Lio by Mark Tatulli for December 27, 2021

Sure, Lio.

And yet most give this self-absorbed kid a free pass…..

Surprising… I would have thought Lio would have been all for free-range aliens… (I would rather have pictured him leading chained STUDENTS to his new friend)

Saved! — only to be not saved.

Lio will be in trouble when the alien rescue ship arrives.

Lio’s care and concern was only a facade for him winning a science fair? Shame on you, Lio!

First prize to the extraterrestrial crash test dummy!

So Lio is not an abductee

I don’t find it funny

More than a little disappointed in this one. That just doesn’t fit Lio’s interactions with aliens in the past. Remove the chain and have the alien cooperating voluntarily, THAT would be more like what I expect from him.

What’s stopping the alien from getting away? He’s got hands and feet free, and he has Lio’s back.

I could see that happening……

that chain is not in lio’s character. i hope it is just a prop to make the other kids feel safe.

“Look, help me with my science fair project and then I’ll help you repair your spaceship.”

Lio is being a little mean, but when you forgot to do your science fair project, you do what you have to do.

If they existed no one could hold them. Literally nothing we have could hide them.

The guy on the left has a philosophy experiment involving a half-full/empty glass.

Not very nice, Lio.

Dang planet keeps getting in the way. Somebody should remove it and put in a hyperspace bypass.

Aliens never wear clothes.

Poor alien.