History ComicStrip / Lio

* RejectionAffection: No matter how much (and how cruelly) Eva Rose rejects his advances, Lio never stops pining for her.

* GenreBusting: When you get right down to it, it's like nothing else in America. The closest it gets to "normal" is when it emulates ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', but it's just as likely to resemble a Victorian morality fable mixed with SurrealHorror.

* KnifeNut: Eva, who Lio has repeatedly tried and failed to get a date with.

** There's also [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2007/02/28 this strip]] where Lio sets out flowers for the ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' dailies in a cemetery for comic strips that also includes ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'', ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', and ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''. Outside the cemetery, for contrast, there's a parade of comic strip characters who are still alive despite having long ago lost any relevance or humor they may once have had, including Nancy, ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS, and [[ComicStrip/{{Blondie}} Dagwood]].

Can be seen in animated form [[https://www.youtube.com/show/lio?feature=sh_ac_show_7_24 here]].

A newspaper comic by Mark Tatulli, revolving around the life of the titular character. Known for its lack of dialogue, unique storylines, and creepy protagonist. Plots revolve around the strange circumstances Lio gets into, usually with [[BlackComedy extremely dark punchlines]]. The comic is also known for frequently taking shots at other comic strips, both for one-offs and even occasionally longer storylines. The strip premiered in 2005.

* BedsheetGhost: [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2007/03/07 This strip]] plays with it.

* ButtMonkey: Lio himself seems to have fallen into this nowadays.

* BrainBleach: In one strip, Lio goes to wash out his eyes after he goes swimming and catches [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]] making out with WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Among others, Lio is friends with Death, [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], and a giant man-eating fish monster.

* TakeThat: ''Repeatedly'' pokes fun at other comics. It's gone after ''{{Peanuts}}'' the most, likely out of response to an incident where Tatuli received hate mail when ''Lio'' replaced ''Peanuts'' reruns in one its papers. [[http://joshreads.com/images/07/04/i070415lio.jpg This]] strip probably wins an award for the most {{Take That}}s in the entire run, while [[http://joshreads.com/images/07/03/i070325lio.jpg this strip]] is probably the most brutal assault on a single comic.

* StylisticSuck: A few days after New Years in 2012, Lio notices that he's crudely drawn. [[NoFourthWall He then writes a note to Mark Tatulli, the strip's creator, stating that the holidays are over and to lay off the sauce.]]

* StylisticSuck: A few days after New Years in 2012, Lio notices that he's crudely drawn. He then writes a note to Mark Tatulli, the strip's creator, stating that the holidays are over and to lay off the sauce.

A newspaper comic by Mark Tatulli, revolving around the life of the titular character. Known for its lack of dialogue, unique storylines, and creepy protagonist. Plots revolve around the strange circumstances Lio gets into, usually with [[BlackComedy extremely dark punchlines]]. The comic is also known for frequently taking shots at other comic strips, both for one-offs and even occasionally longer storylines. The strip premiered in 2005

* [[ChessWithDeath Shuffleboard With Death]]: [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2016/06/04 See here]]

* SurrealHorror: Quite a lot of strips have a one-shot character appear as an AssholeVictim for two panels, then die in a bizarre and disturbing way in the third. Even the main characters are subject to random attacks by skeletons and leaf monsters, though Lio and Eva are {{Badass}} enough to outfight them, and Lio's father knows when to flee.