Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 27, 2011

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    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    This strip is moving so slowly, I’m not even going to bother with a new snarky remark. Please refer to yesterday’s snark or the one before that.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    So Locher has found a new way to further slow this arc: now he’ll show us how he writes this crap. “It was a dark and stormy night … it was raining hard because of the storm … and there was no light in the darkness of the night … ” as Locher begins his Dick-Tracy/”Mote In God’s Eye” crossover novel …

    In panel #1, Thick’s left hand remains painfully distorted. In panel #2, the wind is blowing so hard that the granary has lost its tilt and the tree next to it has vanished.

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    Tracy wrote his thriller novel; I fell asleep after the first paragraph.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    margueritem said, “Tracy wrote his thriller novel; I fell asleep after the first paragraph.”

    There was more?

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    From the appearance of dapper Dick Tracy, one would never know that he was recently exposed to one of the worst storms in history. He puts new meaning in permanent press! Impressive, eh?

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    mrbribery  almost 14 years ago

    Why, Mr Smart Detective?

    To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe, To bear with unbearable sorrow, To run where the brave dare not go.

    This is my quest!

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    Rightwingmoron said, “Has anybody noticed that Tracy has six fingers on that hand? I have to give credit to Locher, he gives us more then many other artists would.”

    Good catch, Rightwingmoron. Let’s hope the “new guys” can maintain this type of quality we have come to expect in DT!

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    BillThompson said, “panel #2, the wind is blowing so hard that the granary has lost its tilt and the tree next to it has vanished.”

    Looks as though it’s sbout to be washed away, although one would never know from it’s appearance inside… a well built structure.

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    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    Dear God Rightwingmoron, you’re right! He has SIX FINGERS!

    In my DT parody I gave people more than five fingers per hand:

    http://kraptastrophe.blogspot.com/2009/09/dick-tracy-parody.html

    But I never actually expected Locher to do that in the real strip. Amazing.

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    riley05  almost 14 years ago

    Rightwingmoron said, “Has anybody noticed that Tracy has six fingers on that hand? I have to give credit to Locher, he gives us more then many other artists would.”

    Seriously, that’s far beyond the blatant errors that Locher has perpetrated on us.

    This is something that needs to go viral.

    Really…Dick Tracy now has six fingers on one hand, and Locher didn’t catch it?

    Alzheimer’s is a terrible affliction, and it’s been apparent in Locher’s out-of-touch political cartoons for years, but with the Dick Tracy comics, it’s an indication that he should have passed the reins years ago. Is there no one in his family who should have noticed this embarrassment?

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Which means that this ISN’T Tracy, it’s actually that arch villain, Sixfingers! That foul fiend!

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    mjmsprt40  almost 14 years ago

    OK, the race is on between the Lame Sloth and Dick Locher. Who can write the slowest ever storyline? It’s going to be close, folks.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Before diagnosing Locher through his imagery, is it certain that he drew this stuff?

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    JCFremont  almost 14 years ago

    My name is Mordred. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

    Or, you know, whatever.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX_z5eUCeCs

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    veldy  almost 14 years ago

    Well technically-it looks like 5 fingers and a thumb

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    “What turned me to crime? It started decades ago, when I heard what a virtuous cop you were. But you slowly turned into a badge-wearing vigilante with a naked contempt for the courts and law and justice, and a bully who runs from real danger, and a hypocrite who looks for an excuse to arrest anyone he dislikes. Not to mention that you’re so dumb you try to keep evidence, yet the police department always covers for you. And you’re a rotten driver. So I thought to myself, why not?”

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    Sardonis  almost 14 years ago

    Wow, Flight Suit–terribly drawn! lol Great job–that was awesome!

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 14 years ago

    Tomorrow Thick puts on his six-fingered examination glove and tells Mordred, ” Turn your head and cough, you silly boy! Tee-hee!”

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    CougarAllen  almost 14 years ago

    I had one of those six-finger toys when I was a kid. It was pretty cool. :>

    We’ve never been told Dr. Mordred’s first name. Wanna bet there turns out to be a pretty girl inside all that leather?

    -Cougar :{)

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    billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    “yes i want to write about all my thrilling, spine-tingling adventures, i want to be a …

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

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    glennbelay  almost 14 years ago

    He’s certainly not succeeding at writing the thriller comic strip.

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    woodworker318  almost 14 years ago

    Notice that Tracy has tied his tie again. You have to look well dressed when you are transporting a prisoner. I would still like to know where the light is coming from so that they can see. By all reason it should be pitch black. There I go again, expecting there to be reason in this strip.

