Mark Tatulli and Lio offer a final salute to Cul de Sac, which ends its roughly-five-year run today. And I do not believe that the selection of comic characters left behind was chosen at random, though there are many, many others he might have included in the Old Boys Club.Nor do I believe that today’s […]
]Andrews McMeel Publishig, the parent company of Universal Uclick, will launch a new line of comic graphic novels aimed at middle school grades late this summer . The paperback series will include titles from several comics strips such as: Lincoln Peirce’s comic Big Nate, Bill Amend’s FoxTrot and Mark Tatulli’s Lio. The first one (Big […]
On some days, my interest in one strip stems from it being closely related to another. That could be from two strips riffing on the same topic, as with Arlo & Janis:I’m kind of worried about smartphones, because I see them as an extension of the electronic leash, and I used to feel that way […]
Over at The Comics Journal Kristian Williams examines Mark Tatulli’s Lio collection There’s Corpses Everywhere: Yet Another Lio Collection and compares, contrasts and analyzes it against Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes collection “There’s Treasure Everywhere“.The comparison is not in Lio’s favor. Such are the hazards of parody, or even homage. Either way, the work announces: […]
Apparently not to be outdone by Lynn Johnston’s video I posted this morning about her memories of Charles Schulz (or ‘cuz writing profanity filled comics is less time consuming than coming up with something witty), Stephan Pastis has taken the time to post his own video remembering Lio creator Mark Tatulli.
Tom Racine continues with his video podcasting. This time he’s interviewed Lio and Heart of the City creator Mark Tatulli. Join me and Mark Tatulli, brilliant writer and artist behind the syndicated strips “Lio” and “Heart of the City.” We talk about his techniques, how blazingly fast he creates his comics (it’ll make you sick), […]