Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 16, 2011

  1. Bren suit
    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    Yeah, don’t send text messages when attempting a power approach.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    What in the world is Mordred’s mask made of? The eyes and mouth are functional.

    After all of Tracy’s bad decisions, one would think that Sam would know him well enough to realize that Tracy often makes wrong moves. For example, the recent power approach.

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    Midnite  almost 14 years ago

    Panel 1: Texting and driving is illegal in most places now Locher, get with it. Panel 2: Whered that light come from? Panel 3: Again, whered that light around Tracys face come from? Panel 4: Is Tracy aware that a hand is bulging out of his chin and opening that door? Panel 5: Why in the World does Mordred keep changing colors? Is he orange? Blue? Purple? What? Inquiring minds want to know! Panel 6: Your threats are lame Mordred. Panel 7: After you just threatened him Mordred? What do you think he is, an idiot? Dont answer that. Panel 8: Tracy is armed with what, his razor sharp wit?

    Ah well, at least this Sunday something actually happened.

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    OldTracy  almost 14 years ago

    Who hit Liz in the back of the head?

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    I believe that all involved are being overcome with senility…

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    No, Horn Hair, it’s “Somewhere, out there … ” Not that you’re the next Linda Ronstadt.

    As for the rest of this concentrated stupidity, it’s about Time Locher remembered to tell everyone it’s a “Lonely rural area.” Thanks, dorkmeister, nobody would have suspected that, what with mere clues such as the lack of buildings and the open spaces.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    The week ahead… six days of conversation between Mordred and Tracy inside the granary…

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    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    How did we ever get to a lonely rural area? The power approach occurred at an intersection in a big city.

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    VistaBill said, 4 minutes ago

    The week ahead… six days of conversation between Mordred and Tracy inside the granery…

    Bill are you sure they’ll actually get inside and stay there, or will they wander back out and discuss how bad the weather is again?

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    Tracy will probably strike a match and set the granary afire! (He has waterproof matches). Then the fire dept. will arrive (in the storm) and save the day…

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    Steve Bartholomew  almost 14 years ago

    If Mordred is really bound up, I strongly recommend Uncle Sam cereal. Or, since he’s a cereal killer maybe Ex Lax is better.

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    wndrwrthg  almost 14 years ago

    Remove the chains and set him free All the while he’ll go, ha, ha, hee A killer that has made threats on your life With danger, the situation is rife Your wet and tired and the night is long Surely there’s nothing that can go wrong So relax, free him, let down your guard Police procedures you should disregard Tracy’s a sap, a simpleton for sure And this story is a load of manure Each day it just goes from bad to worse A situation that is indeed, most perverse Oh, how we lament what has happened to this dick It’s such a travesty, it almost makes you sick.

    From yesterday, Thank you Nvash and Gweedo Murray. Great installment BB6.

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    neonleon59  almost 14 years ago

    What door has a knob positioned in the middle of its window panes?

    (Great work as always, WW!)

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    neonleon59 said, “What door has a knob positioned in the middle of its window panes?”

    Works well for those of us that have a forearm growing out of the side of the head.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    When will Thick’s fedora, coat and gloves re-appear?

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    OzzieJohn  almost 14 years ago

    “Creaky old door is not locked..”

    That’s so lame, would he REALLY say “creaky old door”, that’s as believable as Mordred’s expression-changing mask.

    Night-Gaunt49 said “Artistic license allows the illustrator to give a mask some expressions” I think the license expired years ago.

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    riley05  almost 14 years ago

    Yesterday it was Mordred who noticed the door was unlocked.

    Today it’s Tracy.

    A contradiction in the Dick Tracy comic…finally!

    And I found it.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Wonder Warthog, thank you for expressing everyone’s frustrations in verse.

    Is there any chance that Bassman Bob’s story will get illustrated? Or have I missed something? It would make an ideal comic strip.

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    davidf42  almost 14 years ago

    Today’s ANNIE strip - http://www.gocomics.com/annie/2002/01/16/

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    How does Thick know the door is creaky before he opens it? And does anyone in the real world grip a doorknob like that?

    Panel #5, where Mordred makes the comment about the funeral, is abnormally good. Thick has an appropriate look of his exasperation on his face. He might almost be a typical reader of this strip.

    Remarkably, Thick has enough sense to get out of the rain. Who’d have thought?

