I won’t be able to follow Brad’s adventures in the future anymore, now that I know how he thinks. I thought he loved Toni as a person, but I guess he just wanted a baby making machine. She could be any ‘body’…
And neither of them seems to understand the universal truth that the second child is going to be the polar opposite of the first. (I offer Zoe and Hammie of Baby Blues as an example.)
This is only temporary while Greg and Karen are away. Using a guest cartoonist and getting slightly away from the regular storylines is amusing, but it can only last so long. Soon it will be, “…and now, back to our regular program.”
If I’m correct, the time frame of this arc has only been about one day. So, if Jonah is still around, Brad and Toni can just say “NO!”, and throw the brat and her packed baggage out of their house! And then they (and TJ) can relax over a nice glass of wine.
A math teacher once told the class about the math in his family. Everything was pretty normal when he and his wife had their first kid. Some time later, they had another child, and the number of children in the family increased by 100%. Some time after that, his wife had twins, and the number of children in the family again increased by 100%. They decided not to try for any more children.
I’ve always said, the best form of birth control is being around other people’s kids. As time goes on, Toni gets ever more-resistant to having even one kid, while Brad continues to turn up the pressure to create his own personal chorus line. The more she resists, the harder he pushes. Something’s gotta give… and I don’t think that she is going to acquiesce to simply spreading her legs whenever Brad wants her to…
Before two people get married, the whole “kid question“ needs to be completely, totally, and 100% agreed-upon by both parties before they move forward. There can’t be any wishy-washy waffling on it. Clearly, this was not the case here. Now, Brad did express his desire to have kids … Not just one, but a few, if not several. Toni did the “maybe, someday, I think I might, possibly, I’ll be ready, but I don’t know”… which now, Brad wants kids and Toni does not. No good can come from this.
Brad’s vision of parenthood is all about the fun times. Toni’s vision of parenthood is all about the messes, expense, stress and exhaustion. Frankly speaking, Toni’s vision is far more accurate.
I’ll say this for Fosgitt, he’s talented and has a wide range of styles. His plot/arc lines need a lot of work. I wonder if G&K are trying to kill the Luann comics.
4 kids 2 on the way. Is Toni still working? If so that is quite a bit of Money for day care. If not I don’t think one Fireman’s salary is going to cover food clothing and housing. Somethings to think of.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch… Dearest Ann❤️Eiffel and Super Cougar, HotLips❤️Horner, are planning their next escapades Stalking the Wild Shoog Daddies in the casinos of Macau and an NFL preseason practice field in Cincinnati respectively. Gorgeous Ann❤️Eiffel is looking for a high roller looking to get lucky while winning some big Pataca at the wheel while Hotlips❤️Horner is looking for a stud muffin quarterback looking to find an open wide receiver. Yes, we’re talking you, Joe Burrow. Looks like we will be seeing HotLips❤️Horner prancing around the owner’s box this season, boy howdy. Eat your ❤️ out, lowly unworthyTravis Kelce. Not worthy of Taylor❤️Swift, either, pond scum. Outta Here! Have an Ann❤️Eiffel day and don’t go for the inside straight. TTFN… Count…OUT!
This version of Shannon is Toni’s nightmare, considering that it seems like they have Shannon full-time, and, now Toni is PG with twins.Outside of the nightmare, if the “junior” DeGroots were to have Shannon permanently full-time, I’d bet Shannon’s behavior “needle” would move more toward the super behaved, super smart Shannon, than the Shannon in Toni’s nightmare. especially if Toni were to become PG.
Really, what’s the point of all this (beyond Greg Evans getting summer vacation, which I begrudge him)? It isn’t funny. I get that you’re not going to move any of the plotlines along right now, but could there at least be gags? And yes, I know that these were written and drawn weeks ago, I’m just complaining. Cf. today’s Frazz.
Wow…that’s quite a change from yesterday to today. Those two get results quickly! Tomorrow they’ll have eight kids, and their parents will have moved in with them as well. ;)
I have some serious doubts about Greg and Karen’s motives for letting this idiot take over their comic strip for two weeks. I find it hard to believe that anyone with Greg’s sense of style would find this type of drawing appealing. It’s messy, tasteless, stupid and ugly, and it gets worse with each passing day. Maybe Karen got a new boyfriend that needed a boost to his career?
Time for Brad to get a vasectomy and put an end to this lame take on Luann. If G&K wanted to have a vacation they should have prepared strips in advance to cover the time and not stuck us with this.
Brad loves kids and Toni loves order, now the two need to communicate and work something out because they are so good together. I really like this artist. I hope to see more of his work, in another strip.
