Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 19, 2010

Wow…

This almost looks like the work of a different artist.

Standing behind the ambassador, it looks like we’ve got Hillary Clinton and George W Bush, among others.

And in panel two, Dick looks like he’s making the “raise the roof” hand gesture.

Tracy’s gone mad! He’s holding up his hand with short fingers in front of the ambassador, Tucker, and his four guests. Tess is probably hiding from the embarassing situation! I like the mixed emotions on the guests faces.

The pool, the pool, the pool is on fire/

We don’t no water let the motherclucker burn/

Burn motherclucker, burn!

Is this intentionally funny, or by accident?

A lot of mixed art work in panel #1

Flight Suit said, “Standing behind the ambassador, it looks like we’ve got Hillary Clinton and George W Bush, among others.”

I do believe you are right, Flight Suit! I had forgotton that this is an embassy reception with important people. They came for the petifors and music!

If you read the funnies Mr. Ambassador you would know it’s Dick Tracy.

It looks like the ambassador’s hair has been permanently blown backwards by the explosion.

Well Flight Suit, You early readers beat me to it, on those CELEBRITY attendees - the Ambassador had in.

And I could add to the list (the now deceased) Richard Nixon standing behind George Bush. Unless it’s our little ‘message’ man Lt, Teevo ‘disguised’ there to help Tracy (?) When launced back in 2007 Teevo certainly looked like a Nixon knock-off design.

The guy with the dotted eyes (goofy, simpleton like) reminds of, but couldn’t be - Joe Biden - he has too much hair ! - And there is Tucker perplexed, dutifully standing by the Ambassador’s shoulder and doing what he apparently does best - looking at his nose..

The missing celbrity there is the “Pig on Wheels”..Perhaps he was “oinking” at a tea party in Naperville (?).

“George Bush’ is either sitting down or has become a dwarf. His saluting hand is a doosey!

“Tiny Hands” Tracy has got some ‘splaining to do.

Heads…Heads…

That’s all we get in this strip is HEADS!!!

I don’t see the G Bush similarity, though I think he is asking for permission to go pee on the wall

“Who’s he?” sez the Ambassador. Why he is the only guest who is packing heat! He’s the one you OUGHT to know, Mr. Ambassador. You ought to know your guests, or at least, the ones who are armed. Since you don’t, you might consider firing your security staff. And then get ready for an ad hoc shower.

Hillary’s wearing the same blouse she wore to Comic-Con, when she got the artists responsible for her all-time favorite strip to sign her chest.

Call 1-800-LAME-COMIC for your very own, limited edition Locher/Brozman autographed blouse!

Locher’s down to five words of dialogue today, once again proving himself to be the laziest as well as the worst “writer” in comics. No wonder these non-stories go on forever.

Get down? Isn’t this a heck of a time to start dancing??

Panel one looks like a Jack Chick panel.

By the time Dick is finished “establishing” himself as the man IN CHARGE, you’d think HE was the Ambassador.

Hmm, there’s a lunatic running around shoving people and throwing violins. I know what to do! Let’s obey his every command!

By the way, have we ever seen Tracy with eyeballs before? He doesn’t look himself…

-Cougar :{)

Two panels we have today And in me they cause great dismay Further proof of the strips decay That is driving readers far away Plumb silly it seems to me This current story of Dick Tracy So many holes there are to see Makes it look like Swiss cheesy Soon the violin will go kaboom Showering splinters throughout the room Sending many party goers there to their doom A mess that you can’t clean-up with just a broom Those who heeded Tracy will be in luck For those who didn’t life will suck Boy, won’t they feel like a schmuck And all because they didn’t go and duck The crowd behind the ambassador stands aghast Their bewilderment of course will not last This is a night that won’t be surpassed Because the party was one big blast

That must be why he skipped over the whole throwing-the-fiddle-in-the-pool scene. So he could get to the caricatures sooner. That and the fact that pools don’t have heads to draw.

Everybody, get down until somebody hits a high C at the bottom of the pool.

Howcome Tucker’s name is “Tucker?” I thought everybody’s name was supposed to be some type of pun. Perhaps it will become clearer when we learn his full name.

It’s amazing that Locher sometimes spends weeks and weeks with the story stuck in repeated scenes (remember the haunted house?), playing for time. And now he skips what would be a couple of days panels, shortcutting his own story. Amazing.

I know; I know…… I hear a faint voice out of the darkness saying, “Genius; pure genius.” It’s the Ghost of Mattie’s Past”.