Lio by Mark Tatulli for July 28, 2010

It’s those boney fingers….

Where does Lio find all those neat friends!

those d a r n claws

Death of Balls. Not boney fingers, the touch of death.

Poor Lio. :-(

Death didn’t know his own strength……and now neither one has a ball to play with……

Sigh! Lio and the Grim Reaper seemed set for great fun together; but GR has the touch of Death, even for a rubber ball!

Death can’t have nice things.

Kinda nice to know there’s a fun side to ‘death’….

It was the ball’s time…

Death never takes a holiday. Poor guy can’t even play catch.

Grim Reaper: “I’d pick you over a stupid little boy and a mean little girl any day, Lio. At least you’re fun to play with…even if playtime dosen’t last very long”.

Look at Grimmy’s face when he catches the ball, its pure delight!

Poor Lio.

Only Mark can draw the grim reaper looking so happy.

“Work your fingers to the bone, whaddya get? Bony fingers, bony fingers.”

Late ‘60’s novelty song.

I dunno why, but the artwork in this one kinda puts me in mind of the work of the late Edward Gorey.

So does Death give low fives after a game?

He doesn’t give high-fives. He gives deep-sixes

Because I could not play with Death He kindly played with me.

good one warreno

@ mtatulli - nice!

The expressions in the last panel are classic–especially the grim reaper. I laughed out loud! Very, very funny.

you broke it

How about a game with a little more guts, like “Catch the scythe”?

Never thought I’d say this but……… Poor death!