Lio by Mark Tatulli for December 23, 2012

Have a great flight, Lio!

It looks like Prancer is a little curious.

Lio just flown in and boy are his arms tired.

Lio has just surreptitiously hitched himself to Santa’s sleigh (note the ladder up to the roof and Lio’s footprints in the snow). I hope his wings work and (if Comet doesn’t rat him out) he gets a nice, chilling joyride!

Lio’s version of skitching.

Oh no, Santa will never notice you hiding behind the sleigh. Especially not with those wings Lio. Nope.

Lio’s going to have a long wait. Cybil ambushed Santa, diced him with her claws and fed him to Ishy.

Rudolph was an invention of Montgomery-Wards.

This cannot end well:

“Hello, Dad? I, uhhhh…need you come get me. Somewhere in Siberia…I think.”

Ah, the joys of a 2006 strip.

Cartoonists doing a Santa’s sleigh scene always face the issue of how many reindeer to draw. Thanks Mark, as always, for constantly putting a premium on your artwork. I’m sure it never crossed your mind to even think about drawing less than 8 reindeer!

An oldie but a goodie

Whoa . . . cool, Lio!

You’re not thinking about flying are you?

Geeze Lio, don’t get to close to the Moon or your wings will melt.

I thought he would have used Pegasii or wing-ed squid.

If his wings don’t work, Lio will be left speechless as well!

Rudolph is classified as safety equipment — deployed only in the event of fog. I see stars, not fog.

Beautiful, Mark.

same comic in 2006

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Hey! You forgot Rudolph!