save lio...

remember when i mentioned the new comic strip i had been reading in june? yeah...Lío. it's the second strip drawn my mark tatulli, who is known for Heart of the City.

well, right after posting about discovering Lío, i wrote to mr. tatulli, telling him how much i enjoyed the slightly twisted nature of his mischievous genius character.

recently, i received this email reply:

Dear Spencer...

First off, thanks for your kind words about LIO! I'm trying to bring something new and different to the comic pages, and I'm thrilled that there's actually people who "get it."

That said, LIO needs your help! Two newspapers are running polls to see if they should keep or drop LIO from the paper! As much as I hate these things, editors today seem to rely heavily on them, and since LIO is a new strip, it is always the first on the chopping block!

So please go to this site to vote for LIO (scroll to bottom to vote) at the Daily American:

http://www.dailyamerican.com/comics/comics.html

Also, to vote for LIO in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, send an email to the editor at this address:

comics_survey@pioneerpress.com

You can vote at this one once a day, so please send as many emails as you can! They say to vote for one to keep and one to drop...here is the list of comics:

Non Sequitur
Fred Basset
Mutts
Lio
Piranha Club
Dog Eat Doug
Sylvia
Red and Rover
Candorville

So please PLEASE help LIO out! I need all the help I can get to keep something new and original in the funny pages! And please tell your friends! Spread the word!

Thanks in advance for your support!

Mark Tatulli
LIO



so...vote if you can. gotta keep the creative ones alive...