Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 30, 2021

Good morning™, dowager searchers !

I hope that’s not a ticket to the Sweatbox Express, but the way this tale has been going I foresee more good times ahead.

Good morning™, all!

Yes, it seems to be a good thing that Sam kept that business card from Mr. Wildman. He may be able to tell more about why Auntie Bellum suddenly became a recluse three years ago. Next stop: Wildman’s place.

Next panel: Tracy: “Oh and score me an ounce, will you? My stash is getting low.”

Three years?! Someone commented awhile back wondering if Auntie Bellum would wind being a similar character to Norman Bates’ mother. If I were a betting man I’d be checking the odds out of London to put some early money on that being the eventual outcome.

So far this is the best tale in many years on this strip.

Great art, Great story!

So, unlike the oddly menacing brush-haired extra in the park sequence awhile back, bit player Wildman actually is important to the story— neat plot twist, Mike!

so the episode with yeti they rushed through to the point of abandoning reason, this they draw out.

Isn’t that the guy they talked to who told them to get lost?

1-DT: Ugh. It feels like we’ve been just sitting here talking about that old house and these pictures for 5 days now.

2-SAM: Yeah. Is it ok if I take this one home to add to the Spank Bank?

DT: I guess. Whatever gets the Little General to snap to…

3-SAM: No problems there thanks to the special Chinese Herbs available at Wildman’s Organics_. Here’s their card. Tell ‘em Sam sent you for some of that under the counter Stiffee Stuff™ as seen on Shanghai TV. You take that, guess what you’ll be in the sack. Go ahead. Guess.

DT: A wild man?

SAM: DING DING DING!!!

I hope this has something to do with the blue balloon case.

Ah yes, this storyline has morphed into “The Case of the Eccentric Recluse”.

Tim Wildman becoming “Chatty Kathy” to the Po Po….imagine that!

Wildman’s Organics…he probably grows dill weed and oregano.

Then, there’s Pouch and his “client” to consider…Things could get ugly for him…Will he also be “taking a swim” ?

Tell me again how it is that Tracy is the head of the MCU. Sam is doing all of the detecting here and practically breaking the case open by himself, while Dick Tracy sits in front of his computer electronically shuffling paperwork around.

Thanks to Sam, we now have some hints of what has been going on at The 1312, if not yet the full story, plus a lead in the person of the suddenly much more interesting Tim Wildman. How does he fit into the saga of Auntie Bellum and little Alex?

Anyway, this is becoming a compelling story, accompanied by as always great artwork. A kudos (it is singular; look it up if need be) to Mike and Joe!