Lio by Mark Tatulli for May 27, 2023

Has Ishy ever talked in this strip before? I haven’t read enough to know for sure. Either way, I’m kinda surprised he can talk.

Does anyone under 60 remember Red Ryder? (A 79-YO friend remains a fan of Robert Blake as Little Beaver.)

I presume Ishy is reading Jacques Cousteau.

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James 2:24

Obviously not into squid games.

If he tried, the consequences would probably suck … a lot.

At least Lio isn’t wearing spurs.

I like the hole in the hat brim for his hair.

An allusion to a comic that first appeared on cave walls.

Oh come on now. It’s not like he is wearing spurs or something…..

Hi-yo, Ishy, no-way!

“Red Ryder.” There’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.

“And dump the spurs.”

That isn’t a squid that is an extraterrestrial or a hidden species,

Ishy can talk???

Ishy speaks!!