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1. about 3 hours ago on Pluggers

   Yeah, that was the one you had here before.

2. about 8 hours ago on Nancy

   Although having some guest cartoonists has been interesting, I am hopeful that OJ comes back soon…. refreshed and renewed to take the mantle again.

3. about 8 hours ago on Luann

   I find it interesting that there is a bit of a dichotomy here today:

   1. Bernice IS actually being a REALIST like she says. It is true that day-to-day life is NOT like a romance novel. 2. But it is also TRUE that Bernice is nervous and hesitant about approaching the foodtruck surrounded by the basketball playing guys.

   The situation is interesting to me, because both emotions can be simultaneously true for Bernice. That is one of the things I enjoy about the way the comic often unfolds….. there are often multiple thoughts/emotions/feelings being portrayed simultaneously in a character. This is a far more subtle and nuanced way to portray a character, even in a comedic comic like this is.

   From a “storyboard” perspective, I suspect that the idea of the Food Truck being a chicken focused place OCCURRED after either G or K thought of the “chicken” (aka scared) comment from Luann in the story. When that line for Luann came to mind, then in order to double up on the humor, they then were able to pick the food focus for the Food Truck.

   I wonder if the purpose of this arc is to:

   A. Use the romance novel as a foreshadowing of a new romance for Luann or Bernice (although I still like thinking Bernice and Nil are still together….. even though she is his “muse” she can still be his girlfriend)?

   B. Use the romance novel as a juxtaposition to a romance failure by Luann or Bernice?

4. about 8 hours ago on Luann

   I find it interesting that there is a bit of a dichotomy here today:

   1. Bernice IS actually being a REALIST like she says. It is true that day-to-day life is NOT like a romance novel. 2. But it is also TRUE that Bernice is nervous and hesitant about approaching the foodtruck surrounded by the basketball playing guys.

   The situation is interesting to me, because both emotions can be simultaneously true for Bernice. That is one of the things I enjoy about the way the comic often unfolds….. there are often multiple thoughts/emotions/feelings being portrayed simultaneously in a character. This is a far more subtle and nuanced way to portray a character, even in a comedic comic like this is.

   From a “storyboard” perspective, I suspect that the idea of the Food Truck being a chicken focused place OCCURRED after either G or K thought of the “chicken” (aka scared) comment from Luann in the story. When that line for Luann came to mind, then in order to double up on the humor, they then were able to pick the food focus for the Food Truck.

   I wonder if the purpose of this arc is to:

   A. Use the romance novel as a foreshadowing of a new romance for Luann or Bernice (although I still like thinking Bernice and Nil are still together….. even though she is his “muse” she can still be his girlfriend)?

   B. Use the romance novel as a juxtaposition to a romance failure by Luann or Bernice?

5. about 8 hours ago on Luann

   Sincerely…. what are your motivations here for being antagonistic towards IVIax? Is it:

   A. You are craving attention, and like is widely understood, some folks prefer negative attention to no attention?

   B. You do not feel you have a “voice” unless you can trigger a response?

   C. You are/have been a “bully” in most of your life, so it is a habit that is hard to break?

   Why not….. instead, try commenting more on the COMIC itself? I would bet that if you were to channel the energy you now devote to being antagonistic towards others, it would be just as easy to use that energy to make some sort of comment ABOUT THE COMIC that would then continue to draw responses from others and you actually might find it more enjoyable (and POSITIVE) than whatever sort of pleasure you must derive from “poking the bear” so-to-speak.

6. 1 day ago on Luann

   I agree with you fully that interesting people have interesting things they say and do. And, I also agree that some possible pathways G & K could have taken may have been somewhat squandered as well. But, I do think Bernice has shown a lot of interest and passion in her psychology work. We do know, though, as a “comedic” comic, much of her effort has had “challenges” and “mistakes”. Luann too, has display a VARIETY of (fleeting) passions over the years…. theater, teaching, etc. So, in that way, for me, they still both qualify as being interesting, and not boring. But perhaps you may be thinking (and if so, I would agree with you) that they are a bit staid….. I think it would be helpful for G & K to have them progress a bit more (Gunther too, for example). If we had a bit more of an understanding of where they were going….. that would help.

7. 1 day ago on Luann

   Hah! “Knows better” however, does NOT mean he will not do so. :)

8. 1 day ago on Luann

   I would say that without inside knowledge (as you suggested I view things), that they both behave externally like the lion’s share of folks that age…. hell, of folks of all ages. That does not make them boring, IMO, but represents reality. And, the fact that we are privy to a deeper understanding of their inner workings helps us to further know they are not boring….. just like how when anyone gets to know more of a real person and not just focus on the surface….. MOST folks are at least reasonably if not very interesting.

   In my mind, I tend to much prefer story telling (which is what a comic does) to be grounded in reality far more that extremism of behavior, or of fantasy things that defy the laws of physics or how living things can behave. Although perhaps not perfect examples, the extremism of behavior in “9CWL” is not something I enjoy, nor is the fantasy of going against physical laws nonsense just to avoid telling any sort of story that makes up much of the modern “Alley Oop” does.

9. 1 day ago on Pluggers

   Did you change your pic/avatar? Didn’t you smoke a pipe in an earlier one?

10. 1 day ago on Luann

    Honestly, I do not think Bernice, nor Luann are boring. They are pretty normal college students. TV and other media over exaggerates the way most folks behave.