Luann (9/28/09)

I formally proposed to my fiance on Saturday, taking her to the John Hancock Observatory for an afternoon trip. Ostensibly, we were scouting locations for the wedding ceremony we’d agreed to before I’d a chance to buy an engagement ring. But I had also stashed said ring in my pocket, thinking, “What better way to propose than by getting down on bended knee, 94 floors above the picturesque lakefront?” Naturally, my fiance was surprised and delighted. That’s why I look at today’s Luann, in which a high school student nonchalantly tells of a shocking proposal by a teenage millionaire, with complete befuddlement. The mom in this strip has the right reaction. The daughter has obviously been drugged.

Luann (7/31/08)

I realize that the young man in this strip is something of a sleaze, but that is still one impressively sleazy grin he’s sporting in panel three. I had to laugh at his earnest attempt to mark down the sticker price, his phony intimation that he was making a good offer, and the fact that he had a pen at the ready. I was also impressed with the way Luann positioned this young man as a used car salesman to help underscore his smarmy personality.

Luann (3/15/08)

To completely get this joke, it helps to have been following Luann all week long. To make a long story short, Brad’s roommate convinced him to wear a generic medal on his chest in order to impress his would be date, Toni Daytona. The medal, which just happened to be sitting in Brad’s apartment, was inscribed with the inscrutable initials, G.S. This storyline was begging for a lame ending, but today’s strip managed to get a genuine chuckle out of me. And the medal itself resembles a gingerbread man, which never hurts.