Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 03, 2015

DOESN’T LOOK GOOD FOR JIMMY! BUT, by the same token, Team Tracy always surprises! Stay tuned!

“Splish-Splash” …

… Jimmy’s takin’ a bath!

As Maxwell Smart used to say, “Missed it by that much!”

Good morning Team Tracy fans. Will Jimmy live or die? Based on panel 1, maybe the ladder will hit him in the head knocking him into the whirlpool. Or maybe Team Tracy is throwing us a red herring? Be happy and healthy my friends.

You are so right, Gweedo – VB’s comments always perk me up, no matter how down I might get. The gentleman gives us all hope! Thank You, Sir!

I like the splash in the first panel as some more land with trees on it slides into the water.

Anyone spot the barge? Which I bet supposedly had the gold? You think BB Eyes got the gold a week ago?

My money is still on the whirlpool….Jimmy is slated to meet his doom in the vortex.

Jimmy is panicky and, to put it mildly, out of shape. The helicopter is being tossed about by localized turbulence. I have a feeling Jimmy and that aerial ladder will never quite meet, and that Jimmy is going to fall overboard and be sucked down to his well-deserved doom.The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime doe not pay!

There goes the cigar.

First—since my eyes are in it, How can I watch my head? Wouldn’t watching the ladder be better?

Second—What is Tellum compensating for? (Note the name of the boat…)

Falling radio listenership.

He jumps and yet, with cigar wet, it’s gravity that wins. Whirlpool welcomes with liquid embrace, as Jimmy sinks and spins. So long, Choo Shooz. You lose.

Let’s hope Jimmy’s shooz float!!!

We still must remember that Jimmy is a killer / murderer not to mention a thief … and cross eyed, knock kneed, humpback , potbellied and just plain old not at all pleasant to be near.I cannot help but to wonder what Ted Tellem is thinking right about now?

Awww VB I was only teasing you yesterday! Youre the “tranquility among the storm” on this board.. you CAN’T leave! :)

VB can’t leave us. He is one of the bright stars shining on us every day.

“Mr. Choo Shooz!” It’s an emergency, and Tracy still has time for formalities?

“…and away go troubles down the drain.”

JUMP! JUMP NOW!

of..COURSE they are…

Wouldn’t it be funny if Jimmy gets sucked into the whirlpool, and his own fat body plugs the hole?

Nothing about Jimmy is well thought out – including the way he’s trying to reach that ladder.My money’s on that boat tipping, and Chooy hitting the water.I admit it. I really want this guy to go down the drain.

Jimmy will miss the ladder tomorrow and that will be the end of him.

Okay – tomorrow we cut to a three-panel strip showing Slim and the two other mustache guys “holding down the fort” (doing nothing) at each of their respective OTBs! (Just kidding!!! I love how they’ve not “cut away” from this for several days.)

It’s the MAGIC CIGAR! Gone one day and back the next!!!

Good afternoon fellow DT Fans!So many nice comments about me. Thanks guys!♫♫ and away go troubles down the drain ♫♫

Gweedo said,Like the way you perk us up, Bill. -————————————————————————————Gee. Thanks, Gweedo.

Tracy is very formal in panel 1, address Jimmy as Mr !! A PC Tracy?

That turbulence is going to save the taxpayers some money.

Wow this is definitely some major turbulence going on here! It’s caused the ladder to move from first the right side of the birdie to then disappearing and now its on the left side! heavens to Murgatroid! Are we in the Bermuda Triangle? LOL!PS, RWM and I just got back from a long weekend retreat at a anger management seminar! glad you guys missed us! LOL!

Gweedo remarked,You’re our Gran Hombre, Bill. The icing and cherries on our lake cake ! -———————————————————————————

Thanks, Gweedo!

Do you suppose that, in this case, that should be “Sorry about that, Thief”? ;o)

Yup. Good one. That seems about right.

Excellent and exciting story, dashed with Pequod’s poetry, makes great reading.

Question to the DT vets: I don’t think I have ever seen Tracy’s mouth so wide open before, let alone with teeth showing.

When he talks, he’s drawn with his mouth closed, square-jaw and all, while others were shown with open mouths when they speak.

I suppose it’s because he’s barking on the megaphone, I get that, but was he ever shown that way before?

Addendum: More shorefront disappearing in the background. Will Tellum’s home be next?

Will he complain Tracy didn’t do enough to save his house rather than rescue Jimmy Choo Shooz?

(…if Jimmy survives, that is. From the look of the last panel, Jimmy is going to “miss it by thatmuch.”)

@RWM: I’m praying that your wife will be well soon and at home with you. God Bless You Both.________@VB: you are very welcome my friend. _______Have an awesome day my friends.

Tracy had better check with Breezy about the load capacity of that chopper before he invites another 350 pound payload. Maybe he needs to check the local Navy Air Station for a Huey. Our PoPo choppers are 2-person. A Bell 206 Jet Ranger will probably be maxed out with Moby Dick aboard, assuming Breezy didn’t eat breakfast.

Looking more carefully at the third panel, the boat motor is already mostly underwater at the centre of the whirlpool and the bow is pointed up toward the sky. If you look at the curved lines in the top left and bottom right of the panel, the stern of the boat is right in the middle of the whirlpool.

In a split second, both the boat and Jimmy will be sucked under the water, never to be seen again, unless the whirlpool coughs them back up again later on, but Jimmy will be dead by then.

He’s showing us that his Polydent is holding. Anyone as old as Tracy is doesn’t have his original teeth. You know that!

Gweedo remarked,You’ve earned it, Sir, Bill !-I’ll try to go easy on the funnin’ over you and Rikki, but I can make no promises.-———————————————————————————

Methinks the statement I made yesterday was taken wrongly. I said it in jest. I enjoy the comments about me ‘n Rikki. As for my leaving, I have no such plans. So, guys, say whatever you want, I’ll tell you if I am offended. OK?

JPuzzleWhiz said,And the wild horses you ride couldn’t keep you away! (At least we hope not…!)-—————————————————————————————

I’m here to stay, JPuzzleWhiz! Wild horses? Hmmm…

I guess this can go either way. We’ll just have to wait and see. I don’t think they considered Jimmy’s weight overload and are just doing what they can to save him. What would they do if his weight started pulling the copter down? I don’t think that would happen, though. Just speculating.

I noticed a lot of nice comments from many people today. I think the tone here has definitely been on the upswing. This is what I like to see. So many other strips have a lot of hostile remarks going back and forth and I’ve stopped reading those. I haven’t been commenting long but I think we in Tracyland have one of the best groups around.

Gweedo uttered,I don’t think anyone took you serious.We love talking about you guys. Heck, you’re bigger’n better celebs than that bunch whose name rhymes with the Star Trek alien people, and a lot more fun !-———————————————————————————————————-

Star Trek alien people?

Gweedo educated me by stating,They are known as “Cardassians”.-———————————————————

Thanks, Gweedo. I’m not up on such as that. Living in a tomb doesn’t help.