I was a big fan of Tatulli's Heart of the City, and although his Lio character is the polar opposite of the girly Heart I have come to love him. Lio is a much darker character whose Little Orphan Annie eyes are a window to the unreal. Lio's been compared to Calvin, but where Bill Watterson's characters explored life, the universe, and everything through dialogue, Lio has none. Nearly every strip depends on sight gags and visual inferences with zero speech bubbles. Lio straddles the edge of reality with creepy crawly creatures, zombies, and all manner of ghouls - this strip's wry and edgy humor will hold appeal for all ages.