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The other restaurant, "A Sconte", tucked in an alley close to Salizada San Lio, is named after a Venetian kids 'game called "pe sconte".
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The other restaurant, "A Sconte", tucked in an alley close to Salizada San Lio, is named after a Venetian kids 'game called "pe sconte".
Veniceblog: 2008
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It chanced him upon three weeks agone, for his honest recreation, to go to a place called Lio, a piece of an island five miles from Venice, for to see his hawks fly upon a wasted ground, without any houses; and there he was suddenly taken with a great tempest of wind and rain, insomuch that his boat, called [a] gondola, could not well return to
The Reign of Mary Tudor James Anthony Froude 1856
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RingTales -- which a year ago signed a two-year deal with the Web entertainment company Babelgum -- has also created animations for such strips as "Lio," "Cul de Sac" and "Dilbert," as well as of New Yorker cartoons.
Casting 'PEARLS BEFORE SWINE': Stephan Pastis & RingTales take aim at screens big and small Michael Cavna 2010
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Fry also mentions that in a matter of weeks, RingTales will begin to feature behind-the-scenes interviews with such cartoonists as Pastis, Richard Thompson ( "Cul de Sac"), Mark Tatulli ( "Lio") and Paul Gilligan ( "Pooch Cafe"), as well as such New Yorker cartoonists as comics editor Bob Mankoff. and Isaac Littlejohn Eddy.
Casting 'PEARLS BEFORE SWINE': Stephan Pastis & RingTales take aim at screens big and small Michael Cavna 2010
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Plus, when I had done a Sunday "Lio" strip spoofing the last "Calvin" strip, it received such passionate feedback, good and bad -- really angry -- that I knew I wanted to push my luck and try it on a book.
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MC: So is the back cover meant as the deepest form of heartfelt homage to the great master -- or are you simply just mocking Watterson's '80s-era specs and sweater with typical "Lio" mischievousness?
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Comic Riffs, though, does give Tatulli credit: The front and back covers to his just-released "Lio" collection, "There's Corpses Everywhere," might well be the most inspired cartoon "jacket" we've seen this summer.
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It's not his M.O. I did, however, get a lovely and thoughtful note from Gary Larson's wife, Toni Carmichael, who got a copy of the book and is a "Lio" fan!
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But "Lio" creator MARK TATULLI might be the first to stand accused of borrowing his actual look a mite too directly from the great and reclusive Watterson.
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