Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 21, 2015

Waves so long to Sparkle holding helpless baby TreyOff to the Mall to walkabout. A little getaway.She spies a face that makes a face she’s never seen beforeA furrowed brow that says “somehow, big trouble is in store.I don’t like the looks of you, too different from meHorns that glow make quite a show. I don’t like what I see.Antennae make you special or a freak without due shameEither way I’ll cut you down. Diminishment my game.Smaller I can render you the bigger that I feelJudgement, spite and mocking: kind of my big deal.So many ways exist these days to point, condemn and sneerI boast superiority yet can’t disguise my fearOf anyone and anything that I don’t understandTo criticize and pick at nits makes me feel in command.”

Two things stand out: Johnny Adonis is still in the hospital, but at least he wasn’t captured by the Blackhearts, and Annie is going to buy some clothes that aren’t red and white. Even in recent years of the Annie strip, when she wasn’t wearing dresses all the time, she was usually wearing the same colours as always.

Do Honeymoon’s eyes look a little different today? I have to get to bed. I’m too tired to go back looking, but that’s my impression.

I pity any bully when Annie is around.

Love Honeymoon’s shirt.

Is this the first time we’ve seen Ms Steffihawk on-camera?

With that hairstyle, Honeymoon definitely looks different, almost like Themesong!

It’s nice to have Annie around as a supporting character once in awhile.

And finally, some news on Johnny Adonis!

Finally, Steffihawk gives us the news on Johnny Adonis that we have been waiting anxiously to hear! So, he’s hospitalized, but at least still alive and not in the clutches of the Bad Guys.

Honeymoon does look different with her new hairdo; it makes her face look fuller. I think I personally preferred her former look, but she is growing up and changes are inevitable. Now that her antennae are not disguised, however, it has not taken long for her peers to focus on her “difference.” Are the two girls in the last panel to be part of the Bully Pack, or are they just the foreshadowing?

Oh . Is this the first sightingi of Ms,Steffinhawk ?Amazing..Love HoneyMoon’s New Dew …………… This comic is so awsome. Love reading it.

Morning, Tracyville!

I think T.J. and company are in for quite a surprise. What I hope, though, is that Honeymoon and Annie don’t get in trouble by the Mall Security when they defend themselves against the bullies! I find it is often the case that the victims are punished by the authorities while the perps go free.

Yes, we did find out about Johnny and yes, some people have no patience or little at times. That’s very tolerant of you to point that out and interesting at the same time that this story is about bullying.

There once was an orphan whose dress was red,Who decided her old look she needed to shed.Tired she becameOf looking the sameSo she chose a companion with antennae on her head.

is this the first time we’ve actually SEEN ms steffihawk!??!?!?! any, HOLY POOP!!! Someone remembered that Johnny Adonis got the living heck beaten out of him MONTHS AGO!!

By the way…NOT a fan of honey’s “1970’s Farrah Fawcett hairstyle” either…I liked her better with the top tails

Oh, Wow! I just read today’s Cardinal! Dick Tracy fans will be pleasantly surprised when they read it. You’ll find it in GoComics Sherpa!

no patience?!?!? Its been at LEAST THREE MONTHS since johnny got the beatdown and not ONE mention of him at all…even by Tess the day she left for work

And Mike Curtis fans will get a special treat if they read Lum and Abner today! It’s a Sherpa too, if you don’t know how to find it!

G’morning and happy father’s day guys!

I still feel it was a big mistake for the new team to go back to the “moon” period ever since they introduced the character Mista a clone of Moonmaid. Honeymoon kept her antenna well hidden under her hair as well as her super abilities secret but now she must be approaching 16 in “comic” time and wants to show her true self. This takes DT away from being the old basic simple cops and robbers strip it used to be.

I love Honeymoon’s new hairstyle. I also like the slightly more alien look to her eyes.

I find it odd that Annie is out without a bodyguard lurking somewhere…

Aaaaaand, here we go… You would think that (in the Tracy universe) since Moon Maid’s identity was so well-known, that her daughter having similar… features would not be such a surprise.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all the dads of Tracyville!

I must admit I am not pleased with what I feel is coming from those two young girls at the end of the strip. But we’ll have to see what the team comes up with. Maybe I should feel more for the girls I mentioned? :)

Seems that Honeymoon and Annie are about to encounter intolerance at the shopping mall. Seeing Honeymoon growing and changing is delightful. I like her new look very much. What a great shirt. Her character has been one of many successful developments in the strip since Team Tracy took over. She is a fantastic character. Along with Mysta, she represents a vital element of what makes the strip so rich. Their relationship and ongoing changes bode well for stories that captivate old and new fans alike. They have become close friends since Mysta zapped that plate sans gloves back on 3/22/14. Honeymoon trusts and relies on her Onee-San, as we have seen.

