Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 15, 2019

Good morning™, guilty felons!

I think that constitutes a confession and he’s not going to go quietly!

Good morning™, Dinner servers !

Joe is just beyond camera and pops Bar-Tar. The chase is on !!!  Let’s fill those 13 more days to the Minit Mystery.

The question is can he get past both of them without getting shot? That may be easier or harder depending on how he uses the conditions.

Good fight!

It appears Tar can think fast and has impressive reflexes.

Traymendous fight..

food for thought

Poor Bonnie. She didn’t even get to her dessert. :-)

Where can Barnabus go? Crowded restaurant, Tracy right there, unless he takes a hostage. Does he have a weapon? Stay tuned fellow Tracy fans!

Pretty obvious who (whom?) the guilty one is!

Way to impress your date, Tar! Sheesh, this is why we can’t have nice things

For Tracy’s sake, I hope that yellow stuff is vichyssoise. Better cold soup than something scalding hot.

And the chase is on!!!

Cue the surf music…

What a waste of good food!

Where does this sadistic moron think he can go even if he does get away?

I thought there’d be a lot more menacing of Tracy’s daughter before this.

No need to pay for dinner, Tar. This dinner is on Tracy.

not exactly SWEATBOX… but you get the idea ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExSlyoVTX3I

So THAT’S why Tracy wears a trench coat all the time

1-DT: I got called here off an important run to the Convenience. Something about a fashion felony (editor’s note: see late posting to yesterday’s comic if details are wanted). BARN: Thank god you’re here officer! Someone was wearing a replica of my one-of-a-kind sweater. I only pray you’re not too late to put six holes in that abomination. And the person wearing it if we’re lucky. DT: You telling me you took me off an important run because of that rag you’re wearing?2-BARN: WHY I NEVER! TAKE THAT YOU PHILISTINE!

Looks Like the old dine and dash trick. What’s in Tar’s wallet?

For those who complained about the “slow pace” of the story…

Regarding Joe… I agree that he is “off camera” and is armed…

Here’s an interesting twist… Bonnie may be carrying a revolver similar to Tess’ n her purse and draws it, shocking and frightening Barnabas…

Good Afternoon, Dinner Divers! Oh boy, it’s a party now!

Here, try the soup Tracy! It’s ‘to die for’.

Don’t forget to tip your server!

Wow, I’ve been doing it all wrong! I usually use a credit card to pay for my dinner.

It’s always dangerous to arrest a “cereal killer” at meal time.

bet he doesn’t leave a tip either

Bar Tar may be quick in his reflexes, but he is not so quick-witted. He has in effect just confessed to being a serial killer, The Professor (a.k.a. Teacher’s Pet). He would have been smarter to accept Tracy’s invitation Downtown and, once there, deny everything: there is still little or no physical evidence (that we are aware of, at least); just a denunciation from a brother who is himself a bit dodgy, to say the least.

What will Bar Tar do now? My guess is that he will seize the moment of confusion to grab Bonnie and try to use her as a hostage to make good his escape. He will fail to escape for long.

Looks like dinner’s on Tracy! What, nobody said that?