Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 27, 2016

Field trip to the City Zoo. The kids escape from school

Selfy finds himself at risk, as Vic’s a drunken fool.

Look to see the Big Cats prowl, ‘tis time to have some fun

Selfy’s face in camera range, a narcissist must run.

Stay away from prying eyes and the man whose hat sprouts flowers

Things now go from bad to worse. Selfy has no super powers.

Just a little selfie stick he uses to harm others

Wishing to abscond the zoo, if he could have his druthers.

Aim and focus. Click and snap. These kids all know the drill

A field trip filled with memories. Selfy mad enough to kill.

Just in general, Selfy loves to take pictures of himself, but he hates other people taking pictures of him. Remember that he jumped the bridge to escape the cops taking his picture. Today is not a good day for Selfy!

Is the one with the ponytail Toad …?

Selfy not very smart depending on an irresponsible drunk to hide him. Bellathon wasn’t too smart hiring him in the first place being that he had a record, or was she corrupt like him?

.Good morning guys!

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Late start today. I’ll return later to read the comments.

I’m sure one of the kids mentioned will be the one to nail Selfy. If it turns out to be Toad, The Mole would certainly recognize him. And there you go!

Have a Great Weekend All. Maybe a trip to the Zoo?

There is a sanctuary for big cats out in the California desert (in Rosamond) where they give their cats “enhancements”. Not only do they love boxes, they also will play with phone books and melons. They sprinkle a little allspice on them, which to those big cats is just like catnip. It is so much fun to watch a 300 lb. black jaguar acting just like my 14 lb. pet.

So maybe: 1) That is Toad, and she immediately recognizes Selfy and sends her pic with him to MCU. 2) Selfy goes to retrieve his hat. 3) Police sirens can be heard in the distance, distracting him. 4) Big cat comes out to play, has lunch first! 5) Case closed.

I think Hubris is about to slap Selfy around a bit…

It just occurred to me. Vic is in the box.

Irony: Selfy afraid of having his photo taken.

The zoo is a good setting for Selfy’s hideout. A ravenous Lena could be close at hand…er, claw. It is true that we have not seen Toad since Mole’s underground wedding. We have seen her in school when she announced the planned nuptials. I wonder if they get wi-fi in the Mole hole. More good use of place in this two-pronged tale: The Patterson Playhouse and adjoining back alley, Mysta’s chill room at Smith Industries, counting cards at poker night, jumping the bridge at the Narrows, in the halls of power at Bellowthon’s, out on the street for the car crash, and here at the City Zoo, where a field trip of curious school kids could undermine Selfy’s low profile. Selfy turns away from the camera: a first.

Thanks to Gweedo, Night-Gaunt49, Willy007, JPuzzleWhiz, Chris Sherlock and Ray Toler for the kind words. Very much appreciated.

Everyone is trying to figure out who is going to figure out who Selfy is, but you’re missing one obvious possibility. Selfie complains about the pictures they’re taking, but given it was going to be a funny cat episode, playing with the box, I’d bet most of them are shooting video. And who right now needs to escape reality right now and have a pick-me-up? Sam might just cue up the video that night.

It seems if you’re a criminal on the run from the law seeking employment in a place that regularly draws a large number of visitors a day would not be the smartest move.

My guess is that Selfie gets mauled

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“The zoo has arranged a special treat.”, the teacher says. Could the treat be Selfy?

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Nice poetry Pequod.

As Yngvar has already suggested, so I also suspect Vic(’s body) may be in that refrigerator box, if Selfy already wrote him off as too risky and gave him a taste of his gom jabbar.Now, with the big cats set to play with their snack in front of all those kiddie cameras, Selfy would desire utmost inconspicuousness. Unfortunately, he lost his hat to that hat-eating tree and is left with his highly recognizable hair on display. And if one of the kids (be it Toad or anyone else) tweets the telling picture to an adult who knows about Selfy and relays the info to the MCU, our murdering Liberace-lookalike could be either captured or on the run again with no place to go….

Didn’t any of you notice the name on that refrigerator box — “Kole King”? It’s a play on Nat or Old King Cole!

I’m with Agewalker- Selfie gets caught up in not showing his face and one of the big cats takes care of him. The police pick him up in the ER