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    mjmsprt40  almost 14 years ago

    Flightsuit, I have to ask. You mentioned, twice, and Tcay mentioned at least that often, that the intersection was in a major city. How did you come to that conclusion? Maybe the officer re-directing traffic? Certainly I saw no major buildings around the flooded intersection. Not that it matters in one sense, city or country Tracy’s power approach has to rate right up there as one of the most blockheaded ideas ever. Just that in the city, people would have seen and help— if not the lame-o police then at least help of some sort– would have been there at once. In open country if something like that happens, you could be on your own.

    Real-life example— Out in La Salle County, there was an accident last month. The husband died in the wreck, the wife’s body was found about a mile away. It happened in rural area, no help readily available. Had the same accident happened in the city, she might have survived.

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    davidf42  almost 14 years ago

    WW - Interesting question. I tried illustrating his first Annie story and posting the strips on PhotoBucket, but the PhotoBucket Administration kicked me off for violation of Terms of Service. I suppose it had to do with copyrights.

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    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    Michael, my comments about whether they’re in the city are based mainly on the fact that Locher showed us Dick driving away from the police station, and then almost immediately he came to the intersection with the cop first telling him there were a bunch of cars with flat tires and then, suddenly, it had changed to a flooded intersection.

    If a bunch of time had elapsed, and miles had been covered, between Dick leaving the police station and reaching the intersection, Locher certainly gave us no indication of this.

    davidf42, that is very weird about PhotoBucket. I’ve certainly posted numerous copyrighted images on my PhotoBucket account, and I’ve never had a problem.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Flight Suit, copyright enforcement varies with the holder. Some copyright holders are zealous about busting any infringement. Others are more relaxed–or can’t afford lawyers, I suppose. (Some even see it as beneficial; Janis Ian’s attitude toward posting her music is that it generates free publicity and increases her album sales.). There was a time, though, when George Lucas would sue people for any use of the word “droid” that didn’t involve Star Wars.

    Some usages are protected, such as satire, and reviews can make use of small amounts of copyrighted material. Basically, if the owner can make money off a property, they want to protect the copyright; ignoring it can set a precedent that cuts into their business.

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Hey, ya gotta love a face mask that looks like a Studebaker, right? Right?

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    JCFremont  almost 14 years ago

    That’s no mask, MMM. He’s Studebacher Hoch, and they’re somewhere on the edge of Billy the Mountain. Someone pass the Aunt Jemima syrup.

    Say, you guys were right. The are getting out of those wet clothes…

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    Dr. Midnight  almost 14 years ago

    Can’t wait to see what dumb turn of events Locher uses to get those chains off Mordred.

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    Dr. Midnight  almost 14 years ago

    @Michael McMillan: The reason many of us think the intersection was originally in the city is: If you go back to the December 23 strip when Tracy first started talking about taking a power approach he said he was at a street corner. Most of us would not refer to a country road intersection as a “street corner”. I don’t think you can really defend Locher on this one given that dialog and the other points that FlightSuit brought up.

    Also don’t know why you’d want to.

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    woodworker318  almost 14 years ago

    WW Another good one. About the only thing that brings us back. It certainly isn’t the story with all the action in it. When did Tracy unbutton his shirt collar?

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 14 years ago

    A day or so ago, when they first spotted the granary, Thick’s shirt collar was starched and ironed better’n only a Chinese laundry could do. His tie was as neat as a pin. Today, it looks like Thick is in a real hurry to get in the house and undress for the doctor. He’s not going to even wait to spin the bottle.

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    prrdh  almost 14 years ago

    VistaBill said, about 8 hours ago

    “The week ahead… six days of conversation between Mordred and Tracy inside the granary…”

    I have the unhappy feeling that should be “The days ahead… six weeks of conversation between Mordred and Tracy inside the granary…”

    Even with Mordred’s being bound up and Tracy’s being armed, there is cause for worry because Tracy is a blithering idiot…as he will demonstrate soon by taking off the chains that mysteriously reattached themselves to the Doc after their removal in the submerged car.

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    JCFremont  almost 14 years ago

    BillThompson - “copyright enforcement varies with the holder.” Sounds like next week’s Crimestoppers Textbook lesson.

    HA HA HA HO HO HA!

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    LudwigVonDrake  almost 14 years ago

    Whose arm is opening that door?

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    doc1947g  almost 14 years ago

    I think Mordred is Dick’s EVIL TWIN!!!

