Readers of all ages love Luann, a strip about the trials of becoming a young adult. Known for its rich characters and intriguing “what will happen next” storylines, Luann enjoys a reader loyalty rare on the comic page, consistently ranking among the top five in reader surveys. Greg Evans was voted Outstanding Cartoonist Of The Year in 2003 by the National Cartoonists Society, partly for his efforts in holding up Luann as a fine example of the positive power comic strips can have. “My aim is to touch readers’ hearts as well as their funny bones,” says Evans, who’s humorously touched on serious issues such as peer pressure, drugs, alcohol and young love. “Adolescence is a very funny time -- except when you’re in it.”
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Greg Evans grew up near Disney Studios in Burbank, California, where he dreamed of one day working for Walt. He taught high school art in El Centro, CA, then Australia, then traveled through Asia and the Middle East before finally settling back in the US in Colorado Springs, where he worked as a cameraman, then Corporate Promotions Manager for a TV station. Missing his native California, Evans bought a robot (no joke) and moved to San Diego, where he hired out said robot for fairs, parties and conventions all over the country. He also began a mail order cartooning business, selling school-themed strips to school newspapers. Since college he had been sending comic ideas to syndicates with no luck, but inspiration struck one day in 1984 as he watched his daughter playing dress-up. He began writing a strip about a teenage girl. Luann debuted in 75 newspapers the following year.
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Meet the Cast of Luann
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- Luann This is me with my “I’m 16! What could go wrong?” face.
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- Brad My brother Brad shows us his “Dumb! Dumb! Dumb!” pose. (Frequent with him)
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- Toni The cause of Brad’s dumbness: Toni Daytona.
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- Bernice My best bud Bernice trying not to be Miss Sarcastic Smarty-Pants
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- Delta My other best bud Delta with her “Can we act like adults now?” look.
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- Tiffany Tiffany Farrell doing her “I’m way hotter than thou” thing. Ugh.
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- Mom Here’s my mom, going “You are NOT wearing THAT!”
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- Dad And my dad, wisely counseling, “Listen to your mother.”
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- TJ When Brad’s bud, TJ, gets this “Hey! I just had a GREAT idea!” look, run away.
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- Crystal Crystal, the goth chick. What’s most bizarre about her? She hangs with…
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- Knute Knute. Here, doing his “Wha?” look. (Actually, this is his only look.)
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- Gunther Gunther, always a little too happy to see me…
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- Rosa …until he sees Rosa.
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