Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 25, 2011

Good morning all…

And over on Comics Kingdom, Fly-Face’s jacket is still green.

What a sorry state of affairs it is when we have to leave this site just to find a discrepancy. If Locher was still in charge, Fly-Face’s whole outfit would change colors and styles from one panel to the next.

How did they work that tidal wave thing?

Wait – What? The FBI…? I thought only the CIA fell for scams that that.

Nuts! Now I’ve got to wait another 24 hours for the next strip!!

This is how adventure strips should be - thanks, guys!

You can still see the daily strips in B&W.

Go comics emails me Dick Tracy everyday. Now, when I open the email, the strip is in B&W. When I click on “add comment”, it takes me to this page where the strip is now in color.

So, if you have bookmarked this page and go directly to it, then all you will see is the color version.

When I signed up for gocomics, at that time they send you on comic for free daily.

But, I don’t get Dick Tracy emailed to me until about noon hour.

So like you, I go directly to the comment page.

One question for all you posters -

Dick Tracy has mainly been a guy thing, but are there any “Gals” out there that are reading Dick Tracy and are part of the group posting comments????

P.S. - Good Morning to you too - Vista Bill!!!!

Well Safeway674, I know a “Gal” that is inking it. (grin)

Flight Suit. Since the creators of the strip aren’t coloring the dailies, even if Locher was still doing the strip, you couldn’t blame him for the color changes. Shelley wasn’t aware that the strip was going to have the Dailies colored, and she didn’t ink them with that in mind. She isn’t changing her current inking to adapt to it either. All strips, except the Sunday, are inked as B&W. The Sunday, and ONLY the Sunday, is colored by Shane Fisher.

I’m getting whiplash from the speed of this story. This would have taken a month to get here before. .

Comicstrip Nation is carrying the daily Tracys in Glorious Black and White. http://www.comicstripnation.com/dick-tracy/index.html

safeway674, I’m a gal and I’ve been reading Dick Tracy comics for years. At the age of about 8 or 9 I went through a detective phase (still haven’t grown out of it!). During that time I found a couple of reprints of some Max Allan Collins stuff, then when the DT reprint collections came out, I’ve started collecting them.

Apparently Locher Auditorium is not a smoke free establishment.

I know a buncha “gals” who read and post regularly here. Except, they’re ladies!

Another wonderful strip!!!

Been following this strip since the 50’s. I once made a pilgrimage to the Jewish Museum in NYC, then across the river in NJ, to view original art boards by Chester Gould (among other cartoonist heroes of mine). I watched with sadness as the last permutation of this strip withered and died, but honor the former team all the same. Gould is looking down from Illustrator Paradise with a large grin of satisfaction today. Today’s panel two: model sheet for Tracy in profile. I have spent my life trying to preach that cartoon illustrators are as relevant as any working artists on the planet. Staton & Curtis: thanks, maestros. And a tip o’ the yellow fedora to GoComics.

Go away bad color.

Overall, I prefer the GoComics coloring to the Comics Kingdom version… it is a little less garish. I think Sam would have looked better if he stayed in Black and White, though…

I think Obama needs to start another “No Fly Zone.”

This gal started reading Dick Tracy back in the early 70s.

It’s so good to see it looking great again!

Jim Trailer? Now there’s a name from the past! Guess we’ll be seeing him shortly as tracy sorts out the answers to this current dilemma. And thanks, Arf, for the link to the ComicStripNation site. I like these strips in black and white and best of all they’re tabloid-sized and offer a lot more detail. Thanks also to you, Mr. Pleger, for your insight into Shelley’s contribution to this strip. It’s definitely a team effort and it shows every day!

ARF2, thank you for the Comicstrip Nation link. The size they use shows details much more clearly and is easier on my eyes. I prefer the uncolorized image, too (who picked that skin shade for Gocomics? The same people who make “flesh” colored band-aids?)

I know the colors a little controversial but I love seeing D.T. in his yellow fedora and coat. After too years of not seeing it.

Yay! Jim Trailer returns!

Lady here, been with Tracy since the 50s.

+1 for the colorized version, and the bright yellow coat and fedora on our restored hero.

Color gooood.

I’m extremely impressed. In less than 2 full weeks, we’ve had the return of Chief Patton, Liz returned to the beat, villains introduced, Tracy confronting them, AND a cameo by one of the Shadow’s supporting characters.

Wow. Just… WOW.

It has been a wild ride! This has been the greatest Tracy in 20 years, in my view!

margueritem said, about 4 hours ago

Lady here, been with Tracy since the 50s

Marg, Biblically speaking??

Guys (and gals also), get over this color thing by next week. Because if I read anymore of this…well, you know what happen to Frog Applause.

What ‘happened’ to Frog Applause ?

I’m also a gal. I can remember my Dad reading Dick Tracy to me before I was old enough to read (about 4). Once I could read, I read it myself as long as it was in the local paper.

scuttlebutt99, we used to complain about the art and writing, such as it was. Now we complain about what is done to the art against the creative team’s intentions.

someone asked about the tidal wave sequence from the original gould story. it was yet again one of his great weather extravaganzas!

daily black and white rules! why wouldya change this new team’s intentions?