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I like the âMomâ pic overseeing everything in the middle panel, and the moon pic in the background of panel three. Joe Staton adds so many great details to his scenes, and his work on the strip just gets better and better.
Annie came from the fridge with armfuls of stuff like Dagwood always does, but she didnât make a Dagwood sandwich because she was using sliced bread.
A quick two days to establish Annieâs characterization for those who came in late, plus to potentially foreshadow a coming âClobberinâ Timeâ moment.
Early morning greetings everyone.-âââ-Willy007: He goes above and beyond the usual. Those embellishments add to the enjoyment of Dick Tracy.-âââ-Be happy and healthy my friends.
Honeymoon seems to be shedding an awful lot of sparks these days. You have to wonder if it is messing with peopleâs TV reception. Mysta was too in recent strips.
Team Tracy has, I think, caught the essence of tweenager girl-talk quite well. The developing interest in boys and little, first hesitant steps towards romance coupled with the ritual aversion (expressed by Annie) at the same timeâŚ.It is a tranquil moment of character development. Trouble in Tracytown will intervene soon enough.
I donât think think the two girls are quite on the same page in their emotional development. Honeymoon seems to have reached that âboy-crazyâ age, but Annie is still in that âboys-yuchâ stage.
Also, I think the âSon of Spikeâ is a reference to the Spike Spangler story in the 1943 Little Orphan Annie. Thatâs the story where Annie met Jocko.
I love Joeâs rendition of Annie. Allen Kupperberg and Ted Slampyak were good, too, Iâm not slighting them in the least. But Joe brings a fresh new look at an historical character.
The eyes of Mysta watch over the girls. Girls just want to have funâŚand sandwiches. Is Annie making a face in panel 2 in response to the âmush,â or did she add one too many layers to her sandwich? Dagwood makes it look so easy, but anything is possible in the funny pages. Enjoying Annieâs visit and Honeymoonâs exciting changes. You go, girls!
So now weâre just reviewing things that happened in a different comic strip.
Actually, weâre not. Annie is describing something that happened âoff cameraâ that was not in the story. Just like Honeymoonâs story about herself and Astor.
WelL I guess, Mike has pressed the âpauseâ button on HIS multiple âmini stories/sequencesâ - to turn the camera on WHERE I suspect theyâll ALL eventually come together ?
Thatâs the Ace Tower they introduced last Friday (the10th), with the 2 lower floors housing a Museum and the rest occupied by the Blackhearts Gang with the top floors reserved exclusively for . . .Mr.Bigg (aka Mr. Bribery}
As weâve just noted, a new insider plot right there, seems to be fermenting, instigated by a disgruntled MĂŠliĂŠs One that includes kidnapping Diet Smith (to get a Space Coupe ?)
Then . . .As I recall, these are the secondary story lines weâve been following . . .
1) Diet Smith seems fated to be taken there to Mr. Bribery
2) The Authorities. With a kidnapping of Diet, âSlumber-land is Overâ . . . Tracy, the MCU.and FBI) will finally âWake Upâ The Ace Tower, among the first places likely to be searched?
3) The developing powers of Honeymoon (Annie by her side) with a reason to go to the Ace Tower ? Possibly the Museum floors ?An opportunity for the coming out of her full powers in some unexpected emergency (to Save the Day?)It will likely co-inside nicely (along the way) with Annieâs 91st Anniversary of being in the comic strips (Aug 5, 2015)
4) Tellum if partially involved (?) might happen by for part of his at the wrong time when the heat is on.
5) Adnois will likely be there (back from Florida) but his scenario is a âWild Card* - maybe something unique or simply, just there, as âDust in our Eyesâ
6) The now almost forgotten Axelrod (David?) the consultant, will be along, as he still remains the most logical individual to have done the delivery to Mr, B, which has to be explained by âwrap upâ time !
