Kooks, Apocalypse, and Mechas

So I was busy most of the weekend and then part of the week. As a result, experience the great Liō Quintuple Postravanganza!

6/22/07
Liō takes shots at nerds a lot, despite the fact I highly doubt Mark Tatulli is unaware of the extreme geek appeal of his comic. Still, I must wonder - why does Cool Clothes carry clothes for Kooks? And where are the Girls clothes? Seriously, I think they need to rethink their business angle.

6/23/07I don't have much more to add. Really. The guy's about to be a squishy little pancake. What more can I add to that?

6/24/07Two days of robots, two days of impending doom! I like how the rampaging robot destruction is handled, not by the army, but a trip to the principal's office. Clearly, our Dark Child has a self-imposed quota before he ceases his killing for the day or he'd have naturally turned the robot on the school to ensure his freedom.

6/25/07
It is rare that the tables are turned on the Dark Child. But today, Papa Liō has his victory. He enjoys an ice cold beer as he watches the suffering of his only child. It is no wonder where Liō has learned his behavior from.

6/26/07And finally, we see Leeroy Hateeachother, I mean, Lockhorn, taken away by the police after a harrowing evening of domestic terror. No doubt by morning, Loretta will have bailed him out and the cycle of abuse will continue.

I intend to not get so far behind in the future, so hopefully this will be the last Quintuple Postravanganza.

Metapost: Retail roundup

As this is a fan blog, I'd like to try and post roundups of Liō in the news or references in interesting sources. While not entirely on topic of the commenting on Liō strips, its kind of nice to see Liō getting around.

Retail, 6/18/07
I hadn't even heard of Retail, but a run through the Google news finder brought to my attention that it had made an amusing Liō reference. I particularly like how Liō is rendered only in black and white. It makes him appear even creepier than usual. While Liō is no stranger to making jokes about other comics, this is the first strip I know of that has referenced Liō. The Dark Child spreads his tendrils further!

Another sighting came yesterday in a letter to the editor in the Winston-Salem Journal. I appreciate that the writer not only defended the Dark Child, but also taken shots at the never-ending hells of Blondie and Dennis the Menace. The latter of whom Liō seems to be putting to shame as far as the menacing factor.

I'd like to note that the Winston-Salem Journal is one of quite a few papers that seems to be swapping Peanuts with Liō. Now I have nothing against Peanuts, except that its in endless reruns and Shulz was pretty adamant that there be no reruns. But I find it amusing that when people seem to think of Peanuts replacements, our Dark Child comes to mind, especially considering today's catapulting strip.