Lio by Mark Tatulli for June 30, 2012

Lio, Ishy will return.

“If you love something set it free…if it returns, it’s yours, if it doesn’t it never was.” Lio….Ishy is yours.

Squidlet again has his mom. Lio does not. Poignancy hangs heavy in the atmosphere….Shane! Come back, Shane!

This is sad.

Dang it, I thought the baby squid would be the biggest merchandising character since Garfield.

This is the first Lio I can recall where the cartoon hearts weren’t either burst or shredded a la Eva.

More ==>>?

Don’t worry, there are plenty of other squids in the sea.

Love the excited Ishy in panel 1.

I’m glad to see Ishy wasn’t abandoned on purpose.

wow!i didn’t expect that…

Don’t worry Lio! Ishy will be back one day.

Somebody should give Lio a plush Cthulhu doll until Ishy comes back.

Aww poor little Lio. Don’t worry kiddo, you know you did the right thing, and you will be rewarded in the future.

Ishy got his mom back, and Lio never can…

It’s amazing how many emotions a cartoon can convey without a single word being expressed. This was a really lovely strip today……..as always.

:’(

two sad strips in a row… i don’t know how much more i can take