Lio by Mark Tatulli for January 12, 2025

This is one is good for the newspaper readers today, or for a neck work out.

When most cats in a tree see that thing coming, they’ll be long gone before the robot gets there.

No, Lio, just no.

Wow. A lot of people seem to have cats in trees or need their neighborhood watched. I can’t follow everyone of you, especially if you’re running so fast.

That’ll sure keep the prowlers away!

And there’s Lio….manning the neighborhood watch robot….who else?

I can tell Mark had a lot of fun drawing this.

Some big drones with grab arms could do that now.

Lio’s helpin’!

EH ME NECK

Noble community service Lio……

Is it a robot if Lio has to operate from inside? More like Mobile Infantry’s battle armor.

Hence the cat is “rescued.”

He is watching the neighborhood.

Man! You try to do something nice and….

I want one. It could remove double parked cars and perform other helpful tasks.

Note to Mark Tatulli:

Tom “Batty Whack” Batiuk is NEVER the man you want to ask for advice on how to present a comic strip…!

Ah, genius is so often misunderstood!

Waste of time Tatulli. I have two 32 inch 4k monitors and i’m not going to waste my time sorting out your orientation mess for a momentary grin. This isn’t the 20th century with your readers lying on the living room floor reading the sunday times – GET WITH THE PROGRAM.

Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso.

h/t Mel Brooks

Ripping the tree out of the ground and shaking it until the cat fell out was the wrong approach.