Eeeewwwww! half-face has flowering moss on half his brain. Put your hand to the ear near the computer screen and you can hear it chanting: ‘Yum, yum. Eat ’em up. Eat ’em up.’
1-GRANDPA: No boys. You can tell me. I made the screws promise not to listen to or record this call before they connected us. They crossed their hearts and hoped to die. We’re good. Ok…nice…good thinking…THANKS.
2-GRANDPA: I just talked to Hickory and Dickory at Pen Pals State Prison…
SHADY: Oh? How are they?
GRANDPA: Don’t know, don’t care. Shaddup and listen. They told me where they hid the theater props.
SHADY: The ones they stole from Our Town which forced it to close early?
3-GRANDPA: Yeah. That’s why it closed early. Anyway, I got plans for those props. I might tell you about them tomorrow. Maybe not. We’ll see tomorrow.
SHADY: All’s I remember from the props is a chair and a ladder.
How can Splitface possibly be talking to two guys who are undeniably dead? Both Wormy and Measles were killed off by the current team. Seems like this story has already jumped the tracks and headed for yet another Sweatbox Express.
Here is story about Measles’ and Wormy’s planned robbery, from the Dick Tracy wiki:
Measles had been recently paroled in 1981 and became a a suspect in the case of the threatening letters that Dick Tracy had been receiving. Measles had befriended another Tracy foe in prison, “Wormy” Marrons. Measles was staying with his cousin Wally Enog, and met up with Wormy even though it violated the conditions of their parole. The pair planned an armored car heist, enlisting the help of Wormy’s seamstress friend Dewdrop, another paroled criminal who had crossed paths with Dick Tracy in the past.
The plan was for Dewdrop to provide Measles and Wormy with counterfeit guard uniforms, which the two men would wear and then subdue the real guards. They would then slip the third armored car guard some drugged coffee, and drive the car to Dewdrop’s derelict garage hideout.
Dewdrop expressed a romantic interest in Measles, even though she knew Wormy would be jealous if he found out. Following a late night planning session, Measles asked Wormy to drop him off at his cousin’s home, unaware that the house was being monitored by Johnny Adonis and Lee Ebony. As Measles emerged from the car, the two officers approached and identified themselves. Measles surrendered, but Wormy backed the car into Lee, knocking her off her feet. Lee drew her gun and fired through the rear window, striking Wormy in the shoulder and wounding him. Wormy and Measles were taken into custody, and Measles inadvertently confessed that they had been planning a robbery (December 25th, 1981). He was charged with violation of his parole and conspiracy, but it was soon discovered that he was not responsible for the threatening letters that Tracy had received.
Regarding Splitface’s head… The “exposed brain” could be a scar caused by the layers of skin below the visible scalp not being sewed up after his last escape and just left to heal on its own…
Also, the germs and bacteria, etc. from the sewer didn’t help things either…
Clybourne’s meager meal of four crackers may not leave him enough strength to carry out any “heavy lifting” in Splitty’s scheme. Splitty, of course, is so mad (i.e., insane; crazy; looney) that he doesn’t bother with such trivia as hunger….
All the props those two late ghastly ghosties (panel 2), Wormy and Measles, had assembled, and which (someone) reports are still “there,” were intended for carrying out a robbery, but I doubt that’s what Splitty has in mind (careful it doesn’t leak out, there!) ultimately. Maybe a faux robbery to lure the Fab Four into a trap….
I’ve been considering Gould’s gallery of grotesques, and I’ve come to the conclusion that regular applications of Plexiderm might have turned many of them into law-abiding members of society.
AnyFace over 4 years ago
Neil Wick over 4 years ago
Good morning™, propmasters!
I think he met Measles and Wormy in jail before they planned that robbery, or was it after?
Clybourne looks a little bored.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 4 years ago
Not as much as I just benefit from the strip I just left from that come before this one in my lineup! (Alley Oop)
Quabaculta over 4 years ago
Eeeewwwww! half-face has flowering moss on half his brain. Put your hand to the ear near the computer screen and you can hear it chanting: ‘Yum, yum. Eat ’em up. Eat ’em up.’
