Talk:Luann (comic strip)

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There have been multiple edits since inception of the Luann article by people attempting to insert comments to the effect of: this comic strip is liberally-biased. Unlike, say, Mallard Fillmore or Doonesbury, the Luann comic strip does not overtly mention politics or overtly take a side in political debate as opposed to Mallard Fillmore and Doonesbury, which directly lampoon their intended political targets. Because of this lack of overt political content, it is inappropriate to insert any formulation of "liberally-biased" into this article. This is especially true if "conservatively-biased" does not appear in the Mallard Fillmore Wikipedia article in reference to Mallard Fillmore's inflammatory depiction of Garry Trudeau as a Hostess Twinkie or shocking presentation of a fetus for anti-abortion statements or in favorable references to Ann Coulter. The Luann comic strip is not contaminated with any overt political content that fills Mallard Fillmore and Doonesbury. Keep politics out of this Luann article. Political agendas have no place here. Of course, being immune to the massive amount of (neo-)conservative propaganda that is in vogue in the USA nowadays might itself be perverted by propagandists as some form of poltical position worthy of attack. Being completely immune from politics is the only way that Luann is political. optikos 09:19 04 December 2005

Contents 1 Delta's race 2 Sheraton St. Louis gag 3 Onion reference 4 Pictures 5 Meals for Firefighters

[edit] Delta's race

Why is it necessary to specify Delta's race and nobody else's? It seems that her race is irrelevant to the comic strip. If we don't mention any features of anybody else's external appearance, then why bring up race?

Point taken. Since her race seems irrelevant as far as Luann is concerned, I'll edit the article to make it as colorblind as she is. A10brown 17:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sheraton St. Louis gag

The hyperlink under Sheraton St. Louis is suppose to be a gag on a hotel in St. Louis under the Sheraton brand. That explains why Starwood Hotels was the link for that name.

[edit] Onion reference

Does anyone know for certain that the interview with Evans in The Onion really was satire? While most of The Onion 's contents are fake, it does occasionally publish non-fake stories (such as "Muscleman Becomes Governor of California") in order to highlight the perceived surreality of a real-life story. I wonder whether the Luanne article was one of these? Has anyone checked with Evans? Mortimer

I'm pretty sure the Onion is just making fun of the comic.

Yeah, just look at the "notebook page," if The Onion's wry sarcasm passes you by... (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38635) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.105.94.94 (talk) 07:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Why has this article no pictures?! I think it would be 143786 times better with a few. — thesublime514 • talk • 05:15, July 12, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meals for Firefighters

Why was Tiffany dethroned as ms CoC for that? I thought it was a charitable service, as opposed to a scam? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.111.242.200 (talk) 23:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

• It WAS a scam that she had worked with alongside T.J., and Tiffany didn't return the money she took (T.J., however, did). And as a result, not only she was dethroned, any mention she was Miss Chamber of Commerce was removed. Elwin Blaine Coldiron (talk) 03:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)