By: (AP) Luann will leap from newspaper comic pages to television. The rights to a live-action half-hour TV show based on the "Luann" comic strip have been acquired by dick clark productions, inc.
Since 1985, "Luann" comics have chronicled the turbulent life of a teenage girl "dealing with the euphoric highs and devastating lows of that awful, awesome phase -- adolescence," the production company said.
"Luann" creator Greg Evans started the strip after observing his daughter's teen years.
"I realize that adolescence is a very funny time except when you're in it," Evans said in a statement. "It's a unique phase in life that's troublesome and hilarious at the same time, particularly for girls."
Clark said there have been no casting decisions made yet.
"It is set apart from others in its genre by its cliffhanging stories, social relevance and the keen character humor displayed not only in Luann's persona but in that of her family and friends as well," Clark said in a statement.
"Luann" has been nominated five times as Cartoon of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. The United Media syndicated cartoon is seen daily by millions of readers in more than 400 newspapers worldwide.
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