Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 07, 2014

You da MAN Vitamin, you da man.

Today’s strip is superb!

I would say so, Vitamin!

Sorry, but should we worry about what he’s sniffing off his powderpuff?

He’s an actor 24/7. He fooled me. I think he fooled everyone, including Silver and his sister.

Hah! True to form for the actor he was patterned on.

Vitamin, you sly old fox! You had it all planned out, didn’t you, even to having Richard come to your rescue?! You are, however, still a very vain old thespian….

Too bad the bozo had to be killed and not face justice.

That’s pronounced, “AC – torrr!”

Another crossover character. Welcome, Mary.

Beneath the star upon the door there is a nameOf an old ham who has achieved some fame.He takes delight in fooling his friend, MaryShe was wise to go to Tracy feeling wary.Flintheart preens and poses at the mirrorUnbeknownst to Silver doom is growing nearer.Flintheart in a cloud from powder-puffHands of justice gripping Nitrate shall be rough.A pearl necklace accentuates her dressMary must concede she is impressedThat the old ham still has just what it takesTo bamboozle the pair of mendacious fakes.

Do we now know the fate of the Space Coupe? This story recently made the news:“NASA’s HiRISE mission has spotted a crater on Mars that is dazzling and so new that just four years ago it didn’t exist.The crater is 100 feet wide and shaped liked a starburst. It was caused by a small-ish space rock [Coupe?] that slammed into the planet and exploded. The impact sent debris as far as nine miles from the crater site.”Diet, you dirty dog! Best hope Tracy is too busy to catch wind of this development. Is this the end of Ghote and Sail?

For those who care, 9 Chickweed Lane is getting very interesting..“How many Nazis does it take to screw in a light bulb?”.But you have to read the rest of this week to get the real joke!

Watch out Silver Nitrate, master thespian Vitamin Flintheart is after vengeance and this time, it’s personal. Running to the police? bah, thats for civilian amateurs, Flintheart works alone outside the law, dishing out his own special brand of justice. Besides, they’d just be in his way.

I like the expression on Mary’s face in the last panel, admiring Vitamin’s gall while amused at his vanity.

See? I told you all not to worry, Vitamin knew what he was doing! He isn’t the senile, arrogant old man you thought he was! He’s still one smooooooth customer! He’s still hangin with hot young chicks like Mary Perkins! :)

Ah, but there is more to come…Joe & Mike are unpredictable…and they have many tools in their bags..

I was a big fan of “Captain Video and the Video Rangers” and so sorry it’s all a hoax since I wanted to see more, however, I was also a fan of “On Stage” so it’s nice to see Mary Perkins. Bravo, JOE.

Nice poem.

Nicely done Vitamin

Can’t disagree with Vitamin’s conclusion. He had everybody fooled.

Or does he really have everyone fooled? Only time will tell!

Vitamin is so sure of himself (Drawn excellently I must say!) yet I wonder if he’d so puffed up if he knew the person he’s trying to expose is not only guilty of fraud but also of at least one murder.

There have been no complaints about the coloring for quite some time. “Thank You” to whoever straightened this out!

Oops! Forgot to check in!

Good afternoon all…

I know a few Joe Lunchboxes that enjoy Shakespeare and a couple of folks that you might called “well-cultured” that balks at the name Shakespeare. KC hosts one of the larger Shakespeare in the Park events each summer and we have people from all parts of our society attend. Willie’s stories are as timeless as they are brilliant, even the ones I don’t particularly like. That said, I admit there a a couple of his plays that I consider a snooze-fest. Of course the old English that it’s written in can be a tough barrier, but once you get into the play, you can usually catch on what is being said. But like everything else in life, it’s not something everybody is going to like. : )