Lio by Mark Tatulli for March 21, 2010

And it only cost a quarter!

Money well spent!

Now what in the blue blazes does he call himself? Will Lio be able to spell it?

Relative of Great Cthulhu, I take it?!

Doesn’t Lio have enough mouths to feed, already?

Gives new meaning to “be careful what you wish for.”

I wonder what he gets if he pitches in a half-dollar?

Wow, did Lio wish the well would come to life so Lio could have wishes for life? Genius!

Ever get the feeling Lio’s last name might be “Lovecraft”? …I do.

Now Lio ruined it for everybody else. With the well demolished, where am I supposed to go when I want to wish up a monster?

It’s an alien, Leo…Quick, wish for Sigourney Weaver!

Uh.. Lio. Excuse the spelling.

Superstition. My wife didn’t follow my coin.

a half a dollar?— there is something you don’t see anymore … when’s the last time you pulled a half dollar out of your pocket as change instead of as a collector’s item?

I suppose there are tons of em at places where there are slot machines, though

Oh, well….

And that creature a wee bit reminiscent of Gahan Wilson’s work, don’tcha think?

Wishes DO come true!

One boy’s wish is another boy’s nightmare.

For those of you who are readers of Mark’s other strip, Heart Of The City, check out the doll Heart brought.

A wish well wished. Nyuk, nyuk…

I’d love to see Lio and Eva in a “battle of wishes”……..

That was definitely worth the quarter!

You wasted a wish, Lio; you already have plenty of monsters. You should have wished for a huge sack of defenseless sprites and fairies to feed to them.

But wouldn’t Lio’s monsters prefer to do their own hunting? (And wouldn’t Lio rather witness a nice vicious battle instead of “defenseless” sprites and fairies to feed the monsters?

Just wondering………in the Days of Our Lio………

Today at the wishing ill…

Lio Howard Poe Lovecraft to you, funnyfan.

A dream come true! What more could one ask for?!

Lio wished well.

^ Good one!

Fairy tales can come true it can happen to you if you’re young at heart…