Mysterious, elusive, laconic and somewhat sullen, Piro seems to have no roots, no identity, no home or family.
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Yet Bernice is, like Luann, a romantic.
Does the cartoonist really believe his audience is dumb enough to fall for his outlandish rationalizing? He rarely speaks, hardly changes expressions, never wears anything but a gray suit.
Is he a shady businessman? Evans has the girls looking like Jonbennet clones and the boys like mini Abercromboids.
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Not because she likes him, or because he's smart and interesting, but because he was there first.
But they have big shoes to fill, no doubt.