Lio by Mark Tatulli for August 26, 2011

Maybe it’ll have a worm in it, Lio.

Teachers don’t go for the good ol’ memento mori anymore. No wonder our education system is going down the tubes …

It’s not Halloween yet, Lio. It’s too early to scare the bajesus out of the teacher.

Yet another “Back to Skull” storyline…

Great comments so far! Now, alas, it’s my turn. Dad is just being too straight for Lio this year.

It is for show and tell Dad. You just ruin your kids day :(

When I was in trouble (seldom) Dad would invite the teacher over and discuss it over a drink or two. Never underestimate the educational powers of imported top shelf.

And he probably polished up the skull really nice, too.

Plus, well, every teacher deserves a fair warning as to whom she’ll be dealing with…

I’m certain most of the teachers here would like the skull better…..

I remember my jr. high science teacher forgetting all about the lesson for the day when the maintenance man brought up a HUGE box. She started jumping up and down, torn into the box and assembling the skeleton. Yes I went to a small private school. I think with the right teacher Lio had the right idea!

Knowing Lio, that is probably the poisoned apple from Snow White.

I love dad’s expression in panel #2.

All the teachers should run for it while they still can!

I think of all comics today Lio is the one that channels Calvin & Hobbs perfectly. I wuv it! Anyhow, that being said… Lio needs a pet Tiger. ;)

actually, Lio should replace the skull on his trike with that one- it looks cooler!

Nice try….

I suspect Lio has inserted a blood worm into the apple.

Lio, if Leopold from Scary Gary were your teacher he would have been delighted to get the skull.

Give the teacher a break on the first day, Lio. You have the rest of the school year to terrorize the class and/or teacher.

Good try, Lio!

Our computer guru has a row of animal skulls above his desk. I’ve suggested I should have a row of dead computers above mine! [museum guru]

I at one time had a skull on my desk with a little sign from MAD, that said " in memory of the patient who dfied waiting to see the doctor". I got(stole) it from med school. he didn’t need it any more. A long winded P.S. I asked my mother to ship it to me while in viet nam. She put it in a polish ham box with large red letters. DO NOT CRUSH,HUMAN SKULL. it arrived in good shape.

(Special guest appearance by Del Close.)

Lio, Lio, Lio… What you should have done is drop the skull out your bedroom window so that you could pick it up after you’d gone outside; Dad would never have seen it, and you would have had a perfect first day.

I agree with sandfan, though it will more likely do something more devious…