Actually, it’s not a “robbery” which involves the threat of force or a “burglary” which requires breaking in (or breaking out). It’s is merely a “theft.”
Seems I’m getting the ‘sense’ that DIET’S less prepared and been losing his ‘grip’ on things, ever since he put aside his Blue Image ("Time Travel ") Research ! ?
At the time, he might have pleased former colleague Jim but he’s closed a “window” to a lot of potentially helpful information. For example, like possibly taking a ‘peek’ ‘back in time’ to see who (?) ‘pinched’ those X-Ray glasses (?)Then, a tentative ‘look forward’ might’ve helped ‘avoid’ his kidnapping, by Méliés and the Munro Brothers (?)
This morning, one can’t miss the look of discomfort and the ‘disconsolate’ feelings reflected in his “expression” in panel 2 !
And speaking of “pinched” things, (look again at panel 1) he’s come into HQ this morning with Dicky Locher style (designed) “small ball” hands !
If one allows a ‘little’ stretch a full hand ‘appears’, no more than 3 times the size - of the knot in his tie !
It ‘hit’ me right in the face . . . Joe, caught me off balance . . . Tempts one to ask, where’re the guys? (avenger09?) Who hang around, often there - prepared to ‘wave a flag’, or shout “Bingo” … and SO bring a ‘tiny’ find, to the attention of other readers ! ?
Curtis and Staton have both been gallantly “gracious” to Dicky Locher . . .They’ve offered ‘respect’, and gratitude to a fellow craftsman by creating an ‘ongoing’ - periodically ‘appearing’ edifice in their strip called the Locher Auditorium (We’ve had it -in,, on about 12 or so occasions in the past 5 years. Further, for him, they even ‘elevated’ his late son John (Sunday,Oct.16, 2011) to be a “Hall Of Fame” honoree . . .along-side more deserving front-line Writers and Artists (of the DT strip), as if he was Up to, and ‘deserved’ the same Level of ‘Recognition’ ! (?)
The familiar (Locher/Kilian) turtle-neck top (on Lizz) yesterday, and the (subconscious off-shoot?) slip(?) of drawing smaller hands, rises to the level of a ‘HINT’ that there may have some recent “trolling” through strips from that era to ‘consider’ the worthiness of a ‘character’ return (?) If so, a few good candidates (among them - Snails, No Face, Smirk,Red Hawk, and Beau Tox) all readily come to mind . . ./Sadly, the *best creation Dab Stract was heavily overused 7 (or 8) appearances, as too was the over-rated Pig E. Bank (at 6)
Smith Industries has a serious security problem. At this point they should be at Speck’ s front door with the police, since they put to and two together about who left the eyeglass test early on the day the glasses went missing. They must have a roster of participants with all their vital info. How hard is it to track down Specks? Not hard at all.
Detective Tracy, I know Smith is your friend, and he’s made great contributions to the department, but seriously – hasn’t he also generated a lot more WORK for you guys?
I agree that Smith Industries has a serious, ongoing security problem that needs to be addressed. But more immediately, our detectives need to see [ahem] the connections between this theft from the veteran entrepreneur and the two heists they have lately noticed that involve puzzling knowledge of contents of vaults….
Night-Gaunt49 said,And good morning to everyone starting with you Vista “the cow clobberer” Bill.-————————————————————————.Good morning Night-Gaunt49. Explain, please… “the cow clobberer”. Ima no understand.
Gweedo detailed,Bought a pair of those glasses.-——————————————————————.Bring ‘em along when you come for dinner tonight, Gweedo. The crematorium wasn’t busy today so Rikki had use of the oven. Roasted scorpion tails and, your favorite, barbequed deep fried bat wings! We have a fresh bottle of French formaldehyde waiting! You can pop the cork! Caramelized spiders for dessert!
Weren’t the X-Ray glasses smuggled out of the research lab by a Apparatus spy who brought them to the migraine study group to be picked up later? Unless they have a surveillance camera showing the glasses being taken out, they might not know that the glasses wound up in the migraine group.
A little off topic and would have made a better comment for the previous storyline, but when I started to write that comment about Collins, I looked at Dick Tracy and the Nightmare Machine to verify if it showed his active years on the strip and I read the introduction which talked about “Pretty Boy” Floyd being the basis for Flattop. I never knew that before or probably just forgot. Here is a picture of Floyd:
For those who haven’t heard, Max Allan Collins (Dick Tracy writer from 1977 till 1993) is undergoing some much delayed heart surgery these days. He had the smaller procedure on Monday to deal with a clogged carotid artery, and once he has recovered sufficiently from that (probably next Thursday) he will be having open-heart surgery for a valve replacement, double bypass, “replacing a potential aneurism area with some kind of mesh thing.” He’s expecting to be off work for around six weeks, but it could be more or less.
