Greg Evans and Karen Evans

Greg Evans grew up near Disney Studios in Burbank, dreaming that Walt would need a 7 year old animator. Oh well.

Graduating from Cal State Northridge, Greg taught high school art in El Centro, then, with his wife Betty, taught in Australia.

Back home, Greg began collecting rejection slips from syndicates. One day, watching his daughter Karen play dress-up, he imagined a strip about a spunky 6 year old girl. If only he’d imagined a tiger, too. Oh well.

LUANN debuted in 1985. In 2003, Greg received the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist Of The Year. And Karen? She now writes the strip!