7) Notta Chin Chillaâs appearance âonce again,â - seems just a âtemporary distractionâ for readers to wonder âwhereâ(?) she âfitsâ in ? (not unlike - the Adonis âcardâ ?)Suspect, her appearance was just a reminder that a Full Story will come for âherâ (and Purdy?) at centre stage. at some later date (?)
Gweedo the âSageâ said about 8 road trips ago@Starman1948Keep that one good eye on the skyâŚ-ââWill do. Iâm looking forward to the Pluto photos. I can use both eyes now, except I canât read small text with my left eye yet.i still have a tendency to close it when I read. Be well my friend.
Whoâs the real bully? It sounds like Annie is abusive.
I donât know that you could classify Annie as a âbullyâ based on hitting a guy who tried to kiss her. It may well have been an over-reaction, but it could also be considered âself-defense.â I could stretch that to âbullyingâ based on a single incident, which it sounds like it is.
The official site with the first high resolution picture (taken 16 hours before closest approach) is at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu. The craft was furiously gathering photos and other data as it went past and it will take 16 months to send all of it back to Earth. If it hits debris the size of a grain of rice it will be destroyed, but such bits of debris are widely scattered. If it survived the fly-by, it should be transmitting a message at 9 pm ET tonight.
Not to be a wet blanket, but is there absolutely any reason at all for todayâs strip, really? ?Adolescent girls talking âHe put his arm around meâ âWe almost kissedâ, etc. Whatâs in store for us tomorrowâŚ.three panels about how hot Justin Bieber is, lol?
Iâm pleased to inform the group that the nominees for the 2015 Harvey Awards (for work published in 2014) have been announced and Dick Tracy is nominated once again.
The nominees for BEST SYNDICATED STRIP or PANEL are:- DICK TRACY, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services- DILBERT, Scott Adams, Universal Uclick- FOX TROT, Bill Amend, Universal Uclick- GET FUZZY, Darby Conley, Universal Uclick- MUTTS, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
I almost forgot. Hereâs the full list of nominees and categories: http://www.harveyawards.org/2015-final-ballot/. You can only vote if youâre a comics professional.
Congratulations to Team Tracy for yet another nomination.
Except for Dick Tracy that is a pathetic list of nominees. I never cared for Dilbert or Fox Trot and Get Fuzzy shouldnât be eligible if itâs primarily reprints. Looks like a easy win for Tracy but you never know. The ones who have the votes could throw a wrench into this yet. Do they allow write-in votes? Anyway, there are many other strips that are much better than this group. Itâs like Tracy is in a class by itself.
Iâve been interested in the data coming from the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto also. I still consider Pluto a regular planet and itâs about time it got some attention, Itâll be awhile before we find more planets in the Kuiper Belt to visit. Still have many moons of the Gas Planets to explore though. I wonder if itâs possible that our lost Space Coupe got a gravity assist from Jupiter and wound up at Pluto? Wouldnât that be funny if the Space Coupe wound up in New Horizonsâ photos? Even funnier if it found the lunarians at Pluto?
The Washington Post cancelled Get Fuzzy due to the high rate of reruns. âConleyâs syndicate has provided The Post with no specific reason why âGet Fuzzyâ has a high rerun rate.â
With careful reservation T-bolt entered in the roomWhen Mr Bigg summoned everyone elseâs speed was zoomBut lately sheâd been worried she was being pushed asideIt didnât help her knowledge of the new room was deniedVacation while enjoyable would always demand a priceShe noticed thought polite nobody acted very niceIt almost seemed as if she was no longer in thier plansT-bolt knew if she slipped and snoozed sheâd fall into thier handsNo time for rest I need to be alert both day and nightIâm certain there are those who always feel that they are rightNo matter all the good Iâve done they hope I disappearIâve never understood the reason for thier unfounded fearSo Iâll play the game that Bigg demands and make him feel at easeWhile all the while Iâll watch my back until itâs safe for some ZZZZZZâs
With careful reservation T-bolt entered in the roomWhen Mr Bigg summoned everyone elseâs speed was zoomBut lately sheâd been worried she was being pushed asideIt didnât help her knowledge of the new room was deniedVacation while enjoyable would always demand a priceShe noticed thought polite nobody acted very niceIt almost seemed as if she was no longer in thier plansT-bolt knew if she slipped and snoozed sheâd fall into thier handsNo time for rest I need to be alert both day and nightIâm certain there are those who always feel that they are rightNo matter all the good Iâve done they hope I disappearIâve never understood the reason for thier unfounded fearSo Iâll play the game that Bigg demands and make him feel at easeWhile all the while Iâll watch my back until itâs safe for some ZZZâs
willy007 over 9 years ago
Slugged him good she did!