More details are available on Collins’ blog. You can leave encouraging messages there if you like. I’m sure he will appreciate it.
The Vista Bill t-shirts are up. you can see them at http://www.zazzle.com/neilwick*/products. The 50% off sale on shirts ends at 11:59 pm Pacific/2:59 am Eastern, in just over an hour. After that, you can order for the regular price or wait for another sale. I’m sure there’ll be one soon.
I posted three designs that you can easily change to a different style and size of shirt, resize graphics, move them around, move them from the front to the back, delete the ones on the back, etc. Unfortunately, the pocket t-shirt will only allow a design on the pocket itself on the front, not anywhere else on the front of the shirt. I made one with text as Tim was suggesting. You can easily change the size, font, wording, etc. to suit.
Oh, you can change the colour of the shirt, too, but I recommend only light colours for this type of design. See the next days’ strip for specific links.
AnyFace almost 9 years ago
Plus, They Cure Migraines!
AnyFace almost 9 years ago
Pretty sweet!
stomaino almost 9 years ago
Actually, it’s not a “robbery” which involves the threat of force or a “burglary” which requires breaking in (or breaking out). It’s is merely a “theft.”
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 9 years ago
.Good morning all!
AnyFace almost 9 years ago
Just we three tonight, Bill.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 9 years ago
Gweedo remarked,Four now…-———————————————————————-.Yep! G’morning Gweedo.
Can't Sleep almost 9 years ago
Good morning, all. (Just passing through…)
jonahhex1 almost 9 years ago
BINGO….and the light dawns for Tracy and Catchem.
SYDNEY PHILLIPS almost 9 years ago
Seems I’m getting the ‘sense’ that DIET’S less prepared and been losing his ‘grip’ on things, ever since he put aside his Blue Image ("Time Travel ") Research ! ?
At the time, he might have pleased former colleague Jim but he’s closed a “window” to a lot of potentially helpful information. For example, like possibly taking a ‘peek’ ‘back in time’ to see who (?) ‘pinched’ those X-Ray glasses (?)Then, a tentative ‘look forward’ might’ve helped ‘avoid’ his kidnapping, by Méliés and the Munro Brothers (?)
This morning, one can’t miss the look of discomfort and the ‘disconsolate’ feelings reflected in his “expression” in panel 2 !
And speaking of “pinched” things, (look again at panel 1) he’s come into HQ this morning with Dicky Locher style (designed) “small ball” hands !
If one allows a ‘little’ stretch a full hand ‘appears’, no more than 3 times the size - of the knot in his tie !
It ‘hit’ me right in the face . . . Joe, caught me off balance . . . Tempts one to ask, where’re the guys? (avenger09?) Who hang around, often there - prepared to ‘wave a flag’, or shout “Bingo” … and SO bring a ‘tiny’ find, to the attention of other readers ! ?
Curtis and Staton have both been gallantly “gracious” to Dicky Locher . . .They’ve offered ‘respect’, and gratitude to a fellow craftsman by creating an ‘ongoing’ - periodically ‘appearing’ edifice in their strip called the Locher Auditorium (We’ve had it -in,, on about 12 or so occasions in the past 5 years. Further, for him, they even ‘elevated’ his late son John (Sunday,Oct.16, 2011) to be a “Hall Of Fame” honoree . . .along-side more deserving front-line Writers and Artists (of the DT strip), as if he was Up to, and ‘deserved’ the same Level of ‘Recognition’ ! (?)
The familiar (Locher/Kilian) turtle-neck top (on Lizz) yesterday, and the (subconscious off-shoot?) slip(?) of drawing smaller hands, rises to the level of a ‘HINT’ that there may have some recent “trolling” through strips from that era to ‘consider’ the worthiness of a ‘character’ return (?) If so, a few good candidates (among them - Snails, No Face, Smirk,Red Hawk, and Beau Tox) all readily come to mind . . ./Sadly, the *best creation Dab Stract was heavily overused 7 (or 8) appearances, as too was the over-rated Pig E. Bank (at 6)
artheaded1 almost 9 years ago
Smith Industries has a serious security problem. At this point they should be at Speck’ s front door with the police, since they put to and two together about who left the eyeglass test early on the day the glasses went missing. They must have a roster of participants with all their vital info. How hard is it to track down Specks? Not hard at all.
jrankin1959 almost 9 years ago
Detective Tracy, I know Smith is your friend, and he’s made great contributions to the department, but seriously – hasn’t he also generated a lot more WORK for you guys?
