Hello Friend, Summer solstice was a few days ago but personally we have yet to feel the “lazy days” of summer kick in. How about you? Anyone enjoying time in a hammock or lounging on the beach? Perhaps running through sprinklers or taking a leisurely picnic somewhere? While we haven’t enjoyed any of those things (yet!) we did very much enjoy working with our friend and guest artist, Jay Fosgitt, whose work debuted this week (see it here if you’ve not caught it yet). We’ve shared how this…
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Hello Friend, Although Greg and Karen only live 15 minutes away from each other, the majority of LUANN work happens over email. Phone calls and in person meetups generate and refine ideas, but the bulk of drafting dialog and artwork is done digitally. This means we have records of some great conversations, like a recent discussion about what makes something funny anyway? Karen thought: Humor has to be one of the most complex emotions (it is an emotion, right?). It is so subjective and…
Hello Friend, Happy LUANN-iversary! Today (March 17th) we are celebrating 39 years of LUANN. That’s 14, 245daily comics! It was a coincidence the strip debuted on St. Patrick’s Day back in 1985 but every year we feel incredibility lucky to do this for a living. Thank you to each and every one of you, whether you have been a fan since day one or have found us recently. We have the BEST fans! We’re sharing a few treats for our anniversary: a special Sunday comic riddle! See the comic in your…
Hello Friend, Happy February 29th! Or March 1st, depending on your time zone and when you open this email. In the U.S. we follow the Gregorian calendar and, as creators, we find it comforting that even the Gregs who made up this calendar system couldn’t do it without some fussing and fudging. So in honor of the bonus day that only happens once every four years, we thought we would share one of our own time warps here and in a featured collection at LuannFan.com Meanwhile in the strip, Bernice…
Hello Friend, When the comic strip launched in 1985, Luann was a 13 year old. Fourteen years later, she celebrated her 16th birthday in 1999. In 2013, she started her senior year of high school (one of the only times the strip moved in “real time”) and she graduated in 2014. In fall of 2014, Luann started college and turned 18. So how old is she now, ten years later? We think of her as a college sophomore, being 19ish for who knows how long. Stuck in her own Wonderland, I’m not sure if we…
Hello Friend, You know that friend who makes relationship choices you just don’t understand? The one that insists on staying with the wrong person, or won’t go after the right person, or doesn’t even know what kind of person they are on their own? Maybe you have some of those feelings about Gunther: should he be with Bets? He and Luann really connected this week (read it here if you need to catch up!), should he date her instead? And what about the chemistry he’s had with Tiffany or Bernice……
Hello Friend, When is the last time you made a mistake? Or felt discouraged? Or uncertain? Even if you aren’t 19 and in college, like many of the characters in LUANN, you probably still have moments of struggle. And we hope, like the characters in LUANN, that you have friends and family, neighbors and peers, that can be there for you. The conflicts in LUANN may make for interesting stories, but it is the the way our characters face conflicts and connect with each other that makes the strip…
Hello Friend, Do you know which shape is the most dramatic? The triangle! Two people can have conflict, but three perspectives cranks the tension up a notch. Take the ol’ Luann-Aaron Hill-Tiffany dynamic, some of which you can revisit in the current LuannFan Featured Collection: Kiss & Tell. We picked this storyline from 2005 because it’s fun to see how our characters have changed…and what traits still surface (did you remember that Luann had such fun writing comedy back in high school?) This…
Hello Friend, Clearly, Bets and Gunther’s road trip didn’t go quite as planned! Their story will continue to unfold in the strip (click here if you need to catch up). But we wanted to give you a chance to explore their summer adventure in more detail than could fit in a comic strip storyline. That is how we came to write a book. Karen has shared some of the behind-the-scenes work that went into this project below. If you already ordered your copy, thank you! We appreciate you and are excited…
Hello Friend, Do you trust us? We hope so! Bets and Gunther’s road trip story is about to take a sharp U-turn and we want you, our dearest LUANN Fans, to be assured that there is a story unfolding we believe is worth telling. Life doesn’t take us in straight lines and neither has Bets and Gunther’s road trip. Buckle up! We will have more to share with our LUANN FANS in the next few days. ~Karen and Greg p.s. do you recognize the driver from today’s strip? He first showed up WAY back when…