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. Nominated four times as Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society, Greg Evans has been pleasing audiences of all ages with Luann since she first appeared in the late 1980s. She was a popular part of Teen magazine in the 1990s and has served as the spokestoon for Girls Inc. and Tambrands. This ""everygirl"" teen representative is also the star of a series of health and fitness brochures distributed to clinics, schools, and hospitals worldwide by Journeyworks Publishing. Everyone can relate to Luann's trials, missteps, and frustrations-preteens, teens, post-teens, adult readers who exclaim, ""Phew! I'm glad that's over!"" plus parents who relive the adventures with their own kids. Dates and Other Disasters expresses a universal message that declares no matter how times change, the trials of being a teenager are always the same!

グレッグ・エヴァンスが描くルアンの世界は、青春の「痛み」と「輝き」を鋭く切り取っています。等身大の少女が直面する恋やバイトの苦労は、時代を超えて繰り返される若者の「通過儀礼」そのもの。著者の洞察に満ちたユーモアは、読者の心に潜む「かつての自分」を鮮やかに呼び覚まし、単なる娯楽を超えた深い共鳴を呼び起こします。 本作の真髄は、失敗を成長に欠かせないスパイスとして肯定する姿勢にあります。迷いながら自己を確立していく彼女の歩みは、不器用だった過去さえも愛おしく変えてくれるでしょう。人生の「災難」を笑顔で抱きしめる勇気を与えてくれる、全世代必読の人間ドラマがここに凝縮されています。