The existence of Lunarians is old news in Tracyville, yet Moon Maid and Honeymoon were front page news for a time. I’m guessing there has been little media attention since the Governor broke off contact, although The Moon Maid film may have rekindled some interest. I wonder if it did big box office. I enthusiastically agree with Willy007’s well-articulated sentiments on the “Space Era.” Team Tracy has resurrected some of the most compelling elements of Gould’s work, much to our benefit.Thanks to Neil Wick, Willy007, Night-Gaunt49, Gweedo, davidf42 (well done!), Ray Toler, Chris Sherlock and Jonathan K. for the kind words. Very much appreciated.In Charleston

A guest to our Church stood alone in the doorWith arms open wide we welcomed one more.Looked a bit different than the rest of usSacred place of worship ‘twas marked by trust.After Bible study saw him reaching for his GlockStunned gasps of horror, fear, terror and shock.Nine senselessly murdered, in cold blood shot deadProfound protestations stay lodged in my head.He said that he murdered for good of his raceJust a sad little racist, an utter disgrace.Woman at the Courthouse said she did forgiveGrace, love and faith in her heart do live.

Great poetry PQ77. Great insight into the Space Era by Willy. This will be a lesson to bullies of the universe…we can all relate to this..

Is that young boy or more ‘likely’ Girl - panel 3 (?) driving Annie and Honeymoon, and ‘addressed’ Ms, Steffihawk . . .the same individual, as the – Police HQ Receptionist ? and Telephone Operator ?Name seems to ‘ring’ that bell !The individuals name is often called by Tracy on his leaving or entering the HQ building. But her face is seldom, if ever seen ?

Really quite a young person, looks like a bebop (or beepbop?) school boy, doing the driving, and wearing mod goggles ? Although, there may be some Lipstick there ?

As in the past, I’m talking about ‘Characters’ IN the strip and what they DO !

Mike Curtis himself guest-stars in the “Lum and Abner” comic strip today, along with John Rose! Both provided their voices as well:See and hear “Lum and Abner” hereYou can also find the strip on GoComics, but without the audio, which was recorded on location in Mena, Arkansas.

@Neil WickTwo things stand out: Johnny Adonis is still in the hospital…

It might be more accurate to say that we are just now finding out about it.

It’s true that we didn’t know about it until now, but that doesn’t make the fact that he is still in the hospital inaccurate. Some of us figured he may have been injured (and possibly hospitalized) and some of us thought he might have been “kidnapped.” (A few thought he might have been killed.) I’m sorry that I forget who it was, but there was a comment a few days ago suggesting that it was only about two days since he was attacked. I’m not sure quite how the time adds up, but I do think that sounds about right.

A little Ironic . . .

Having the Face we never SEE . . .“Revealed” - to ‘inform’ us of the ‘welfare’ of the one (Adonis) we should have been SEEING, these past,

Has Tess visited the Hospital ?

Happy Fathers Day. God Bless Our Fathers, Past and Present.-——-@Pequod77: two excellent poems today.-——-davidf42: a good poem. Keep writing.-———Have a splendid day my friends.

I’m glad we now know Johnny is hospitalized. Still, so many questions:Did he crawl there himself, or did someone find him in that alley. Who? A police patrol? A homeless person? Has he been able to give a description of his assailant to Tracy? Since Johnny is a private eye, who was his client as he was spying on the Blackhearts? Does Tess know that Tracy has an official interest in the Blackhearts, but has not been able to get anything substantial on them so far?

And ThankYou toAvenger09, Neil Wick, Jonathan K, and Starman1948for the kind words!

You should know.

@Jim Doherty: thank you for your post today. Be well my friend-———-Headed to bed shortly. Pleasant dreams everyone.

Waves so long to Sparkle holding helpless baby Trey

Off to the Mall to walkabout. A little getaway.

She spies a face that makes a face she’s never seen before

A furrowed brow that says “somehow, big trouble is in store.

I don’t like the looks of you, too different from me

Horns that glow make quite a show. I don’t like what I see.

Antennae make you special or a freak without due shame

Either way I’ll cut you down. Diminishment my game.

Smaller I can render you the bigger that I feel

Judgement, spite and mocking: kind of my big deal.

So many ways exist these days to point, condemn and sneer

I boast superiority yet can’t disguise my fear

Of anyone and anything that I don’t understand

To criticize and pick at nits makes me feel in command.”

In Charleston

A guest to our Church stood alone in the door

With arms open wide we welcomed one more.

Looked a bit different than the rest of us

Sacred place of worship ‘twas marked by trust.

After Bible study saw him reaching for his Glock

Stunned gasps of horror, fear, terror and shock.

Nine senselessly murdered, in cold blood shot dead

Profound protestations stay lodged in my head.

He said that he murdered for good of his race

Just a sad little racist, an utter disgrace.

Woman at the Courthouse said she did forgive

Grace, love and faith in her heart do live.

Honeymoon is my favorite character.