Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 06, 2013

Well, well, Blackjack is back!

I must admit, he makes quite an opponent for Dick.

Oh, this is great!!!!!

Fair warning from Black Jack.

Liz is looking gorgeous with her long hair.

I know it’s just a tease for an upcoming story, but it’s great to see Blackjack again!As he said —“Woo Hoo! It’s Dick Tracy!”

PEZ gun dispenser

I’m reminded of the gun cigarette lighter in the Pink Panther movies. “Francois, come over here and help me find my nose!”

So, that strip a few weeks back when Tracy found himself humming Tubthumping must have been his subconscious telling him that Blackjack had escaped.

hmmm

Criminally insane perhaps? But in a good way. Welcome back, Blackjack!

He’s so polite. He didn’t hurt anyone in his escape, he calls when he promised to and he warns in advance that he’s coming. His mother must be SO proud!

BTW… Where is Vista Bill?

But, but, but….What about Beautiful Belle the Beloved? Badger Howl of Frustration!

I’m a big Mike Mozart fan too. My personal favorite of his reviews: the “Spongebob Squarepants” rectal thermometer. (Honestly, what were they THINKING?)

I like the"Walking Tall’ Movies.

Ah nuts, I thought we’d see Moon Maid today. ;-)

You’re replying to Gweedo Murray’s comment:

Same link Tarry just gave us, ???^^I hadn’t noticed his link…oh well

Be great if Moon Maid helps out.

60sFan said, 26 minutes agoAh nuts, I thought we’d see Moon Maid today. ;-)^^

“Is that ‘Tubthumping’ on the radio?”Yes, and it’s another fine Sunday strip from Team Tracy. Always good to see Sam and Liz. Great Tracy face in panel three, and loving the attention to detail, such as the snow outside the window.

Great to have him return. He’s such a kook. So we still have the big Moon Maid mystery and Mrs. Flattop and Blackjack are both on the loose. Are there any others?

I think people are missing the Whiskey drink and the Vodka drink; “Tubthumping” The only thing I am disappointed in is the speed in which the good story lines come to an end. The Fishing one/phishing, Piranha and Cinnamon. One shoot out and its over.

Buford Pusser/ Walking Tall: I remember that name/movie.. Died in a horrible car wreck, didn’t he?

.Buford Pusser also was a PRO Wrestler for a while.

Blackjack’s back!!!! (And the Sunday DT strip as well) Yes!!!! I can’t help but think DT has a grudging admiration for Blackjack. Hoping that one day Blackjack will see the error of his ways and join forces with Team Tracy. It’s happened before.

Yes, it’s nice to have a cameo by Lizz, last seen on Sept. 27!

Good afternoon all…

I love the drawing but the stories are the most confusing I have seen in years. They should go back and look at Chester Gould’s stories and notice how they sometimes lasted 2-3 months and didn’t jump all over the map. I don’t think I have ever seen so many jumps in story lines as I have since the new fellows took over. It seems they are focusing on a Sesame Street reader mentality, short attention span and don’t confuse them with continuity or exposition of what is happening. Just image after image. Go back to what makes a continuing comic strip interesting: a great story.

Tracy’s hands have that “Sunday Page” look in panels 2 and 3. They almost seem flat, like cardboard cut-outs. They never look like that in the daily strips. However, his profile is very well done, It’s not a full-on front view, but not exactly a side profile either. Mr. Staton has perfected drawing Tracy at various angles. And today’s colors, and the use of shading, are quite cool.

I wonder if this is an interlude, or the start of a new story.

by the way, mike had said in the yahoo group yesterday that the MOON MAID STORY is going to take center stage starting… TOMORROW!!! he wanted to get in this little appearance by blackjack but he said that moon maid will return for a few weeks starting tomorrow (or something along those lines…syd? willy? any help here?)

Ok, so a convict escapes from prison, and calls the police dep’t, and the response is basically “ok, you can kick it for a while, and just call us when you’re ready for us to try to arrest you again”…….C’MON! How about a little “give yourself up” or whatever………let ’s not get TOO unbelievable right out of the gate, lol!

BlackJack has returned! I wonder if FritzAnn will reappear as well. Hide Sam, Hide! I am so glad that the team tracy staff are able to expand their stories beyond the six week limit now. I hope to see longer stories in the future.And more returns from villians during the Gouldian period. Plus more deaths as well. Dick Tracy is not Dick Tracy without the deaths. Go Team Tracy!

More deaths? Yeah, great fun watching people die…..we just don’t get enough of that in real life! Great storylines and characters make Dick Tracy……not the other.

Blackjack’s back! YAY!Blackjack is possibly the most individualistic, bizarre yet believable, new Tracy villain created by Team Tracy. He’s just plain fun!

Intro (skip if you’ve already read any of the previous intros):

Hello, greetings, casual readers of past Tracy stories. I’m here because I’m on 2 missions. The first is something I’ve never done before, read each Tracy story by Mike Curtis (or his occasional guest writer) in one sitting each. I feel his stories are worth it. IMHO, Curtis is by far the best post-Gould writer this strip has ever had, and we’re all lucky to have him.

My second mission is to provide an immediately useful Featured Comment whenever needed. My 3 friends below will reply to me. You can read their replies if you like, but their only real purpose is to bump up this comment to the Featured Comment.

There are 2 basic types of immediately useful Featured Comments: the first type is to provide you with a Mumblespeak translator when needed. The other type (this type) is anytime that day’s strip quotes a real song. I will provide an html to a recording to that song so you’ll know the tune even if you’ve never heard it before.

End Intro

Once again, tubthumping is explicitly identified as playing during the comic strip. So once again, here’s a link to the tune:

https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc