Lio by Mark Tatulli for April 03, 2013

Run fast, Lio!!!!

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This one panel is better than the entire run of Walking Dead.

A bit of sour grapes here, which I find sad.Lio is a wonderful strip, but so were Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbes; no reason not to love them all.I like some new movies, but I also love a lot of old movies, therefore no reason not to enjoy all.

I like old movies, too. I watch them on TV or stream them from Netflix or get them on disk. I don’t expect to see old movies crowding deserving new ones from the theaters.

When the Peanuts running now originally came out I was a kid and we did not get the newspaper so they are new to me.

All this zombie hype the past few years. Thousands of zombies on a quest for brains. Could this be a subtle indictment of the quality of our educational system?

Oooooh SNAP !~!

The Providence Journal dropped Rex MD and tried Lio. It was “unpopular” so they started running Zombie strips like Peanuts and FBOFW. Of course everyone loves Peanuts, but it’d reruns threaten new strips.

Cathy Guisewite of “Cathy” showed how it should be done when she refused to permit newspaper reruns so other cartoonists could have a chance at success.

Anyone find the banner ad ironic? The new Lio collection “Zombies Need Love Too”

@gary mcspookNot sour grapes at all, in my view. As I remember it, Charles Schultz specifically ordered in his will that Peanuts would not continue after his death or that another cartoonist could not take over drawing the strip (as we’ve seen so often with other ‘franchise’ strips). So the syndicate or his estate, or whoever really wanted the money, just rebranded it “Classic Peanuts” and kept running it, which A) diminishes its charm and B) forever blocks a slot on the comics page from ever opening up to new talent.

Just don’t think about it too much, Lio. I’m pretty sure they’re harmless. —So, I guess you (and they) are visiting the town of Eerie, Pennsylvania?

Charlie is selling bread, while Lucy sells insurance and Patty sells cup cakes. Bury the bodies, Lio.

I love PEANUTS too! But it’s been in fulltime repeats in newspapers all over the world since 2000, taking up vital comics real estate. There certainly is a place for reprints, and that’s in books, where they can be reread and studied. The daily newspaper is supposed to of the moment and new. Filling the comics pages with repeated strips for years on end just increases the public perception that newspapers are stale and dated.

Actually if you look at all the papers that run Classic Peanuts, and all the books and merchandise that’s out there, the Peanuts Gang is still very much alive, thank goodness!

I love Peanuts, but let’s let new cartoonists have some newspaper space and make money. Hey, you might like something new too.

I know what you mean, Lio. I know what you mean. Sigh.

(Sigh…)I still miss you Sparky…

Uh oh!

Charlie Borwn is definently a zombie, he has been the same age for 40 years.

Borwn? Is that Welsh?

who are these kids???

I’m not tearing down PEANUTS. I’m using it as the clearest cut example. Running repeats for years on end started with PEANUTS. There is no denying the meaning of this strip, if you are an avid comics reader.

Thank you, Mark. I understand very well what you are talking about. We all loved Peanuts. It’s very difficult for a new comic to find it’s way into the paper to begin with. They have to remove one before they can bring a new one in. If it were up to me, nothing but original material would be allowed in papers. But it’s money, money, that is the driving force. Thanks for speaking out though.

RATS!

And they’re still shilling for Met Life, et al.

I think that people who make Zombie films and TV shows should learn what a zombie really is.

Wonderful! What a great, clever, incredible comic, thanks!

R. I. P. Bob Clarke

Non-issue, newspapers are dying. New cartoonists should aim for the new media. Penny Arcade and PVP don’t need no stinking papers.

Love The Walking Dead.Always was a fan of Elvira Mistress of The Dark cheesy horror movies.Good stuff not like the drivel they spew out these days.

I feel the same about music. Concerts should be mostly (but not all) new music, not recycled stuff from the 1700s. Unfortunately, orchestras seem not to agree.