Lio by Mark Tatulli for June 06, 2010

Yes.

This is the first comic ever to actually move me.

That’ll work, too, Lio. Very nice.

Lio is so funny, him makes me laugh a lot. keep like that!!

That is so sweet.

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!

Yes it is. Excellent!

Awww. God bless our vets and God bless Lio! This is beautiful.

Way cool.

(wipes tear from cheek)

This is the most beautiful cartoon I’ve ever seen….yes, it brings tears to ones eyes. Wish we could send a hug to each of our forces…everywhere. They are so deserving…

It’s awfully good of Lio to give the guy a hug.

However, if I may be the introducer of a tiny bit of cold water, I’d just like to consider age. If this is a vet of Normandy (1944), that would make him at least (assuming he was 17 during the invasion) 81 years old.

At that age - or even if the strip were 10 years old (making the Vet 71), he’d be eligible to live in a nursing home. My work takes me to lots of nursing homes where I see lots of vets.

Without wanting to take away from the idea of saying “Thanks,” it seems a peculiar way to do it. Personally, I’d rather have Lio visiting in a nursing home - or if you want to point out the plight of vets, this could have been a Vietnam vet or even an Iraq/Afghanistan vet.

cdward, sometimes leaving something alone is the best choice. Buzz killer.

I agree with 00Robin. Like I’m always saying, IT’S A COMIC STRIP FOLKS!!!! Suspension of disbelief MAY be required…

D4rn, now you’ll have to outdo this on Veteran’s Day.

D-Day-June 6, 1944. May we never forget. Thank you again, Mark!

cdwrd, not all vets get the help they need or are entitled too. And Normandy is special today.

Thank you, Mark.

two in a row, Mark. Very nice touch.

Par excellence

Thank You for the remembrance.

Such typical compassion from Lio, and his creator. Thank-you, Mark.

Thank you, veterans…. and thank you, Mark.

Cd: if you’d ever worked IN a nursing home, you’d know the street is sometimes preferable. You likely don’t get to see the understaffing, the staph infections, the bed sores, the over doping to make folks “agreeable”, the occasional physical abuse and the psychological misuse, the visits from “well-intentioned” who have no idea how to treat seniors. A lot has changed and it isn’t as bad as twenty-five years or so ago thanks the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA) but , again, it’s only as good as it’s enforcement. There are still plenty of families who NEVER show up for anything until someone passes on. The idea of freedom in the dangerous streets sometimes seems like a good idea.

Thanks, Mark. Old-fashioned in notion and emotion. Who says silent films are dead?

This is really cool. Thanks, Mr. Tatulli.

this is as moving as the christmas time lio when he visited his mothers grave. tears for days.

Google the song “Johnny I hardly knew ye” Hundreds of years and the song remains true.

Thank you Mark and Lio. To give thanks to all veterans is wonderful. I do my part by thanking any one I see wearing a Veterans Cap. Of any kind. Sometimes a handshake, but at the very least I say Thank You for your Service. please all do this.

Awww!

Excellent! a child giving what a child can!

Spam dammer spoiled the moment!

“PEANUTS” marks the day too.

I saw that, aerwalt. That, too, was very good, but done a while ago…but I’m not sure when exactly.

wolfe526 I agree about thanking veterans whenever possible. I thank anyone in a military uniform. With the weapons station just down the road we have a lot of navy people here, as well as the air force. Whenever I see ‘em, be it Wal-Mart, the theater or a grocery store I nod and say ‘Thank you’. About a year ago a bunch of navy cadets discovered the dragon. Playing games and painting miniatures were the primary activities, as well as cutting up with us civvies. This year’s class doesn’t seem to have the same percentage of gamers. Ah well…..they’ll be back.

Very nice .

Beautiful Lio. This strip constantly surprises me how good it is

Beautiful job, Mark.

Very touching moment. There is so much heart to this strip day in and day out.

Wonderfully Touching.

That’s the spirit!

Very classy.

It’s nice that Lio is aware that a hug would indeed be a better tribute than a snake or spider. Thank you, MT.

Thank you so much Mr. Tatulli, This is truly a wonderful tribute to the many who gave and continue to give their all for the rest of us.

aaah. this is sweet.

I love this comic strip so much. I am a veteran and my grandfather is a veteran of the epic WWII. This is exactly how my son hugged my granddad

Finally! There is no painful love!

may the vets who have died rest in peace and the one who are alive live a long and happy life they deserve it

Wow! Now that is a well-spent tear. :’)