I’ve never seen Bernice as estranged from her family.
I’ve never seen Bernice with her family. IIRC, the only time her parents have ever been shown was from behind at her high school graduation. That and the fact that she spent every waking hour at Luann’s place even before she moved in with her full-time, doesn’t speak to a close relationship with her parents. Also do you notice she never really talks about them except to complain?
Everyone needs time off at some point, even cartoonists. I’ll take reruns over crossword puzzles, that’s for sure. And it’s nice to see a less awful version of Bernice.
So there was a time when Bernice was a supportive friend to Luann instead of a snide jerk. I guess she just eventually lost patience with her dimwitted friend.
Yeah totally, Luann has soooo much pressure in her life. This is the woman who let her hothead “friend” who showed up to Luann’s daycare job with a weapon bully her into quitting her job while she literally stood aside and did nothing. And her life didn’t materially change; she just kept bumbling along at home, mooching off her parents just a little bit harder. That’s about as low-stress as it gets for a chronic screwup. And shall we mention the time she let the same friend sleep at her parents’ business resulting in the place getting robbed, for which she received no consequences whatsoever? Yeah, totally pressure-filled life she has.
I think we have a new record for the “doing Jazz Hands while talking” thing: a character has now done it in their very first appearance. Jim really needs to learn some more varied poses for his characters.
Good lord these are some badly-drawn children, not that the cat looks any better.