Lio by Mark Tatulli for March 12, 2020

oh, how simple

Write a book that doesn’t really say anything and charge people big bucks for it.

Don’t let anyone open the book before buying it!

We told you it was easy!

interesting expression on Lio’s face in the final panel…

When I graduated from college, my brother sent me a graduation card that read, “There are two steps to becoming a millionaire. Step 1: Graduate College. Step 2: Have someone give you a million dollars.”

Thanks, I never thought of that…

Depends. How do you measure success?

Almost like Steve Martin’s first step in “How to have a Million $ and Not pay Taxes”

That’s no secret, liar.

So what’s on the rest of book? Same thing being repeated?

In Jonson’s play The Alchemist, the gluttonous and greedy character Sir Epicure Mammon nevertheless has a generous side, and his advice to his fellow-man is: “Be Rich!”

Even con men write children’s books these sad days, Lio. Any scam will do, in any medium….

Of course it doesn’t explain how