Lio by Mark Tatulli for April 03, 2010

Saved by the sabre!

The relief!

Not a bad shot with your BB gun, Lio! –Popped all the balloons, brought down the target, right unto the sabre!

Now she can hang there while Lio gets some down time.

Oh, what a relief it is.

I hope Lio paid the $2.40 for the balloons.

Hoist on her own petard

have no idea what that really means but seemed to fit today’s episode :o)

Where the heck did Lio get an automatic BB gun?

well said and well did lio!!!

Yea, Lio!

gillbill, you said it.

Irony: Peace from the rifle and drawn sword.

The sword IS mightier than the (play)pen.

Popped his Bubbles.

I think he knew exactly what he was doing… they are BOTH very skilled trouble-makers.

Congrats, you have been saved by the statue

Now he can relax.

Lio is a crackpot…er, crack shot.

gillbillvolume1: “Hoist on her own petard…have no idea what that really means but seemed to fit today’s episode :o)”

Strangely, I was just read about that a little while ago: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/260/whats-a-petard-as-in-hoist-by-his-own

Chuck “Lio” Connors to the rescue!

♫ Dun dun da da-dada… dada dada-daaaaah ♫

Ahh so now I know what a Petard is… cool

So basically what Hamlet was saying was:

One o dese days guys .. one o dese days POW BOOOM tA da MOON !!!!

Amazing how popular culture stays the same over the centuries .. I never imagined Hamlet as an Elizabethan episode of the Honeymooners lol..

Hamlet - Horatio.. you are a mental case ! Horatio - Scheese what a grouch !

I notice that the sword missed all the vital organs; was that intentional or not?

Alimentary, my dear Watson – Lio hasn’t a malicious bone in his body. The plan was carried out exactly to his intent.

So we see that goodness will always triumph over annoying babies. I love how happy and self-satisfied Lio looks in the last panel.

Heh heh - brilliant! I wonder if Bubbles learned a little lesson today…

Where is this strip set? That looks like a Confederate hat on the statue.

That hat is called a Kewpi and the union army wore them too However it would be unusual for a Mounted trooper to be wearing one as it is an infantry hat.

Calvary units on both sides wore slouch hats which are much better if your riding in the rain.

I wonder if thats the latest issues of undead bunnies he’s reading ?

Just wait till she gets down from there…

”PULL!”

To arms! To arms! Cousin Bubbles is coming! Cousin Bubbles is coming!

Kewpie as in Kewpie Doll? IIRC, it’s a Kepi, from the same root as ‘Cap’.

gotcha!

Lucky catch!

I love the little girl falling!