Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for October 01, 2015

New poll up: Which will be the winning poster?

What Animal Does Zebo Adopt?1) 26 votes – Other.2) 16 votes – Kittens.3) 12 votes – Platypi.4) 10 votes – Bats.5) 9 votes – Hyenas.6) 4 votes – PuppiesOther (multiple votes for snakes, ferrets and rats): Ferret; snake; weasels; Sloth; Turtles; Iguana; Wombat; hedgehogs; Chameleon; Rodents, specifically rats!; Snakes, lizards, and hairless rats; A parakeet trained to say “Zebo is brilliant!”; Cats; Luann; Reptiles, like him. Or should I say, “Reptiles like him.”; Some huge, scary snake; Warthogs; Frilled Lizard; Bearded Dragon

’m as speechless as Puddles. That’s an amazing picture of him Luann drew.

Doesn’t quite capture the essence or the cuteness of Puddles.

…don’t quit your dayjob, Luann

This is what Puddles would look like if he was a real dog

Luann — you’re missing the Eddie Cantor googlie eyes!

Luann’s a better artist than Evans.

Cute! Let’s hope Greg doesn’t try that trick with Luann, Brad, Frank, or Nancy… although I will admit I’m curious what the “real” Tiffany looks like!

Nice! Fun to see what Luann ‘sees’ when she looks at her little Puddles:)

Luann has “realized” Puddles remarkably!

No, Luann.

Your “Art” Should MAKE-Professor-Zabats-WEEP!

So, When You Hand it to Him, STOMP Vigorously on His Big Toe Whilst He’s NOT Looking…..,

Not enough anthropomorphic flair.

The actual dog looks like a comic.The drawing looks real.Wait.What?

Um….I’m not even 60 years old and this was before MY time, but I know that it’s “Barney Google…with the Goo-goo-googely Eyes” Not Homer Simpson. LOL

“He’s Got Marty Feldman Eyes”^Heard he got ’em on sale…

“Technical Difficulties”“All In Altered”“He’s Got Some Bulgey Dabis Eyes…” (♪)“Kermit The Dog”“Ultra Hi Fi Fido”“A Red Iris In The Mind’s Eye”“The Rosy Tints Of Perception”“Special Effects”or“Detail Wagging”

Luann drew a mixture of all three subjects. Height from stuff dog, puddle’s ears, cat’s eyes, etc. The mixture is pretty impressive!

I said I would not get into the pet arc thing here, but since it gets into artist reproduction I can’t resist. If you take the position that it is the artist’s “eye” that matters then it makes no difference really that the picture Luann painted of Puddles is totally unrealistic. That is how her mind’s “eye” sees him. On the other hand I think drawing him in his faithful and loyal cuteness would be better and more truthful. Is the artist interested in truth? What is truth? Anyway she is a good cartoonist artist, after all look who draws the cartoon, but as a realist she is a flop (lol).

Professor Zebo will probably choose all of the submitted pictures and create a collage.

Love how Evans ‘answered’ a fan’s comment about why he continues to draw Puddles in a more cartoon style than the rest of the strip! Brilliant!

After all these years, Greg still doesn’t seem to realize that Puddles is a true, lovable gem..

Not ’zackly, Luann…

6A nice drawing by Luann! BUT…. I sincerely hope that this is not an indication that Greg is thinking about drawing the character of Puddles like Luann’s drawing in future comics. I like Puddles how he has been drawn. If he were to get more realism, I would miss greatly the old version of Puddles. I realize that all the characters were transformed (other than Puddles) a while back (see old style in “Luann Again”). But, while I really like the more realistic style to the other characters as they currently are, I sincerely DO NOT think Puddles needs this sort of make-over to a more realistic style. So, Greg, if you read these comments, I hope you keep Puddles as he currently is.

Your comment is the closest thing I’ve found to my own opinion that we, from our 3D universe, peek into other realities via a 2D box (the comics panel). For this reason, comics don’t have to follow the rules of our universe.

I find myself pointing this out from time to time when people comment that a comic strip is not realistic in some way; Calvin & Hobbes, with the ongoing debate about whether Hobbes is truly alive, is a prime example.

