Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 31, 2011

Who is tickling Tracy’s ear?

This must be the dullest lovers’s quarrel in history. Even Thick can’t stand the dialog, which is why his left hand has floated away from his arm to stick a finger in his ear.

That can’t be Tracy’s hand… he has six fingers.

It’s the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate!

An ego, and chains…. and a groovy gimp mask.

Too bad Tracy’s not pointing at Locher/Brozman’s signatures in panel 3. His statement would be quite prophetic.

Just a word of warning.

Don’t wait up for Tuesday’s strip.

It ain’t worth it.

Thick, digging in his ear and most likely putting his finger in his mouth after, is more exciting than Tuesday’s strip.

On Thursday, expect some riveting excitment.

By the way, what did Mordred mean when he said: “Don’t Toy with me Tracy”

Did Mordred mean “His affectons”???

It’s pretty gross to pick wax out of your ear while talking. Will Spacy be picking his nose tomorrow?

If you’ll kill Spacy, Mordred, I’ll write a history book just to put you in it.

I want one of those Kenner Glow in the Dark Masks with the electronic operating eyes and mouth expressions.

Granary, hell, if it weren’t for the storm we would have long since recognized the old building as the Adams mansion. That’s Thing on Thick’s shoulder and Uncle Fester in the chains and coat.

If Thick is fishing for a confession, he forgot that Mordred has already been convicted and in Thick’s custody to deliver him to his sentencing trial. So, aside from not performing his duty, Thick is a little late (as usual).

They are really lucky, though! Power off all over; satellite’s even out; emergency genset at the Police Hooters knocked out; and they find an abandoned granary that has the max number of lumens that the law allows. Wonder who pays the electric bill?

“A has-been in two months”?

That’s when Locher finally gives up on his effort to destroy this strip, right?

I make it forty-two days from now; less than two months. Maybe that’s when Locher will give up his editorial cartoonery. Herblock or Mauldin he ain’t.

When I first started reading this strip, I was prepared to give it a fair trial. Now I’ve decided everybody’s guilty and we should be put out of their misery. I think they should go out with a song. How about “That’s Entertainment”? (Not)

I hereby dedicate this parody to the man who added “scumbag” to the Dick Tracy canon. First you’ll have to hear the original song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8aCnmBVtQ4

(the Courtland & Jeffries version is classic, too)

Dickie Locher penned today In his sad and messy way With his tedious strips and their pathetic quips that have all outworn their stay.

As he spilled more ink he said “Do these symbols look like words?” But it stuck in his craw That we felt no awe as he quit with these rambling words:

“Goodbyeee, goodbyee, “lick that smear from my rear, baby dear. “Though you hate my artwork so, “I’m just tickled to death to go.

“Goodbyeee, goodbyeee, “I’m mocking you on the sly. “With my foolish grin and my ideas thin, “F— you, Tracy too, goodbyee!”

Bill, you win the comments today. LMAO!

BillThompson - Well, it’s safe to say I didn’t see that coming. Well done!

I know Liz and Sam wanted to give Dick a hand, but…

Is BB here today? I need his help in discerning the strip and to put my mind to rest. It’s gotten into the field of abstract psychology (and maybe phrenetics), which is way beyond my pay grade.

Been checking this strip on and off for months and (not hard to believe) this story is never ending. There will be peace in the Middle East before this story is over…..this strip has gone down so far it’s absolutely incredible. What a shame. Locher has destroyed Dick Tracy.

please don’t toy with me my darling, after all we’ve been through together!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MbkDU8PNSM&feature=related

Other than being completely disconnected from Thick’s body, the hand in the third panel is pretty much competently drawn.

Maybe Locher’s planning to do a guest shot on “Skin Horse” after he wraps up his Tracy days…

Thanks for bringing up L’il Abner, Night-Gaunt49. Treatment S would explain Locher’s work, too, although these days they’d use reality shows to do the damage. Who will be voted off Granary Island? Will Testicle Chin’s avoidance strategy help him beat out Horn Hair on The Apprentice? Are the decoy cars running in the Greatest Race?

Thanks for the kind words, JC Fremont and M. Mitchell Marmel. Just forty-two days until Curtis and Stanton give us something to really sing about!

BTW, since the first comic told us of this plan on December 1, it’s been raining steadily for 62 days now in real time. In Tracy time, we’ve moved about 3 hours. Wish I could do that for weekends.

Hey , I found the decoys of Mordead .

http://www.dumbduck.com/brothers-in-arms/