Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 05, 2010

Maestro, get over it!

Where’s the crowd? Yesterday, I thought I saw a crowd outside the embassy with Virgil Ohso and Half Note in their car with the sideway steering wheel and the bowling ball wheels. Sam Catchem and others on the sidewalk and it’s deserted today! And where’s DT and the wide angle photographer? I thought they were going to take pictures of the crowd outside.

Has Junior finally hit rock bottom? Is he now conducting a fearless and searching moral inventory?

Also, what is this alien device in panel three, and why is there vapor emanating from it?

Lastly, what do you think Maestro’s planning to do? Hmmm… I’m sure there are some clues here….

Maybe some statements he may have made….?

How many times has he said “I’m gonna kill him” ??

leakysqueaky712 4012 times…

It’s stuck in his throat.

Larry, er, VistaBill, It’s amazing how such a large crowd can suddenly evaporate…

Does the embassy have an entrance?

lmao@ marg…………your probably right.

You know Vista, I could have sworn the last time we saw the embassy’s full exterior, there was an entrance. And an armed guard, or maybe a phantom kangaroo or something.

And yes, the crowd seems to have rapidly dissipated, along with the police cars, Virgil’s car, press vehicles, the fire department…

Not that we actually saw most of those elements, but their presence was certainly implied.

Can we put BASSMANBOB4 On the wildlife endangered species???

Maybe that would keep him here a little longer………………Or we could declare him a national landmark!!!!!

Yeah thats it, National Landmark.

Completely off topic:

I am proud to report that automotive site Jalopnik has taken a story idea I’d submitted to them and written the following excellent piece about a project car assembled by a guy I know:

http://jalopnik.com/5485035/sega-rally-fan-turns-car-into-video+game-star?skyline=true&s=i

Marguerite……….here is an FYI

I’m going to the coast for a few days for some casino gambling.

When I get back, I will have a new avatar, and it’s YOUR mission to guess what it is…….IF you can. ;-) I’ll bet you cant.

leakysqueaky712 have fun, and I’ll give it my best.

Leakysqueaky,

Have fun on the Coast! The weather is beautiful right now. My brother works at the Beau Rivage. Good Luck to you!

Leaky Squeaky, if you find yourself mysteriously winning a LOT of money at the slot machines, you’ll want to make sure your winnings are guarded by carnivorous, animated bear traps. And Gertie with her shotgun.

I guess there’s no fear of structural damage to the building so everyone just hangs out talking.

AIRGUN AMMO!

I went back to Sunday February 21st and I only see a picture of Vitu Olso and crowd as if the camera is pointed away from the embassy. Today picture is from the sidewalk which is clear probably by police summoned by Trace with his water and shockproof 2 way wrist radio. There is a door on the lower left . The vapor was shown immediately after the explosion and is still coming out (after 9 days)…

Maestro talks good line with his threats to kill the kid, could say he’s “all hat and no cattle”

What’s “magical” here are HOW the streets are EMPTY in panel three (?)

Only yesterday, there was a HUGE crowd attracted by the “explosion” - including Sam Catchem, Virgil Ohso, Low Note, and a Car. Not to mention Tracy and his photographer. Where is everyone ?

Seems they have all VANISHED … as FAST as “certain” posters have off this board

The continuing smoke and the missing crowds are both explained by Virgil Ohso’s going on a rampage with his Sontaran disintegrator gun. See? Locher knows what he’s doing; we’re just too slow to pick it up…

The Maestro really has a one-track mind about this .

The strip has sunk to a new low This must be the mortal blow Were this an animal that was in pain We would put it down to be humane The art no longer has its spunk And the writing is a load of bunk Where once he was great and bold Now he is just seems feeble and old How can TMS allow this to happen I mean it’s just a bunch of crappen Oh, I had better watch what I say Else I shall be made to go away BASSMANBOB has become the late Though it must be said he was tempting fate His stories were certainly fun to read They provided joy in times of need Will he return in a new incarnation And bring us more of his animation Yea or nay, we must wait and see Because it all in the hands of Liam C.

Hey, it’s another old cathedral radio! It’s hard to get tubes for those these days….

Wait … why does Phillip Harmonic want the police to find his son? I don’t understand … I haven’t been told enough times … WHY doesn’t Locher tell us what’s going on ENOUGH TIMES so we can GET IT??????

-Cougar :{)

The Maestro has joined the Department of Redundancy Department. (apologies to Firesign Theatre)

Panel 3: Exact replica of my little girl’s Polly Pockets case.

Wait … is that really another old cathedral radio? Or is it the same old cathedral radio that was used as a model for a casino earlier?

-Cougar :{)

Flight Suit, the armed guard/aka phantom kangaroo was Remi Gaillard.

Marguerite & Gulfcoastgrl thx .

Flight Suit I’ll try not to fall into the same “trap” as B.O. & Gertie (perchance I win that is)

Sydney……………Eons ago, do you remember a storyline in Dick Tracy featuring (I think) Spots with a sidekick named Ogden? and an alcoholic Burpee Upp with daughter Fresh Up? Thats when I first started reading “Richard” Tracy.

WW another good one :-))

If smoke if pouring out of the embassy, why are there still people inside of it?

That’s wndrwrthg at his BEST !

Admired for timely and incisive comment on “current” events

It’ll be hard to equal that again

Think of how strip “reprints” could come ALIVE … if accomponied by that “quality” of verse.

wndrwrthg Thank you for the BassmanBob memorial, sniff….

BB, I’ve told you this before, and I’ll say it again. The tactics you’re employing will lead to bigger repercussions for this entire community. Don’t ruin a “good” thing here for everyone. Let it go.

margueritem said, “Larry, er, VistaBill…”

You recognized me, margueritem!

That embassy’s certainly an interesting piece of architecture! Now I can see why DT said, “Nobody comes in or goes out!… there’s no door!

Awesome poem, wndrwrthg! As for the Maestro…he needs a new scriptwriter! He’s been threatening to kill his son all through the story (though I wonder…if the son does end up dead, will he be blamed??)

“OPEN SESAME !” (?)

Dicki Baba and the Harmonic thief ?

In just over three hours, we’ll have another installment of this fine strip! I can hardly wait!

Flight Suit said, “In just over three hours, we’ll have another installment of this fine strip! I can hardly wait!”

Same here!

I’m hopping from cheek to cheek also . Not for the comic , but the comments .