willy007 over 9 years ago
I like the âMomâ pic overseeing everything in the middle panel, and the moon pic in the background of panel three. Joe Staton adds so many great details to his scenes, and his work on the strip just gets better and better.
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
Annie came from the fridge with armfuls of stuff like Dagwood always does, but she didnât make a Dagwood sandwich because she was using sliced bread.
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
Annie slugged the bully! (or at least former bully)
AnyFace over 9 years ago
A quick two days to establish Annieâs characterization for those who came in late, plus to potentially foreshadow a coming âClobberinâ Timeâ moment.
AnyFace over 9 years ago
Joe and Shelley are having fun drawing Annie today.
AnyFace over 9 years ago
Hadnât realized that Honeymoon and Astor were that close.
AnyFace over 9 years ago
Note that âSon of Spikeâ is on Honeymoonâs computer monitor in panel two.
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
Early morning greetings everyone.-âââ-Willy007: He goes above and beyond the usual. Those embellishments add to the enjoyment of Dick Tracy.-âââ-Be happy and healthy my friends.
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member over 9 years ago
Honeymoon seems to be shedding an awful lot of sparks these days. You have to wonder if it is messing with peopleâs TV reception. Mysta was too in recent strips.
Ashmael over 9 years ago
It looks like a girlie comic strip. Love it! I appreciate some cute gals amid the grotesques.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Team Tracy has, I think, caught the essence of tweenager girl-talk quite well. The developing interest in boys and little, first hesitant steps towards romance coupled with the ritual aversion (expressed by Annie) at the same timeâŚ.It is a tranquil moment of character development. Trouble in Tracytown will intervene soon enough.
tripwire45 over 9 years ago
Almost kissed her? I see sparks flying.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet⢠over 9 years ago
Good morning guys!
davidf42 over 9 years ago
Morning, Tracyville!
I donât think think the two girls are quite on the same page in their emotional development. Honeymoon seems to have reached that âboy-crazyâ age, but Annie is still in that âboys-yuchâ stage.
davidf42 over 9 years ago
Also, I think the âSon of Spikeâ is a reference to the Spike Spangler story in the 1943 Little Orphan Annie. Thatâs the story where Annie met Jocko.
tsull2121 over 9 years ago
Good thing Annieâs not a bully!
davidf42 over 9 years ago
I love Joeâs rendition of Annie. Allen Kupperberg and Ted Slampyak were good, too, Iâm not slighting them in the least. But Joe brings a fresh new look at an historical character.
abdullahbaba999 over 9 years ago
Honeymoon is gaining PowerâŚ.i Love You Moon Maid!!
Pequod over 9 years ago
The eyes of Mysta watch over the girls. Girls just want to have funâŚand sandwiches. Is Annie making a face in panel 2 in response to the âmush,â or did she add one too many layers to her sandwich? Dagwood makes it look so easy, but anything is possible in the funny pages. Enjoying Annieâs visit and Honeymoonâs exciting changes. You go, girls!
davidf42 over 9 years ago
So now weâre just reviewing things that happened in a different comic strip.
Actually, weâre not. Annie is describing something that happened âoff cameraâ that was not in the story. Just like Honeymoonâs story about herself and Astor.
SYDNEY PHILLIPS over 9 years ago
The ACE TOWER a CONVERGING POINT ?
