Did I miss something? Where did the “three mill” come from? Are they deliberately trying to confuse themselves? How can the artist and writer sign their names to this?
Thought for a minute we got tomorrow’s strip today. Maybe this is why Big Ace is having business problems, he thinks the profits are twice what they really are. Tracy is going to need a bigger briefcase.
Why go to all the trouble of trying to influence kids with the Zitpickers Notebook and then throw funny math at them. I’d love to hear Big Ace say, “What a coincidence! I’m from Tucson, too!” And then start to grill Tracy…..
HEY!! Dick may be my long lost twin brother!!
Tray and Ray C…we were separated at age six. He left Detroit way to go out LA way when he flunked geography around first grade way.
Wonder whatever happened to our mom, Fay Wray?
Did anyone catch the “Tray” (trey) card pun? Or did I just catch something that wasn’t thrown?
Mexican Jumping Beans ! The’ve got inflation in gambling “dough” now ! Overnight it’s risen up to “Three MIL” !
“Judyhansel” raised a good point yesterday (Mattie will be proud of her) … Will the King of Clubs get back the seed money he loaned Tracy (?)
Sorry, the D.A, is likly to hold it as “evidence” for unlicensed gambling and entrapment, instigated by the police. In fact, a good Lawyer (say from Tucson City) could point out that the only man that fired a shot was Tracy (see days ahead) There are only TWO (hostile) witness’ and their evidence won’t support Tracy’s explanation of events. Who drew a gun first ? Who fired first?
As events unfolded, theoretically Tracy could be charged for murder. Uniformed Police were not present, they entered the room AFTER the shooting !
Seems like a poorly thought through sequence (I can visualize DL : “must get on quickly to my Editorial cartoons … no time to stop, no time to think, nor time to chat, I’m late. I’m late, I’m late!”).
The only “positive” is that this is the first goon Tracy has shot dead in over 17 years, but events so badly crafted, HE could be tried for manslaughter or murder.
Folks remember, Yesterday Ace said $750,000. Tray C says double.
Today some how Ace says Double 3 Million, so Tray C was walking around with 6 MILLION in pocket cash!!!!
That’s right boys and girls $6,000,000 in cold cash in a brief case. And the King of Club did not even ask for a receipt.
rainman5353, if you go back a few days, links were provided by other posters that give a glimpse as what is to come. If you value your sanity, do not view. If you thought it was mindless now, just wait.
Is there ANY possibilty (?) Any remote chance that the Writer’s “math” is RIGHT and we are all such nincompoops that WE are WRONG ? I’ve been told Locher is right and WE are all wrong.
It’s not him, but that sounds like dysfunctional ,“Mattie Mathematics”. Like once I laid out a list of K&L goofs, Strugggling mentally and unable to cope with that “reality”. I was told …”It never happened !” Like 99 minus 0 = 0.
It’s this shallow inability to face up to the “real” world of junior style “slip-ups”, why I “record” what happens, (previously I’d just let it ride) Otherwise you are “tested” and asked “SHOW me the proof (?)”. Fortunately, Locher (who is a serial offender) obliges almost every week. And figuratively they eat their hearts out.
Talk about Red Sweater Syndrome (?) that’s one sleeve bulging with “DENIAL” and the other filled with muscular “DELUSION” wearing one. Like Downwind Jackson (from Smilin’ Jack) the head always looks the OTHER way. It’s a “convenient” posture, if you glimpse ‘something’ in the corner of the eye, look the other way. Don’t SEE it, then you can truthfully say you never SAW it !
In some circles that’s called being disingenious !
It can also be useful as “spin” . Wasn’t it Joseph Goebbels that said if you repeat something “false”, often enough, it becomes the TRUTH ?
(A new country heard from) Why so many
hypercritics? Artwork passable, story hilarious
(sometimes unintentionally,) but I feel that even
Gould in his grave wouldn’t expect his level of
perfection and would be happy to see his strip
continued with at least a recognizable Dick Tracy
and the expected gruesome-looking villains.
JanCinVV, What you recall occured at Jack’s Casino. That was back on May 24th.
The story has moved on, and Tracy is now at Monte’s Casino begining to face up to Big Ace (Jack’s big boss).
The forward strips show Chief Lizz will only get the request and begin to dispatch the SWAT team there on Saturday June 20th
Look out for it, and also see Tracy shoot and “kill” someone for the first time in16 plus years. in the following week !
The HQ Staff (Lizz, Sam and now Teevo) have led truly charmed lives over the past decade and a half … not even a “sprained” finger for one of them (?) Blame the Authors for lack of “imagination”. That’s why the coming shooting looms as such a major event. Remember it. You may not see this again for another ten years, even if the strip survives !
