Lio by Mark Tatulli for December 05, 2009

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    Itā€™s Quasimodo, the friendly neighborhood grave digger.

    Or, he could be starting a new career as a reserection manā€¦.

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    rayannina  over 15 years ago

    No, itā€™s Igor, Iā€™m pretty sure.

    Check out the hood ornament on Lioā€™s trike. Memento mori?

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    Pacejv  over 15 years ago

    Steven Kings proof reader?

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    batcweiss  over 15 years ago

    I bet that he picks him up.

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    guitarmutt  over 15 years ago

    Iā€™ll say it again. Because what else is there to say really?

    I LOVE THIS STRIP. IT IS MY FAVORITE. HANDS DOWN.

    Thank you. Thank you very much.

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    jumbobrain  over 15 years ago

    Lioā€™s not sureā€¦but maybe heā€™ll play a hunch.

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    Kamino Neko  over 15 years ago

    Pacejv - glad Iā€™m not the only one who thought of Pet Semetary. But for me, it was the theme from the movie getting stuck in my headā€¦.

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    carmy  over 15 years ago

    I want to see what he digs up.

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    Sisyphos  over 15 years ago

    I hope Lio has room for Quasimodo on his trike; who knows how far it is to the sematery!

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    DetectiveKemper  over 15 years ago

    Actually, itā€™s ā€œYgorā€ not ā€œIgorā€ and ā€œYgorā€ wasnā€™t a hunchback but a shepard with a broken neck who ā€œstole bodieā€¦they said.ā€ The hunchback assistant to Frankenstein was Fritz played by Dwight Frye who was later hanged with his whip by Boris Karloffā€™s Monster. Ygor was played by Bela Lugosi and this guy doesnā€™t look like either of them, but the popular misconception that ā€œIgorā€ is today.

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    lamourdelafantom  over 15 years ago

    either that, or like me, theyā€™ve read a lot of Terry Pratchett! heā€™s got a whole rather large family of Igors from Uberwald. he doesnā€™t have enough thumbs to be a proper Igor though.

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    moepatches2000  over 15 years ago

    Heā€™s going to pick up Abby Normalā€™s brain for Dr. Frederick Frankenstein.

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    GeeDee Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Humpā€¦ā€¦..what hump?

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    Digital Frog  over 15 years ago

    GEE1A - but what about hunchhikers?

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    GoodQuestion Premium Member over 15 years ago

    His face rings a bell, I think it is Quasimodoā€¦.

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    aerwalt  over 15 years ago

    ā€œItā€™s Eye-gorā€ā€¦.M. Feldman

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    mtatulli Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Itā€™s definitely my interpretation of Fritz. Fritz was a much darker character in the movie, so I gave him sort of a happy-go-lucky facial expression, they way that LIO would see the fringe of society.

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    catqueen  over 15 years ago

    Mark, Iā€™m giving your book to 25 yr old son for Christmas. Amazingly, he isnā€™t familiar!

    As always, love the strip!

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    mtatulli Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Haha ā€¦thatā€™s funny! A 25-year-old unfamiliar with a newspaper comic strip? Thatā€™s incredibly normal these days.

    Thanks for exposing him and supporting my strip!

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    billdi Premium Member over 15 years ago

    what guitarmutt said.

    lio is the highlight of my day, which says a lot about the quality of my days. or not.

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    johndifool  over 15 years ago

    ā€œItā€™s Eye-gorā€ā€¦.M. Feldman

    Best avatar/quote combo ever.

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    Quantumtorpedo1  over 15 years ago

    Dear Mr. Tatulli:

    Thank you for visiting, thank you for your strip(s) and thank yu for caring about us, your fans.

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    RioBravo  over 15 years ago

    I second thatā€¦.

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    Pacejv  over 15 years ago

    KaminoNeko, ā€¦great minds sometimes share the same shovel!

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    Ushindi  over 15 years ago

    God, I love the world in which Lio livesā€¦

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    jestrfyl  over 15 years ago

    Heā€™s got to learn to spell hi own name. His sign should read, ā€œHello, my name is ā€¦Sam A Terryā€ Is he any relation to Abby Normal, from Franhkensteenā€™s basement? They look like they might be cousins or something.

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    Sherlock Watson  over 15 years ago

    I want to say something clever here, but all I can think of right now is Peter Boyle belting out, ā€œPuttinā€™ on da riiiiiitz!!ā€

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 15 years ago

    Merrymarg, Quasimodo is the bell ringer of Notre-Dame. Youā€™re thinking of Victor Frankensteinā€™s aide Igor.

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    tgrfemme  over 15 years ago

    SherlockWatson: I had Young Frankenstein on my mind too. And now youā€™ve inspired me to pull out that DVD againā€¦;)

    Mark: You remind me of what I love about being able to read cartoons on the Internet, having been a cartoon fan for thirty years or soā€¦Iā€™m 39; I started young with an enduring love of ā€œPeanuts.ā€ :) Here on the ā€˜Net, I can actually communicate with the people who write and draw my favorite cartoons! And both Lio and Heart of the City have turned into two of my favorites - thank you so much for that!

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    Ushindi  over 15 years ago

    39? 39? I have a motorcycle older than that!

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    pbarnrob  over 15 years ago

    Stick around, Uā€¦ Heā€™ll catch up (but by that time, weā€™ll be starting over!)

    Thank you, Mark! Now itā€™s time for some Frau Blucher; ā€œWHINNY!ā€

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    lamourdelafantom  over 15 years ago

    ā€œWalk this way. No! THIS Way!ā€ hehe i already DO.

    wow, yeah, thanks Mark! great stuff.

    iā€™m 39 too someone has a motorcycle older than me? American or European? the bike nt the person LOL

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    TAZFAN  over 15 years ago

    I wish I could have had a bike with a skull ornament when I was a kid!

    I thought the guy was ā€œEyeā€-gorā€”ā€“Iā€™m not sure whyā€“Call it a hunch!ā€”ā€“rim shot

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