Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 12, 2010

That is one scary fist in panel 2

Tiny doll hands, and short Tracy arms….

Tracy has held a lot of violins in his time…..

Tracy’s suspicious. Betcha he’ll turn the violin over and notice that the tamperproof screws have been tampered with.

Check out Frog Applause today.

I’m gonna have to start docking Flight Suits paycheck.

Late again!!!!

Too bad they dont show some out of print comics here.

I’ve been reading Rip Kirby and its very good.

It puts this one to shame.

Where does one begin When the art is such a sin The dialogue is not much better It makes me yell “Donnerwetter” From elbow to shoulder, Tracys’ arm does not exist Why oh why does the terrible art still persist There are so many mistakes to see In no way can we just let it be The Maestro does his best to threaten He’ll not be arrested for it I’m bettin’ Tracy as a cop is a flop Stuck here in this worthless plot Just when you think it can’t get any worse The next day is so much more perverse Well, as we have come to expect That the strip will die of neglect Its death will not be dignified And Locher will be forever villified

Very good WW

Very nice WW.

Weird that it’s heavier, given that it has one less string as compared to panel one.

And as noted: Why is it Tracy would notice the difference in weight, yet he Mastro didn’t?

Oh, yeah…Locher conservative world, where facts don’t matter.

That’s one tiny fist in the second panel.

LeakySqueaky I remember Rip Kirby from when I was just learning to read . Where can I find him?

Yes, here’s another yell out for Rip Kirby…are you reading it online?

Why would Tracy notice a weight difference-has he ever even seen the instrument before?

I still don’t understand Frog Applause.

I guess we’ll have to blame Locher’s erattic penciling again. Faulty “proportions”. Another weird result arising from SLOPPY art.

They can never get the number of strings OR the SIZE of the Violin right. You can see it’s considerably LARGER today than it was yesterday (then, about the size of Phil’s “head”) and our astute detective has instantly noticed that, and assumed a significant WEIGHT change,

Otherwise, how the heck would he know (?) Has he ever held that sort of “instrument” before. The guy hasn’t even “fiddled” around except for two brief flirtations back in the thirties (Jean Penfield - ‘34 and Madelien Dell - ‘37) … and got slapped up by Tess for “feeling” around too much.

So that “explains” it all, and if you doubt me - check his EDITORIAL board. The man has churned out 18 cartoons in the last 21 days

Why worry about Dick Tracy’s 50 piddling newspapers (?) Focus energy where the real action is AT !

Besides, over there, it’s O.K. to draw “baby” hands and waist length arms.

Is it baby hands or a HUGE head?

The reason Tracy is so sensitive to how much a violin ought to weigh is that he plays the violin a lot, only we don’t see him do so because it would be even more boring than the typical storyline. See, when a perp he has just arrested starts in on the sad story of his broken family and socioeconomic distress, Tracy plays ‘Hearts and Flowers’ to drown him out.

Macy must think he is on a sophistication level with James Bond, who probably knows a Strad’s specifications. Macy ain’t no Bond!

rip kirby for free , yes……rip kirby for 35.00 , no

Ray C & andyh40 I subscribe to a comic site called dailyink.com

They have current and vintage offerings.

nighthawks, did they go up on their rates?

My yearly subscription is $15.00 ……..thats been my rate for years now.

I’ll confirm what morrow says, I knew James Bond, James Bond was a friend of mine….

The third panel it’s good. But the 1st and second panel…

horrible.

The hands curse strike again!

leakysqueaky712, jakebb2, thanks for the link. The annual subscription is in fact $15. It may be that they just know that Nighthawks is very wealthy, what with being the ambassador and having access to all those bribes and all…

Oops, excuse me. Flight Suit is the ambassador, I believe. Nighthawks is…well, I just don’t know. But I’m sure it’s something inappropriate.

This is just routine for Tracy… “I’ll take that tuba! (strange, this tuba feels heavier than normal)”

Why do I hear the Cowardly Lion in the last panel? C’mon put ‘em up!

Apparently Dick Tracy is also a “know-it-all”.

Ok, so I’ll just gloss over the fact that the conductor was about to smack his son with a two million dollar violin.

And, I won’t ask how the string quartet got the stolen violin even though they aren’t part of the bomb plot.

Or, why the son’s band should have their debut gig at a diplomatic reception, and why the son was not flagged since Tracy presumably filed a police report saying he was wanted for questioning in the disappearance of the violin and the assault on his dad.

Or why it is that the violin passed through an xray machine and the bomb wasn’t detected.

I’ll just ask how it is that the conductor, the OWNER of the violin, does not notice it’s heavier than normal while Tracy does, even though he doesn’t play and has never seen it before. Or maybe he does play, which is why he rarely appears in the strip any more.

Said it before, I’ll say it again, it’s a bleeep shame that a once-great strip is being done with such an obvious lack of care, talent and passion.

Anvil Chorus to the head was the theme of a classic “Tiny Toon Adventures” episode. (Jeez, 56 years old and I’m referencing “Tiny Toons?!)

Boo Hoo ! …

Tracey said Tracy’s suspicious. Betcha he’ll turn the violin over and notice that the tamperproof screws have been tampered with.

I tend to agree

Tracy is using a seldom seen boxing move: when your opponent’s fists are inches away, ignore him completely. Don’t even look at him; look at your hands.

It’s funny how seldom expert pugilists use that move….

-Cougar :{)

I think Tray-C could look at the violin, knowing that it is hollow and guestimate how much it would weigh. Unless strads were made of petrified wood, that could be deduced.

Maestro felt it was heavier, but for reasons known only in Locherworld, the classicly-trained, lifelong musician who’s probably held more violins than Itzhak Perlman, just plain ol’ didn’t care.

The strad did not go through the x-ray machine because it’s a STRAD!!!

I can hardly wait for the ensuing fistcuffs! Phil will punch Tray-C once, and be yelling, “My hand! My hand! I broke my hand and can’t play my precious strad or pummel my son!”

Leakysqueaky712 and Wiseking, thank you.

Michael Palin as the Maestro, “Come see the violins inherent in the system! Help! Help! I’m being repressed!”

(Apologies if I missed someone making this joke already.)