Lio by Mark Tatulli for March 30, 2016

It has to be the CatNip – He’s really nipped out!

Green Day, anyone?

Lio get’s political? Suddenly I like this strip less.

Now cue in the angry Trump supporters.

2 snerks up for this one. Also so sad.

I agree. Well said….

I’ve often wished I could live in the US, work in the warm states away from the snow and cold…but this year, man, am I happy to be Canadian!!

Perfect!!

Unfair portrait of a cat in the last panel. It should have been a sheep or a braying farm animal used. Cats know betters as they follow no one.

Well, this is now the 5th strip that I’ve quit following because the artist just can’t keep his personal politics out of the strip. I don’t read comics to follow politics, that’s what political websites are for. I’m not a Trump supporter either, I just think comics are meant to be entertaining and funny and I’m no longer entertained.

Well, another one bites the dust.

I’m so sad to see Lio jump into the political realm. Even sadder to see the sign didn’t say Sanders. Tatulli will lose a lot of fans with this one, and I’m one of them.

Green Day cat?

So freaking true. Arrogant, rude and banging the drums of war while the rest of the world wonders what happened to this once leading country.

What a wonderful laugh today’s strip gave me!

Drop it over ONE cartoon? Idiots! It’s your loss. Bye to you!

I don’t get why some of you are upset with a comic displaying political issues. Many comics tend to do so, it’s just rare in Lio. Either way, I agree with this one. Trump is a dictator, and I hope he doesn’t win.

(Flips through CFA and TICA rules books)Hmm, must be one of the provisional breeds.

Oh, for pity’s sake. What a bunch of grouchy old cranks hanging around here…isn’t it time for the Early Bird Special?

Agree 100%

Not appropriate at all. If that cat was holding a Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders sign, then it would be accurate. Would be even better if Lio stays away from politics.

I wish all the comics would stay out of politics. Politics and religion create animosity.

@mstatersall…agreed, a provisional breed

I think the sign should have covered all entered in the race by stating “election year”…it seems all the idiots from all sides come out of the woodwork!

I see now.

Why shouldn’t Lio have a say in the political realm ? Obviously Trump is all over the news much more coverage than other candidates. We all lose if the fascist candidate is our next President. Wake up people & don’t be an American idiot

All you Trump haters should not worry. Even if he wins the election he won’t stop your welfare, food stamps, or free medical. And you will still be able to waste your life away instead of working.

With the way the Trump campaign treats the press, no one will be able to criticize Trump if he wins. Why shouldn’t a comic strip artist be concerned and speak his mind through his strip to help prevent Trump from winning and squashing all dissent?

Irrespective of the political position shown here (and my reaction would be the same if the opposing position were shown), this is not an appropriate setting for partisan grandstanding. For quite some time, I have continued to follow this strip like I did Lynda Barry’s “Ernie Pook’s Comeek” a few decades ago. At first, the “delusions of my childhood” perspectives were funny. But too much of it gives credence to the notion of familiarity breeds contempt. It’s kind of like watching the “Revenge Of The Nerds” film series. By the fourth installment, the “poor abused nerds” are so over the top in their willful abrasiveness that you find yourself cheering for the jocks! Obviously there is a place for this kind of a strip. But it is becoming increasingly apparent that it’s not the sort of thing that holds up well on a long term or continuous basis. If you enjoy it, that’s all well and good. But I believe I will move on to other strips. Cheers…..

I guess I must be an American idiot

As the kids say: “Oh, snap!”

Looks like the artist doesn`t like Trump.why bring politics into a conic strip?

Comic strips, like other types of media, have voiced opinions over various topics for a long time. If you don’t like the artists view don’t come back. I don’t always agree with a what someone says, but I do agree they have the right to say it; even cartoonists have the freedom of speech/press.

I like your strip, Mark, and I’m sure you’re a nice guy, but lay off the politics…no one really cares what you think. …And I’m not a Trump supporter.

Lio is a wonderful, inventive comic and nobody should delete it because of one day. It doesn’t have a history of political bias and deserves the benefit of the doubt. But I agree completely with most of the above comments. Name-calling over politics is far below Lio’s high standard (and ironically is one of the things that repulses a lot of people about Trump).

And since when, dear objecting folks, is political satire beyond the pale of comic strips?Most comic strips were born (originally as caricature vignettes) and continue, as a scathing commentary on social and political events, quite frequently with very clear and partisan positions.Those who ask for politics to be kept out of comic strips simply want to consume this form of art as harmless entertainment. Politics is part of our life as much as the social quirks and ineptitudes that so often comic strips deal with (and which is rarely harmless anyway). Stop complaining that an author shows what he thinks.Irrespective of whether I agree or not with the political jibe or its presence or absence of refinement, I would today, if I could, subscribe to this strip twice.

Lio regularly supports the environment & opposes hunting. The artist is correct, here. (I will be voting against Trump in June & November, even if I have to write in Vermin Supreme.)

There are way to many of those on the loose!

Boo!

Drop

This strip is as out of character as it is out of character for Calvin to pee on a automobile logo.

Aww. Ruined.

Smart action by a comic writer… Wonder where all the newspapers went…..to the morons everyone…..hope you’re happy with your five dollars an hour on the internet Markie….

That’s just stupid. Why can’t he just do the strip and keep away from politics? He’s not smart enough for politics.

Should be either a Clinton or a Sanders sign.

This strip’s daily fodder is that which is monstrous, grotesque, frightening, abominable, unbelievable. The writer/artist would be remiss not to deal with the Vulgarian – in – Chief aka, shudder/choke/good lord!/spa fon, Trump.

Bye bye, Drumpfians. Don’t let the door smack you on the behind on your way out.

Oh, goodness. One gentle political joke in a comic strip that features children being eaten by monsters, and y’all are willing to kick it to the curb? That’s just silly.

It’s very interesting to read these comments almost exactly one year later … A great perspective on American idiocy.

GREENDAYFORLIFE

Hahahahahahahahaha I laugh every time I read this Hahahahaha

Funny how Mark turns out to be the idiot in this case.