WelL I guess, Mike has pressed the âpauseâ button on HIS multiple âmini stories/sequencesâ - to turn the camera on WHERE I suspect theyâll ALL eventually come together ?
Thatâs the Ace Tower they introduced last Friday (the10th), with the 2 lower floors housing a Museum and the rest occupied by the Blackhearts Gang with the top floors reserved exclusively for . . . Mr.Bigg (aka Mr. Bribery}
As weâve just noted, a new insider plot right there, seems to be fermenting, instigated by a disgruntled MĂŠliĂŠs One that includes kidnapping Diet Smith (to get a Space Coupe ?)
Then . . .As I recall, these are the secondary story lines weâve been following . . .
1) Diet Smith seems fated to be taken there to Mr. Bribery
2) The Authorities. With a kidnapping of Diet, âSlumber-land is Overâ . . . Tracy, the MCU.and FBI) will finally âWake Upâ The Ace Tower, among the first places likely to be searched?
3) The developing powers of Honeymoon (Annie by her side) with a reason to go to the Ace Tower ? Possibly the Museum floors ?An opportunity for the coming out of her full powers in some unexpected emergency (to Save the Day?)It will likely co-inside nicely (along the way) with Annieâs 91st Anniversary of being in the comic strips (Aug 5, 2015)
4) Tellum if partially involved (?) might happen by for part of his at the wrong time when the heat is on.
5) Adnois will likely be there (back from Florida) but his scenario is a âWild Card* - maybe something unique or simply, just there, as âDust in our Eyesâ
6) The now almost forgotten Axelrod (David?) the consultant, will be along, as he still remains the most logical individual to have done the delivery to Mr, B, which has to be explained by âwrap upâ time !
7) Notta Chin Chillaâs appearance âonce again,â - seems just a âtemporary distractionâ for readers to wonder âwhereâ(?) she âfitsâ in ? (not unlike - the Adonis âcardâ ?)Suspect, her appearance was just a reminder that a Full Story will come for âherâ (and Purdy?) at centre stage. at some later date (?)
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
Gweedo the âSageâ said about 8 road trips ago@Starman1948Keep that one good eye on the skyâŚ-ââWill do. Iâm looking forward to the Pluto photos. I can use both eyes now, except I canât read small text with my left eye yet.i still have a tendency to close it when I read. Be well my friend.
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
@SYDNEY PHILLIPS: We have an interesting storyline. Your comments add much to my enjoyment of DT. Thanks for posting. Be well my friend.
mumbles over 9 years ago
Oh goody, tween angst. When does Taylor Swift appear?
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
Whoâs the real bully? It sounds like Annie is abusive.
I donât know that you could classify Annie as a âbullyâ based on hitting a guy who tried to kiss her. It may well have been an over-reaction, but it could also be considered âself-defense.â I could stretch that to âbullyingâ based on a single incident, which it sounds like it is.Neil Wick over 9 years ago
Drop a link when Pluto shows up !
The official site with the first high resolution picture (taken 16 hours before closest approach) is at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu. The craft was furiously gathering photos and other data as it went past and it will take 16 months to send all of it back to Earth. If it hits debris the size of a grain of rice it will be destroyed, but such bits of debris are widely scattered. If it survived the fly-by, it should be transmitting a message at 9 pm ET tonight.fredville over 9 years ago
Not to be a wet blanket, but is there absolutely any reason at all for todayâs strip, really? ?Adolescent girls talking âHe put his arm around meâ âWe almost kissedâ, etc. Whatâs in store for us tomorrowâŚ.three panels about how hot Justin Bieber is, lol?
jrankin1959 over 9 years ago
And THEREâS the Annie we all remember!
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
@Neil Wick and NightShade09: Thanks for you kind words my friends.-ââ-Neil Wick: Thanks for posting the Pluto link.
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
Iâm pleased to inform the group that the nominees for the 2015 Harvey Awards (for work published in 2014) have been announced and Dick Tracy is nominated once again.
