Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 16, 2014

“An E-Motional Response”“Pixelation Nation”“You Really Put The Scrap In Scrapbooking”“All In All, It’s Just Another Pic On The Wall”“Snap In The Place Where You Live, Now Look Up…”“(Notw Don’t Be Sad, Cos) 2 Out Of 283 Ain’t Bad”“Every Pic You Take….”or“My Mama Told Me You Better Photoshop Around”

Oh, too bad the photo Frank took of Luann and Quill was fuzzy… But Frank being Frank… ;)

I wonder where Gunther and Rosa are…I am waiting to see her dress; I’m also curious to see what Delta wears… ;)

The fuzzy pic actually looks kind of cool.

Of course, Frank wouldn’t be using a camera from THIS century.

Only if she started drinking in her room! C’mon, they haven’t even left yet!

“Memories…we will enjoy them”.—-Beldar Conehead

I just Couldn’t Resist this: “Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” (Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745). "Nite all! ;)

Or she recognizes one of Gunther’s ingenious plans to remind her of him with the “Berger-bund” (and when Quill accepted it, Gunther chuckled, smirked and said to himself: “Phase two…. complete…”)

“Brought to you” by…The Flintsamatic 3000… "Now with auto candle, digital aperture manipulation (also known as “finger-focus”), and the latest in picture dispensing technology….. It took us 100 years…. but it’ll be worth it!…." – And by…the ‘Naturalizer’ Candid Shot Camera… “Don’t even bother trying to get ready!… the Naturalizer takes the ‘fake’ out of the focus….”…“From Ko-drat!”…

Dads are so cool. 8*)

It might surprise some of you to know that sometimes women do hike their dresses and bras UP rather than pulling them down.

Two days before the prom, my date broke his foot, no dancing with him or anyone else. We also hit a deer on the way home. Had to ride up front in the tow truck with what looked guys from the movie Deliverance. Worst date ever.

Is Gunther the Queen?

Don’t mean to be a spoil sport, but I am kind of disappointed in Luann’s dress and “look” for the Prom. The dress is old fashioned, the color is just not good and the makeup is way to much. Going back a few weeks, Bernice’s dress was terrific (but again the make up in the car was overdone). Sorry. Can’t want ti see what the other girls look like. Let them all have a night to remember a lifetime!

Fathers with cameras are dangerous.

Is it me, or is Gunther’s cumberbund and Frank’s shirt made from the same material?

Sigh! The kids have barely departed for the prom and Frank has already taken 283 photos of their preparation and departure, at least 282 of which are, say we say, not very good if the four frames we are shown are a representative sample—poor focus, ill-framed subjects, awkward moments, ad nauseam….

Not that I’m a dad, but I don’t think I’d even want an accidental picture of my 17 year old adjusting her boobs…

Yes, “A Night To Remember” a “Titanic” event.

I don’t get the 3rd picture. Was Luann sneezing, trying to wow Quill with a poor Popeye imitation or showing off her decolletage?

Uh-Huh.

These Two “Promenades” are HAPPY Now, but Just WAIT ‘til They find OUT that the Limo is Being Driven By None Other Than Elwood’s Evil Henchman, Clyde!

And He AIN’T Takin’ Them to the PROM…..,

You can’t get 283 photos from a film camera. Frank’s camera is obviously old and not digital.

I would say that she’s not drunk in frame 3, but that after focusing on the cumberbund and the blurry picture, her dad finally noticed that her dress was too low and told her to pull it up – therefore her disgust and embarrassment.

Yeah, Luanne’s adjusting her bra, because, guys, bras are uncomfortable. There’s a saying: “Beauty = pain.” and it’s true! Why do you think we kick off our heels and run around in flats or barefoot?

Quill, Quill, Quill. Never wear a cummerbund with a necktie!

Terrific illustrations, Greg.

It would be hilarious if Gunth had made a bow tie to match.

This is why almost no one uses film cameras anymore. I’m sure some millenials can’t even conceive of a camera without a preview screen.

Oh, please. She’s hiking up her dress and re-situating her… self. Geez.

The 1st panel she is laughing (or getting sick) at the cumberbund!

What was Luann doing in panel three?

-Some day my prints will come-LOL!!

In the first frame, where Luann is pointing at the cumberbund and laughing, she really looks like her Mom. Nice!

Must be a real challenge to draw & colorize frame #2.

