Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 12, 2010

Grooooaaaaannnnnn!!!!

Evil clown face - panel 3….

Sure, boss, I’m down here.

Yes, there’s barely enough room to cower ..

The Blank/Johnny Nothing found Tracy’s hiding place rather quickly. And the audience patiently awaits the resumption of the show…

Like Tracy’s going to answer you Blank.

SUNK? Lady, you were never afloat.

Llewellenbruce Tracy’s just dumb enough to answer…

‘Morning, VB!

VB, who’s that handsome guy at the desk?

“Sighted in sub, sunk in same”. “Scratch one flat-top cop”. “You may fire when ready Blanky”.

“nobody down here but us chickens”

“If I don’t find them, I’m SUNK!”

See how cleverly Anja’s observation ties in with Tracy’s hiding place? Lame puns involving U-boats really get under my skin. It’s a subcutaneous thing with me.

Blank must be British because he Spotted Dick in a (tin) Can.

I wish she would close her mouth … . yuck ! ! ! !

Same spammer, different name. Hawking Air Jordans. Well, I flagged ya.

Anja Nu looks like she’s had one too many face lifts.

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Or one too few

Just when I thought this episode couldn’t possibly get any worse, Locher delivers.

And I’M the one who is unemployed? What’s wrong with this picture?

btmosley, I wonder how you’ll be doing when you’re 81, like Mr. Locher is. Shame on you!

Hhhmmm….the sub’s entrance at the museum is through a top hatch? Interesting. I bet that’s great when there’s a group of school kids climbing down. No liability there.

Anja Nu should wear a mask and Johnny Nothing should show his face. He is probably not as ugly as she is. She should wear a robot costume. That slot in her face where people have a mouth would look more appropriate on a robot.

You know, a Magnetic Space Coupe looks a little like a submarine….

-Cougar :{)

How will we all be doing when we’re 81, like Mr. Locher is? Maybe we’ll be retired! Maybe we’ll still be capable of doing our jobs! Maybe both of the above! But hopefully not neither of the above….

-Cougar :{)

Is that Natasha from Bullwinkle/Rocky or Cruella Deville from Dalmations?

How come the propeller is inside the sub?

King Pynn’s body is still there bleeding on the stage ! Is he dead or dying (?) No one seems to know or care (?) And the Author has simply ignored it

Where are Stage Assistants - “Lime Light”, “Starbright” and “Samscript” ? Are they calling an Ambulance ? - Or have they just dissapeared into thin air ? An Intermission was announced. The Actor continues to lie there. No one is concerned ?

This story seems to be written in Secretarial “short hand”.

Normal,’LOGICAL ACTIVITY’ is just ignored in this tale - as if it never happened, or it’s so unimportant there’s no need to show even a COVERING panel or two on the scene back there. It’s a story bereft of a sense of authenticity, sadly revealing the lack of ”effort” and ”thought”, the Author ‘bothered’ to bring to the table.

Another “inept”, (don’t care?) effort.

@ Araldite–the propeller is for a torpedo.

The Blank shoots at Tracy, hits the torpedo, which for reasons unknown, is still armed after 50-60 years. The torpedo explodes, mercifully killing the Blank, Tracy, half the people in the Science Museum (Unless in a contracted/small state, then it would kill everyone), then Mr. Locher can retire with a clear conscience and a clean slate.

“Tracy, Are You Down Here!?”

“No,There’s nobody down here but us chickens!”

I have run out of snark. What is there to say? People simply don’t act like this. Tracy NEVER ran from a fight, especially after TWICE disarming his foe. Everyone in this story is acting like actors in a Robert Altman movie. I will watch one of his flicks, and at some point think “People never act like that.”

’Chic-a-Dick’-Doo-die is down there among the CHICKENS … and his spurs for ‘manhood’ aren’t even long enough to allow a “crow”

Araldite said, “How come the propeller is inside the sub?”

Internal combustion?

margueritem said, “VB, who’s that handsome guy at the desk?”

You do know how to make an old man feel good, margueritem!

Dick, a special note (though by now a tad late).

Submarines are really bad places to hide. Narrow clearances (WW2 subs weren’t made with human comfort in mind) make for low ability to maneuver, and it makes an excellent trap for when your assailant gets the drop on you and you’ve no place to go.

Side note: I got to walk through a B-17 once a couple of years back. Same type of problem, narrow passages and excellent line-of-sight for an assassin to gun you down would have made that the very devil to try to escape from a killer. Well, maybe if you fired up the engines and took off (this plane actually does fly).

Vistabill your brave putting yourself where everyone can see. Are you at home? btmosley your not the only one. I have a son 27 who needs work. TV news did an article about so many garage sales popping up for people out of work and trying to make money. Only thing when they charge too much the buyer like me can walk off.

Kab Buch said, “Vistabill your brave putting yourself where everyone can see. Are you at home?”

No. That was taken earlier this week when I visited the firm I retired from. I was sitting at my old computer.

Crimestoopers Textbook and DT in full color in a tad over four hours. I can hardly wait!