Lio by Mark Tatulli for October 05, 2014

He has Eva Rose’s teeth!

elderly taking care of the extreme elderly

Okay… This is pretty weird stuff, but the theme was exploited in classic (probably ‘50s or ’60s) science fiction. Unfortunately, I can’t recall enough details of the story that I have vaguely in mind to identify it or its author, but it had to do with the preserved ancients who sought to rule the world (but ultimately failed). Anyone have any better recall?Meanwhile, it’s nice to see old Lio feeding ancient Dad….

Amazing … he never grew any taller.

He ripped that off from Futurama

This ought to be a strip from Gasoline Alley.

That’s not a balanced diet: there’s no beer!

The face of Boe… er Dad.

Reminds me of a public service ad on TV from the 60’s..User your head… Use your body.

The background in the third panel is strangely reminiscent of my colonoscopy.

Not bad.

@Alexikakos Forgot to mention this earlier, but good ol’ Professor Wogglebug! I wonder how many people actually read very many of the BOOKS. I have all the Baum books, plus four others. My personal favorite was always “Kabumpo in Oz”, which I liked better than any of the Baum books themselves, though my other two Ruth Plumly Thompson books are nothing to brag about. My favorite Baum book is “Land of Oz”, and Professor Wogglebug was one of the main reasons. (Plus when Tip turned into Ozma the character lost complete interest for me……..)

this is bizarrely fantastic and fantastically bizarre!the preserved/living disembodied head is a fairly common theme in science fiction – especially two cheesy films of the 1950s: The Thing That Couldn’t Die (1959, a cult classic and also one that MST3K had fun with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFLciRWfPck) and The Headless Ghost (1959)

A little too derivative of “Futurama.”

It looks like what was once THE FUTURE back in the 50s is here. Lots of new technologies, but for the most part they’re hidden, and the outer appearance of the environment hasn’t changed all that much. Many social changes too, and they too have integrated with a look that is different now, but not all that different. (Disney’s Tomorrowland didn’t really get either of those trends.