Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 20, 2017

¿Por qué esta tira de “Luann” está escrita en español, no en inglés?

Um… Why is Luann in Spanish?

En Ingles, por favor …? :)

After what you spent on the necklace and dinner, you would not have enough left to buy stamps at the post office.

My living in Spain for 5 years pays off…

It would’ve been easier to blame Trump. (I apologize in advance for opening that can of worms here.) So how about that “Beauty and the Beast” movie? Isn’t it great?

Wow, so the cheapskate Degroots really did stick their minimum wage employee with the entire check. And dividing the total amount by 5 people equals $60 per person. Good lord, Frank is a piece of work. And before anyone rushes to defend these guys, remember that Les may be a thief, but none of them know that. As far as they’re concerned, they just ate their way through more than a week of Les’s total pay. And Pru looks like even more of a scumbag for inviting them without even telling (much less ASKING) Les first.

¡Ay, caramba! Yo buscaba “Luann” en inglés.

Seriously, though, Les manages to be both a thief and a sucker. Why did he agree to pay for the DeGroots’ dinner at the restaurant? He didn’t invite them, and they treated it as a business dinner for the business which Frank and Nancy own and where Les is presumably one of the lowest-paid employees. If my boss invited himself to dinner with me, it wouldn’t be on my dime. Les could have honestly told Frank and Nancy that he wasn’t expecting them to come to the dinner when he set it up, and he couldn’t afford to pay for their meals.

Why is this strip in Spanish?

Boy this is a weird comment board this morning. First, the strip is in Spanish. I figure that is just probably a snafu somewhere in transmission. Hopefully it will resolve itself tomorrow, or maybe later they will put the English version up in GoComics. Then I have had to flag another commentator several times. That person must be incapacitated in some way. But to get to the arc, we may be coming to a head with Les’s story, on several levels. His uncle is confronting him on the expenditures, including the money given to Pru (did not mention the necklace) for the theater, the expensive “planning” dinner, that Les originally thought was a date, although Pru did not, and a third expenditure I don’t want to go back to ArcaMax to recall. Uncle Gray also asks Les about some money, a payment, he missed sending to Les’s mother, and to all the questions Les answers in a snide, dismissive, and disrespectful way. Where this will lead one can only surmise, but hopefully it will tie some things up on the Les situation. What are those payments to mom? I think they are payments paid in connection with probation, perhaps with something done with mom, who is probably Mr. Gray’s sister, or she is paying for damage of some kind that Les did.

Translate: U: Les, you still giving money to Pru for the theater?L: Hey, lets talk about how expensive theater supplies are.U: I see. I also hear that you spent $ 300 in an elegant restaurantL: It was the fault of the Degroots to go too, talk to themU: Aha. Well, your mom called. You did not pay again. Who do I talk to about that?L: With the post office. They’re out of stamps…

I think some people are still celebrating St. Paddy’s Day here.

Whadda ya mean Spanish? Anyone knows mafiosos speak Sicilian

Don’t blame the Russians for this one. I think that the Mexicans want their Pedro (Piro) back. Maybe it’s a pre-emptive strike on April Fools’ Day? Well, amigos, is it okay now to talk about Tiffany’s chi chi’s ? Probably not.

Que?

No hablo español

Who fouled up and posted the Spanish version on both the English and Spanish sides?

I think Les may have stolen the TV from Bernice’s room and sold it for more cash.

Don’t know Spanish. Could someone explain what was said there?

What the hell? Give me a break!!!!

Les seems to have an explanación for everything!

Mr. Gray had mentioned to Les before that the probation officer was expecting payments. Apparently, Les isn’t making them. Non-answers may deflect others, but I don’t think Mr. Gray will take them.

My first thought was they are speaking Spanish, not to be overheard.

Why is this is Spanish??

Guess we will have to wait her 2-3 weeks to find out if Dr Heald is a Podiatrist,( but then it would be spelled Heeld ) a psychiatrist or what. A podiatrist would be good for Bernice as often suffers from “open mouth insert foot” disease. A Psychiatrist would also be good for her since she is such a head case.

I don’t read Spanish – English, please?

Why is it in Spanish? This is an English speaking country.

I feel discriminated against. Where is the Luann in French?

https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/luann/

Bernice is a moron.

¿Qué Pasa?

