# "Lio" comic in the Chicago Tribune

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lio-comic-in-the-chicago-tribune/492487 "2009-04-09T11:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wiltshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea5d25/32.png) [@Wiltshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wiltshire)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lio-comic-in-the-chicago-tribune/492487/1 "2009-04-09T11:04:17Z")

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The Chicago Tribune just dropped the “Lio” Sunday page. Mark Tatulli (author of the comic strips “Heart of the City”, and “Lio”) [asks his readers](http://gocomics.com/lio/2009/04/09/) to write to the editor.

If you like the comic, tell’em you want it back! Or if you don’t like it, tell’em good riddance. This isn’t a solicitation, I’m not affiliated. I’ve just noticed the line “If you are in the Chicago area or know people in the Chicago area”. Why yes, I happen to know a forum for that, so here you go.

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lio-comic-in-the-chicago-tribune/492487/2 "2009-04-10T02:45:08Z")

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This move (dropping the comic) was total bullshit. On the front page of this Sunday’s comics, they advertised the “new and improved!” broadsheet version, saying “comics are now larger and easier to read!” They didn’t bother to mention that they eliminated several strips.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lio-comic-in-the-chicago-tribune/492487/3 "2009-04-10T03:44:48Z")

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The Washington Post has been dropping comics too, disappointingly.

“Lio” is still around, though. Today’s gag was that Lio had a monster with him.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lio-comic-in-the-chicago-tribune/492487/4 "2009-04-10T17:31:11Z")

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> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#):
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> The Washington Post has been dropping comics too, disappointingly.
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> “Lio” is still around, though. Today’s gag was that Lio had a monster with him.

Not on Sundays, though. ☹ You could probably throw a dart at the Sunday comics and find something far more deserving to get the axe.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lio-comic-in-the-chicago-tribune/492487/5 "2009-04-10T18:08:51Z")

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> [@Ferret\_Herder](#):
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> Not on Sundays, though. ☹ You could probably throw a dart at the Sunday comics and find something far more deserving to get the axe.

Sunday’s gag was that Lio had a monster with him.

😉