If the “jet pack enthusiast” magazine has anything to do with this, I don’t get it….If it’s just Lio taking a “strange” pet to the vet, then I”m ok…maybe just reading too much into it
“I want my jet pack! Where’s my jet pack?! They’ve been promising me one for 60 years! It’s time to deliver!”
Do you think you are entitled to a jet pack? How socialist of you. Don’t you know that under capitalism, you have to pull yourself up by your own jetstraps?
I don’t know what that thing is, but I bet the vet has a hard time getting it off his face. (Last vet I saw in this strip was a man, but maybe Lio’s had to change vets since that Cybil episode.)
I do like how worried Lio is about the health of his… whatever it is.
I think it’s a baby sand worm from “Dune.” I suppose without an elbow, it can’t do a “Dracula cough” like we’re supposed to do in these treacherous swine flu times….
I don’t think it’s a shai-halud or a lamprey – it seems to have two opposed jaws (lampreys’ teeth are arranged radially, and sandworms have three jaws). Maybe it’s a larval dhole…
It seems to have a tongue also which if I remember correctly Sand worms do not have
If it was a graboid it would have several tentacle tongues instead of one
margueritem over 14 years ago
Hope the Vet treats those…..
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
What is it?
Templo S.U.D. over 14 years ago
Could be some super leech, VistaBill.
carmy over 14 years ago
Is it the thing from Alien? It looks like it has a hairball stuck in it’s throat. Where’s Cybil?!
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Goodness! I hope it isn’t serious!
At the vet’s office, should Lio leash his leech?
gillbillvolume1 over 14 years ago
Looks like a baby sandworm from Dune
GJ_Jehosaphat over 14 years ago
L☺L Good one Carmy!
hypershock over 14 years ago
its the appendix monster
geigy over 14 years ago
I think it (I vote lamprey or hagfish) would feel better if it had that little dog as a snack.
dyankee23 over 14 years ago
Oh, that reminds me: I have to check for when my subscription to Jet Pack Enthusiast runs out. Don’t want to miss an issue!
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
I want my jet pack! Where’s my jet pack?! They’ve been promising me one for 60 years! It’s time to deliver!
mblase75 over 14 years ago
I think I saw one one “Doctor Who” recently.
Ursula A Kehoe Premium Member over 14 years ago
I love how worried Lio looks: great drawings!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Yes, some great expressions here!
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
I hope it’s not contageous.
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
Choking on a bloodball?
kfaatz925 over 14 years ago
A boy and his… well… ? (I’d have said flobberworm, but I hear they don’t have teeth!)
shewith5 over 14 years ago
Aw he took his parasite to the vet’s! How sweet
gillbillvolume1 over 14 years ago
I wonder if Lio’s Vet is Liz from Garfield?
bald over 14 years ago
i think it is one of those graboids from tremors
jestrfyl over 14 years ago
Don’t you just hate it when your pet Lamprey develops an allergy. Maybe it is allergic to cats - so they should be off its diet.
keabu1 over 14 years ago
If the “jet pack enthusiast” magazine has anything to do with this, I don’t get it….If it’s just Lio taking a “strange” pet to the vet, then I”m ok…maybe just reading too much into it
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
Joke 1: “Well, Lio, it looks like your worm has dogs.”
Joke 2: “Don’t worry, little wormie; someday you’ll be big and strong, and swallow the Starship Enterprise.”
Take your pick.
runar over 14 years ago
pschearer said,
“I want my jet pack! Where’s my jet pack?! They’ve been promising me one for 60 years! It’s time to deliver!”
Do you think you are entitled to a jet pack? How socialist of you. Don’t you know that under capitalism, you have to pull yourself up by your own jetstraps?
Kevin Parker Premium Member over 14 years ago
I don’t know what that thing is, but I bet the vet has a hard time getting it off his face. (Last vet I saw in this strip was a man, but maybe Lio’s had to change vets since that Cybil episode.)
I do like how worried Lio is about the health of his… whatever it is.
Godfreydaniel over 14 years ago
I think it’s a baby sand worm from “Dune.” I suppose without an elbow, it can’t do a “Dracula cough” like we’re supposed to do in these treacherous swine flu times….
tedcoop over 14 years ago
I don’t think it’s a shai-halud or a lamprey – it seems to have two opposed jaws (lampreys’ teeth are arranged radially, and sandworms have three jaws). Maybe it’s a larval dhole…
Liorocks8 over 14 years ago
Lio’s pet got angery and had to go to the vet
chromosome Premium Member over 14 years ago
Maybe it’s an inside-out cat.
Azrael over 14 years ago
A really big maggot perhaps?
LarryNelson over 14 years ago
Whatever (it looks like a section of megacolon with teeth!) it is, it must be very ill… it isn’t lunging for the chihuahua in the last frame.
daveparker777 over 14 years ago
How prophetic! I just had Large Dog at the vet for a chewed-raw rump. $220! Hope Leo gets otta there for less!
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
It’s coughing up a hairball.
Nothing worse will happen to it or Cybil for the rest of the day.
gillbillvolume1 over 14 years ago
It seems to have a tongue also which if I remember correctly Sand worms do not have If it was a graboid it would have several tentacle tongues instead of one
Egad how do I know this stuff??????
trekkermint over 14 years ago
the worm’s got a bad of puppies
captainedd over 14 years ago
Can I get a free issue of Nacelles Monthly with a subscription of Jet Pack Enthusiast?