No entiendo sin el diccionario

I occasionally get Spanish comics. There were two days when Calvin & Hobbes was actually in Portuguese. That was fun.

I just read the english version on Arcamax, Les needs to wise up and stop bad mouthing his uncle.

“A Lick Of Cents”

“A Few Loose Scruples”

“Mail For A Female”

“Lady And The Stamp”

“Gray Areas”

“Stick It To ’Em!”

“Method To The Madness”

“The Sly Fox And The Hounding”

“I’ve Got A Lot Of Baggage…And You’re On My Case!”

“The Price I$ Wrong!”

“Postcards From The Ledger”

or

“No Taste For Accounting”

Perhaps the Spanish is part of the plot. Mr Gray wants to talk about things in a way they won’t be easily eavesdropped. Like about that hot TV ring he’s got organized… “Leslie…I am Piro’s father!!!” Well, okay, maybe not…

Interesting. The comic is in Spanish, and more comprehensible than an English-speaking commenter.

Todo el mundo quiere culpar! (susurrar….)

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Todo el mundo quiere culpar! (suspirar…..)

(Apropiado para la tira cómica de hoy!……PARA EL CÓMIC DE HOY!)

Trump’s not going to like this!

Mexicans are stealing our country.Now they’re stealing our comics.

If you will recall from christmas time or before, they held a fundraiser at the theatre, Les was in charge of the collection jar. At the end of the night he turned over like $35.00 or something…..

Why is this in spanish?

Try another source to see Luann for 3/20 like I did. Then come back and comment. The reasonable conclusion is that this was a one-time mistake I hope. The racist comments are definitely not appreciated and are so sad; this country has so many people who can’t even keep hate out of a comic strip comment blog.

IT’S IN SPANISH, I CAN’T UNDERSTAND A WORD!!! WHO’S DUMB IDEA WAS IT???

Sé que fuiste tú, Les. ¡Me rompiste el corazón!

AYE CARAMBA!

In the United States of America freedom of speech comes in every language. However the guarantees for that freedom are written in only one language.

There’s a section for the Spanish comics in Luann, it’s called Luann en Espanol. It’s too early in the morning for this…

Why is this in Spanish? I did not sign up for Spanish.

OK, why is this posted in Spanish? Good thing I already read it in the paper.

The English version is here:

https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/luann/

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So, due to some sort of mistake, GoComics has accidentally substituted the “Luann in Spanish” comic for the regular comic. My Spanish is not strong enough to get more than just a hint of what is going on, so I am taking some of the translator’s comments as “fact” at the moment. Hopefully, GoComics will correct their error fairly soon.

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Although it will be interesting to see Mr. Gray and Les interact, I am a bit disappointed in not having more Piro & Bernice. I find that interaction/relationship to be very interesting and well done, and I wish Greg would make up a longer arc with those two.

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But, I am sure, once this is back in English, this Grey/Leslie arc will be very interesting too.

Really? Spanish?

Donde esta mi Luann ???

¿Qué Diablos? (What’s the Spanish equivalent of WTF?) :o(

En Ingles, por favor …? What happened?

Why not put it in Italian to show their Mafia leanings?

https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/luann/

I don’t know Spanish either, but thanks to those who provided links or translations. Leslie should blow off his uncle. He’s already in pretty deep in his current circumstances, and we’ve figured out here before he must be paying restitution of some sort for a previous transgression. Uncle/Mr Gray isn’t going to tolerate Les’ explanations.

I bet he has to pay his mom back for bail money.

The less I see of Les, the better. I a weary of seeing sociopaths and psychopaths.

The gist of the story for those, like me, who are seeing it in Spanish. Someone that speaks Spanish better than I do can probably give you a better translation but this is the general idea.G: You keep giving money to Pru for that theater things.L: Talk to the theater supply company. It’s expensive.G: I also heard you spent $300 on an expensive dinner.L: Talk to the Degroots. It’s their fault.G: Well, I also heard you didn’t send your mom any money. What about that?L: It’s the post office’s fault.

Why am I seeing this in SPANISH, and why can’t I fix it??

I have to wonder if this is a political statement by some flunky at GoComics, or just a simple matter of sloppiness at work.

WETF>?? This is America, dude!

English version. https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/luann/

Screw this! If I have to hunt the comic down to read it, then I’ll just stop reading it.

