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CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man



:pwn:

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Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




Johnny Walker posted:

Mary Worth



I imagine the breakup to go something like this:
"Hugo, I've met someone and I think we need to break up. I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you it just happened."
"Sure ok bye."

Something I've appreciated about this most recent development in this storyline is the incredibly realistic way Dawn describes her cheating on her boyfiend. This tendency is described very well in this piece by Captain Awkward, but the tl;dr is that affair-havers tend to describe their affairs in a very passive way like it's something that randomly happened to them by chance, rather than a series of choices that led them down an incredibly predictable path toward sucking face with somebody other than their partner.

Dawn, your acquisition of a side-dude did not fall on you out of nowhere like a dropped piano. It was not a surprise. You chose to go on a series of dates with a guy you knew had a thing for you. You chose this affair. (The fact that Hugo is likely cheating on you as well does not absolve you, since you have no way of knowing about that.) Your daddy chose to have all his affairs too. Truly, you are both Westons and should never be dated.

MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO
https://twitter.com/NoobtheLoser/status/1245364429551697920?s=20

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Maybe Luann can hook up with Hugo once Dawn dumps his rear end via video call. (Hello, crossover episode!)

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Julet Esqu posted:

Say, does anybody remember Stuart and Miguel? I sure as hell don't!

No

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

"I still love Hugo! How can I love two people at the same time?"

... Have you never heard of polyamory?

Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable


Standard police procedure to unmask and loudly identify your undercover agents in front of criminal gang members.

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Mikl posted:

"I still love Hugo! How can I love two people at the same time?"

... Have you never heard of polyamory?

Polyamory is BAD and EVIL and AGAINST THE BIBLE

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

Oh god I remember Quill. Another decent character the Evans had to demonize to prevent Luann from not being a "good girl".

plainswalker75
Feb 22, 2003

Pigs are smarter than Bears, but they can't ride motorcycles
Hair Elf

Julet Esqu posted:



Pru's been dating this broad since high school and they've reached fiance-level relationship status and this (and a card on Valentine's Day) is all we've seen of her. I don't know for sure how old Pru is supposed to be, but I've generally gotten the impression that she's a few years older than Luann, maybe the same age as Brad and Toni, so dating since high school is a longer time than it is for most of the rest of the cast.

All I'm saying is the Evanses portrayed the absolute least amount of lesbian dating they could manage with this relationship and even that turned out to be more than they could handle.


Say, does anybody remember Stuart and Miguel? I sure as hell don't!

According to the Luann wiki (I want to die now, knowing that exists):

quote:

Stuart

Lifeguard at the Pitts Public Pool. He once saved both Luann and Tiffany from drowning in the pool, after Tiffany, in a panic, almost got Luann and herself drowned by trying to push Luann down to keep herself afloat. Luann began centering her entire life around connecting with Stuart, to the point of him being the only thing Luann ever talked about. When she took him out on a date as a thanks for saving her from drowning, she truly believed Stuart was the one for her, until Stuart mentioned his wife, Stacey, which broke Luann's heart, and they never even spoke again afterward.

quote:

Miguel Vargas

Foreign exchange student from Spain. When he is introduced, a thief tried to steal Delta's purse, but when he made a run for it, Miguel tripped him, stopping him from escaping, which immediately won the affections of Delta. When he began his first day at school, Luann, Delta, and Tiffany all competed for Miguel. Although Miguel loved all three of them, he liked Luann the most, finding her "plain, ordinary" personality much more interesting. When Delta was diagnosed with cancer, Miguel stood by her side most of the time she had to be in the hospital, and gave her a lot of attention, much to Luann's jealousy. To Luann, Miguel was very romantic and gorgeous, but much too pushy. This led to on-and-off romantic interests between him and Luann. He once saved Tiffany's life by performing CPR after she almost drowned in the pool. She showered him with attention, until she used him to steal Gunther's test paper so she could copy the answers. She got caught in the act and charmed Miguel into taking the blame, and claiming he stole it so she could get the answers, even though he had been tricked into it. Despite being betrayed, Miguel took the blame for it and chose to return to Spain.

Sidenote, I think it's hilarious that Luann is still a complete piece of poo poo even when written about by people that presumably like the strip enough to make a wiki about it.

Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable

So Stuart was like an actual adult then, since he had a wife and all, and still went out on a date with a highschooler. Great job, Evans!

Calaveron
Aug 7, 2006
:negative:
So the Evanses wrote out a young African American cancer survivor activist because it was too hard to write for her instead keeping plain ordinary massively stupid Luann

Calaveron
Aug 7, 2006
:negative:
AND Luann was jealous of the attention a cancer haver was receiving, holy poo poo

csammis
Aug 26, 2003

Mental Institution

plainswalker75 posted:

According to the Luann wiki (I want to die now, knowing that exists):

Hahaha I remember Stuart now. I think it's funny as poo poo that he's included in Luann's memories of "forever guys" when they had literally no connection other than him doing his job and her having a crush.

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

csammis posted:

Hahaha I remember Stuart now. I think it's funny as poo poo that he's included in Luann's memories of "forever guys" when they had literally no connection other than him doing his job and her having a crush.

Luann is literally a spoiled child who has barely any idea of how relationships work, so this tracks.