TMS has tried to keep gun play that counts to a minimum (particularly by the police) and I understand, so instructed the Authors This is really “silly” in a detective comic strip.Let the old biddies read something else.
TMS must have relaxed the rules a little. Time to make Tracy “action” oriented again
I can’t get the Dick Tracy Archive to come up!
The archive link does not show up.
The calender icon does not show up either!
Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
I am a new genius subscriber.
Appearently I am no genius! :-)
Any help will be appreciated.
I want to start with the March 16, 2009 Dick
Tracy strip.
Thank you all !
ok, shadowrider,
from the comments section, this is important because it is the calendar is only accessible from the comments section…which is reached by choosing to “read all comments’
there yu will see today’s strip and today’s comments
..
go to the top of today’s strip and on the right hand corner you will see what appears to be a tiny calender–that’s the archives- hit that and when the bigger calendar appears , next to june is a little arrow, that will take you back , one click per month…then just click again on the 16th….
hope its all worth your while!
margueritem over 15 years ago
Tucson is nowhere near Napperville!
mrbribery over 15 years ago
Name’s Tray ‘C’. I’m a rapper!
Three mill? What gives? Did someone predict math mistakes?
mrbribery over 15 years ago
“Tucson is nowhere near Napperville”
That actually makes sense, why Big Ace wouldn’t know ‘the Tray’.
ARF2 over 15 years ago
Some nitwit seems to inadvertently quadrupled the original three quarters of a million: “Tray C?” Big Ace?
My money’s on Locher.
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
Did I miss something? Where did the “three mill” come from? Are they deliberately trying to confuse themselves? How can the artist and writer sign their names to this?
Fearless_Fosdick over 15 years ago
Thought for a minute we got tomorrow’s strip today. Maybe this is why Big Ace is having business problems, he thinks the profits are twice what they really are. Tracy is going to need a bigger briefcase.
LudwigVonDrake over 15 years ago
If only his look were consistent, I’d say Big Ace is an interesting looking character.
HankF over 15 years ago
Aha! It’s the nose that defines the name.
brine Premium Member over 15 years ago
The story is still confusing, but the artwork looks top-notch to me today!!!
Morrow Cummings over 15 years ago
Why go to all the trouble of trying to influence kids with the Zitpickers Notebook and then throw funny math at them. I’d love to hear Big Ace say, “What a coincidence! I’m from Tucson, too!” And then start to grill Tracy…..
Elexia over 15 years ago
Three Quarters of a Mill to Three mill? Has inflation ended in 24 hours?
Ray_C over 15 years ago
HEY!! Dick may be my long lost twin brother!! Tray and Ray C…we were separated at age six. He left Detroit way to go out LA way when he flunked geography around first grade way. Wonder whatever happened to our mom, Fay Wray?
Did anyone catch the “Tray” (trey) card pun? Or did I just catch something that wasn’t thrown?
ridenslide65 over 15 years ago
Tray “C” = White Rapper in a suit. Ya, Fer Shur.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 15 years ago
just what the hell is going on?
heligmyer over 15 years ago
I’ll take what’s in tray C, Monty! Let’s make a deal.
yycmystery over 15 years ago
Yesterday: Big Ace said “There should be three quarters of a million dollars here.” Tracy says “There is double that.”
Today: Big Ace says “Double the three mill! What gives”
Welcome to Locher Math time! (Crowd goes wild)
Lets see now boys and girls! Can you do the math that Mr Locher has given us over the past two days? The equation is below:
$750,000 doubled is $3,000,000. or is it now $6,000,000?
I’m confused! Either way someone is going to fail Math, and it is not me! Hey Mr. Locher! Double $750,000 is only $1.5 million!
sydney over 15 years ago
Mexican Jumping Beans ! The’ve got inflation in gambling “dough” now ! Overnight it’s risen up to “Three MIL” !
“Judyhansel” raised a good point yesterday (Mattie will be proud of her) … Will the King of Clubs get back the seed money he loaned Tracy (?)
Sorry, the D.A, is likly to hold it as “evidence” for unlicensed gambling and entrapment, instigated by the police. In fact, a good Lawyer (say from Tucson City) could point out that the only man that fired a shot was Tracy (see days ahead) There are only TWO (hostile) witness’ and their evidence won’t support Tracy’s explanation of events. Who drew a gun first ? Who fired first?
As events unfolded, theoretically Tracy could be charged for murder. Uniformed Police were not present, they entered the room AFTER the shooting !
Seems like a poorly thought through sequence (I can visualize DL : “must get on quickly to my Editorial cartoons … no time to stop, no time to think, nor time to chat, I’m late. I’m late, I’m late!”). The only “positive” is that this is the first goon Tracy has shot dead in over 17 years, but events so badly crafted, HE could be tried for manslaughter or murder.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 15 years ago
I’m surprised he didn’t use the name of his robot counterpart.