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 14 years ago

    Scuttlebutt99, you are the second person who has used Locher and the word “genius” in the same sentence. That’s a bad club to be in!

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    OldTracy  almost 14 years ago

    CougarAllen,

    I think Mordread’s first name is Les.

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    steveyorkdesigns  almost 14 years ago

    Going to “the chair” is probably starting to look real good to Mordred right about now…

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    thejensens  almost 14 years ago

    Yes Tracy is going to write a book.

    But he has to find his crayons first.

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    CougarAllen  almost 14 years ago

    Mordred’s first name might be Les, and his middle name might be Hope….

    -Cougar :{)

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    Clevite Kid Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    How many MORE times are we gonna have to look at panel 2? Isn’t it worn out by now?

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    Davison77  almost 14 years ago

    Is there ever going to be a point to this story?

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    Jerry1967  almost 14 years ago

    “Wanna bet there turns out to be a pretty girl inside all that leather?”

    pretty sure Mordred has been referred to as a “he” more than once. plus he’s rotund, and those hands are pretty mannish.

    then again, with this strip who knows?? pretty girls can be rotund and have mannish hands, can’t they??

    EDIT: I checked, and Mordred was repeatedly called “he” and “him” when first introduced in November. in case anyone cares.

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    OldTracy  almost 14 years ago

    It’s Dr. Lester Orr Mordred.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Impending dialog (imagine each sentence occupying two panels. Imagine each third sentence cut in half to stretch into the next day):

    Mordred: “I kill because I’m blind, gumshoe.”

    Thick: “The hell you say, you rotter. How does a blind man kill?”

    Mordred: “I had a pit bull for a seeing eye dog.”

    Thick: “If you’re blind, why does your mask have clear lenses?”

    Mordred: “It’s a clever disguise.”

    Thick: “You can’t be blind.”

    Mordred: “There are no lights here. A blind man is perfect to kill you in the dark.”

    Thick: “I have you there, you obnoxious ranter. You see, I’m blind, too.”

    Mordred: “That’s impossible, flathead!”

    Thick: “Then how do you explain how I always miss clues that are in plain sight? Why else wouldn’t I make use of my wrist TV?”

    Mordred: “Because you’re an idiot?”

    Thick: “Mordred, the way I haven’t commented on the dark in this granary should prove I’m blind.”

    Mordred: “So you’re used to living in the dark? OH CRAP.”

    Mordred dies, ironically talked to death.

    Horn Hair and Testicle Chin appear.

    Testicle Chin: “Good work, Thick.”

    Thick: “It was a real eye-opener for him.”

    Horn Hair: “Speaking of which, Thick, Cholesterol Smith called. He can cure your blindness.”

    Thick: “He has a new invention?”

    Horn Hair: “No, @$$h0l3, he said to tell you to open your eyes.”

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    Groundzero  almost 14 years ago

    Well Tracy.it’s a long story…I was born at a very early age. Poor,wrong side of the tracks, all the wrong friends. Wasn’t allowed to buy a slinky or Ho Ho’s….

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    marvee  almost 14 years ago

    woodworker, if there was no light, Locher/Brozman wouldn’t have to draw anyhthing. But the Tribune might not want to use all that black ink. Didn’t they start out in the morning? It may not be 5:00 yet or Liz and whatzisname wouldn’t still be at headquarter talking about the storm and their all-weather gear and ultimate efforts, etc.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    marvee, this arc began late in the day, right after Thick got back from his night or so on the streets as One of the Homeless Kind. Which means he didn’t have any sleep on the previous night. And if you are not blessed with the sort of memory that lets you forget irrelevant trivia, then you remember that Nappingville endured a fierce rainstorm before Thick entered the Alley of the Homeless Firebarrel Worshippers. Right now Thick should be daydreaming of the way he warmed himself over that barrel, just last night.

    The Locher Mess Monster may have had a reason to rush events between the two arcs. If he had given Thick a day to go home, bathe, shave and sleep, then the undercover Federal agents in the alley would have had time to report what an utter fool he was, and the FBI would have nixed using him in the transfer scheme.

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    mjmsprt40  almost 14 years ago

    Bill, my guess here is that the Locherland FBI suffers from the same affliction that hit the Napperville police. If that’s the case, then DT would seem the ideal choice to make the prisoner transfer. Locherland seems to be a twisted version of Alice’s Looking Glass. Nothing seen here bears any resemblance to the way things work in the real world, but might work in the rabbit hole.

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    trekkermint  almost 14 years ago

    i will miss the insane, ever changing architecture the police station, museum, houses - never the same from panel to panel

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