Looking at those kids’ apparent ages, Toni doesn’t even get time for her body to recover before Brad knocks her up again. It’s no wonder she rebuffs his advances these days.
Not a fan of experiments. Apparently he is a talented cartoonist who has been a guest for other strips.From the point that the last two weeks have been fantasy of alternate time lines, it sort of works as a separation from reality. Apparently some believe art is supposed to generate conversation and controversy. That view is not held by all.
I love this happy mess! Both Brad and Toni have such dreamy expectations for their future children, as they should. Shannon remains their reality and I think that, when they have children, Shannon will become like an elder sister, very responsible and protective.
Over decades, the Luann strip has been one of the best there ever was – insightful, funny, relevant.
In recent years, it’s had a tendency towards ripping off the concept made popular by “Three’s Company,” to wit, no one ever shares information with others; therefore, there are constant misunderstandings. Hilarity ensues a little less often than it used to. I have gotten snarkier and snarkier about this.
This arc is so awful it jumps the snark. I am speechless.
interesting… Toni and Brad each have a totally different dream family in their minds. Toni wants one perfect (well behaved) child; Brad wants several and is happy to roll with the punches, the circus scene. If they ever do have kids of their own will they even agree on how to raise them?
Wait, there are 4 kids here (not counting the expected twins) where there were only 3 yesterday. Fantasy Brad and Toni work fast! I question Fantasy Toni’s happy look yesterday and today, but this after all is Brad’s fantasy, not Toni’s.
I don’t understand why Brad is so interested in having a bunch of kids. He did have to grow up with a sibling and it seems they had an often difficult time with each other, so I would think he’d want fewer kids. I know I sure as heck wish I had been an only child!
Brad’s an idiot. He’s already freaked out about scheduling Shannon for a month, but has he even talked to his parents about being full-time nannies to his own kid? Or his sister? Or her friends? He’s successfully bulldozed his wife— how many people will need to sacrifice for his wants and will he let them volunteer or simply inform the fact? And here I thought Luann’s oafish big brother had grown up.
Havent commented in awhile being sick, more on than off, but I must say right now I wait because I at a bit of a loss. I think I might have some idea, but not ready to shore.
This is really awful. Portraying Toni as a baby-making machine is disturbing since we know how ambivalent/tentative she is about having just one child. G&K, next time you go on vacay don’t subject your readers to this mess.
lvlax 3 months ago
Having that many kids (6) sounds like a nightmare!
I’m guessing Toni isn’t spending much time at the Fire Station anymore.
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Will they hire Alice as the housekeeper? ;)
howtheduck 3 months ago
A Dallas Cowboys helmet? I wonder how much the Cowboys paid for that advertising?
live2read 3 months ago
Oh, God. . .
If Toni knew what was really going on in her husband’s head, she’d freak out and run for the hills.
Not that that’s ever going to happen.
Yuban333 3 months ago
Six kids?! Boy, that’s some imagination Brad has there!
howtheduck 3 months ago
Only twins? Why do I think we will see triplets and quadruplets before the week is out?
BJShipley1 3 months ago
Please no.
Antisocialist 3 months ago
Enough of this. Let’s get back to the real Luann
Joe1962 Premium Member 3 months ago
Enoungh is enough!!!
ericbrower 3 months ago
So last week, we got Toni’s stepford child. Now this week, we get Brad’s cheaper by the dozen.
darkaudit 3 months ago
Enough already. If he wants to take a break, just give us reprints. This is just straight-up garbage.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 3 months ago
I don’t know who is drawing these, I’m guessing the Amazon delivery guy? Maybe the Parking Lot Attendent?
Argythree 3 months ago
I won’t be able to follow Brad’s adventures in the future anymore, now that I know how he thinks. I thought he loved Toni as a person, but I guess he just wanted a baby making machine. She could be any ‘body’…
Sue Ellen 3 months ago
And neither of them seems to understand the universal truth that the second child is going to be the polar opposite of the first. (I offer Zoe and Hammie of Baby Blues as an example.)
tigerdg 3 months ago
Has this joke gone on long enough yet?
Rhetorical_Question 3 months ago
How about ZERO population grow?
Willow Mt Lyon 3 months ago
This is only temporary while Greg and Karen are away. Using a guest cartoonist and getting slightly away from the regular storylines is amusing, but it can only last so long. Soon it will be, “…and now, back to our regular program.”
snsurone76 3 months ago
This is getting ridiculous! Spin Jay off to his own strip if you must, and bring back G&K!!
