Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 12, 2012

Still haven’t had time to read the back story…sigh.

I see a falling out among thieves…

Measles is clearly being punished for sneaking product for himself.

Now can we PLEASE get back to Moon Maid?

I love the use of shadows. I love the mounting tensions. And I especially love Moon Maid!

“I got things under control.” Every junkies motto.

The Weed of Crime bears bitter fruit! Crime does not pay! The Shadow knows! Ah-hahahahaha!—Well, some commentators mentioned ’shadows," and that set off my thoughts….

Good morning everyone. Nice to have you back margueritem!

Still waiting with the others for Moon Maid’s reappearance!

It looks like the GoComics colorist has struck again. In Panel two, those are the headlights of the car. (sigh)

Good Morning everyone! Up early to read today’s strip. Great job with the shadowing. Wonder how the Plenty family is taking to Li’l Attitude’s visit.

I’m really digging this week’s strips w/ Measles. And today’s art is very Gould— chiaroscuro composition w/ shadowy figures scuttling around in the night…set against in the cold indifferent big city. + Mike’s writing forte w/ character inter-relationships.

I prefer my DT more 100 BULLETS, less Alley Oop sci-fi. But that’s just my opinion.

nice catch tarry i didnt even notice that! ten bucks says bookie will be wormfood by monday

Odds are that Bookie living to see the next full moon is a long shot.

Uh oh. Don’t get between an addict and his stuff.

Good Morning Detectives!Yep, I see Bookie being outfitted for a permanent residence in Wildwood Cemetary by Monday. I’ll have to catch up by that day since I have Reserve duty this weekend. Have a great weekend and I’ll see you all back on Monday.

Not sure of the “math”! Split, 1/3? Isn’t split 50/50? Sounds like Measles is getting took!!

Seems Measles is a liability. Too bad for him.

Someone had posted where to find the backstory and I have lost the link- can you repost it please? thank you!

It seems to me that Mike and Joe and Company are trying to please both camps of DT readers. There are some who probably wouldn’t mind if the strip were renamed “Dick Tracy, starring MOON MAID” (I hope tht never comes close to happening, myself.) There are others who want it to remain an earth bound, gritty detective adventure. These intertwining story lines are giving us both.

They seem to be headed for an old Air Stream trailer.

I must be in the minority, but I like the story and its unfolding.

Good job, Team Tracy! You’ve gotten something for just about everyone in the mix.

i’m surprised that some nitpickers havent been ragging on the fact that arnie has moved from the passenger side door where he was yesterday to the drivers side today with no explanation…so before you get yer undies in a wedge…arnie (or whatever his name is) realised that bookie and NOT measles had the cash (or whatever) for the drugs so he walked over to the driver’s side “off panel” between yesterday and today to collect the “trade off”… hope that makes sense to y’all :)

to me …. this is kinda like a poor (bad) soap opra!

ur ok / water off a duck’s back

@tsull2121That’s what I thought at first too but then Tarry Plaguer pointed out that the colorist messed up again by mis-coloring the headlights so we are looking at the car head on even though the red lights make it seem that we’re viewing it from the rear.

Shouldn’t he at least be getting an “Employee Discount?”

Well it may be " unrealistic " to assume that -, when the SAME people are back, using different NAMES

Looks like Friday the 13th is going to be unlucky for Bookie.

I can’t speak for anyone else, but as far as I’m concerned, I really don’t understand why anybody would take such great pleasure in logging onto the internet to poke fun at or complain about any strip. That goes for the current Tracy team or any previous incarnations. In fact, I often wonder what would have been if there were forums such as this back in Chester Gould’s day. Undoubtedly, there would have been somebody sitting back and making snide comments about some aspect of his work. Some people just enjoy stirring the pot, I guess.

The New Team never lets us down. So often a new strip out does the last, and it always leaves us wanting more. It’s great to see old favorites at the police dept. involved in the action again, as well as old villains, like Measles. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK TEAM TRACY! Now…. where’s Moon Maid again?

Otto, you wouldn’t be talking about……… nah! It couldn’t be him you refer to. You mean the one whose name brings laughter and whistles at the now-defunct museum?