Lio by Mark Tatulli for November 01, 2009

I absolutely love it!

The old dude kind of looks like Peter Lorre.

Giving Lio ideas.

Lio, don’t necessarily believe those tall tales Old Timers spin for you–especially not the notorious Old Comic Strip Characters!

Perfect take on the old comics. I was thinking Katzenjammer Kids…

claasic!…Mark shoots…he scores! and yes,Barnes n Barnes epic song “Fish Heads” playing in background would be perfect!

The older I get, the better I used to be.

this is what makes lio so good.using another form,letting someone talk.we love it when comics cross over.”pearls”today(sunday) is eating the children @ “family circus”.washpost.com,arts&living style invitational week 841 see the slide show had a contest to combine 2 comics.it’s super.also good today pickles,brevity,and strange brew examines the mystery or ranch dressing.

When I was a kid, we didn’t have none o’ yer fancy fireworks to throw at fish. All we had was harsh language.

“Feckless”, a word you rarely see, also appears today in Dilbert, go figure….

Impressive aping of real old comics. I especially love the panel numbering.

This is fantastic!

Captain Eddie from Non Sequitur?

Love this!

I think the guy’s left leg would more likely be missing instead of the right leg! How did the fish get the left eye and arm, and face, but the right leg?

Such a nice boy visiting the old folks. So respectful…

Brilliant idea! And since he’s an old toon (assuming it’s not just a fish tale), who needs any explanation as to how he got some wounds but not others? :))

This Sunday’s working out pretty good for the Cartoon Physics collection! :D

maybe we’ll see more from feckless freddie?

Does anyone know if this comic was completely made up, or if there really was a “Feckless Freddie Freckles” back in 1915?

I love the ‘Old Comic Strip Characters Home’

How old would Dondi and Queeny be by now?

Since they haven’t been mentioned yet, let me raise a glass to ‘Jiggs and Maggie’ (actually ‘Bringing Up Father’), ‘Our Boarding House’ (with the Major and Martha), ‘Out Our Way’…

(Almost forgot to mention - GREAT Lio today!)

Dupont Spinners never fail.

Ushindi: you can find Bringing up Father and some other classics at dailyink.com

LOVE THIS. Great one, Mark!

I Googled “Feckless freddy freckles” and the only direct hit was Sherlock Watson’s question (above.) The old comic sure looks genuine, though!

Is Gertie about to come by still searching for Walt Wallet?

It had me wondering as well - no such comic BUT James Swinnerton did a comic named “Jimmy” which is virtually identical in appearance to our hero Freddie. Mark aped Swinnerton’s “Jimmy” is my conclusion. Coincidentally, the copy of “Jimmy” I have in my copy of “The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics” was also from 1915.

By far, the coolest installment of the Lio strip ever, bar none. Even better than the one a couple of years ago in which Charlie Brown paid Lio to rig the football. A classic! Would love to see more like this.

Perfect, right down to the copyright line in the first panel. Absolutely brilliant.

“Feckless Freddie” is completely lifted from “Little Jimmy”. And those wounds could be from other adventures!

Mark you should also be working at the Cartoon Network! Or do a Christams Special with Lio!

Love it Mark, please keep it up.

Amazing strip, congratz Mark! I love it very much.

Great how funny it is on that bench.