Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 19, 2015

88 Keyes, Pruneface, Shaky, & Shoulders…No matter what this story is all about, I LOVE IT! I know that others will be appeased only if Flattop shows up, which I wouldn’t mind either (let’s face it, I waited for the return of Mr. Bribery for almost 50 years!) Joe & Mike have me hooked!

Villains Galore!

And in B&W yet!

Can we start a petition to have ALL the daily strips in glorious b&w?! The 2 times the strip has recently been mistakenly printed sans color proves that they look much better for it. The inking is suberb!!

Who is the mayor? I’m not well versed with hoodlums of old.

Mayor Trembly is Shaky. It looks to me as if we are most definitely in the past…check out the phones and intercom

The B/W really does work in this case. So much detail in Panel Three.

I’m waiting for the Brow,The Blank and Steve the Tramp!

Officer Shoulders eh? Yet another blast from the past….this alternate world is interesting indeed.

“Cheese it! The Cops!”

The Bakelite phones are another clue that this timeline is in the past, probably the 1940s.

I know! It’s not an alternate universe or timeline – it’s the afterlife for dead Dick Tracy villains! (Condemned to see things from HIS point of view…)

It’s Reverse World!

The colour will probably be back later today. That’s what happened the last few times. Whoever’s doing it is behind on their work I suppose. I prefer the black and white for the daily strips, but I do like the colour, too.

this will probably wrap up on the 31st.

The artwork and stories just keep blowing me away. Glorious black and white today. Go,go Team Tracy. That’s all I can say.

Annie now is gone.When will we see her again?Hope it will be soon.

the villains are the good guys-the heroes are the villains-we’re in a DC Bizzaro World story and i love it

I sure hope that the B&W is not just a fluke today. It has a great 30’s feel to it. If not, maybe Dick Tracy and gocomics could work a deal, run both B&W and color? Like what they do with Pibgorn. And yeah, I’m just a kid, only 55. I need to be kept up on the old time baddies guest stars also!

OK. You know Flatttop will have to show up soon.I suppose he will be the police commissioner or….maybe….. governor?

I bet Mike and Joe are having a blast, getting to script and draw the classic villains.I know I’m sure enjoying this!

I wonder if this is a story that someone (maybe Honeymoon) is telling or writing.

Maybe Honeymoon is into fanfiction!

I know. With all these characters, this must be behind the scenes at the Warren Beatty movie!

As much as I hate to say, and at the time appear to be channeling Otto’s #1 brother and mentor, but must say, “Z-z-z-z-z”….. The regular Tracyland is Twilight Zone by itself; but to stack up a Twilight Zone on top of the normal Twilight Zone is Bizzaro squared.

Good morning fellow DT fans!

Gweedo indicated,Good morning, V.B. !Left a note late yesterday.-——————————————————————-.Good morning to you, too, Gweedo!.I guarantee you’ll love these ribs, Gweedo! If you can catch them!

b/w art during the week rules. Great pics today.

Oh, I get it! This is a Halloween thing! Right?

After a week of ‘HOW’ (?) ,,, the same continues’ NOW . . .Yet, those Posts do flow and grow … Holy Cow !Some folks think they hear the Sound of MusicWhile everything’s inverted, contradictory, and frankly - foolish*!*Yes ! Look again, nothing REAL has happened ?Just some baffling ‘IDEAS there, to be examined ?Like a new ’Test’ Rocket in the Sky (?)A brand new way to try ? As readers wonder - Why ?A way that’s never been seen Before ?Have it again? Or quickly close the Door?

Monday, and it’s ‘wrinkle’ room on today’s lampoonComes with one Chief Prune, a phone that rang too soon . . .And this guy may come to fear the next Assembly ?If it’s Chaired - by a ‘wrathful’ Mayor Trembly ?

Why? It’s so much Off, the ‘known’ Dick Tracy planet …Everyone feels the need, to make a ‘comment’ on it !

Our Conductor Neil suggests . . . … by month end, we’ll have - some ‘comprehension’While others tend to fear a ‘stretched out’ extension ?Maybe, ‘Novelty’ will win the Day ?But lets not do it again ! – No Way !

Give us (new) ‘Chester Gould style - unique Crooks !Not Matt Masterson’s Rogue/Villains Gobbledegook looks

I know it, I’m not making any “friends” here !

Joe & Mike know how to get the “can’t wait to see what happens next” response from All….TBC

Pronounced as Bosh by Corporal LeBeau of Hogan’s Heroes.

I hadn’t remembered that in Hogan’s Heroes, but that would be right.

Gweedo stated,Lacing up my running shoes now, Bill !-————————————————————-.Too late, Gweedo. They ran back to the body from whence they came.

Ok. I am 80 yrs. old and have been a reader of Dick Tracy since the 1940’s. I think it is time for me to stop reading this strip. I know things change but this is ridiculous. Just saying.

Pruneface and his wife Mrs. Pruneface are my all time favorites! Bring ’em back!

Parallel universes and mirrored realities seem more in the province of science fiction than crime drama but we must remember that ever since the introduction of the 2-way wrist radio in 1946, the Dick Tracy strip has had a science-fiction bent. With our modern cell phones capable of real-time texts and videos we tend to forget how improbable Tracy’s wrist gadgets were when they first appeared. As time progressed, the wrist radio morphed into the wrist TV, the wrist computer, and eventually into today’s wrist geenie.

Equally as improbably at their appearance were the Voice-O-Graf, the battery-powered video camera, Diet’s secret to fusion power, magnetic propulsion, the Space Coupe, etc. Many of these science fiction devices have either come into being or are currently being developed (including Diet’s mind-reading devices).

In addition, Gould had Tracy setting foot on the moon before the actual Moon Landing occurred (albeit Moon aliens still fall in the sci-fi realm and are not likely to be proven true). Still, this outer space excursion gave the strip many unearthly characters and hybrids still prominent in the strip today.

I don’t see how anyone can deny the influence science fiction has had on the strip over the course of its run without denying the premises of the strip itself.

Prominent scientists in the real world now tell us that they have developed string theories of quantum mechanics that conclude the existence of various infinite parallel universes. Perhaps this particular story line, although obviously fiction, is more realistic than we imagine it to be.

Whatever this story turns out to be, Mike has fulfilled his mission as writer. He has created a mystery that has all of us guessing while keeping us entertained at the same time.I for one am having a ball with this tale.

Is there anyone else who reads this strip by RSS, but had to use the web site today?

A sunny day to all those who need it and a rainy day to those who need it.-——————-This is a great story. Very enjoyable.-——————-Be healthy, wealthy and wise everyone.

I that Shakey’s last name was Mahoney….after all Breathless Mahoney was his daughter…..wasn’t she?

Maybe Monday will be B&W day…can’t wait to see “Big Dick” in action…

Gweedo noticed,You got some weird creatures in that graveyard, Bill.-——————————————————————.Drop in when you have a chance, Gweedo. We’ll show you around.

This is great. This is so retro. I like it.

Wasn’t there a Sunday strip a few years back where Vitamin Flintheart came out and spoke of an unknown, upcoming tragedy for Dick? I can’t find the strip, however, I was wondering if this storyline had something to do with it.

http://www.sfgate.com/comics/ck/Dick_Tracy/It’s in color on this site.

One other clue – check out the old-style phones and intercom…