JanLC over 15 years ago
Uniformed officers were there before the shooting. Remember where Jack got his gun in the first place.
yycmystery over 15 years ago
Folks remember, Yesterday Ace said $750,000. Tray C says double. Today some how Ace says Double 3 Million, so Tray C was walking around with 6 MILLION in pocket cash!!!!
That’s right boys and girls $6,000,000 in cold cash in a brief case. And the King of Club did not even ask for a receipt.
436rge over 15 years ago
hey isn’t that where BO hails from? Doesn’t he always say “two sons from Tucson?
neonleon59 over 15 years ago
Did somebody predict a glaring math error? :)
(Brace for another one in a few days…)
JonD17 over 15 years ago
well, now we know what the Matrix pack does…. it makes ya stupid and bad at math.
rainman5353 over 15 years ago
Sydney Philips; Just who do you think Dick shot dead? I believe you are a little confused ( I don’t know how that could happen!)
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
rainman5353, if you go back a few days, links were provided by other posters that give a glimpse as what is to come. If you value your sanity, do not view. If you thought it was mindless now, just wait.
sydney over 15 years ago
FOLKS !
Is there ANY possibilty (?) Any remote chance that the Writer’s “math” is RIGHT and we are all such nincompoops that WE are WRONG ? I’ve been told Locher is right and WE are all wrong.
It’s not him, but that sounds like dysfunctional ,“Mattie Mathematics”. Like once I laid out a list of K&L goofs, Strugggling mentally and unable to cope with that “reality”. I was told …”It never happened !” Like 99 minus 0 = 0.
It’s this shallow inability to face up to the “real” world of junior style “slip-ups”, why I “record” what happens, (previously I’d just let it ride) Otherwise you are “tested” and asked “SHOW me the proof (?)”. Fortunately, Locher (who is a serial offender) obliges almost every week. And figuratively they eat their hearts out.
Talk about Red Sweater Syndrome (?) that’s one sleeve bulging with “DENIAL” and the other filled with muscular “DELUSION” wearing one. Like Downwind Jackson (from Smilin’ Jack) the head always looks the OTHER way. It’s a “convenient” posture, if you glimpse ‘something’ in the corner of the eye, look the other way. Don’t SEE it, then you can truthfully say you never SAW it !
In some circles that’s called being disingenious !
It can also be useful as “spin” . Wasn’t it Joseph Goebbels that said if you repeat something “false”, often enough, it becomes the TRUTH ?
countoftowergrove over 15 years ago
Tray-C, oh snap!
akado2000 over 15 years ago
(A new country heard from) Why so many hypercritics? Artwork passable, story hilarious (sometimes unintentionally,) but I feel that even Gould in his grave wouldn’t expect his level of perfection and would be happy to see his strip continued with at least a recognizable Dick Tracy and the expected gruesome-looking villains.
sydney over 15 years ago
JanCinVV, What you recall occured at Jack’s Casino. That was back on May 24th.
The story has moved on, and Tracy is now at Monte’s Casino begining to face up to Big Ace (Jack’s big boss).
The forward strips show Chief Lizz will only get the request and begin to dispatch the SWAT team there on Saturday June 20th
Look out for it, and also see Tracy shoot and “kill” someone for the first time in16 plus years. in the following week !
The HQ Staff (Lizz, Sam and now Teevo) have led truly charmed lives over the past decade and a half … not even a “sprained” finger for one of them (?) Blame the Authors for lack of “imagination”. That’s why the coming shooting looms as such a major event. Remember it. You may not see this again for another ten years, even if the strip survives !
TMS has tried to keep gun play that counts to a minimum (particularly by the police) and I understand, so instructed the Authors This is really “silly” in a detective comic strip.Let the old biddies read something else.
TMS must have relaxed the rules a little. Time to make Tracy “action” oriented again
Morrow Cummings over 15 years ago
Good post, Sydney.
Araldite over 15 years ago
I think Popeye makes more sense than this strip.
Shadowrider over 15 years ago
I can’t get the Dick Tracy Archive to come up! The archive link does not show up. The calender icon does not show up either! Does anyone have a solution to this problem? I am a new genius subscriber. Appearently I am no genius! :-) Any help will be appreciated. I want to start with the March 16, 2009 Dick Tracy strip. Thank you all !
Nighthawks Premium Member over 15 years ago
ok, shadowrider, from the comments section, this is important because it is the calendar is only accessible from the comments section…which is reached by choosing to “read all comments’ there yu will see today’s strip and today’s comments .. go to the top of today’s strip and on the right hand corner you will see what appears to be a tiny calender–that’s the archives- hit that and when the bigger calendar appears , next to june is a little arrow, that will take you back , one click per month…then just click again on the 16th…. hope its all worth your while!