Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 07, 2010

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Words fail me.

On so many levels, and for so many reasons.

She’s in what up to her neck? Tiny deformed hands? Is Thick’s DNA contagious?

And why is Thick so acutely aware of her financial situation? Is the bad and frankly sadistic joke a sign that Locher has decided to end this arc? Of course given her role in the Butterfly McCorpse business, and in whatever scheme hubby had planned, she might find herself rooming in prison.

And did the Ministry of Truth decide that yesterday’s strip never happened? Tomorrow, will it have not unhappened?

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For vintage radio and TV shows, as well as movies:

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22dick%20tracy%22

For some of the original Chet Gould comics:

http://www.ilovecomixarchive.com/D/Dick-Tracy

For a good time call

http://joshreads.com/images/10/09/Random%20Dick/comic-scrambler.html

I’m afraid that Dick Tracy is on a plane far above my limited brainpower…ah, but to be wise enough to understand what is happening…

“You ended my long nightmare”

NO. This story is still going on and repeating.

‘Tis but a dream, a cabbage and rutabaga nightmare, with horseradish sauce, but a dream none the less…

I always watch out for elderly neighbors, try to rob them every chance I get.

I won’t even critique the idiocy of the “Grab him! Quick!” panel.

BillThompson said, “For some of the original Chet Gould comics: http://www.ilovecomixarchive.com/D/Dick-Tracy ”

Thanks!

Thick has hit a new low in self-destructive stupidity. He should have handcuffed Penny for assaulting her husband. Instead, being thick, he makes a cruel joke at the expense of a distraught and violent woman. He had better hope she isn’t packing a second gun.

What have we done to deserve such a fate The quality of this strip is not even third rate I would say today is as low as it gets But I certainly wouldn’t want to entertain any bets Why on earth would you grab a man about the head When his arm is still free to maybe shoot you dead For her the nightmare is finally at an end But ours will still be going, on that you can depend Tracy is wrong if he thinks her home she will lose A good defense team, cut a deal, her crimes they will excuse And in the final panel there, a wonder to be seen Tracy appears to be morphing into the Wolverine.

Thank you, g6793.

By gosh he does look like the Wolverine, WW!

The crude joke is a typical sign that Locher is ending an arc, but we haven’t seen the usual foreshadowing panels mixed in with the old arc. Maybe he’s shifting to a new phase of this abomination, where we finally learn what crime has been committed, or something. Whatever happens, I’m sure it will remind us of Punjab’s crippled friend: it’ll be a lame-asp thing.

Crimestoppers Textbook If you forget to set your clock back for the end of Daylight Saving Time, Criminals will have AN EXTRA HOUR to rob your house!!!!

(Hey, it makes as much sense as most of them.)

Another good one, Wonder Warthog. It’s always a pleasure to see you take Locher’s product and give us a work of art.

I’m with Flight Suit. Words fail me here. New adjectives will have to be created to adequately describe Locher’s comic strip prowess since ‘incompetent’, ‘moronic’, ‘foolish’, ‘godawful’, ’ terrible’, and ‘nonsensical’ are just not up to the job.

Thanks to Bill Thompson for the links.

Btmosley, how about “Locherian?”

Or, perhaps, “Brozmanic?”

For the last few months I have been marveling at the high quality of the writing on Lee Falk’s THE PHANTOM.

The current story is a classic example of how to do things right.

I have a great fondness for DICK TRACY (and the late, lamented ORPHAN ANNIE).

The people behind this series must be doing their best but their best falls short of the mark.

The strip deserves better.

Meanwhile, if you are not already tuned in, check out THE PHANTOM.

RegHartt said, “For the last few months I have been marveling at the high quality of the writing on Lee Falk’s THE PHANTOM.”

I agree. The Phantom is one of my favorite strips… but I like Dick Tracy, too.

