Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 18, 2010

Just your basic levitating Sasquatch corpse, not much to go on.

This is the part where Tracy and the rest of the cops conclude that D’buckworth is definitely dead and that’s definitely his body.

It won’t be until some totally random act by some stranger that they begin to suspect things might not be as they appear.

They should attach some weights to the body before if floats away.

Dick Tracy: “There’s not much to go on. You see the body has converted itself into ectoplasm and we have to keep it wrapped in an air tight bag like foul-smelling helium.”

Mrs. D’B: “Yes, that’s his tattoo. My husband was the only person among the billions living on this planet who had that tattoo.”

Panel 2: I’m getting a headache trying to figure this out. Is Tracy holding that tattoo print in his left or right hand? Is Tracy left handed? Whatever, it looks like that hand has no arm, is directly attached to his shoulder.

Not like we’ve seen anything sloppy like that before…

Panel-Panner said, “Panel 2: I’m getting a headache trying to figure this out. Is Tracy holding that tattoo print in his left or right hand? Is Tracy left handed? Whatever, it looks like that hand has no arm, is directly attached to his shoulder.”

Well, we know that Tracy has an arm growing from his stomach. Maybe he has a “unihand” growing from his shoulder. He’s quite a guy!

Dang, that butterfly is in pretty good shape for being the “remnants of a large tattoo”. Some remnants!

OK Locher…. we got your point. Macy is dumb as dirt. You’ve made that clear for years now. And he has no sense of prudency when it comes to policework. Now move the story on, please.

Good artwork, except for the hand in the second panel. The story is good but not great, as always. Sob…

Ooohhh! Look, in panel three the body’s potruding over the edge of the panel. Like it was actually in 3-D! Ooooooh!

Well, it’s the most exciting thing to happen in this strip in the last few months, anyway…

Why aren’t the giant bare feet sticking out any more?

Flight Suit, You’re right after the Butterfy tatoo identification D’Bucworth is DEAD and search ended. He’ll be burried and Traacy will go right along ‘hand in hand’ with Alice in Wonderland

If the Pathologist can’t find a ’cause of death’, maybe whoever it is, IS still ‘ALIVE’ (?)

Is Locher introducing a Zombie into the strip for the first time ?

That’s the rough PLOT line of Locher’s MYSTERY stories — 18 weeks of QUESTIONS 1 week of ANSWERS, followed by 1 week of FLASHBACK panels with a BONUS of 2 or 3 ‘contradictions’ !

And the BIG PLUS, it eases him from having to DESIGN a unique villain !

Hold on maam, I’ll ask AND answer the questions if you don’t mind

Panel-Panner is right-You could go nuts staring at the drawing in the middle panel.

At any moment, we may see David Copperfield nearby, causing that body to float. Or perhaps, he will simply walk through it.

The body looks in pretty good shape to me.

Looks like Mrs.3-D identified the ‘Blue Butterfly’, NOT the body ! ?

Will we ever hear the CAUSE of death ?

Will David Dierdorph D’Buckworth be declared DEAD ?

A childish omission to get bothersome (accurate) tests out of the way, to direct readers to think the Street Beggar is 3-D in disguise ?

See the coming PLOY to further move your mind there.

This weeks comics all seem like variations on each other.

I’ve been in morgues before. The deal with the slab is that it’s made out of thick stainless steel and it’s on rollers (which aren’t artistically represented here) and, when fully extended, locks in place into the inside edge of the cubicle. The steel is thick enough to support the weight of a dead body. This set-up doesn’t require retractable legs on the foot end. Quite a handy and space efficient mechanism, actually.

I’ve been in morgues before. The deal with the slab is that it’s made out of thick stainless steel and it’s on rollers (which aren’t artistically represented here) and, when fully extended, locks in place into the inside edge of the cubicle. The steel is thick enough to support the weight of a dead body. This set-up doesn’t require retractable legs on the foot end. Quite a handy and space efficient mechanism, actually.

i thought the body still had a head - no teeth for dental records? just a butterfly from ink’n’brew?

I spy Bassman Bob with a Blue Butterfly! Forget about 3-D … I’m much happier to see 4-B!

Welcome Back, Bassman Bro!

Say, isn’t there a Blue Butterfly cult in BioShock 2, or something?