Lio by Mark Tatulli for July 24, 2009

Aw, even ol’ Dad joined in.

I feel strangely comforted.

Aww! Squishy, and that other thing, and Dad, and the boa [does he have a name?]. A quiet evening at home in front of the TV….

The boa is Frank, the lobster is Mittens, the squid is Ishmael … and it’s scary that I know this.

Sweet! Hey Dad, get some new socks!

Thanks, rayannina!

This looks like a place for me.

Lio makes guest appearance on Pearls Before Swine comic strip today.

I don’t see a digital converter box

http://comics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009-07-24/ Lio and Alice (from cul de sac) make guest appearance

Aww! :-)

Carmy Let me know when his birthday is and maybe he’ll get a pair from Uncle DF

I’d watch WKTN.

Re. Pearls: I’m sure glad Mark draws our Lio … but it was a funny crossover.

Maybe the Pearls appearance will signal to some papers that they’re missing out by not carrying Lio…

More fathers should act like that,,, ebracing their kids wierdness.

What show did Nickolodeon cancel?

“Lewreader said, about 4 hours ago

I don’t see a digital converter box”

I was thinking the same thing……

This is a comic strip. It answers to it’s own rules, meaning I use what I like. LIO also still uses a rotary telephone. And it’s been three years, and LIO hasn’t aged a bit…and never will. So it is very likely that Dad’s TV will always be an old-style walnut case Emerson with antenea reception because that’s the way I like it.

Same here! By the way, how do I subscribe to WKTV????

This is why I always liked “The Addams Family” more than “The Munsters”; the latter was just another ’60s sitcom with a gimmick, while the former had a strong, loving family that just happened to march to its own beat.

Da-da-da-dum (snap, snap)…

HEY its a Family affire

I agree with Doc - it’s a gestalt kind of thing that loses if you keep trying to update it.

awwww thats cute!

Just don’t ever ask Lio to call 911.

At some point,every child ever born is a Weird Kid, and I for one wouldn’t have it any other way! The best of us grow up to be Weird Adults, too!

lio looks so cute all curled up against his dad with all the rest of the family around. kodak moment!

where’s the kitty?? (Otherwise a wonderful message – it’d make an awesome Christmas Card) d:

Where’s the kitty? Just off camera with a flamethrower, perhaps.

I sure wish that they had that network when I was a kid. :))

Most touching Lio I’ve ever seen.