Radioshack Premium Member 3 months ago
Keep up the good work. A guest cartoonist in a 39 year old comic strip is a welcome diversion.
snsurone76 3 months ago
If I’m correct, the time frame of this arc has only been about one day. So, if Jonah is still around, Brad and Toni can just say “NO!”, and throw the brat and her packed baggage out of their house! And then they (and TJ) can relax over a nice glass of wine.
JonGoss 3 months ago
Parents in this comment section just started sweating.
GirlGeek Premium Member 3 months ago
Women are not just baby makers!!
Wilkins068 3 months ago
Well we jus had sex so it’ll be sextuplets
[Unnamed Reader - 74419e] 3 months ago
reedkomicks Premium Member 3 months ago
So, where’s TJ in this drama? Did he make a run for it??
Purple People Eater 3 months ago
A math teacher once told the class about the math in his family. Everything was pretty normal when he and his wife had their first kid. Some time later, they had another child, and the number of children in the family increased by 100%. Some time after that, his wife had twins, and the number of children in the family again increased by 100%. They decided not to try for any more children.
Caldonia 3 months ago
Brad, why do you want to put poor Toni through this??
Ron Dunn Premium Member 3 months ago
That “creative choices” quote sounds like the current generation of parents. It drives me batty.
HidariMak 3 months ago
So this week, we learn that both of them went down the fire pole head-first.
French Persons Premium Member 3 months ago
I’ve always said, the best form of birth control is being around other people’s kids. As time goes on, Toni gets ever more-resistant to having even one kid, while Brad continues to turn up the pressure to create his own personal chorus line. The more she resists, the harder he pushes. Something’s gotta give… and I don’t think that she is going to acquiesce to simply spreading her legs whenever Brad wants her to…
French Persons Premium Member 3 months ago
Before two people get married, the whole “kid question“ needs to be completely, totally, and 100% agreed-upon by both parties before they move forward. There can’t be any wishy-washy waffling on it. Clearly, this was not the case here. Now, Brad did express his desire to have kids … Not just one, but a few, if not several. Toni did the “maybe, someday, I think I might, possibly, I’ll be ready, but I don’t know”… which now, Brad wants kids and Toni does not. No good can come from this.
French Persons Premium Member 3 months ago
Brad’s vision of parenthood is all about the fun times. Toni’s vision of parenthood is all about the messes, expense, stress and exhaustion. Frankly speaking, Toni’s vision is far more accurate.
mgl179 3 months ago
I’ll say this for Fosgitt, he’s talented and has a wide range of styles. His plot/arc lines need a lot of work. I wonder if G&K are trying to kill the Luann comics.
Ellis97 3 months ago
Brad wants to get real busy, doesn’t he?
MermaidStitcher 3 months ago
4 kids 2 on the way. Is Toni still working? If so that is quite a bit of Money for day care. If not I don’t think one Fireman’s salary is going to cover food clothing and housing. Somethings to think of.
OHSOFUN 3 months ago
That took a hard turn, and now it’s a nightmare.
duckman26 3 months ago
This was cute at first, but now the joke is getting a little stale.
bryce.gear 3 months ago
And when Is Brad going to wake up? He must be sleeping.
mountainclimber 3 months ago
YUK!
PaulSones 3 months ago
What’s going on with the different artwork? Did I miss something?
chaosed2 3 months ago
Without conflict there would be no story.
DawnQuinn1 3 months ago
This arc is getting VERY lame. Greg must be desperate for a good story line.
kaycstamper 3 months ago
Oh God, how long is this going to continue!
Count Olaf Premium Member 3 months ago
Meanwhile, back at the ranch… Dearest Ann❤️Eiffel and Super Cougar, HotLips❤️Horner, are planning their next escapades Stalking the Wild Shoog Daddies in the casinos of Macau and an NFL preseason practice field in Cincinnati respectively. Gorgeous Ann❤️Eiffel is looking for a high roller looking to get lucky while winning some big Pataca at the wheel while Hotlips❤️Horner is looking for a stud muffin quarterback looking to find an open wide receiver. Yes, we’re talking you, Joe Burrow. Looks like we will be seeing HotLips❤️Horner prancing around the owner’s box this season, boy howdy. Eat your ❤️ out, lowly unworthyTravis Kelce. Not worthy of Taylor❤️Swift, either, pond scum. Outta Here! Have an Ann❤️Eiffel day and don’t go for the inside straight. TTFN… Count…OUT!
Terrie Ann S 3 months ago
How long is the new artist going to be doing this? I can’t stand it.