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
I agree that Smith Industries has a serious, ongoing security problem that needs to be addressed. But more immediately, our detectives need to see [ahem] the connections between this theft from the veteran entrepreneur and the two heists they have lately noticed that involve puzzling knowledge of contents of vaults….
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl almost 9 years ago
Greetings to all Tracy fans.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 9 years ago
Night-Gaunt49 said,And good morning to everyone starting with you Vista “the cow clobberer” Bill.-————————————————————————.Good morning Night-Gaunt49. Explain, please… “the cow clobberer”. Ima no understand.
lovelymajorhoople almost 9 years ago
they’re working on x ray specks ??? they can order them from the back of a 1950s comic book ( sea monkeys too)
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 9 years ago
Wow, back to science-fiction stuff this comic was used to in the Chester Gould era! Well the Moon-Maid stories brought it back, actually.
AnyFace almost 9 years ago
But do they cure migraines …?!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 9 years ago
Gweedo detailed,Bought a pair of those glasses.-——————————————————————.Bring ‘em along when you come for dinner tonight, Gweedo. The crematorium wasn’t busy today so Rikki had use of the oven. Roasted scorpion tails and, your favorite, barbequed deep fried bat wings! We have a fresh bottle of French formaldehyde waiting! You can pop the cork! Caramelized spiders for dessert!
Jerryjohn52 almost 9 years ago
Weren’t the X-Ray glasses smuggled out of the research lab by a Apparatus spy who brought them to the migraine study group to be picked up later? Unless they have a surveillance camera showing the glasses being taken out, they might not know that the glasses wound up in the migraine group.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 9 years ago
Does it get any better than this?.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 9 years ago
Gweedo queried,Is the barby sauce a secret recipe ? I like tasty goops own mah vittles !-————————————————————————.It’s out of this world, Gweedo!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 9 years ago
Gweedo indicated,I’m coming early and walk all through there-—————————————————————.Don’t step on Abner. He’ll be out and about for his nightly stroll.
gozar almost 9 years ago
Irons in the fire in the research labs? I thought they figured those out years ago.
Neil Wick almost 9 years ago
A little off topic and would have made a better comment for the previous storyline, but when I started to write that comment about Collins, I looked at Dick Tracy and the Nightmare Machine to verify if it showed his active years on the strip and I read the introduction which talked about “Pretty Boy” Floyd being the basis for Flattop. I never knew that before or probably just forgot. Here is a picture of Floyd:
Neil Wick almost 9 years ago
Weird posting orders are still happening here. The picture of Floyd I just posted is three comments before the stuff I wrote several minutes ago.
Neil Wick almost 9 years ago
For those who haven’t heard, Max Allan Collins (Dick Tracy writer from 1977 till 1993) is undergoing some much delayed heart surgery these days. He had the smaller procedure on Monday to deal with a clogged carotid artery, and once he has recovered sufficiently from that (probably next Thursday) he will be having open-heart surgery for a valve replacement, double bypass, “replacing a potential aneurism area with some kind of mesh thing.” He’s expecting to be off work for around six weeks, but it could be more or less.
More details are available on Collins’ blog. You can leave encouraging messages there if you like. I’m sure he will appreciate it.
Neil Wick almost 9 years ago
The Vista Bill t-shirts are up. you can see them at http://www.zazzle.com/neilwick*/products. The 50% off sale on shirts ends at 11:59 pm Pacific/2:59 am Eastern, in just over an hour. After that, you can order for the regular price or wait for another sale. I’m sure there’ll be one soon.
I posted three designs that you can easily change to a different style and size of shirt, resize graphics, move them around, move them from the front to the back, delete the ones on the back, etc. Unfortunately, the pocket t-shirt will only allow a design on the pocket itself on the front, not anywhere else on the front of the shirt. I made one with text as Tim was suggesting. You can easily change the size, font, wording, etc. to suit.
Neil Wick almost 9 years ago
Oh, you can change the colour of the shirt, too, but I recommend only light colours for this type of design. See the next days’ strip for specific links.