The nominees for BEST SYNDICATED STRIP or PANEL are:- DICK TRACY, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services- DILBERT, Scott Adams, Universal Uclick- FOX TROT, Bill Amend, Universal Uclick- GET FUZZY, Darby Conley, Universal Uclick- MUTTS, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
I almost forgot. Hereâs the full list of nominees and categories: http://www.harveyawards.org/2015-final-ballot/. You can only vote if youâre a comics professional.
Congratulations to Team Tracy for yet another nomination.
fredville over 9 years ago
Gotta think kidnapping Diet without Mr. Bâs approval could backfire. Why do I sense more shrunken heads in the making, lol?
fredville over 9 years ago
Dick Tracy should win easily in my opinionâŚâŚnot even a contest!
Chris Sherlock over 9 years ago
Am I the only one who thinks that, in the third panel, Annie looks a bit pleased with herself over the memory of slugging Jocko?
kantuck-nadie over 9 years ago
Anne sounds more like me, when I was her age.
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
@Night-Gaunt49: I saw the diagrams at the Pluto website.-âââ-@fredville: Your scenario could easily happen.
Jerryjohn52 over 9 years ago
Except for Dick Tracy that is a pathetic list of nominees. I never cared for Dilbert or Fox Trot and Get Fuzzy shouldnât be eligible if itâs primarily reprints. Looks like a easy win for Tracy but you never know. The ones who have the votes could throw a wrench into this yet. Do they allow write-in votes? Anyway, there are many other strips that are much better than this group. Itâs like Tracy is in a class by itself.
Jerryjohn52 over 9 years ago
Iâve been interested in the data coming from the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto also. I still consider Pluto a regular planet and itâs about time it got some attention, Itâll be awhile before we find more planets in the Kuiper Belt to visit. Still have many moons of the Gas Planets to explore though. I wonder if itâs possible that our lost Space Coupe got a gravity assist from Jupiter and wound up at Pluto? Wouldnât that be funny if the Space Coupe wound up in New Horizonsâ photos? Even funnier if it found the lunarians at Pluto?
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
The Washington Post cancelled Get Fuzzy due to the high rate of reruns. âConleyâs syndicate has provided The Post with no specific reason why âGet Fuzzyâ has a high rerun rate.â
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
@Neil Wick and Gweedo the âPlutonianâ: Better pix later. I canât hardly wait.
avenger09 over 9 years ago
With careful reservation T-bolt entered in the roomWhen Mr Bigg summoned everyone elseâs speed was zoomBut lately sheâd been worried she was being pushed asideIt didnât help her knowledge of the new room was deniedVacation while enjoyable would always demand a priceShe noticed thought polite nobody acted very niceIt almost seemed as if she was no longer in thier plansT-bolt knew if she slipped and snoozed sheâd fall into thier handsNo time for rest I need to be alert both day and nightIâm certain there are those who always feel that they are rightNo matter all the good Iâve done they hope I disappearIâve never understood the reason for thier unfounded fearSo Iâll play the game that Bigg demands and make him feel at easeWhile all the while Iâll watch my back until itâs safe for some ZZZZZZâs
avenger09 over 9 years ago
With careful reservation T-bolt entered in the roomWhen Mr Bigg summoned everyone elseâs speed was zoomBut lately sheâd been worried she was being pushed asideIt didnât help her knowledge of the new room was deniedVacation while enjoyable would always demand a priceShe noticed thought polite nobody acted very niceIt almost seemed as if she was no longer in thier plansT-bolt knew if she slipped and snoozed sheâd fall into thier handsNo time for rest I need to be alert both day and nightIâm certain there are those who always feel that they are rightNo matter all the good Iâve done they hope I disappearIâve never understood the reason for thier unfounded fearSo Iâll play the game that Bigg demands and make him feel at easeWhile all the while Iâll watch my back until itâs safe for some ZZZâs