Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 16, 2010

So it’s definitely a “play” now?

This should turn out to be exciting (in a week or so). Tracy’s house looks different. Where’s the attached garage in front?

This is ‘Dick Tracy’ and things change on a daily basis, just to keep us readers on our toes!

Continuity? We spit on continuity!

Looks like a slice of bread just crashed through the window!

The rock thruTracy’s window? Now isn’t that how the Queenie/casino story started?

margueritem said, “Looks like a slice of bread just crashed through the window!”

Musta’ been stale bread.

Maybe that isn’t Tracy’s house? Maybe he’s bored with Tess?

ok do we actually count his as Tracy’s house if so the count is at 5

Stale bread tossed from an AMC pacer through the window of the wrong house can this story get any more exciting !

The projectile was hurled with such deadly force Not even the window frame could stay its course I hope that you don’t think I’m being snide But it looks like it was hurled from the inside Is Tracy’s bedroom window the one upstairs ‘cause if it is that one has its panes in pairs We are doomed to another mindless story One that further strips Tracy from his glory But we will gather like magpies a chattering And our comments will be less than flattering.

Three panels , three different styles of windows ! Gosh…

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Tess and Dick sleep in separate bed?

Someone threw a meatball through the window!

A Mystery party that has now become a play that will interfere with police work?

Macy’s actually sleeping over at his neighbor’s house, wife-sitting since his neighbor is out of town. That’s why the windows look different.

Funny shaped rock that…. almost like a…

Someone fix that &^%$& toaster!

Thanks for the clarification, Morrow!

It’s the Actor’s Guild protesting a non-union scab!

Nice curtains… I guess one is attached to the top of a window pane, and the other one is, er, tacked to the wall a foot or so away?

Meteor Toast from ticked-off moon people!

At some point between yesterday and today a city crew came out and laid a sidewalk in front of the house. They must have declared eminent domain and took most of Tracy’s front yard as right of way. This would explain the missing garage as it would be torn down for illegally sitting on city property. Once it was torn down the front of the house had to be redesigned and landscaped. Some irate tea Baggers hearing of the new side walk construction and pissed that their tax dollars were going to redesign the house of a City employee came riding by in their AMC Teabag mobile and started throwing stale bread at the house insisting that Sara Palin told them it was ok. Tracy meanwhile was laying in bed contemplating being in a play which had started as a murder mystery weekend until the original location was seized by the city government to build a new alleyway. The mystery weekend was such a good idea that it was briefly considered as the basis for a reality show but the deal fell through and now its a play.

Tracy is afraid the play will interfere with his important police work such as finding out who kidnapped Chief Liz and replaced her with Jason Biber.

Tracy’s thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a scream from the kitchen where Tess had gone for a snack , rushing from his bed Tracy found Tess on the floor with a small piece of stale bread sticking out of her…..

Next week The Fate of Tess !!!!

I think that clears up all the mysteries so far or am I stretching here?

Wasn’t the house a single story?

Excellent, gillbill.

Wasn’t the house a single story?

yes but when the garage was torn down they jacked up the entire house and built a new floor underneath so now the first floor is the second they were planning a third… but that’s another story.

Ty wndrwrthg I do what I can to help :o)

Dick has to get rid of Tess. She the one who always gets him into trouble. First it was the circus, then the Concert Hall and now she is pushing him to take part in the Murder Mystery Party. That Chick brings on trouble.

At least this one didn’t hit Tess, and I hardly think it’s the “Blue Diamond of Mondazi” this time !

For those who want to see the same action back in the 2007 Queen of Diamonds, look here:

http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2007/03/05/

Skip back to the day before and see more of the action.

I’m afraid this story is a near replica of a Max Collins 1990 tale with Tracy acting in a movie in Hollywood (playing himself). In that one we had the Blank as we will “just up ahead” sort of carbon copy style, and Tracy instead of going to work (on Tess’s urging), decides to be an “actor” !

Locher knows the earlier players well, he did the art for Collins. Hot dogs ! - It was so good then … why not have it again ?

Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Looking at the angle of entry of the rock through an “upstairs” window, you’d have to think those guys passed by Tracy’s house atop the ladder of a Fire Services truck (?)

WW, - Good to see you retain your great form, and I note that you gave us a great “reminder” from days past with the use of the “MAGPIE” word. A designation a certain poster from Woodstock used to “describe” many posters here

That diatribe is now just a distant memory although some may still wonder on his etymological justification.

You mean a ladder on a Fire Services AMC Pacer?

neonleon59 thanks for pointing out the curtains, I hadn’t noticed that, which is what the artist was counting on.

WW, great as usual, and excellent explanation gillbillvolume1.

neonleon59 said, “Nice curtains… I guess one is attached to the top of a window pane, and the other one is, er, tacked to the wall a foot or so away?”

Tess asked Dick to hang the curtains. He’s not very good with such as that. His skill is police work.

gillbillvolume1 said, “Wasn’t the house a single story? Yes but when the garage was torn down they jacked up the entire house and built a new floor underneath so now the first floor is the second they were planning a third… but that’s another story.”

I’m glad to see that this mystery has been solved!

so, the thingie crashed thru the second story window? are the helicopter traffic guys angry?