Lio by Mark Tatulli for January 30, 2022

and what a magic marker

There’s something wrong with that Magic Marker. The first creature doesn’t have the tail that Lio drew.

Maybe he didn’t draw the line, i.e. he didn’t complete the line.

Now draw some money.

You better draw a good structural engineer and a mason next…

Just don’t give him a Sharpie

I WANT THAT!

Oh, yes!! I need that!!

Make sure that the ink never dries up on the marker, Lio!

I prefer purple crayons.

um, oh dear. this is definitely brewing some trouble.

I wonder if the magic marker is from the same company that makes Harold’s purple crayons.

Can I draw a new wife?

A shout out to Harold and His Purple Crayon!

Maybe he drew Frosty.

And that’s how the Kool-Aid guy orginated…….

It’ll never work for me. Been trying to use invisible ink for years to make myself invisible and it never works.

Why would you WANT to unleash man-eating monsters – as many as possible? And then complain about Covid? Schizoid. and Scary.

This happens to every poem I write.

Definite truth in Labeling……

Taaaake ooon Liiiiiii -o

Now that’s a magic marker!

I need one of those!

Lio and the Purple Crayon.

Reminds me of the magick pen in the strip “Bad Machinery” at Gocomics.

Does anyone else remember the 1980s version of Amazing Stories? My favorite episode was when a guy invents a chemical that when applied to a magazine, it brings the cover to life? He kept trying to get it just right to bring a beautiful woman out of it perfectly (you couldn’t do side profiles as it wouldn’t create the face that wasn’t there). Great episode.

I want one of these marker.

That three-headed monster reminds of a culprit in an Inspector cartoon. (Check out the Great DeGaulle Stone Operation!)

…and people wonder about the Beatle’s and their Magical Mystery Tour—it was just magic markers!

In some ways Lio is a typical child: “Oooh, do it again! Do it again!”

Nice Linus eyes in panel 2.

I realize that Lio is not interested in girls (Evil Eva to the contrary), but if I had that kind of magic marker, I’d get some translucent paper and trace over an image of my favorite female pinup!