1) Isn’t Luann in her freshman year?2) It might be Art 101, a general course for non-majors.3) Your point might be true in our universe; there may be different rules in the one Luann lives in.

A pedant writes: “The plural of platypus is platypuses”.Another pedant writes: “No it isn’t, it’s platypodes!”

Yes, it IS too de-tailed – I don’t see any tail at all.

Luann is a better artist then Greg? Go figure.

heh heh

“my take is it’s Greg poking fun thru a sort-of “4th wall” type of thing. It’d be like if Luann looked in a mirror and in reflection we saw a representation of Karen.”^Now it’s my turn to say Yep!

Actually, though I can’t “put my finger” on it, still, I remember some comic strip or cartoon characters (including some televised animations) had that “what if they were real or done in different styles?” treatment, including “The Simpsons”, who did it on their own show, if I remember correctly…

-if Luann looked in a mirror and in reflection we saw a representation of Karen

That would be a great ’toon. Sure hope they take your idea and run with it…

LOL!!

Sheldon is one of the great indie web comic strips.

Yes, in the drawing Puds is too de-tailed. But as short as it is, you’ll need a side or rear view to see that appendage.*And then you’ll miss the eyes. Charismatic eyes are big, brown, and moist.

Hey, BRD: so what’s with the horrible purple bulge in the backdrop of panels 1 and 3? Is that some kind of toxic landfill? Colorist AND Greg are hacks. It’s spreading :-P

Perfect

I like it. Paint it on velvet and she might have something there. This would be a decent arc—-if she were several years younger.

if Zebo puts this drawing into the shredder, I am going to personally jump through the monitor and strangle his little neck. I like him as a character but I want Luann to succeed at something other than looking longingly at Quill.

rhelburn said, if Zebo puts this drawing into the shredder, I am going to personally jump through the monitor and strangle his little neck. I like him as a character but I want Luann to succeed at something other than looking longingly at Quill. . . . -——————————————.On Luann and her concept of what constitutes “Success”, try this:

Silly me. I didn’t see the purple as ‘bulges’. Thought it was just the color of the wall in back of Luann. (Our younger sister insisted on purple walls in her teen bedroom. I don’t know why, and her house doesn’t have a single purple wall in it now…)

I think it’s perfect & hope Luann wins! Then give Puddles a steak.

Puds looks a bit zaftig in that picture.

I’d rather find out if the Aussie is going to dump our teenage queen. Something is on the horizon…..

I think after all that work, if it were me, I’d be covered with paint splatter and charcoal dust and the work area would be a mess… but not in the cartoons.

“…just can’t quite put my finger on it….”^Others have pointed out the spots they recognize… I’ll contribute with the (♪) “Society was built on Ruuuu-les….”, (♪) stretched to the finite (perhaps even infinite) degree…. – ….and even the “My job is done here!” bit, which sounds like a familiar……“mission statement”…

With all the other life forms in this strip being somewhat lifelike in appearance, perhaps this new Puddles look should be permanent — he’s the only thing looking comical.

Wow, I like Bernice, but unlike Bernice I was really impressed with Luann’s ability to draw in different styles in that wonderful strip that IAmJayBlue posted for us! So maybe Luann chose the style she thought would get her message across about Puddles, and that’s how she sees him doing an ‘I am adorable take me home’ look, with embellishments, and not necessarily the way she sees him day to day? Today’s was a great strip that started some good conversation and led to a lot of fun speculations:)

What a clever in-joke!There’s been a lot of talk over the past decade about how Puddles the Dog has not evolved in artistic style since the first time he appeared, some 30 years ago.Greg is talking to the fans.

So Puddles is a basset, who would of known?!

Actually, it’s funny how the human characters in “Luann” were gradually drawn more realistically over the years (at least with more realistic physical proportions) and yet Puddles continues to look completely cartoonish. It’s not unlike Jonny Quest, where the human characters were realistically depicted and Bandit the dog was more cartoonish.

That actually looks like a dog