Moving heavy equipment is serious business. Don’t rely on mirrors, always have someone go back and LOOK. Use a ground guide. Chief Lehr’s death was tragic, but also avoidable.
So today’s strip is a plea for us to go find out why so many people get eye cancer in a small town, and the “Hero” is a chief who was run over by his own truck?
An unusual departure from the storyline in order to draw attention to Real Life, and specifically to health concerns of our writer, Mike Curtis, who lost an eye to cancer and now has to cope with an aneurysm that is going to require some very costly medical care. His GoFundMe site has as of this writing raised $780 towards a goal of $10000….
Pequod over 5 years ago
Please, if you can
Do help the man
Good in both heart and mind.
Nobel to give
Wise way to live
Traverse the path most kind.
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/aneurysm-and-me
avenger09 over 5 years ago
There’s always will be time
To skip the storyline
To make us all aware
Of the ills that cause us fear
Sugar queen can wait
Use a candy cane as bait
And help locate a cure
For the wealthy and the poor
We remember all the sick
All the Harry’s, Mike’s and Dick’s
In our prayers and in our thoughts
Acts of kindness can’t be bought
Wishing Mike you’ll get well soon
Continue telling of lunar moons!
Cheapskate0 over 5 years ago
Ah, shucks! I thought it was a new story line!
And I was looking forward for Tracy going to my daughter’s home town of Atlanta!
blunebottle over 5 years ago
What’s the situation with the mine in Auburn? Are there possibly some magnesium compounds getting into the environment that cause irritation?
Just s thought.
Gent over 5 years ago
Speaking of eye mysteries, one of the greatest eye mystery is that whether anyone has seen Dick Tracy with his eyes opened! ;0)
jackovich over 5 years ago
The fifty cases referred to occured in the Auburn, Alabama region; not Auburn, Georgia as Tracy states in today’s comic.
Julius Marold Premium Member over 5 years ago
Somebody “playing” with a laser perhaps? I’ve seen it before. Just a guess…
geezerider over 5 years ago
According to the the website this should have read Auburn, Alabama.
Durak Premium Member over 5 years ago
Moving heavy equipment is serious business. Don’t rely on mirrors, always have someone go back and LOOK. Use a ground guide. Chief Lehr’s death was tragic, but also avoidable.
kantuck-nadie over 5 years ago
Consider a donation forthcoming, @Pequod and all.
trimguy over 5 years ago
What industries are in the vicinity of Auburn, Georgia? IMO, it’s not a coincidence so many cases have occurred in that region.
tcayer over 5 years ago
Wait…what?
tcayer over 5 years ago
So today’s strip is a plea for us to go find out why so many people get eye cancer in a small town, and the “Hero” is a chief who was run over by his own truck?
HarryCK over 5 years ago
The site:
www.eyepatchchallenge.org
b2plusa2 over 5 years ago
A useful strip. Unintended is that it reminds us that most real units like Tracy’s are working several cases at once, multitasking.
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
An unusual departure from the storyline in order to draw attention to Real Life, and specifically to health concerns of our writer, Mike Curtis, who lost an eye to cancer and now has to cope with an aneurysm that is going to require some very costly medical care. His GoFundMe site has as of this writing raised $780 towards a goal of $10000….
clayface9 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Is Tracy giving us the hairy eyeball?