Comments on: Okay, who’s satirizing whom now??

By: DPWally

DPWally — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:16:44 +0000

I think “Luann” is headed for a brief, implausible, Tiffany-Gunther pairing. Actually, I find the Tiffany-talking-to-Gunther plotline implausible. She just wouldn’t.

By: Hunt

Hunt — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:49:05 +0000

I thought Quill was the sexually ambiguous one.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:16:32 +0000

DavidF, certainly syndicated cartoonists can make emergency substitutions, but this sort of thing is reserved for things like a space shuttle gag that’s scheduled to run two days after a space shuttle blows up. Writing, drawing and distributing a last-minute replacement strip for the sake of tying into a Shortpacked comic… probably won’t happen.

By: DavidF

DavidF — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:20:45 +0000

People seem to think the “lead times” issue means comics can’t be changed even up to the last minute. Cartoonists may be contractually obligated to have a certain time block of cartoons ready to go ahead of time, but that doesn’t preclude substitutions. Even in the pre-internet days, strips sometimes did last-minute replacements by fax when needed (I think this happened with the infamous Bobby London Popeye abortion sequence). It has to be even easier these days. Whether the substitution gets to every single market is another matter, but they can try.

By: buzz

buzz — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:45:01 +0000

@Susan T-O — With dark hair, Quill looks like TJ, Brad’s ethnically/sexually ambiguous roommate. With dark hair, Luann looks a lot like her mom, Nancy. There had been speculation the WEST SIDE STORY arc was going to have some hot Nancy-on-TJ-action-by-proxy but that doesn’t appear to have panned out.

By: Powers

Powers — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:29:12 +0000

Wait, people don’t like Gunther-Luann as a pairing? They seem perfect.

By: Chakolate

Chakolate — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:58:43 +0000

Interesting - the last comic was cut off, so I right-clicked it to open it in another tab, and it readjusted itself on the page so I could see it all.

Is that supposed to happen?

By: starfall42

starfall42 — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:43:22 +0000

Years ago there was a reader vote on whether Luann should go with Gunther or Aaron. I actually voted for Aaron because I didn’t like the afterschool-specialishness of “she finds the plain but ‘nice guy’ is the one after all”. I think Evans was unhappy that Aaron won because he wanted the “nice guys can win too” story, and I think that’s why he sent him off to Hawaii.

By: John DiFool

John DiFool — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:48:41 +0000

Kind of like that Buffy ep. where she wakes up in the nuthatchery and everyone tries to convince her that, no, she’s not a Slayer of all Evil that Walks (or slithers etc.). Luann’s new haircut (before the brunette wig that is) was modeled IMHO after Sarah Michelle’s.

By: turquoise cow

turquoise cow — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:03:50 +0000

@Kate - maybe everything since Quill arrived has been a dream…
maybe everything since Aaron left has been a dream…

Maybe the whole strip has been a dream and now Luann will wake up and go off to school and into life with completely different friends, classmates, and family.

Okay, probably not. But that would be an awesome restart button.