WilliamVollmer 3 months ago
This version of Shannon is Toni’s nightmare, considering that it seems like they have Shannon full-time, and, now Toni is PG with twins.Outside of the nightmare, if the “junior” DeGroots were to have Shannon permanently full-time, I’d bet Shannon’s behavior “needle” would move more toward the super behaved, super smart Shannon, than the Shannon in Toni’s nightmare. especially if Toni were to become PG.
Terminal Frost Premium Member 3 months ago
People do not seem to understand ‘over-the-top’ humor at all.
Pat S Premium Member 3 months ago
regular Luann PLEASE?
Gary Davis Premium Member 3 months ago
OK Your going to keep the new style, but I don’t it. Bye
Guybrush Threepwood 3 months ago
Please stop.
Bwahahaha! 3 months ago
Barf!
baskate_2000 3 months ago
When will we get back to the real Luann? Enough, already!
Solomon J. Behala Premium Member 3 months ago
Really, what’s the point of all this (beyond Greg Evans getting summer vacation, which I begrudge him)? It isn’t funny. I get that you’re not going to move any of the plotlines along right now, but could there at least be gags? And yes, I know that these were written and drawn weeks ago, I’m just complaining. Cf. today’s Frazz.
Michael Helwig 3 months ago
I’m tired go this.
larryzolcienski 3 months ago
Is this arc ever going to end?
tremaine53 3 months ago
I suddenly feel like I’ve eaten waaaay too much sugar.
DaBump Premium Member 3 months ago
LOL the pants on the head! I see we’re going in a whole new direction for the fun this week.
Just-me 3 months ago
I really hope the arc ends soon.
bmpanalog 3 months ago
Wow…that’s quite a change from yesterday to today. Those two get results quickly! Tomorrow they’ll have eight kids, and their parents will have moved in with them as well. ;)
atomicdog 3 months ago
Aw, geez, people! Can’t you just sit back and enjoy “What If?” for a couple of weeks?
MatthewJB 3 months ago
This is getting creepy and nauseating. See you all on Sunday, hoping for better on Monday.
comic reader 22 3 months ago
Really stupid ugly drawings.
doodlerjeff 3 months ago
This just gets worse and worse….
rdublu 3 months ago
this guest cartoonist has outlived his/her stay. move along now.
BB71 3 months ago
Bring back the other artist or I quit this comic.
comic reader 22 3 months ago
I have some serious doubts about Greg and Karen’s motives for letting this idiot take over their comic strip for two weeks. I find it hard to believe that anyone with Greg’s sense of style would find this type of drawing appealing. It’s messy, tasteless, stupid and ugly, and it gets worse with each passing day. Maybe Karen got a new boyfriend that needed a boost to his career?
Ozzman25 3 months ago
Was think the same
mpearl 3 months ago
please STOP!
kingsgate408 3 months ago
I’m really bored with this arc. I was hoping we’d get a new one this week.
Mordock999 Premium Member 3 months ago
By the time this arc is over, Toni will never, ever, EVER want to have any kids.
And Brad?
Have you contemplated yet what it’s like to be responsible for 7 hungry mouths to feed (Not counting YOURS) on a fireman’s salary? ;-)
Lord King Wazmo Premium Member 3 months ago
Best Luann arc EVER. It’s making the characters look like the complete idiots they are.
rikkiTikki Premium Member 3 months ago
Time for Brad to get a vasectomy and put an end to this lame take on Luann. If G&K wanted to have a vacation they should have prepared strips in advance to cover the time and not stuck us with this.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 3 months ago
Brad loves kids and Toni loves order, now the two need to communicate and work something out because they are so good together. I really like this artist. I hope to see more of his work, in another strip.
BJShipley1 3 months ago
Looking at those kids’ apparent ages, Toni doesn’t even get time for her body to recover before Brad knocks her up again. It’s no wonder she rebuffs his advances these days.
T Smith 3 months ago
This might be more annoying than last week.
rebroxanna 3 months ago
Wake me when this misbegotten experiment is over.
MarieStanford 3 months ago
Think I’ll pass on this comic for a few days. Finding this particular arc quite odd.
percheronhitch6 3 months ago
This string of horrors is like death by a thousand cuts….or what happens when cartoon characters drop acid.
Ordinary Average Guy 3 months ago
OH LORD, MAKE IT STOP. PLEASE, LORD, MAKE IT STOP!
beazle 3 months ago
Another week of this terrible theme? We’re just killing time in the summer, I guess.
Drbarb71 Premium Member 3 months ago
Although I love the artwork, this storyline seems to have jumped the shark.
Fontessa 3 months ago
I can’t take anymore. Please make it stop.
