Lio by Mark Tatulli for April 08, 2021

What about “Why did the squid cross the road?”

ain’t easy being a pantomime comic strip, is it, Lio?

Here’s a joke:

There’s a party going on. There’s more than enough drinks for everyone.

Take the long way round Lio, we’ll wait. Punch lines are best delivered well developed.

Okay, what do you get when you cross a cephalopod by a security guard?

Ok! Your mother wears army boots and your father smells like Elder berries!

Now let us through or you will be in perpetual night by copious volumes of squid ink

Hmmm, on a bad day there could have been quite the traffic jam at that border checkpoint as even the best of the best like Doonesbury, Breathed and Pastis occasionally miss the mark with their punchlines, albeit normally on purpose……..

I thought the “border guard” would have been drawn more like a Barney Fife!

That doesn’t stop other comics.

The Punchline

Feels like I’m going to lose my mind

You just keep on pushing my love over The Punchline

Da da da da, da da da da

Better security than what’s going on at the Southern border.

But my speechless squid is funny.

If that’s the case, then this cop needs to be a permanent part of the proceedings here.

Border walls back in the funny papers, where they belong. HAW HAW!

Lio never has anything to say! That’s what makes him funny.

Standing at the crossroads between humor and good taste.

6 Chix never crosses the border.

Has he ever said anything?

Haven’t you heard, officer? We have a new president so everyone is welcome… (sorry, couldn’t resist. I’ll go slap myself a few times)

Meet my friend Big Cal. He’s a laff riot and has a razor sharp beak.

show him your sight gag exemption card

“Something funny”