Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 11, 2013

Okay . . . what’s going on here?!?

They’re observing what happened 12 years agoin NYC.

Good morning all…

Am I in the twilight zone?

I really think this strip could stand to have fewer observances that interrupt the story.

I went over the strips of previous years. The Sunday 2011 strip was especially powerful.

That is the cutest that Lizz has looked since Fletcher died

Since when does “Lest We Forget” have a time limit?

No matter what you believe about the events of that day (and I have my reservations) it still deserves to be remembered with respect.

Ack, I was looking forward to Dr. Ghote spilling the beans about Mysta’s identity. But this is a great tribute strip, and the other stuff can wait a day. :) I agree Lizz looks really good here.

Lizz, Sam, Tracy…thank you.

Always remember,Never forget.

I too was hoping to hear today from Dr. Ghote. My disappointment stems from being so ridiculously hooked on this story and not because 9/11 isn’t important. I never thought it possible, but I now look forward to reading Dick Tracy each day with an intensity I haven’t experienced since the Gould old days. Thank you Mike Curtis and Joe Staton for restoring my love for this great comic strip. Long live Moon Maid!

I haven’t read this strip in a long time. Back then Lizz was the Chief. Was she demoted?

It is nice to pause and remember 9-11. Let’s not forget the 23 NYPD officers and 37 Port Authority police officers who died. (Thankfully no transit police officers died.)

Good one. Let us not forget the horrible event that happened 12 years ago this date.

Always Remember.

343 FDNY brothers died 12 years ago…I will not forget until I go to my grave…

They died trying to save innocent lives.When we start to minimize that effort, we lose part of our soul.Never forget.Ever.

I do not think that Lizz looks at all cute she looks sad just like the artist wanted her to. I bet someone goes to funerals to check out babes. ….sick…. 9/11 is special to me too but I’m sure some would not understand so ……..it is what IT IS

Message from Mike on Yahoo:

The criminal organization Melies and the Munro Brothers belong to is called the BLACKHEARTS.

Mike

@doc1947g: who’s Mike? Yahoo what?

Thank You, Team Tracy!

forget the Maine.it wasn’t sabotaged by the Spanish. It was an accident.

bassmanbob: My friend Frank lost his two brothers, Joseph and Daniel Shea at Cantor Firzgerald. Did you know them?

One, is there a link for Mike Staton’s blog?.Two, which I asked the other day, is anyone in contact with Dick Locher and, if so, what does he think of the new Dick Tracy?.Three, tsull2121, a most curious – and tasteful – remembrance of the original 9/11 – yet your final words were “don’t NEED to be reminded every … year.”.I agree that the story is gripping and I, too, was disappointed because of the “time out,” but sometimes, “time outs” are a good thing…

Thanks for Remembering, Tracy, Sam & Lizz & All the Team

Well said, Tim. The “conspiracy” fools chose not to listen to the admissions (many times) on OBL’s own voice of al Qaida’s complicity. They’d rather blame Halliburton, Bush, & Cheney. Tim, you spoke for me. Thanks.Morrow

BB, I send you not only a hug; I send you a salute. From knowing you over the years, you are my kind of American.

Thank you!

As much as I, like many of you, start virtually every morning with the new, improved Dick Tracy, and as much as I look forward to seeing what new plot twists will be revealed, accompanied by the superb art, I believe Staton and Curtis did absolutely the right thing for today.Are we so fixated on fictional characters that we can’t take a moment to reflect on a significant day such as 9/11?

A beautifully done strip today, with kudos to Joe and Shelley.

I know it’s frustrating not to see another episode in this story, especially since everything is building to a confrontation, and “secrets are (about to be) revealed.” But sometimes we need to remember just how many lives were lost, especially those of the more than 400 first responders who rushed into the burning buildings trying to save others.

Tim, I’m sorry for your personal losses on 9/11, and I’m sure you never need to be reminded.But others do.

9/11 is one of the reasons I entered the service, albeit as a reservist. Because of the civilian forces that perished in those attacks, of which Tracy is a member, it’s important that this strip pauses every year to remember just why we’re all still here enjoying our freedom from such evil men in the world.

Bob, my condolances for your losses on that horrible day.

I agree, never forghet. Gee, one day without a strip to remember the 3,000 pkus lives lost, and more from the aftermath. Joe and Mike, continue to take the high road as you two always do.

did i ever say i FORGOT about it? i said i dont NEED to be reminded of it every year.

i wonder if there will be the same “outpouring of emotion” come december 7th.

how THAT day gets overlooked is beyond me. the government declared september 11th as “Patriot’s Day”.. what does that mean exactly? If, God forbid, September 11th gets declared a national holiday BEFORE december 7th, then you know we’ve lost all perspective

stagger, that would be mike curtis and joe STATON not joe STANTON. common mistake :)

night gaunt, werent two other buildings taken down (including #7)? i thought there was a #5 and #4 that went down a few days later or had to be condemned cause of structural damage

A fine tribute, gentlemen, fine indeed. May we never forget.

If you cannot stand having memorial strips, then don’t read them. As a patriotic American, I want to see more of them. It is the fools that don’t learn from history that don’t want to be reminded.

Now, to those who don’t want memorial strips … stuff a sock in it.

Freedom isn’t free!

Sigh …

HEY!!! Just noticed that Lizz is wearing CRESCENT MOON SHAPED EARRINGS!!! lol

If I had been better endowed, and was into social networking, I just might have! But, as things worked out, I’ll leave it to others! Thanks, BB!

Using all that I have learned from ReneTray, I say to you, SDM, “Yes”.

From Facebook today.

Sgt. Jim Doherty (left) Joe Staton (right)

Great tribute strip. Thanks Mike and Joe. Never forget.

thanks night gaunt! WOW! I dont beolieve i forgot about deutsche bank!

Nice. Thank you!

Very well said, SDM!

A classy tribute strip. Well done, Team Tracy.

well done and thank you for remembering!!!!

I’ve heard reference to Mike Curtis’ Yahoo blog. Is there a link to it?

Ahh. Should have expected them to do a tribute today.

GWEEDO

I agree entirely, oh Ghost Who Types.(“Staton identification?” groan. very good, but groan.)

Great to have you back! Proud of SDM’s comment today! Surprised no one has commented yet on OB’s return as Rightwingmoron, but perhaps we have all become a lot more civil.

Also think your new name is classic!

Shouldn’t that be “Staton identificat’n?”

looks like flattened robot legs.