Schwarzwald
Jul 27, 2004

Don't Blink

plainswalker75 posted:

When she took him out on a date as a thanks for saving her from drowning, she truly believed Stuart was the one for her, until Stuart mentioned his wife, Stacey, which broke Luann's heart, and they never even spoke again afterward.

That's legit pretty funny.

plainswalker75
Feb 22, 2003

Pigs are smarter than Bears, but they can't ride motorcycles
Hair Elf
The whole Miguel plot is like several months long and goes straight through from them meeting Miguel, to fighting over him, to him deciding he likes Luann (because she's boring, I guess?), to Delta getting cancer and Luann getting jealous; meanwhile there's weeklong breaks where Gunther gives her a necklace (and she shits all over him) and Aaron asks her to be his girlfriend (and she shits all over him). It's really hard to believe the milquetoast banality of the current strip has been an improvement.

Here's some pertinent strips:
















also, there's this:

plainswalker75 fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Apr 1, 2020

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

how is Luann so aggressively, violently banal

it's like if dishwater was caustic

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
So it wasn't going to college, Luann was always just awful.

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

I don't want to read anymore Luann.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
It's a really close call but I may hate Luann more than Dustin. The latter is aggressively hateful and awful, this is passive-aggressively hateful.

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Bernice, the smart one, is worried about getting cancer transmitted to her.

Also the black girl is "delicioso" (which should be "deliciosa") for some reason.

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



Hwurmp posted:

how is Luann so aggressively, violently banal

it's like if dishwater was caustic
That's what makes her special!

Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

readingatwork posted:

Crabgrass


Support Tauhid's Patreon here.

:stare:

I generally like Crabgrass, but this is the first one that's been Jamal-level good in a while.

And jesus christ, Luann is the worst character in this thread.

Adam


BCN


Phoebe


Wallace


Curtis


Curtis being the most topical strip posted here is a thing I do not like.

Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene
Bloom County
June 12th & 13th, 1981

Zereth
Jul 8, 2003



Vargo posted:

Curtis


Curtis being the most topical strip posted here is a thing I do not like.
Yeah, Curtis is supposed to repeat the same events endlessly without ever changing. Something went wrong when Curtis switched to the new hat. :ohdear:

Transmodiar
Jul 9, 2005

You're a terrible person, Mildred.
Scary Go Round: WEN-TACK







Modesty Blaise



Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



lmbo this is peak luann

sweeperbravo
May 18, 2012

AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)
The Room handled cancer more meaningfully than Luann

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003
Vintage Valiant (Jul. 17, 1938)

maltesh
May 20, 2004

Uncle Ben: Still Dead.

plainswalker75 posted:


Luann Wiki posted:

[Stuart] once saved both Luann and Tiffany from drowning in the pool, after Tiffany, in a panic, almost got Luann and herself drowned by trying to push Luann down to keep herself afloat.

Luann Wiki posted:

[Miguel Vargas] once saved Tiffany's life by performing CPR after she almost drowned in the pool.

Tiffany sure seems to almost drown in the pool a lot.

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Buni



Rhymes with Orange



Get Fuzzy 3/31/00

EasyEW
Mar 8, 2006

I've got my father's great big six-shooter with me 'n' if anybody in this woods wants to start somethin' just let 'em--but they DASSN'T.
Sally Forth







Skippy (November 1-3, 1932)







Peanuts (April 2-4, 1973)







Funky Winkerbean is about to get his rear end kicked by his substitute trainer.







Crankshaft







9 "Totally The Midsection Of A Woman Who Just Had Twins And A C-Section" Lane







Rip Haywire







Thimble Theater (October 29-31, 1936)







For your consideration: Comic Strip Thread 2020: Faces Like That Don't Just Happen

Out Our Way (April 23-25, 1934)





Countblanc
Apr 20, 2005

Help a hero out!

This says a lot about society.

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

Cheer Up Boss Dharma



If it's not obvious what Solomon is referring to here he's blaming Lotta's spine problems on her giant boobs.



Thank you Park Seong-hoon for this demonstration of what people in countries with a sane healthcare system think an outrageous price is.



I don't know enough about the difference between chiropracty and proper spine doctors to be confident which one this is supposed to be.



Election day in South Korea for Parliament is on April 15th and candidates can often be seen in public asking for votes like this. There has been no discussion of delaying the elections due to COVID-19 because the South Korean voting process is very efficient. They don't deliberately underfund, understaff, and poorly locate polling places in such a way as to force long lines, and medical supplies are abundant, so it won't be any more dangerous than just going to the grocery store. Early voting has also been made available for the 10th and the 11th.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

EasyEW posted:


9 "Totally The Midsection Of A Woman Who Just Had Twins And A C-Section" Lane








I don't think I've hated him this much since Nazi Grandma.

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

if this isn't legible, I can gently caress around with the sizes some more.

Keeping Up With The Joneses

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Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

The Dinette Set is going to be a long flight.


Working Daze is probably not essential personell.


Super-Fun-Pak Comix is a little dated.


Cul De Sac is kicking off one of my favorite storylines.


I love the look of worried fear on Petey's face in the last panel there.

Calaveron
Aug 7, 2006
:negative:
I nominate Sally Forth as the most poorly aging comic strip

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riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
have you read funky winkerbean

e: or dustin

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