Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 04, 2013

Love that last panel!

Mindy wishes so to help; the Wheatons are in needSubjected to Hy Pressure’s coercion, threats and greed.Nellie shares her worries under a waning moonSans change in circumstances, Pop will sell the farm quite soon.Little does she realize there’s a threat against her lifeA vile paid assassin walks an Earth that’s rifeWith avarice and ignorance, corruption, taint and sinShould things not go his bosses’ way the bloodshed will begin.Gold pieces valued over life, ‘tis a familiar storyThose in the way of a payday meet circumstances gory.Odds that Mindy can help out hover at slim to noneMoon Maid’s another story, oh won’t this be fun.Her nightgown lifted overhead and tossed upon the floorMysta lives. She’ll do right. Look to see Mindy no more.

Go get ’im, Mysta!

About time we see Nellie with her blonde hair… take note, GCs colourist

Also note that Nellie looks closer to the way Gould drew her, here

I just love the 3rd panel on the top row!

Francis = boy

Frances = girl

Congratulations to Dr. McGill!I’m sure the Moon Maid fanboys will be virtually orgasmic today. But I have a sense of foreboding that not all will go as hoped….

YES! I was hoping we’d get something like this!Love this story; it’s good as Gould.Great art, from the first panel of the the lonely farm to the climatic unveiling. And those last panels remind me of the classic Fleisher Bros. cartoons, wherein Clark Kent (insert Bud Collyer’s voice) says, “This looks like a job for…Superman”

I agree with Night-Gaunt — great “Hall of Fame” entry, Jim!Frances McGill has quite a story!

Cue the heroic music!

I hope Hy likes energy drinks, cause he’s about to get a JOLT!

Hmmmmm……taking off her clothes must be necessary to kick her powers in gear, lol.

Yay!

Pardon me while I pick my jaw up from the floor. AhOOOOOOOgah! Now that’s a Moon Maid worth waiting for!

As long as the last panel is not spoken in the helium induced voice that they gave her in the DT cartoons…

I hope this story never comes to an end…it’s so much better than anything that’s come before this…

Lame…very lame. Pops wheaton caved in a heartbeat and tells nellie that “we’re ruined” so he has to sign over fracking rights and sell the farm too? I musta missed the part where they becsme “ruined”…sounds like yet another sweatbox ending to me

ok this will be the first time I have responded to the DT comic. Although I never read DT in the comics while growing up, I do like a good storyline. DT is the only comic I have being sent to my email. As such, I have become a fan. I must say that reading these strips the last few months has been very enjoyable. I really like the art and the Police Blotters on Sunday have been nice as well.

@Pequod77 Your poetry has also become enjoyable. Nice work and great penmanship. I agree that when they should gather up your work when a Dick Tracy book is compiled. It would make for a great addition to the stories.

Ok, with all that said, OMG. Things are going to heat up FAST. I do not want to be in Hy Pressure’s shoes. Or anywhere near him when MM finds him.

Good morning fellow DT fans…

I love today’s strip! One of the best ever!

oh and NightShade09 yea, your right. LOL Tracy will be the one to wrap this up. Time for the Great Detective to shine like the star He is. LOL

Great art work , composition, shade & shadow, & most of all color. Viva “Team Tracy”.

I’m not sure how much time has passed since they invited MM to stay with them at the farm, but I presume they have had at least one meal together, and we saw Nellie having a conversation with the woman they know as “Mindy”. Are they not the least bit curious as to why she wears a hood at all times, even indoors? That feels like a hole in the story to me – even a panel where Nellie is privately discussing the issue with her father would have been enough to smooth over that rough spot in the story. Still. I am interested to see where this goes.

It’s not over till it’s over, so we’ll see if it has a “sweatbox ending.” In any case, this was an early attempt at a longer story format and it’s been great so far, but Mike has promised more extended chase segments in future, so that aspect should improve. I everything is already written for about the next 6 months.

There is a whole ethnic group that wears hoodies 24/7. So why not M M?

That big ’ol crescent moon hanging over the farm, while astronomically incorrect, is impressive.

more info? Wikipedia

Night,.Re your comment:.“I’d like to see more information on Dr. Frances McGill.”.It’s worth noting that her importance to the history of the R.C.M.P. is so profound that she is remembered as the “first woman Mountie” despite the fact that she was actually a civilian employee..She never carried a gun, wore the red coat, nor made an arrest, but her contributions were important enough to earn her that title..You can find a short article on her career, written by herself, here:.http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/about/hallfame/u_i23_e.cfm.Thanks for the kind comments, Night-Gaunt. You, too, NightShade.

Maybe I’ve missed something, but doesn’t Moon Maid recognize Sparkle?

Why hasn’t Moon Maid recognized “Gertie” as Sparkle?

I see I caused some confusion. Bud Collyer was the voice of Superman in the 1940s radio series, the Fleisher Bros. cartoons (still spectacular) and the 1960s Fillmation cartoon series for CBS.

Many of those classis Adventures of Superman radio episodes can be downloaded here. Dick Tracy, too.

Of course, I meant “classic.”

Mindy wishes so to help; the Wheatons are in need

Subjected to Hy Pressure’s coercion, threats and greed.

Nellie shares her worries under a waning moon

Sans change in circumstances, Pop will sell the farm quite soon.

Little does she realize there’s a threat against her life

A vile paid assassin walks an Earth that’s rife

With avarice and ignorance, corruption, taint and sin

Should things not go his bosses’ way the bloodshed will begin.

Gold pieces valued over life, ‘tis a familiar story

Those in the way of a payday meet circumstances gory.

Odds that Mindy can help out hover at slim to none

Moon Maid’s another story, oh won’t this be fun.

Her nightgown lifted overhead and tossed upon the floor

Mysta lives. She’ll do right. Look to see Mindy no more.