Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 21, 2010

Can’t we just speed up this terribly boring and repetitive story and skip ahead to the part where Tracy runs away in horror?

Again, repeating what has already been mentioned and discussed. Move on!

Tomorrow’s strip:

Thick: “That newspaper article said a homeless man was giving out $1,000 bills.”

Sam: “That’s right.”

Thick: “That sure is strange.”

The strip a week from tomorrow:

Thick: “So he took out his cash in large bills.”

Mrs. D’B: “As $1,000 bills.”

Thick: “That is strange. I wonder… any connection to a homeless man handing out $1,000 bills?”

For a reader this strip is a sisyphean effort. Insufferable!!

A metronome provides more variety of action. Go to http://webmetronome.com/ for some real entertainment (as compared with DT).

No, Liz, the papers said it. Your confusion stems from sensory deprivation and a profound sense of isolation. After all there you are in that honking huge police building, yet you have only Nutless Nodick and Testicle Chin for company. The rest of Police Hooters is deserted. You must feel like Joel on the Spaceship of Love, with only those robots to help you endure the inane stories flung at you by sinister forces.

Meanwhile Homeless Guy continues to excel at laying low, while Neon Noodle straddles the headquarters building like a giant hen trying to hatch an entire carton of square eggs.

What do you mean repetitive? They changed the sign again, didn’t they?

Liz’ hair looks different again, too. We must be greatful for small things….

Hey, “Simon Penn!”

Golly-gee, do you wanna be a big detective like your hero, Dick Tracy? Well, why don’t you start your very own investigation right at home?

Ask your mother why you look like the postman.

Panel-Panner, thanks for the giggle, I needed that.

margueritem:

You’re welcome.

Panel-panner, the Daily Dingleberry reported that Simon Penn looks like the ice man. Yes, it’s been a long time since there were any ice men, but it does take a long time to cultivate the sense of lunacy that Simon Penn exudes.

And it gets stranger tomorrow, when Fearless Fosdick shows up, recognizes his evil twin Nutless Nodick, ventilates him and takes over the investigation.

Panel-Panner… love the metronome!

I suppose asking the homeless guy (3D?) where he got the $1000 bills would be out of the question…

Thick’s next move is to read the papers, confirm that money is being given away, and find the name of the kids who got the cash. Then he’ll interview them, ask if they got any thousand dollar bills, and decide it’s strange. He’ll then ask one (and only one) of the kids to come to police hooters, where the kid will work with a sketch artist.

Unfortunately the sketch artist will be Salvador Dali, and with his work in hand Thick will go out and arrest Mount Rushmore.

Wake me next month.

What can I say that hasn’t been said before I mean, really, Tracy is nothing but a repetitive bore This should have been done several weeks back Of coherence and continuity there is a lack Those silly little editors over at TMS Seem to be well versed in that ol’ BS Milk the strip until it is done Suck out all the life and the fun Let it die a slow lingering death Sit idly by as it draws its last breath 3 and a 1/3 more months till it is over and done The end of Lochers’ time in the sun Will Brozman be the one to inherit the strip And will he continue with the same old …. And what if they renew the contract for dear ol’ Dick That would be the act of a mind that was really sick.

My Avitar changes more than this arc

Look at panel #3. Then go to

http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2010/09/04/

and see how many differences you can spot in that panel #3.

Perhaps this proves that Neon Noodle is capable of returning to an earlier form.

WW:

One of your poems shows more talent than six months of this sad excuse for a comic strip.

Thanks for providing some real entertainment and thought here.

VistaBill:

Good to hear you like that metronome site.

Bill Thompson:

Yes, let Fearless Fosdick take over – please!!

As for Simon Penn, I heard he has a twin sister. Like they say, the postman always dings twice.

Dicks Thought Balloon

“Its getting stranger.. these people actually keep expecting me to do Police work !”

At least Diet Smith’s new wrist time-warper is working well. Sunday, Tracy was with Liz at police headquarters. Monday, Tracy was with Mrs. 3-D at the mansion. Tuesday, Tracy is with Liz at police headquarters.

And aside from a slight change at the bottom of the frame, evidently showing a trim, there is no obvious difference between the picture of the mansion here

http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2010/08/30/

and yesterday:

http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2010/09/20/

Even the trees are the same.

Locher and Brozman are not only hacks, they’re lazy hacks. Even Thick could figure that out.

Old Tracy, maybe the new time-warper explains not only the repeated panels of buildings, but also that strange smile on Thick’s, er, face. In fact … yes, his wrist-TV is showing him a music video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAVZc9ICJLI

I got stoned and I missed it.

Tracy didn’t say it - the newspaper did.

Nothing to see here, move along please.

At least Macy has his clothes back on.

More reports? and Lizzy is asking if there are reports?

Locher shows potential talent for writing the script of a daytime soap opera. You can drop it and pick it back up months later and not skip a beat!

And what does Thick Travesty think in panel#4? (That panel is identical to #2, and no doubt several others):

“Even more reports of those thousand dollar bills being given out by the homeless … that’s strange, but is it strange enough to justify my becoming suspicious? Are those bills being given out by all the homeless? Wouldn’t that mean a vast nationwide conspiracy? That’s possible … then I could hand the case over to the FBI and get back to the real question, which is why does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight? Is the mysterious flavor loss really–a robbery!”

Spinning in neutral….

What a waste of time and effort this strip has become. Right when newspapers themselves are in desperate need of new ideas and energy, TMS has an iconic character whose recognition is up there with Superman and Mickey Mouse and instead of using him to energize their own sales and try to help their client papers, they just let this drek leak out.

Even Little Orphan Annie had some talent behind the wheel when TMS pulled the plug on that strip. What’s the story here? Who’s getting paid off?

Liz looks more and more like a cartoon every day. Hey, wait!…….

Another kick in the butt for Dicky L ?

http://joshreads.com/

Wow!–When did the chief turn into Susie Wong?

“Its getting stranger… I thought I was in the Police station, but there it is across the street! So where am I?” now that’s a really big sign!” what’s this thing attached to my chin?” and ‘when you’re strange people come out of the rain.’”

Sydney Phillips, it could be that Locher & Brozman, the Double Header of Duck Twacy, have put the Randomizer to use? That would explain why they repeat entire panels. Either that or the Loch Broz creature has a sinister plan to destroy the DT strip.

Now why has Doofus forgotten that yesterday he decided that the K-notes were linked to the D-cubed case? Did he forget to tell the chief? Did Testicle Chin forget, too? Did she forget to ask Thick about his telephone and travel expenses concerning the widow?

Got it! The Shadow is in town! He wants to take over the strip, and his first move is to cloud everyone’s minds before Mandrake the Magician can make his move! Check out all those huge pools of India ink that pass for artwork here and you’ll see the Shadow lurking in them. Now all depends on the one misunderstood superhero who can cast some light on it all: Neon Noodle!

Another good one, WW.

ok, when will he start handing out 500$ bills to confuse us all? or 100,000 $ bills? just as plausible

from the us treasury site :

There are also several denominations of currency notes that are no longer produced. These include the $500 bill with the portrait of William McKinley, the $1,000 bill with a portrait of Grover Cleveland, the $5,000 bill with a portrait of James Madison, the $10,000 bill with a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, and the $100,000 currency note bearing a portrait of Woodrow Wilson.

When they learned that 3D withdrew large sums of money, and none was found on or near the body that was tentatively identified as 3D, they should have immediately begun looking for the money with the help of information from the bank. A person handing out large bills on the street would attract immedicate attention. We could explain it as cartoon time, except for all the different visits to Mrs. 3D’s house . the commenters here are better writers and better detectives.