The Locher Mess Monster has painted itself into a corner, so what can it do but knock a hole in the wall and call it a door? Are we now to discover that Penny and Sue Doko are the true villains, and the Feds never noticed their behind-the-scenes manipulation of D’underhead? “Didn’t you foolish Washingtonians notice how the bank withdrawal was made after he vanished? Didn’t you bother to check on who received his cell-phone calls from the street? Don’t you realize the villain always has a mockable name? Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!”

You’re welcome, Vista Bill, btmosley and Gweedo.

Someone ate the gingerbread house?

HA HA HO HO HA!! This is the most ridiculous Dick Tracy I’ve ever read.

Hokey smoke, WW is right! That’s Wolverine alright, or my name isn’t Barnabas Collins. Wait. What?

Yes, homeless. Goodnight, everybody! Hope you enjoyed our little play. Tell your friends!

And yes, I enjoy The Phantom, but if Kit can’t recognize his own wife, he’s still a large idiot. In purple spandex and stripey undies, but an idiot none the less.

Oh the irony…geez.

Thanks to Bill Thompson for the links …

Penny had to change ear-rings .. what’s up with that??

Flatfoot?? lame

Yet another new definition for the word “homeless.” It seems “homeless” can mean literally anything now. It is the new universal adjective.

Notice that readers who only get the Sunday strips don’t know anything about Mrs. D’Buckworth brandishing that gun before 3D grabbed it, or about anything she said while brandishing. So as far as they know, Tracy pointing the fickle finger of fate at her now is an inexplicable plot discontinuity.

Of course, even those of us who’ve been following the dailies don’t find it much more understandable. Why not handcuff 3DS now, before he grabs another gun from one of the swarm of undercover federal accountants and miscellaneous bureaucrats who are standing around brandishing badges (when they’re not hiding in the sewer)? Why point the fickle finger of fate at a minor accomplice and ignore the real criminal?

-Cougar :{)

There we go again. That word “Homeless” Penny won’t be homeless. Her new home will be 6 by 8 foot cell courtesy of a state or federal prison.

CougarAllen, the Sunday-only readers are going to conclude the same thing about Thick that the rest of us have learned: he’s a schmuck and the strip is schlock.

This arc is going to drag out. Not because Locher wants to tie up loose ends or somehow make Thick look good, but because he wants to editorialize.

One other item to add to the list of annoyances in this strip: when was the last time it showed a character who wasn’t white? Other than Sue Doko, this “relevant” strip is paler than a family reunion at Castle Dracula.

Starting tomorrow, by Dick Locher…. “The Return of the Wolfman”. Get ready, Simon! The next story will be “pants-wetting- scary!” The full moon is coming into phase and the dreaded and feared Wolfman (nee Thick Macy) will be matched by his Super-Ego, Mattie The Red Sweater! Get ready for some real rip-roaring action!

Can’t wait.

Excellent suggestions, Flight Suit.

On the plus side, this comic strip now qualifies for Stimulus aid as a disaster area, and so we can maybe expect improvements in both scripting and art.

Hey btmosley - as far as Dick Locher qualifying for aid, remember how fast “FEMA” responded to the victims of “Katrina”.

With the word “Homeless” used so much in this story, I bet the final panel of this story will show Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, clicking her ruby slippers saying - “There is no place like home”

Or would it be: “There’s no hope for this strip” “There’s no hope for this strip”

btmosley, Locher would never take money from Washington. He’d have Brozman do it for him.

This nightmare is over, on to the next one!

it’s not done sob

Wolverine? Then maybe the rest of the X Men will show up, and…yeah, riiight.LOL. Gweedo hit the nail on the head though. WW can turn the bad into good verse. :)

So that was the story huh? FAScinating.

Rightwingmoron said, about 18 hours ago

I think its time to drop a stuka on this strip and end it. ————————————–

“Drop the Stuka” is the new “jump the shark!”

It can’t be over. Locher still has people to offend, government institutions to mock and amendments to violate.

“Drop the Stuka.” I second the motion!

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