Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 22, 2020

Good morning™, surprise visitors!

Fortuna’s black eye healed itself pretty quickly! Obviously, that frame was also revised. I think it was a good decision for Tracy to bring his whole crew. This is a tough customer.

Do people still say “copper”? It seems outdated to me.

So it’s now “harassment”?

Does Shaky think he can fight off Dick, Sam, Liz and any movie personnel that might be there?

So, now, all of a sudden, Shaky v. 2.0 gets tough? Puh-lease!

On the other hand, maybe this arc is finally over!

Maybe we could have a Minute Mystery right about now?

I still don’t understand why all the talking heads all the time. Aren’t there other views besides close ups? It just seems like one strip of talking heads after another. Even today which could have had some action or how about a long shot? A good heroic pose for Tracy is nice but he really hasn’t done anything heroic in this story and I didn’t even know Lizz was there.

Good morning™, surprised bail violators !

That just came out of left field didn’t it, Shakester ?  I can’t wait to see what next deletions we are in for per Groovie’s veiled reveal in yesterday’s talk.

No Sunday strip! Come on, GoComics; get with the program!!

“Wow! we jumped a whole day. ;P

Shaky NEVER learns….

And wait until they find out he swiped that belt buckle…..by the time he gets done serving out all the prison time he’s earned, he’ll be shaky from old age.

Same dialogue, different location.

“The good ship Tracy be sinking fast!”

More residue of the censorship at Tribune Content Agency: the arrest should be for more than just harassment! What about the battery on Fortuna (and note that there is absolutely no sign of her black eye or other facial contusions today, panel 1)? I’ll concede that Tracy and the other cops may not yet be aware of the Great Belt Buckle Caper….

I want to know what happened yesterday!

I’m sure this is the play…

Deciding to censor the story line is ridiculous. And just creates total confusion.

Umm you all see the stage lights are on, right? You know this isn’t the real arrest—this is part of the movie. Shaky is finally getting his “scene”

Between GoComics’ revisions and the editors dictating the direction of the strip, there’s barely any story left.

Strike and steal a jittery deal. This guy is always wrong

He lashes out. Shakes all about. Sings a liar’s song.

Sweet Edison has been deceived. Deserves a better man

Cut losers loose. Shake that caboose. Act on a wiser plan.

A buckle to steal did seal the deal. Both liar and a thief

Shall pay a price. It won’t be nice. Behind bars no relief.

“Breathless” she has been abused. Speaks up and says, “Me too!”

Silence can kill. Do not be still. Do what you have to do.

Charges filed. Justice smiled. Look who’s at the door

Crime does not pay. She had her say, and shall be struck no more.

Well there goes Mr. Stupid.

We shall see!!!

I feel like I’ve miss something in this story.

What’s up with skipping Sunday? If it’s censorship of Dick Tracy, maybe it’s also time to unsubscribe from GoComics. The only good thing about political censorship is when it ends. I’m a paying subscriber and this isn’t cool.

SHAKY: “That’s what you think, copper!” as Mr. Kleene steps out of the shadows LOL

Shaky seems to have forgotten he’s out on bail. Never mind the crimes committed- assault and robbery, refusing the lawful order of a police officer is grounds for having it revoked.

Make sure you revoke his bail.

“HARASSMENT”?!?!?!?!?!?!?! thats all? HARASSMENT?!?!?!

Sweet Mother of God can we PLEASE end this story already! We ALL know Shaky slapped Fortuna around and gave her a swollen shut black eye but gocomics wont show it… but HARASSMENT?!?!?!?!

Tell ya what, its probably a good thing that he stole that belt buckle, because even tho harassment would probably be a violation of his bail, the burglary is a bigger charge.

1-DT: I’m taking you in, Jay! JAY BOGART: Huh? What for?

2-DT: For smacking around a lady who you are not even married to. Even though there is absolutely no evidence that you did so.

JAY: And just when did I supposedly do that? Not Sunday. I don’t even know where I was Sunday. DT: Me either now that you mention it. It’s all a big blank. No matter. You’re coming with us.

3-JAY: YOU’LL HAVE TO GET ME OFF THAT GIRDER FIRST, TRACY!

DT: Oh no, not that again.

Allow me to update those of you who were unable to see yesterday’s strip due to CENSORSHIP:

Shaky and Fortuna got married because it was revealed that Shaky was preggers with Fortuna’s baby. Wait. Anyway, they HAD to get married. And then Tracy got jealous because he had just filed divorce papers on Tess so he could marry Jay. Wait. Fortuna. And as we see today, Tracy is so mad he is arresting Jay on trumped up charges.

You’re up to speed now.

Back on the movie set.

“C’mon, baby, don’t be mad at me! You know that I’m a crook, thug and mook, but at least I ain’t no goon! It’s not like I mushed a grapefruit into yer yap or nothin!”

“Shaky, you just don’t know what a girl wants or needs!”

“Oh, yeah? You want me to talk dirty to ya, dont’cha? Okay….topsoil! Mulch! Compost! Diatomaceous earth! Peat moss!”

“Just give it up, Shaky. Just give it up.”

“Breathless Fortuna, you stole my line!” barks Dick Tracy and Sidekick Sam as they enter the set.

“DICK TRACY!” shouts Shaky as he lunges towards something or other. Then he suddenly calms down.

“Hey, this is a movie set and you’re supposed to be a character in it! How do I know that it’s the real you?”

“What?”

“Yeah, you could be an actor and all those badges, guns and cop stuff could be fake! And how do you even know that I’m the real Shaky? I could just be a spastic actor!”

Tracy thinks to himself, “Dagnabbit, this is more complicated than I thought that it would be. Maybe I should just shoot everybody and sort it out later. Hmmm…naw, that’s something that Fearless Fosdick would do…what to do, what to do…”

And so it goes, by gar, by gar…

Harassment? More like battery.

Sorry; I still don’t get it. How is getting a black eye worse than getting shot? Or are guns out now, too?

Apparently Fortuna is very rapid healer.

As for the Sunday Comic… I was able to read it at seattlepi.com and at the Chicago Tribune websites, but without reader comments…Fortuna did have a “shiner” and told “Shaky” that “nobody does that to her” and that she was through with him… And “Shaky” was true to form as an abuser and making all of the insincere “apologies”…

I wonder if the “cleaned up” artwork and Tracy’s charge of “harassment” and not assault was done to appease the “oh so triggered” who would shriek on the “anti-social media” if he did… And these are the same morons who have convinced HBO to take away Elmer Fudd’s shotgun and Yosemite Sam’s 6 shooters… Yet, throwing sticks of dynamite is OK… It’s “cartoonish” as HBO and Warner Brothers say…/ sarcasm

And these same immature morons are going after Paw Patrol over Chase, the Police Dog !

We should change Shaky’s nickname to “BJ” (“Bad Judgement”).

“Harassment”? Seriously? What coward changed the dialogue? (I know, the same weasel who retouched the art.) Magically, it isn’t assault because the readers are too delicate to take a realistic storyline. Is that noise Chet Gould spinning in his grave?

Just occurred to me – when they find the buckle on him, it’ll up the charges to grand theft (since the value is $2K). At least the editors should leave that alone!

Getting arrested would probably get Shaky’s bail revoked. I don’t think he’d like that. He looks like he’s about to go to Fist City.

The excitement unfolds!