Another Take over 4 years ago
1-GRANDPA: No boys. You can tell me. I made the screws promise not to listen to or record this call before they connected us. They crossed their hearts and hoped to die. We’re good. Ok…nice…good thinking…THANKS.
2-GRANDPA: I just talked to Hickory and Dickory at Pen Pals State Prison…
SHADY: Oh? How are they?
GRANDPA: Don’t know, don’t care. Shaddup and listen. They told me where they hid the theater props.
SHADY: The ones they stole from Our Town which forced it to close early?
3-GRANDPA: Yeah. That’s why it closed early. Anyway, I got plans for those props. I might tell you about them tomorrow. Maybe not. We’ll see tomorrow.
SHADY: All’s I remember from the props is a chair and a ladder.
GRANDPA: SHADDUP…
LittleRedDress over 4 years ago
How can Splitface possibly be talking to two guys who are undeniably dead? Both Wormy and Measles were killed off by the current team. Seems like this story has already jumped the tracks and headed for yet another Sweatbox Express.
sixam over 4 years ago
Here is story about Measles’ and Wormy’s planned robbery, from the Dick Tracy wiki:
Measles had been recently paroled in 1981 and became a a suspect in the case of the threatening letters that Dick Tracy had been receiving. Measles had befriended another Tracy foe in prison, “Wormy” Marrons. Measles was staying with his cousin Wally Enog, and met up with Wormy even though it violated the conditions of their parole. The pair planned an armored car heist, enlisting the help of Wormy’s seamstress friend Dewdrop, another paroled criminal who had crossed paths with Dick Tracy in the past.
The plan was for Dewdrop to provide Measles and Wormy with counterfeit guard uniforms, which the two men would wear and then subdue the real guards. They would then slip the third armored car guard some drugged coffee, and drive the car to Dewdrop’s derelict garage hideout.
Dewdrop expressed a romantic interest in Measles, even though she knew Wormy would be jealous if he found out. Following a late night planning session, Measles asked Wormy to drop him off at his cousin’s home, unaware that the house was being monitored by Johnny Adonis and Lee Ebony. As Measles emerged from the car, the two officers approached and identified themselves. Measles surrendered, but Wormy backed the car into Lee, knocking her off her feet. Lee drew her gun and fired through the rear window, striking Wormy in the shoulder and wounding him. Wormy and Measles were taken into custody, and Measles inadvertently confessed that they had been planning a robbery (December 25th, 1981). He was charged with violation of his parole and conspiracy, but it was soon discovered that he was not responsible for the threatening letters that Tracy had received.
https://dicktracy.fandom.com/wiki/Measles
Kip W over 4 years ago
I keep thinking he should have that exposed brain looked at. Could lead to issues.
DaleMcNamee over 4 years ago
Regarding Splitface’s head… The “exposed brain” could be a scar caused by the layers of skin below the visible scalp not being sewed up after his last escape and just left to heal on its own…
Also, the germs and bacteria, etc. from the sewer didn’t help things either…
ScottHolman over 4 years ago
OK, the brains I get. But what are those yellow fuzz balls on the side of Half and half’s head?
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
Clybourne’s meager meal of four crackers may not leave him enough strength to carry out any “heavy lifting” in Splitty’s scheme. Splitty, of course, is so mad (i.e., insane; crazy; looney) that he doesn’t bother with such trivia as hunger….
All the props those two late ghastly ghosties (panel 2), Wormy and Measles, had assembled, and which (someone) reports are still “there,” were intended for carrying out a robbery, but I doubt that’s what Splitty has in mind (careful it doesn’t leak out, there!) ultimately. Maybe a faux robbery to lure the Fab Four into a trap….
dsjwriter over 4 years ago
I’ve been considering Gould’s gallery of grotesques, and I’ve come to the conclusion that regular applications of Plexiderm might have turned many of them into law-abiding members of society.
tsull2121 over 4 years ago
Measles looks like Frisk in this strip