Lio by Mark Tatulli for June 28, 2010

You needed a shower before bed, didn’t you Dad??

When does the Pope confer Sainthood on Dad?

Love the magazine …

Funny, from the look on his dad’s face, this has possibly happened before…

Wait… he doesn’t have $20.00 for the “Deluxe Vampire Cape” - yet he had enough for a “Mondo Squirt 9000” ??? C’mon, I’ve priced those giant squirt guns… most are a LOT more than $20.00

Lio already has a vampire cape.

where is marg? and Ji2m, that would be lio.

Don’t forget shipping and handling.

Oh dear. Violence will avail you nothing, Lio… ;)

secretasianman1270: I was thinking the same thing. Wonder what Lio used on Dad to get the $$ to buy the Mondo Squirt 9000 in the first place.

Don’t give in Dad. It’s just water.

I think Dad is used to being soaked for Lio’s wants….But he’ll still cough up the dough, because he’s Dad!

Knowing Lio that’s not water and if I was Dad I’d cough up the $19.99 + S&H.

I wouldn’t give Lio the money under these circumstances; he’s resorting to ‘unsavory’ methods and giving in would only reinforce increased negative actions as he gets older.

IMHO, dad should require he do some extra chores to earn the money….chores such as cleaning out his ‘swamp pool’.

The fact that the gun is a watergun is immaterial…the mask is an issue, too.

Lew, he has to perform three miracles first. So far, he’s only displayed a saintly level of patience.

“Shot through the wallet and it’s too late…”

draleice, the comic did not turnover on time last night, so I went to bed.

Dad would have given Lio the money without the theatrics.

Let’s hope Lio on has water in the gun and not something worse.

The easier solution is to bribe Cybil to help.

“Buy this cape or I shoot this TV Guide.”

(And that’s really playing on Dad’s weakness here…)

yard sale might be better - what could his castoffs be though?

Looks like Lio’s a pretty normal kid in some ways.