Lio by Mark Tatulli for February 21, 2013

Death paints what he knows.

A one-track mind in action.

The picture doesn’t even have Liō’s hair-spike!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…the Grim Reaper loves ‘dem bones’.

This is what happens when you dally with death.

So Death is a south paw, huh?Knew those lefties were sinister.

Since when has any portrait been realistic? This one comes closer, though.

He’s good with a brush, but I’ll bet he can’t fingerpaint worth a damn.

Lio as a Skeleton: I think I like it. I didn’t know the old Grim Reaper had this kind of talent!

Lio’s favorite portrait ever.

I wish today’s strip was in color to find out if the background is stalactites or dripping blood.

With a little forensic reconstruction, I’m sure it’s a remarkable likeness…

Death just wanted to capture the inner Lio.

He’s painting him in his skeltons.

The Little Drummer Boy he ain’t

Note how subject costumed as Napoleon Ceaser crowned in laurel is pictured standing over a pool of blood, gore, and bones.

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its easier to frame the action for left to right reading if the gesture is done with the left hand.

He’s just painting Lio’s inner beauty.

If death had a daughter it would be Ysabel.(See “Mort” by Terry Pratchett)

Reminds me of Gahan Wilson’s “I paint what I see”.