Luann Revisited?

Hang on, Luann, and Fio will love you again.  The past couple of days, the strips have been sorta fun, like the good old days.  Fiorella got a kick out of everybody getting together in that old building, and especially yesterday, when TJ was obviously looking it over as an investment property.  Hey, author--let's get some redemption going for TJ, and maybe a sweetie too.  And let's see more of the other characters--Ox, Leslie, Miss Phelps and Mr. What's His Name, for instance--and whatever happened to that soldier brother of Bernice's that Luann was corresponding with?

Updating Luann

Fiorella is happy about how things are developing in Luann.  After Toni Daytona turned down Luann's brother, Brad, when he proposed to her on last year's April Fool's Day, Toni proposed to him on this year's April Fool's Day.  He, of course, accepted and even shed a tear.  And so did Fiorella. 

How does a comic strip engage readers like Fio?  By presenting interesting , consistent characters with intertwining stories. Fio was confident that Toni's old BF, Dirk, would reappear at some time, just as she knows Ann Eiffel will re-emerge to tangle with TJ again.  

And the art's good too! 

TJ Make-over

Remember a while back when Fiorella suggested that since Brad in the Luann comic strip had been hunk-ized, his friend TJ deserved a make-over? Well, apparently he's getting it. Fio's sharp eye noticed TJ's face has filed out a little and his curly hair is less of a tangle. His body is more proportioned too, not just a quick stick figure.

Fio has a theory. She thinks TJ's gonna end up with Ann Eiffel the Awful, the mean manager of Wienie World--a Taming of the Shrew sort of thing.

Wait and watch, Grasshopper.

Time for TJ

Fiorella has been following the latest story line in Louann with a great deal of artistic interest. As those of you who read the comic strip know, not only has the cartoonist's drawing style evolved, but the characters have too. Louann has--uh--matured physically, and her brother, Brad, has turned into a hunk.

And now maybe it's TJ's turn--TJ, Brad's smarmy but good-hearted best friend. Currently TJ finally has his own story line, facing off with Ann Eiffel the Awful, the wicked manager of Wienie World who mistreated Brad, so maybe it's also time to give him an artistic re-do. How about a decent profile and maybe a more defined hairstyle?

By the way, Fio has noticed that TJ and Ann have the same face, except that she wears lipstick. Obviously they're made for each other.