Lio by Mark Tatulli for July 16, 2015

Lio – always helpful to his fellow monsters. Still, it’s a long trip, isn’t it?

This was apparently before The Creature Walks Among Us (the third film of the trilogy), before the Creature became acclimated to breathing with lungs on land rather than with gills in the water.Hence, his need to hitch a ride with Lio down to the lagoon, back to his natural habitat. Lio always can be counted on to help the needy, especially when it’s a needy monster!

The British novelization of the first Gill Man movie is back in print, by the way. http://www.skjam.com/2015/03/05/book-review-creature-from-the-black-lagoon/

Lio, down the Shore. Not at all surprised to see his hitchhiker.

has any one established where lio lives? perhaps its not far to the beach. that or he and dad are vacationing at the shore. also, isn’t lio too old for a trike?

abby, he’s the boy who never grows up, living with his dad who never grows older (grayer, yes, boy HOWDY!)

OK then.

He looks like a Jersey sort of devil. Or creature, as you prefer.