Lio by Mark Tatulli for May 17, 2021

billiards with marbles, huh? Lio is bound to lose anyway

Face it Lio. This alien has prepared itself.

Think Lio is winning.

8-marble in the corner pocket…

Hmm, I wonder if I had learned to play marbles that way, I might not have lost so many to my best friend’s older brother.

I never played marbles. I was too enamored of mine, especially the ‘puries’.

Screwball in the side pocket.

Whose rules allow a billiard stick?

Lio is still hanging around, because he missed his cue to leave.

Lio, you gettin’ Hustled son. Kinda reminds me of Jackie Gleason’s playing the part of Minnesota Fats.

Prepared for battle.