1) Aren’t guys supposed to coordinate their colors for cumberbund, pocket handkerchief, and tie with that of their date’s dress?*2) Aren’t dads supposed to take only complimentary, posed pictures, not ones where his daughter is scratching an embarassing place?

Lemme guess— this week’s theme is “Getting to the Prom”. Stories following on Knute/Crystal, Tiff, Rosa/G-man.*Next week/s we’ll see what the action is!

-those eyes-To me, those eyes looked like someone in pain, not someone drunk.

Yeah, and one bonus about doing it that way, is that people can be natural, be themselves (which to me is what makes a picture) and that’s usually when their character shines through, and also all the really fun stuff that happens between takes, or the joy of the moment comes out more, and adds another dimension to what made that time so nice…. – Posing does have it’s value, aesthetically speaking, and its place, but it wont get all the other stuff that the “more natural” pics can get… – And for the people who like to do slides, the pictures can tell a different story each time, and just maybe there won’t be so many groans when they hear the projector coming out….

She’s pulling her dress up! I used to organize the Prom at the high school where I teach, so I have seen that particular gesture many a time. She should have gotten some Frost King double sided tape, the kind used for insulating outside windows, to hold her dress up!

With 283 photos, hopefully that means at least one of them will turn out right. P.S. Gotta love Lu’s face in the third panel while she’s adjusting her bewbs, lol.

Ha ha!! Same here. Same result. – And of course, when “the end justifies the means”, and they see the result, you and your lens are “smirking in victory”….

“…and everybody would always stand still.”^LOL! True and grand irony!

Forgot to add: That is also how the professionals do it, anyway. Especially for magazines. It’s never just “pose…..aaaaand…. we’re done!”. It’s always where they take many shots, and sometimes the best ones are the ones that you don’t look for.– It’s also interesting how some album covers are also done the same way. I always appreciated the work of “Hipgnosis” when they employed similar techniques to produce all of those iconic album covers (apart from any manipulations to the image they may have employed). And the book that was done about the company and the background to how some of those covers came about related how there were times when they stopped filming, something may happen, and the right shot “suddenly” appeared, and they had to hurry and get out their cameras when that moment had unexpectedly arrived….

The album “Take Another Picture” by Quarterflash.

I know it’s a stretch, but….

“Hit Me With Your Best Shot”, Pat Benatar…

“Photograph” by Def Leppard…

“Moving Pictures” the album, by Rush. It’s a “triple” pun on making movies (moving pictures), works of art that produce emotion (“moving” pictures), and pictures that get transported from one place to the other (men hired to “move” the pictures). Check the cover (front and back) and see! – Also “The Camera Eye”, on said album….

Here’s some more, actually…

“Picture This”, Blondie,“Camera” by R.E.M.“Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” – A Flock of Seagulls“Into the Lens” by Yes“Panorama”, the Cars“Photograph”, Nickelback

“Pictures Of You’, the Cure….

The album “Smile!” by Tim Weisberg….

George Jones – A Picture of Me Without YouJack Johnson – Pictures Of People Taking Pictures

“I Gotta Stop Going On Blind Dates”- Hugh Otter, Beah Starr

“You Always Leave A Fine Impression In The Barstool”“Ain’t No Barstool High Enough”^Ha ha!!! I remember that album… “One Bar I Know I Can’t Pass”….

BTW, Hugh Otter did a couple of songs with Beah Starr, but also with his sister, Y.I. Otter…. – I’m sure you’ve heard of some of their most famous duets….

“They Call Me The Garbage Man, Cos I’m Always Taking Out The Trash (A.K.A ‘What Are You Doing, Tonite?’)…

“Do You Mind If My Whole Family Rides?”“I Think Your Friends Are Laughing At Me (But I Didn’t Say Anything Funny)”

and the one that won them a Granny award (comes out the day after the Grammys):“She Didn’t Stand Me Up (Everybody Forgets)”Here are some of the lyrics:

Either I’m a day earlyOr she’s a day lateEither way I’m not giving upSo far, this place is great!

Barkeep, some more pretzels-In fact, pass a round on me…I’d get up and call her, But I might miss it, and I want to be the first face she sees….

It’s so hard to believe that so many people passed them by for all of those overdone artists… one more record, and they’d have their first gold!… as soon as they go to the hardware store and pick up a new can……

You guys are regular songsters tonite! ;)