Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 23, 2020

Good morning™, everyone!

Jorge Baeza’s style is a type that I really like, so that is a good sign for me. According to a late comment yesterday, this story will actually be a mystery, one that is solved by Tracy at the end, I presume. I’m optimistic, but then I usually am at the beginning of anything.

This artwork would have worked better with the Dethany arc!

Here’s hoping Mark will hit the mark that Mike usually misses!

And frankly, after the Dethany and Shaky arcs, this ought to be a breath of fresh air!

Just remember, the last two out of the shoot hit it out of the park!

(Hope Donnie and Groovy are watching!)

LOL! I knew rhis was coming. Do you guys like these Minut Mysteries?

Minit Mystery? See you all in two weeks.

Aurora Rising? I was hoping that was going to be a new character.

Art is different today, I like Baeza’s style!

Ahhhhh…..THIS will make it perfect timing for a Halloween story next, lol.

Good gawd! What kind of thing are we in for here? What a jolt to the old ticker! This presentation is so bizarre, so “out there” that I can’t even recognize it as DT…..very intriguing, I think I’ll stick around and see what develops.

Does Dick really leave his hat on while eating in a “restaurant”?

I love the name of the place – truth in advertising :-).

I didn’t know Vitamin’s talents ran to sculpting as well.

Good lead-in to the story!!!

A bit too “cartoony” but not a dealbreaker…the story has promise….so far

Yep, he gets to do some detective work and clue spotting.

Could “Fatty Goodness’ Diner” be a swipe at GRANNY GOODNESS from DC comics?

Vitamin could have done better? When did he take up sculpting? :-) Also, how does Tracy say “MMM” with his mouth partially open? The mouth full of teeth look for him in the 2nd & 3rd panels make him seem angry, but the close up (with a closed mouth) is great!

Didn’t somebody comment yesterday that they hoped today wasn’t the start of a Minit Mystery?

DT: Say, Sugar Daddy…what do you know about Areola Rising?

SUGAR DADDY: Only that Barber Pole tells me that my crusty old fingers feel like sandpaper and…

DT: Sorry. I meant to say Aurora Rising.

SUGAR DADDY: How did you know what I call my…

DT: NEVER MIND!

Good morning™, entire team Tracy vacationers !

I wonder if this crew gets the same supervision that GK got for his renderings and story line ?

Since these guys got the whole thing covered I bet that Mike is just a cooking up a real humdinger of a Halloween story that will blow our socks off and make timmy say “WOW” !!! :-O

Yes, a promising start to this Minit Mystery. Jorge’s art is a bit jolting because it’s so different from what we are used to, but it is strong, and Tracy and Vitamin are quite recognizable. Just takes a little while to acclimatize.

Mark Wichita1.0 Barnard’s scripting looks good so far. Vitamin, e.g., is his usual pompous and grandiloquent self.

I am not unhappy at this two weeks….

Frankly, I find Jorge Baeza’s art unimpressive. But that is just my opinion.

Oh no!

Gould rolls.sad

Oh God! Please not another caricature style again?

Oh well, I guess this means the members of the DTCC will be gathered for a meeting on this.

Off topic: Does anyone here know why the Biographic, KidTown, and Shortcuts are no longer on this site?

I don’t know about this, but I’ll give it a chance.

Today’s guest comment was ghosted for me by Segal Frapp. Thanks for reading!

Some of the Minute Mysteries are pretty good, lets hope this one is not an, Aurora-Bore-E-all-us!

Jorge Baeza doesn’t do a very good job on Tracy. Take his pencil away from him … and get someone else to draw this. This is a poor ‘take’ on Dick Tracy.!!