Dates and Other Disasters

by Greg Evans

Book Overview

America loves Luann. Through Luann's teenage adventures and misadventures, this delightful strip illustrates the task of being a modern teen.

The agony of the summer job, the thrill of crushes on cute lifeguards, the excitement of the shopping mall, the terror of parents watching their children navigate life-it's all there in Dates and Other Disasters, another compilation of Greg Evans's insightful humor.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740746642
• ISBN13: 9780740746642
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Eternal Teenager Again Speaks

Okay, I confess, I read this strip every day, have for a dozen years, and own this and another Luann anthology, and I admit I'm probably jealous that her ongoing teen years are waaaaaaaaaaay better than my lost and gone forever teen years of mostly self-created angst were, but one thing I still wonder about Luann is why on earth she took so long to get even marginally over Aaron Hill? Hell-ooo, Luann, it ain't happenin', girlfriend! Thankfully it's in the era covered in this collection that Aaron removes himself from Luann's life via a relocation to Hawaii and ends her ongoing torment, but I wish Luann had managed to dump him once and for all for herself and thereby empower her spirit and maybe those of similarly pining teen girls who read along . Okay, done. Off my soap box. If you read Luann, you'll probably like this book, and if you don't, you probably won't. QED. In pace requiescat.

Very great comic.

Luann is about a teenage girl in USA that goes through the usual teenage girl problems and tribulations (like boys, "feminine problems, jealousy, etc.) and it is by a man named Greg Evans (Reuben award winner of 2003) and it is a very good newspaper strip. It has been around since 1987 (this book came out in 2004, but has 2001-2002 strips) and has went through numerous art style changes throughout the years. It used to have the Peanuts style big heads and small bodies, but now has more "realistic" looking characters. It used to be a glorified gag-a-day strip, now it has gags, but with reacurring storylines. Let me warn you that, even though Luann is great, it does get extremely preachy at points (like the drunk driving/SADD story arc) but it is still very recommended.