Lio by Mark Tatulli for October 15, 2017

well, there won’t be any seeds to bake and snack upon

An orange head and a brain much smaller than the container. Who could that be?

Before doing anything else with the pumpkin, one must perform that encephalectomy.

YOU HAVE KILLED THE ONLY SENTIENT PUMPKIN!

…after which time, rides by The Headless Horseman came to an end.

♫If I only had a brain.♪

This one reminds me of the Calvin and Hobbes strip when Calvin calls out “OK Jack, time for your lobotomy”

Ever since then, that’s been my favorite saying when starting the pumpkin carving…

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2016/10/29?comments=visible#comments

Just makes me think of Linus in “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.” “You didn’t tell me you were going to kill it! moan.”

Interesting variation on removing pumpkin guts.

What if we’re missing a panel? What if Lio’s putting the brain IN the pumpkin?!?

Now, that’s disconcerting!

Just toss it, Lio, and proceed as though it were a normal pumpkin. No one will be the wiser (we hope)….