Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 22, 2017

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    Pequod  almost 8 years ago

    Auction at Hotel Siam

    Five bidders allowed in

    Warbucks, Smith and Carrion

    His bird peckish and thin.

    Doubleup, a whip in hand

    Charged with security

    Tracy shall enforce the law

    No criminal shall flee.

    Perenelle doth prefer vintage

    She makes a proposition

    Tracy keeps his sacred vows

    No deceitful disposition.

    Ramon is here to serve the guests

    Hors d’oeuvres and fresh libations

    Flammel sells mythology

    Immortal expectations.

    Am has met her many times

    First at her funeral

    Am has witnessed multitudes

    His sojourns never dull.

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    Don Bagert Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    ooo…a new love interest for Bonnie Braids Tracy! LOL

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 8 years ago

    Happy Sunday!

    Bonnie Braids! Is romance in the air? ♫♫♫

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    Blackthorne42  almost 8 years ago

    Bonnie Braids and Denny Colt? Uh-oh… I don’t think Tracy’s gonna like this.

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    Neil Wick  almost 8 years ago

    The song was written about 1946 by Will Eisner (lyrics) and Bill Harr (melody) and published in sheet music form. Eisner said in an interview that he didn’t think anybody ever played it. You can read his description of how it came about in an excerpt from Will Eisner: Conversations here: http://tinyurl.com/h55yj7y

    Later, Denis Kitchen arranged to have it recorded and published a picture disk of it. He talks about it in about the last screenful of an interview transcription, here: http://www.ttbook.org/book/transcript/transcript-denis-kitchen-oddly-compelling-art

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 8 years ago

    OK. VB and Neil Wick are present. Where are the other members of the BMBG team? Namely Gweedo and JPuzzleWhiz.

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    jrankin1959  almost 8 years ago

    Uh-oh…

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    22ph  almost 8 years ago

    The Spirit seems to be a magnet for the ladies. Dick Tracy won’t be happy.

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    AnyFace  almost 8 years ago

    Daughters do tend to fall for men who remind them of their fathers.

    This wouldn’t even be the first time for Bonnie.

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    SKJAM! Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    Don’t trust the song, Bonnie. The Spirit has plenty of honeys to hug.

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    crobinson019  almost 8 years ago

    Forget Tracy not liking Bonnie’s latest infatuation. What happens when ELLEN DOLAN gets word, or drops by to visit her Father? Could we see a girl fight?

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    jrankin1959  almost 8 years ago

    Is it just me, or do the Spirit and Blackjack seem like a “separated at birth” scenario?

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    CarlTrinkwon  almost 8 years ago

    O Sweet Love!!

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    Pequod  almost 8 years ago

    The Siam is yet another great location in Tracy’s city. Like the Allerton Hotel’s Tip Top Tap (later the Cloud Room and currently the Renaissance Ballroom), the Siam has a restaurant on top floor: The Flying Carpet. We were ushered in for the celebration of Annie’s rescue on Oct. 12, 2014. The band played “Annie,” from Townshend/Lane’s Rough Mix album. Perenelle Flammel has quite the sumptuous suite, with high ceilings and a wall of windows. Down in the lobby, Warbucks and Diet have ‘em and smoke ‘em. The bellboy keeps a passive face, yet is anxious to learn which high-roller is the bigger tipper. We know the identity of three of the five bidders. Logical speculation suggests Hotshot Charlie may have piloted the Dragon Lady to Tracyville. Darling O’Shea, a minor character in the Spirit, is “the richest and most spoiled child in the world.” Does Darling get what darling wants? The Ace of Spades has the dough ray me, yet, like Bribery, may not wish to make a public spectacle of himself. I’m intrigued. More of the good stuff from Team Tracy.

    Thanks to Vista Bill, Bob Oscar, Neil Wick (thanks for the song info), 22ph, Night-Gaunt49, Doc1947G, JPuzzleWhiz and Chris Sherlock for the kind words. Very much appreciated!

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    Don Bagert Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    So today’s strip supports my theory that the Spirit is being played as a decade or two younger (and a little more light-hearted and less mature) than Tracy. Although the Spirit has been around since 1940, his career has basically been those 12 years in the newspaper comics, while Tracy has been around continuously for over 85 years. If Tracy and Spirit had somehow crossed over in the last few years of the latter’s comic (1949-52), a Sammy of the same age as now would have been meeting a teenage Junior instead of his almost-teen daughter. Spirit has been frozen in time since then, while Tracy and his supporting cast have gradually aged.

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    theshadowuu  almost 8 years ago

    Comic history entertwined with new comics. This is my nirvana.

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    georgestrum5  almost 8 years ago

    Bonnie has now been placed at the age she last was in 1978 about 16. In a few years she’ll be pushed back again to 5. It’s happened twice already.

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    Maxine_Viller  almost 8 years ago

    So this is confirmed to be Bonnie Braids? Makes sense, since she’s being called “Miss Tracy” here.However, I find myself wondering — whatever happened to Binnie Viller? Dick Tracy promised the dying Stooge Viller that he would take care of his daughter, Binnie. After that storyline ended, we never heard about Binnie ever again…

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    Sisyphos  almost 8 years ago

    Goodness gracious! Great balls of fire! And also, Holy Moley!

    Miss Bonnie Braids Tracy, seeking her daddy, finding a singing blue rake!

    Oh, lawdie, Ms. Steffihawk!

    I see trouble ahead….

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 8 years ago

    Steffihawk isn’t too bad looking, either! Colt might be in Hog Heaven!

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  almost 8 years ago

    Vista Bill Raley and Comet said many hours ago ,

    OK. VB and Neil Wick are present. Where are the other members of the BMBG team? Namely Gweedo and JPuzzleWhiz.

     

    Hi, Bill !Since Saturday afternoon I have been at the home of poster Whisplicka and husband Ted up here in Michigan. We were up past midnight talking up a storm. Went on some store runs and a little tour of the area today. Gray and in the low 40s. Not bad for this area. Caught fog in Iowa and western Illinois and some hard rain that didn’t last for long. Many periods of drizzle and mist. Catching up comics for the Monday edition.

     

    Why does Bonnie strike me as some kinda bubble head ?  Was she always that way ?

    The Nexus vid with Spaceghost was pretty neat. Guess he decided to shuck that show host gig for some real action !

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