Stregone39 3 months ago
This has become Inane
locake 3 months ago
This is an enjoyable change for 2 weeks. I like Brad’s fantasy better than Toni’s.
rbrt6956 3 months ago
Not a fan of experiments. Apparently he is a talented cartoonist who has been a guest for other strips.From the point that the last two weeks have been fantasy of alternate time lines, it sort of works as a separation from reality. Apparently some believe art is supposed to generate conversation and controversy. That view is not held by all.
Aladar30 Premium Member 3 months ago
I love this happy mess! Both Brad and Toni have such dreamy expectations for their future children, as they should. Shannon remains their reality and I think that, when they have children, Shannon will become like an elder sister, very responsible and protective.
ChattyFran 3 months ago
Not sure what’s going on with the guest artist, but if this was the regular style, I’d not be reading it.
The Katzenjammer Kid 3 months ago
See you all on Monday.
Need coffee 3 months ago
Over decades, the Luann strip has been one of the best there ever was – insightful, funny, relevant.
In recent years, it’s had a tendency towards ripping off the concept made popular by “Three’s Company,” to wit, no one ever shares information with others; therefore, there are constant misunderstandings. Hilarity ensues a little less often than it used to. I have gotten snarkier and snarkier about this.
This arc is so awful it jumps the snark. I am speechless.
wendystein Premium Member 3 months ago
OMG. I can’t believe we need to struggle through another week of this. I don’t begrudge anyone a break, but can’t we just get some reruns?
Gen.Flashman 3 months ago
Cowboys helmet and Cincinnati Bengals jersey?
The Quiet One 3 months ago
Could someone wake me up when this illogical arc ends?
RSH 3 months ago
interesting… Toni and Brad each have a totally different dream family in their minds. Toni wants one perfect (well behaved) child; Brad wants several and is happy to roll with the punches, the circus scene. If they ever do have kids of their own will they even agree on how to raise them?
WF11 3 months ago
Wait, there are 4 kids here (not counting the expected twins) where there were only 3 yesterday. Fantasy Brad and Toni work fast! I question Fantasy Toni’s happy look yesterday and today, but this after all is Brad’s fantasy, not Toni’s.
I don’t understand why Brad is so interested in having a bunch of kids. He did have to grow up with a sibling and it seems they had an often difficult time with each other, so I would think he’d want fewer kids. I know I sure as heck wish I had been an only child!
lnrokr55 3 months ago
Well, it’s official, we’ve entered the summer doldrums. Wake me in September! ;-)
Wise1 3 months ago
When are we going back to the original story lines? I’m ready to delete this so called comic!
JPuzzleWhiz 3 months ago
When the fantasy twins are born, does Brad don a “6” shirt? d;o)
JPuzzleWhiz 3 months ago
Shannon: “Look Dad! I dressed everyone!”
Is that why she put ice skates on the dude with a cowboy hat?
JPuzzleWhiz 3 months ago
Shannon: “Look Dad! I dressed everyone!”
Including the parents? d;o)
pearlyqim 3 months ago
This comic strip is getting very boring lately!
JPuzzleWhiz 3 months ago
Pants worn on the head? And that’s one weird-looking window…!
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs 3 months ago
Joy atop of joy.
cabalonrye 3 months ago
Is someone on holiday?
Decius Premium Member 3 months ago
Brad’s an idiot. He’s already freaked out about scheduling Shannon for a month, but has he even talked to his parents about being full-time nannies to his own kid? Or his sister? Or her friends? He’s successfully bulldozed his wife— how many people will need to sacrifice for his wants and will he let them volunteer or simply inform the fact? And here I thought Luann’s oafish big brother had grown up.
eced52 3 months ago
Are all of those Brad and Toni’s?
Thehag 3 months ago
Can they say overpopulation?
nightflight 3 months ago
Why does Greg find it necessary to disrespect his readers?
namelocdet 3 months ago
We still doing this arc?
mrsdonaldson 3 months ago
6?!?!
mistercatworks 3 months ago
Unfollow – I’m not talking guns. What’s your problem.?
luann1212 3 months ago
Havent commented in awhile being sick, more on than off, but I must say right now I wait because I at a bit of a loss. I think I might have some idea, but not ready to shore.
kittysquared Premium Member 3 months ago
This is really awful. Portraying Toni as a baby-making machine is disturbing since we know how ambivalent/tentative she is about having just one child. G&K, next time you go on vacay don’t subject your readers to this mess.
Kenezg 3 months ago
Was she pregnant in yesterday’s strip?
French Persons Premium Member 3 months ago
How about something a lot more interesting… Such as b-WAD really pushing Toni HARD to have kids… and she has a nervous breakdown and leaves him?
MarieStanford 3 months ago
I smell pot…