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    doc1947g, I think Mordred is Thick’s good twin.

    tcayer, Locher has been so inept here that there’s no certainty over what is going on–especially after that panel-shuffle schtick. One possibility is that the second stop-sign cop was at the edge of town and watching one of the roads that led into the boondocks.

    Another possibility is that the Dipsy Duo is actually still inside Rivertown, and they’ve stumbled across a pioneer village sort of amusement park-stroke-museum–one of those places where people re-enact life in bygone times.

    Or maybe Locher and Brozman shouldn’t smoke anything stronger than corn silk.

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    idarke  almost 14 years ago

    You know, I don’t think I could recognize a “Granary” on a bright sunny day, yet these guys not only recognize it in a driving rain, but observe that it’s abandoned. What are they both - farm boys?

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    WW, a highlight to our Sunday!

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    billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    nice one ww!

    maybe now we’ll get to see spacy running, hiding and cowering is this haunted house of a granary (grainery?) chased by froggy unchained. but first:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMlRpN8ANrU

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    Froxkrybra  almost 14 years ago

    Why is Mordred wearing the seat belt from the car in 2nd 2 the last panel? Quite interesting…

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    OldTracy  almost 14 years ago

    Maybe Dick Locher is texting the dialogue as he drives and that could account for it.

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    Akenta  almost 14 years ago

    I think this is all a dream from the sedated Mordred who wants this to end as much as we do.

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    Midnite  almost 14 years ago

    That was a great one wndrwrthg and youre welcome!

    Speaking of sedated, how is this man even moving? Shouldnt he be sitting somewhere mumbling? Hes walking, talking, threatening lives, is he sedated at all or did someone just say that? I think theyre just trying to tell Tracy that because they knew he wouldnt notice something was amiss. Clearly tts a giant conspiracy to kill him off and everyone is in on it! Mordred is going to get into the granary, break out of his chains like some sort of oven head Superman and murder Tracy!

    Run Tracy run!

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    NVash, not everyone has the same reaction to any given medication. Mordred might have a high tolerance for whatever drug he received; it might not have a sedative effect on him at all. It might even have had unwanted side-effects that made him mentally unstable or put his health at risk. (This is one of the many stupidities in this arc. Under some circumstances it is permissible to transport a sedated prisoner, but competent medical care is supposed to be present at all times. A competent doctor, nurse or other attendant would realize that Mordred wasn’t sedated properly.)

    Worst-case scenario for Thick: The chains have cheap locks and the drug has given Mordred hysterical strength. He manages to burst out of the chains without injuring himself, then grabs Thick and has him for lunch.

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    mjmsprt40  almost 14 years ago

    Hmmm—- I wonder. The country vs city issue about where the intersection is— the granary that might be in the country or could be in the city— Tracy and Mordred wandering around in the storm—–

    I suddenly know where we are, and it’s terrifying.

    We’re in the “Locher Zone” (insert old “Twilight Zone” theme music here.)

    Nothing in the Locher Zone makes sense as we understand it in the normal world. We’re prisoners in the fantasy of a twisted mind. It’s too late for us, but for those of you who stumble upon this for the first time, run for your lives. Save yourselves and never— whatever you do— look back.

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    thejensens  almost 14 years ago

    Rightwingmoron - re: the texting with no hands.

    I remember reading where the police in one city focused on stopping dangerous drivers. one week. One person they stopped on the expressway, was a woman, who had her vehicle on cruise control, steering the car with her knees while putting on her make-up

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    Now Tracy’s vehicle sunk in the city and they have found their way to a Lonely Rural area.

    I am convinced now, during their walk in the rain, they have crossed over to “The Twilight Zone”

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    therese_callahan2002  almost 14 years ago

    Texting and driving can cause death, not just serious injury.

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    mjmsprt40  almost 14 years ago

    Texting and driving can be a problem that starts early, apparently.

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    tsouthworth  almost 14 years ago

    Don’t let his taunting get to ya, Thick!

    Well…wait…It would make a more interesting storyline but that could be said about anything changing in this blackstrap molasses of a comic.

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    thejensens  almost 14 years ago

    Is this a record for the number of comments in one day???

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Well, it’s a Sunday, so there are more lunacies to comment on than usual. Like Thick telling Mordred to head for the granary. Thick must have forgot that he’s holding Morbid’s leash.

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