♫♪♫ "The Rain in Spain Sez Les’s Uncle IS ah Paaaaaaaaain!!! ♫♪♫

It goes to show how asleep at the wheel the people at GoComics are that this has stayed in Spanish through most of the morning.

A post isn’t in English on the site I pay American dollars to read? What’s up with this?

Press 1 to continue in english.

After making my comment about the strip not being in English I go back to my page to finish reading and it IS in English! Thanks to whoever fixed the problem before they could possibly have read my complaint post!

Took until about 11 am Eastern Daylight Time to correct it,

Enough of Piro and Les!!!!

Woo-Hoo, the Strip is Fixed. The “Howls of Protests” have been HEARD!!!

Thank you, GoComics, for fixing the mistake of posting the Spanish version in the English version of Luann. It is appreciated.

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So, the BIG question to me is…. what sort of “payment” does Les have to make to his mother? There are so many possibilities……. a) repayment of money he “borrowed” from her and Uncle Grey found out about, b) repayment of bail money, c) some other “nefarious” deed he did that requires him to repay his mother, or d) might he be potentially being “guided” by Uncle Grey to do something nice for his mother in a way to “train” Les to be nicer? “D” is probably unlikely, but it would be interesting if that was how Uncle Grey decided to guide Les.

I do think it’s super weird that Les paid for the entire dinner. Personally, I don’t expect a guy to pay for me on a date, but it is a tradition so if Pru had gone alone and believed it was a date, it wouldn’t have been unreasonable for him to pay. But if a co-worker (not my boss) invited me to talk business, there is zero way I would allow him to pay for my dinner. And if I added more people WITHOUT TELLING HIM, seriously I would have to be the world’s worst user to stick him with the bill. MAYBE if he invited me to talk business at Starbucks and offered to pay for everyone’s basic coffees (you’re on your own for lattes).

Les needs someone to give him an Attitude Adjustment. Hopefully he’ll mouth off to the wrong person and he’ll get it.

Calm down! The Spanish version was most likely an error by a distracted Go Comics employee not paying attention to detail. Smart phone?

Post Office running out of stamps? Don’t they have a postage meter?

Usually, the court systems do NOT take kindly at all to those who start defaulting on payment of fines, etc. – so Les had better be careful! Maybe there was an underlying reason for the Spanish version earlier … After all, speaking of ‘courts’: “NO one suspects the Spanish Inquisition!!!”

Or it could be that $300 was the amount for just Les and Pru and Frank DID pay for his family’s part of the meal.

Curiouser and curiouser.

What language was that this morning? I read more than a little Spanish, and I couldn’t figure it out. When I just looked at the “Luann en Español”, the language was quite figure outable. Was that some sort of dialect?

Hey maybe it was Les who stole the TV.

I’m still curious about that alleged charity Les was collecting money for. Was it real or was he just filling his own pockets?

THANK GOD the Spanish version was switched! How horrific to be inconvenienced for a little while. How horrioble when compared to homless vets, and healthcare ‘reform’ OH MY!

To many posters here who do not know me or what I write about: There was a time when GoComic did not permit ad hominem attacks on posters. You could disagree with what someone said, but not by being disagreeable. Apparently, those days are over.

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For the benefit of those who don’t know me: I was never involved at all in the discussion about the character ‘Sun’. There were a lot of discussions going on at that time, and I was involved in one of the other discussions. Also, I do not know Greg Evans or Karen Evans at all, and I am not on Facebook (which is apparently the place to go if you really want to communicate with them), so they would not know me if they fell over me. And they would not be influenced by anything I said here.

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And finally, if you don’t like something I am saying, feel free to scroll past it, as I will forever now scroll past the posting of the entity that attacked me today. But I do not think anyone other than that entity has accused me of having ‘typical and annoying fits’. I am not hurt, because to be hurt, I would have to care what that entity said. I am disappointed that this is now acceptable here.

I don’t remember the character Sun. Could someone enlighten me?

I’m not sure what’s going on with Leslie’s payments to Mom, but we are getting enough exposition of how the surly Bad Seed splurges with his ill-gotten (stolen) gains….

Les Smart-mouth about to be in hot water

@ARGY.BARGY2: Hey, Arg – I left you a response to your comment above.