Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 02, 2014

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    cpalmeresq  over 10 years ago

    Very “Annie”-looking artwork!

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    W H H  over 10 years ago

    This story would be a whole lot more interesting if instead of Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy was rescuing Little Annie Fanny.

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    stomaino  over 10 years ago

    I don’t know if this could be relevant, but there’s a 1965 movie called “36 Hours” starring James Garner. The plot, as stated I=on IMDb is “Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.” I cannot imagine what the plot could be but I also don’t think the June 1944 calendar could be a coincidence.

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    60sFan  over 10 years ago

    I have no idea what’s going on here, and that’s exactly why I’m like it so much.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 10 years ago

    Good morning everyone

    DT has crossed over from his strip to Annie’s strip. Eeerie.

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    Neil Wick  over 10 years ago

    In the current issue of Dish Magazine: “Can Dick Tracy Save Little Orphan Annie?”.

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    scpandich  over 10 years ago

    The behavior of the nurse and Annie out in the hallway where Tracy can’t see or hear them suggests that he did somehow travel back in time.

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    corpcasselbury  over 10 years ago

    The more I read of this story line, the more I keep looking for Rod Serling. I love it!

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    coratelli  over 10 years ago

    I have a suspect on what is happening…

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    SlyMongoose  over 10 years ago

    Just back from vacation and caught up. Wow!

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    jz27wk Premium Member over 10 years ago

    We may not have Rod Sterling, but we got Vitamin Flintheart playing him last week.

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    davidf42  over 10 years ago

    The artwork is great! Artist Joe Staton has captured Annie in the world of Harold Gray in a most remarkable way. I’ve been expecting to see Annie cast in the motif presented by Alan Kupperberg or Ted Slampyak, and I am pleasantly surprised by the retro look.

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    Sisyphos  over 10 years ago

    I like the subtle (or maybe not so subtle, since it’s quite noticeable) adjustment in the style of the artwork when we are here on the Annieverse side of Dick’s hospital room wall. It’s much more like Harold Grey’s than like the Dick Tracy style…. Annie accepts Nurse Pardene’s direction without any hint of resistance or even independent thought. I relish meeting Dr. Greenwood. Maybe in a week or so (real time) we’ll have enough information to understand what’s going on here….

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    davidf42  over 10 years ago

    I agree with scpandich. The nurse talking to Annie outside in the hall, where Tracy can’t hear them, indicates that they are not colluding with each other to deceive him. And if Annie goes to a farm out in the country, the larger geographic area would discredit the idea of a mock hospital.

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    avenger09  over 10 years ago

    Maybe 1944 IS the current time and officer Tracy has been dreaming. Perhaps what we know as real is imagined.

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    avenger09  over 10 years ago

    Poor Annie’s shadow lost it’s right arm. How sad!

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    jimakin  over 10 years ago

    @cheapskate0

    I agree, Annie and Tracy both seem as if they’re being kept compliant… My suspicions fall on the cookies!

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    tsull2121  over 10 years ago

    wouldnt it be GREAT if the farm annie is living on is actually the WHEATON farm!?!?!?

    then she could run into nellie and be best pals, and nellie could start her crush on tracy all over again nd Franken-Mindy could show up, and the space coupe could come back and take them ALL away and end this ridiculous storyline

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    Starman1948  over 10 years ago

    Good morning DT and A fans. A very interesting storyline.

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    fallstiger75  over 10 years ago

    Nuclear accident on Thunder Island during the WWII time, Diet Smith trying to recreate the Philadelphia Experiment. But i.m still thinking it’s all taking place in present time, I don’t think time travel would fit into the Tracyverse like the Moon Era did

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    jrankin1959  over 10 years ago

    Now, you KNOW Annie’s just NOT going to let this go…

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    avenger09  over 10 years ago

    If I was Tracy I wouldn’t trust the magical appearing disappearing cookies either! LOL!

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    s.gottlieb  over 10 years ago

    It’s the weeping angels I tell ya!

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    Can't Sleep  over 10 years ago

    The real Annie would sneak back when the nurse isn’t around, or climb in the window of Tracy’s room, or break out her Little Portable Analysis Laboratory, and check out those pills. (What? She didn’t have a Little Portable Analysis Laboratory? Well, for three boxtops and two Ovaltine labels, she could have!)

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    steveyorkdesigns  over 10 years ago

    Awesome artwork!

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    Pequod  over 10 years ago

    We have yet to meet Dr. Greenwood, but already I do not trust him (or Prof. Kenyon). Mr. Am said Annie was near and he is trustworthy. From boat to bed Tracy seemingly was led, an injury to his head. The doors have handles, which is more 2000s than 1940s, if that means anything. I very much like the way Annie is drawn and expect we’ll soon see her “can-do" spirit. NightShade09 (chuckle), I’d kick in for a Lil’ Portable Analysis Laboratory for Annie, but where would one mail it…and with what vintage postage?

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    abdullahbaba999  over 10 years ago

    Cross-Over crosshatching….lets see where this takes us..Gee Whiskers, Ye Gods & Leapin Lizards..

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    mumbles  over 10 years ago

    Maybe this is like the movie Memento, check Dick’s arms for handwriting. Memento, BTW was more believable than this.

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    jrbaskind Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Just when you think things can’t get any weirder….

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    Maxine_Viller  over 10 years ago

    Hoax or no hoax, I find today’s strip rather touching…

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    davidf42  over 10 years ago

    Concerning the “new” Annie – Annie was drawn from late 1979 to 2000 by Leonard Starr, who was a real artist. That was when the artwork was the best. But from 2000 to 2010, Annie was drawn by Pepoy, Kupperberg, and Slampyak. They were good, but they represented a whole different style.

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    davidf42  over 10 years ago

    Here is Annie, as drawn by Harold Gray.

    Here is Annie, as drawn by Leonard Starr.

    Here is Annie, as drawn by Andrew Pepoy.

    Here is Annie, as drawn by Alan Kupperberg.

    Here is Annie, as drawn by Ted Slampyak.

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    davidf42  over 10 years ago

    Back in the sixties, there were a couple other illustrators named Tex Blaisdell and David Lettick, who tried to imitate Gray’s style. However, they were rather unsuccessful, in my opinion.

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    willy007  over 10 years ago

    This is great stuff. I’m loving this story!

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    GasHouseGorilla  over 10 years ago

    Leapin" Lizards! I’m glad Dick Tracy is alright. Annie now has to go back to the farm. Now, I am thankful right now that Mr. Tracy didn’t “Buy the Farm!” (Military slang)

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    orbenjawell Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Mmmmmmmm. Near the top ‘o today’s list, there was mention of Little Annie Fanny…….now there’s a walk-on!! Mmmmmmmm!!

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    Neil Wick  over 10 years ago

    Jared Rigsby needs needs a history check.Dick Tracy was first published in1931.?

    I read it fairly quickly and I didn’t catch that, but that’s a basic fact that should have been right.
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