Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 06, 2021

How dare he ask for a blue one?!

Yeahhh…I don’t think Pouch has a client list.

Good morning™, negotiators!

I suppose that $3.00 for a 15-cent balloon is pretty generous, but even $5.00 is nowhere near enough for the blue balloon. It probably contains valuable criminal plans like we saw in 2017. I’ll repost the 2017 sequence for those who missed my late post yesterday. It think it’s the best insight we’ve seen as to how his business works:

Kitchen and Brush work in the hotel greenhouse and are embarking on a plan to intercept couriers carrying $1.25 million dollars in cash as they transfer to a different hotel elevator enroute to their vehicle.

[January 23, 2017]

Narrator: It’s been a long time since we’ve been to the city park

Pouch: Ballooons!

Kitchen (pulling up in an ice cream truck): Hey, Pouch! I’m here, right on time.

Pouch: Want to buy a balloon, Kitchen? I only take cash.

Kitchen (handing over an envelope of cash): I got it all here with the serial numbers mixed, just like you asked for.

[January 24]

Kitchen (holding his balloons): Hey! I didn’t give you a grand for some crummy balloons, Pouch. Gimme the details!

Pouch: Shhh! You’ve already got them, Kitchen. I make a good living selling balloons. You’ll find all the info for the job inside the biggest one. Do it right and you’ll be $1.25 million richer!

[January 25: (back at the hotel)]

Brush: Did you get the layout from Pouch?

Kitchen: Yeah, but it was like pulling teeth.

[February 13]

Kitchen: These tranquilizer darts worked fast. Where did you get them?

From the looks of it, Aquarius is in the “information” business.

He knows about the blue balloon!

Then, there was the Blue Lagoon.

And Linda Rondstadt’s Blue Bayou.

Wonder what’s in the Blue Balloon?

Good morning™, bothersome unwanted clientele !

Someone’s about to get hurt. It would be neat to see Pouch engage in a good old fashioned scuffle.

Aquarius is staring death in the face…and doesn’t even know it.

3 bills in street jargon means $300, as in 3 C-notes.

I’m confused.

I wish all the balloons would just burst!!!

As usual the images are just great . I’m not sure what is going on here , except I think that the blue balloon is worth something for some reason .

At least they aren’t talking about “99 Red Balloons”

Blue balloon no sale

Park dark as dusk becomes night

Some money worthless

The secret lies in the balloons……pop!

For those of us who DON’T know, what is the significance of the blue balloon?

HI-YA!

1- Narky Mark makes a weak effort to steal Mel T. Face’s cool brim. Unbeknownst to Narky, Mel is a skilled martial artist in the style of BumChop.

NARKY: OWWW! I think you broke my arm!

2-MEL: But I did not as I knew exactly how much force to use to repel your attack without doing serious damage. You will note that I am now in full defensive mode – my neck, forced into an ungrabable, rubbery blob of flesh should you be considering a chokehold.

3-NARKY: I am grateful for your restraint. Will you teach me the ways of your training, Sensei?

MEL: I have seen your level of aptitude for BumChop so I will…suggest you buy a gun and keep it cocked and aimed at potential threats at all times.

MEL: You are most wise, Sensei.

Art A+, story, boooring and stagnant. Someday maybe both will match up.

Pouch best be careful or someone will be sending him balloons in the hospital

It’s night time and it’s snowing, who in their right mind would be selling balloons after hours? So Aquarius wants the blue balloon does he want it for Cheesecake because she likes blue?

We know that the Trib won’t allow much violence, so I have to wonder what how this is going to end. Maybe the guy Pouch is waiting for?

Hmm. Must be something special about that blue balloon. Did Aquarius just ask for that one by chance, or does he know something we don’t?

Is somebody’s bubble, or balloon, about to burst? This confrontation is heating up….

Blue balls?