Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 26, 2010

  1. Bill 1960
    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 14 years ago

    Yikes! Short fingers, again. Hope it’s not contageous!

    G’morning everyone!

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    FLIGHT SUIT  over 14 years ago

    Welcome to the generic-label “Science Museum!” The price of admission is much more affordable than at those pretentious, name-brand science museums.

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    How come they don’t have neon like Police Hdqtrs?

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 14 years ago

    margueritem said, “How come they don’t have neon like Police Hdqtrs?”

    The budget allowed for either a neon sign or entrance doors. Police Hdqtrs. chose to have the sign. The museum selected doors.

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    VB, I see….

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    BigDaveGlass  over 14 years ago

    certainly four short fingers……..

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    fishbulb  over 14 years ago

    First appearance of a new building that we will see again & again!

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    wndrwrthg  over 14 years ago

    Short fingers you do not see An optical illusion to you and me It’s all a matter of perspective When looking at what’s defective No foreshortening in this strip Someone needs to get a grip Those fingers are short and small It should be obvious to well, almost all The key is in the shadow of all things Just like those blessed guitar strings.

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    jkebxjunke  over 14 years ago

    now all we need is the “swinus mobilius” .. and it will be complete.

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    Rene_Simard  over 14 years ago

    Joe-Allen “Joe” Doty said,

    ” The fingers are not actually short; it’s a matter of perspective. ”

    They look and are short and UGLY !!!

    You are right though , I would not understand , I am not an artist . Do I have to play violin to appreciate it ?

    ” If this were drawn in color and using shadowing techniques, you would be able to understand that principle better. ”

    But they are drawn in black and white and that principle does not hold a bit .

    THESE ARE UGLY FINGERS !!!

    But I am not an artist , so I guess I can’t understand . I love violin , do I have to play it to understand ?

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    andy.vaughn  over 14 years ago

    Well, I am an artist, and this artist is not using any type of foreshortening technique that I have ever seen!!!

    Bad art is bad art, no matter how much you want to try to cover it up!!!

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    veldy  over 14 years ago

    Kind of like Bad dialogue is bad dialogue no matter how many times you repeat it

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    Plods with ...™  over 14 years ago

    Finally! They’ve given a face to the plot line!

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    gillbillvolume1  over 14 years ago

    Anja ? Oh dear I hope her last name doesn’t turn out to be Mima.

    and Of course she knows that you Dolt she has read the script for goodness sakes. Only his second panel appearance and already Johnny Nothing is an idiot .

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    Dr. Midnight  over 14 years ago

    Uh… why is the play being held at a science museum?

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 14 years ago

    gillbillvolume1 said, “Anja ? Oh dear I hope her last name doesn’t turn out to be Mima.”

    Lotsa laughs!

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    conean  over 14 years ago

    A reprise of the “No Face” character from the Gould version>

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    gillbillvolume1  over 14 years ago

    The Blank used both an Airplane and a decompression chamber during his crimes both of which might be located in a science museum , he also used carbon monoxide to kill as well making him a somewhat scientific killer for his time.

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago

    this is so cool! - I grabbed my sharpie and drew in a funny face. what a hoot!

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago

    hm, when I paged down to the next comic, the face is still on my screen. good thing I’ve got white-out

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    CougarAllen  over 14 years ago

    There’s nothing wrong with Locher’s drawing skills. He draws what he sees. It’s just that Johnny Nothing has a bad habit. He bites his fingernails. He’s bitten away half his fingers – but that’s not Locher’s fault. Ain’t nobody’s fault but his own. His daddy done tole him, “Short fingers and no face ain’t no way to go through life, son,” but he didn’t listen.

    -Cougar :{)

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    CougarAllen  over 14 years ago

    P.S. It might look like Johnny still has fingernails even though half his fingers are gone, but that’s only because he draws fingernails on the ends of his stumps with a Sharpie, to avoid embarrassing questions.

    :{)

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    sydney  over 14 years ago

    ”ANJA ?” … And all the time I was guessing it would be “Crackers” … I think this one has a plural streak!

    W-W Like the crack of a whip. Sharp, whiplashes, comprehensively effective, and with even a tad of ‘musical’ history from the strip thrown in as a bonus

    If the Art world offered Reuben Awards for verse I’d happily nominate you.

    Locher hasn’t won a Reuben and won’t, when he retires. Not even if they had Trophies in the participation category.

    A bit of a pity he’s done some great villain design work in past years.

    And it seems we’re getting more ‘evidence’ everyday that Brozman doesn’t have a future with Dick Tracy (e.g. in mid panel today he’s not even drawing straight lines for those shorter steps, - like rough penciling inked over carelessly)

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    jpozenel  over 14 years ago

    Hey! Look how short his fingers are. What’s up with that?

    Well at least Locher should be consistent in drawing his face and should have enough time on his hands to give us a really great storyline this time!

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  25. Bill 1960
    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 14 years ago

    Art Holeflaffer said, “He sure does have short fingers! I can’t wait to see his thumbs.”

    Thumbs?

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    anopcfox1  over 14 years ago

    Doesn’t that new villain look strangely like a villain Tracy faced way in the past? Like in the 30’s? A guy named Redrum who wore a plaster mask to hide his face?

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    coratelli  over 14 years ago

    Strip 17:

    http://shockdom.com/open/carl/2010/04/27/striscia-17/

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    countoftowergrove  over 14 years ago

    One would think Johnny Nothing would’ve been in the circus.

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