears no resemblance to reality. ever.

“Oh give us a house to wreck! We’ll tear it down by heck!”….Heckle and Jeckle….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvm22_TdnlI

Pleeze! None of these characters are THIS stupid are they?

Face it. The kitchen door was open. Someone came in or went out. Could it be Dirk? Could it be that TJ is going to try to impress Toni? Is it the little stinker is having fun with them? But the wall, cutting a floor…

TJ’s back. Not the rational imposter from ysterday.

tubgrape! Great idea! Yeah, I hope it’s Dirk…..I was wondering what happened to that dude…and of course it would all be an ambiguous misunderstanding….

I won’t predict anything, but it would come as no surprise to see Brad, Toni and TJ standing amongst the ruins of the wrecked house, as Shannon suddenly appears out of nowhere!

shannon and ann eiffel are at a bar with whiskey sours…mark my words!

She’s probably asleep in a cabinet somewhere. My daughter has fallen asleep inside furniture and they are looking under floors and inside walls. The brains at work here couldn’t power a lightbulb.

OK, my Saturday’s comic suggestion didn’t work.Shannon didn’t answer to TJ so I’d say she’s not in the house. Unless she fell and is unconscious, (reaching) .Greg has me here, I’m not sure where the little lass has gone, unless she did go to Luann and told Luann that Toni and Brad are making kissy face and she didn’t want to be there. So Luann would be trying to give them some alone time..But Toni should be calling and covering the neighborhood.

I like the strip because it was funny with realistic stories. This is not all that believable.. Demo a house really?

i want my comics to be exactly like real life!!! oh wait, i actually don’t want anything remotely like that.

Weenie World! That’s where she is.

Uh oh, this doesn’t look good. They better call the police soon.

She disappeared in 2 minutes but they are cutting holes in the floor with power tools? Really? And a sledge for the wall? Genius.

Yesterday was Luann, Bernice, & Delta. Today, it’s Larry, Moe, & Curley. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

Enter… Dirk!!!

With Shannon in tow.

Now this is hysterical!

Does anyone remember the purposeful look on Shannon’s face, matching the way she strode as she left the room? That child intended to do something specific…’like something spiteful; probably because she felt ignored by Brad and Toni.

Did anyone look behind the back door??????

Now the suspense is riding up on me. Like my shorts sometimes. And another part of me says, yes, the little twitch is off to settle things with Sweet Annie and the aforesaid frustrated Dark Imperious Queen will feed the Lost Child sweetstuffs from her Fairy Tale style Magic Kitchen…and Mean Black Ann will see the light and become aware of her evil ways and regret them…or be popping the sneaky little twerp in the oven when Brad and Gang bust in…

Yesterday’s strip may provide a clue. As “Queen of the World”, Shannon knows she has to look Gooooood. We haven’t seen Toni’s purse since Shannon left, so she’s gone somewhere private to put on makeup. Don’t kids get awful quiet and hide when they’re doing something they know is forbidden?

..asleep under on of the beds,,,she got scared by lightning then hid……and if you’re a parent..you have been this panicked by the dissappearance of your child!

what the H***!! Shannon could get thru a floor and into a wall without even touching them? Toni… take all the tools away from the boys before they tear the house down. They have a head start & you know it’s going to get worse. Shannon’s at Weenie World messing with Ann. Everyone knows it but the 3 of you!

I think the chances of her being at Winnie world are nill at this point considering TJ just came from there. I’m pretty sure she’s not in the house at this point.

IMO, she found her way to Luann’s house.

It might not be a full basement, just a crawl space 2-3 high. But, I agree that they should have allowed for a way to access it. A trap door with recessed hinges and handle.

I don’t understand the multitude of caustic comments regarding this strip? If you don’t like it, or a particular story line, then don’t read it!

I vote for #3…they need to check the car.

AshburnStadium said, about 6 hours ago

This strip has just jumped the shark.

Um…. Ann ate the shark several weeks ago.

TJ did show up before they looked inside Brad’s car or Toni’s car.

Suspenseful! I wanna see how this turns out~

This is one of those where after Shannon is found, first she gets the teary hug, the “Oh, Shannon, I was so afraid I had lost you,” and then the “If you ever scare me like that again, I’ll kill you!”

MORONS!!!

Not nonsensical. I had a friend in college who used to go scouting for chicks with me, and it took me a LONG time to figure out that he wasn’t trying very hard.

She’s at Weenie World.

I have to say I am personally a bit disappointed in this series of panels. I think the overexaggerated “cutting a hole in the floor” and “pounding a hole in the wall” images actually is a “Jumps the Shark” (JtS)moment for this story arc. Here are my reasons why I think so:+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++When you are to look for a “missing” child, you maximize your time by looking in the most logical places first. The most logical places are those locations where it is LIKELY the kid may hide. Cutting a hole in a floor the kid would not be able to access or in a wall that she would not be able to access is simply foolish.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++In theory, Shannon may have gotten in the basement by another route (as suggested by Toni). Well, the process that Shannon had to use to get there, SHOULD be the way THEY (TJ, Brad & Toni) search as well. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++While a big fan of this comic, today’s efforts are in my opinion, a true (and quite rare) mistake by Greg Evans. The logic of this JtS moment would be more easily illistrated if TJ said, “Wow, Maybe Shannon went to the moon?” and then the trio all spent their time building a space ship endeavoring to fly there and check out if she might be on the moon. Is it “comedy”? Yes, in a manner of sorts. Is it the good type of comedy we have grown to expect from Mr. Evans? No. And, unfortunately the actual strip from today is not a success either, in my opinion.

