Lio by Mark Tatulli for October 18, 2017

“OH, SO THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL CUT OUT THE EARS, THEN!”

Pumpkin mutilation is best performed without advance warning!

Lio hasn’t forgotten what it almost try to do to him Monday.

I think Lio’s just trying to house-break it.

The pumpkin can’t hear you until you carve ears on it.

Whether you carve it or not, it’s dead, because you cut it from its vine!

Aww, go ahead, Dad. It’s what pumpkins live (and die) for. ’Tis the season, and all that!