Hit by a car trying to find her father.Rare blood type needed, only Ann can supply.TJ forces Ann to donateJonah meets Ann, calles her a heroine.They go off together.

Try that for DRAMA !

I was commenting on your assertion that nonsense to suspect TJ gay because TJ helped Brad cruise for chicks. Now you bring out the heavy weapons, claiming no precedent for hidden agendas. I say Greg is full of surprises, so you never know!

Dummerer! That’s the only word that comes to mind.

TJ has been reading too much Edgar Alan Poe. Shannon is not walled up in some wine cellar. Next stop: Home Depot to get stuff to repair all that damage.

I believe that Greg Evans is merely showing that strong emotions can defeat logical reasoning. This is a CARICATURE – defined as exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics – to show that hunting for a lost child is a distortion of normal reasoning..I’m looking for a reason to include this arc, and I believe that it is a mechanism to advance the relationship of Brad and Toni through conflict and shared experiences.

Of course there’s occasionally an adverse opinion offered that assigns neglect or even abuse to the relationship of Toni and Shannon. This is a REAL STRETCH, given the limited information in this series of strips. At most, Toni can be accused of being distracted, and who of us has not been distracted at inopportune times? Fortunately, this doesn’t often happen with disastrous results – but it DOES happen sometimes. This, being a cartoon (synonym for caricature) shows comic relief for a serious situation in real life.

I have a feeling that Shannon went to WW, and Ann will be the one who will bring her back home, with a threat to call CPS.

She has been missing now for over an hour. It is past time to call the police! They are glad to help, and the sooner you call them the better they like it.

Shannon is at WW. Maybe this time – a little kid by herself – Ann would have to be nice to her. We are due to see a nice side of Ann – to keep it interesting.

I agree with mojitobaby . Come on folks, this is a FICTIONAL genre. ANYTHING can happen. I just find this strip funny. Does anybody complain that the stuff on Friends or Seinfeld is not realistic? Same thing.

I guess we are going to have to go through another week of this … suspense? Meanwhile, to pass the time, we can get back to silly bantering among ourselves. Who wants to go first?

I posted this the other day but some of you may have missed it.

If you would like to see Luann TOPLESS:CLICK HERE

I wasn’t here yesterday but I would like to make a serious comment related to yesterday’s subject – restrooms.I am appalled at the number of men (and I hear women are not much better) who leave a restroom WITHOUT washing or at least rinsing their hands. I always use a paper towel to open the door so I don’t have to touch the handle. If there is no paper available, I have been known to wait for someone to come in so I can get out on their push. There! I got that out of my system.

As a follow-up I would like to say that sometimes I am reluctant to shake hands and have started to carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer in my pocket. I hope I have not become a germiphobe – not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Just one more thing – Never eat peanuts from an open bowl at a bar – somebody with urine soaked fingers may have been digging in there.

NOW it actually feels like a comic xD

Can’t quite figure out your name. Could I buy a vowel – an “I”.

I still say Shannon could be at Mrs. Lewis’s house have they called her? Have they called anybody?

Of course she went to weenie world to get revenge

About 150 years ago a device called a telephone was invented. It added another tool, beyond yelling and knocking down walls, to assist in the location of missing persons. Other devices have been added since that time, such as television and milk cartons.

Story of my life.

That’s really bad when your joy-stick is right-hand thread.

Destroying the house yet again. They’re gonna put Brad’s folks into an early grave.

As I mentioned this weekend, it would be much easier to speculate about Shannon’s whereabouts if I knew the distance between Brad & TJ’s place, relative to the locations of Weenie World and the DeGroot house. To bad Greg Evans can’t show a diagram with a kid’s path on it similar to what has been done for years in “Family Circus.”

NO! Not the BLACK wall!!!

The real mystery is not so much where Shannon is hiding, as how this incident will affect the relationship between Brad and Toni. A) The shared concern and frantic search will draw them closer together. B) Brad and Toni will start blaming each other for Shannon’s disappearance, and will become farther apart. C) Greg Evans will come up with some plot development that I can’t even guess at this point. No predictions from this reader!

Helpful tip for you ladies: If you are going to burn your bra – take it off first.

“She got into a wall” What is she, a bug??

Wasting time guys and girl. No TJ, she isn’t in a wall. The last panel she was in there was a look of determination on her face. Hoping she didn’t find her way to WW or Anne Awful will make real trouble for all of them.

She’s gone back to the restaurant.

Bet she’s asleep in her bed !

Ann and Jonah might not be a long-term combo, but they might just resonate.-.Both are egocentric in odd ways. Both unrealistic. .I see some commonality.

A- tisket, a-tasket….

Both are prima donnas..Fakey and flaky. .and might just pull the wool over each others eyes.

Shannon’s response would be great to see..Bound to be inventive.

If Shannon somehow found her way to Weenie World, Ann would either call TJ, or the police to get Toni in trouble. I agree with the opinions that this more a test of Toni & Brad’s relationship than it is the story of a little girl in danger.

No TJ… And a buck won’t pay for the damage they’re doing right now. (wall)