Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 06, 2022

wow, it’s a Tuesday Twofer…

Good morning™, everyone!

Mumbles (visiting the Dekko Movie Memories booth): “I said… Do you have any [Chipet] animation cels?”

Mumbles is probably the last person you’d expect to see at such a convention. I can’t figure out what he means by “Chipet.” Who can help me out with this? I expect it to be the name of a show or a character. Is it “chipped”? What would that be?

I guess Mumbles didn’t get caught up in the time drone arrests. Or, as seems to happen in Tracyville, he’s back out on the streets.

Now this ought to be good. Tracy’s last encounters with both of these guys was not good.

I had high hopes for Sam, but I guess he’ll always be in Tracy’s shadow!

Is it my imagination or is Dick’s yellow coat more mustard today???

Oh gosh darn it!

This adventure in Mike’s Cosworld is going to be long and tedious, ain’t it.

I might have to make like yesterday’s serial killer bunny and get Outta Hare!

(just kidding, don’t get your hopes up!!!)

Tracy just wants to know where Art got that cool turtleneck. Be just the thing for raking leaves on the Tracy Estate.

Good morning™, cache of crooks !

How many more will show up to grow their collectibles stash ?  Good “faces” in all the panels.

Egad! I understand what Mumbles is saying. Whew! That was close…for a minute…I thought translations were going be needed.

Well, so much for the suspicions about the Big Bunny.

You can find Chipettes animation cels for sale. They appeared on episodes of Alvin. Maybe Mumbles has a thing for Jeanette or Brittany.

This could be a whole new Mumbles—One you truly can’t unnerstn! And if neither of these Tracy Foes are wanted, why shouldn’t they be at the con?

Sorry, “Love it”!

Art Dekko is probably the scumbag selling counterfeit artwork !!!

Well, the s-it, gonna hit the f-n now.

….to which those two cagey birds reply: Dick Tracy? Sam Catchem? Omigosh!!……..

It will take me a while to figure out what Mumbles says…….

‘Scuse me here, but…..isn’t mumbles still a wanted criminal who disappeared after Punjab pulled some hocus pocus on him? Shouldn’t tracy be apprehending him right now? Shouldn’t we expect to be given well thought out, well paced, and interesting stories? Shouldn’t Mike be writing them? Mumbles buying animation cels is odd, even for mumbles, no matter the motivation…and dont get me started on the former art gallery director being reduced to schlepping fake animation cels at a furry convention

Sitting in the emergency room at the local hospital…I think it might be kidney stones again

MOVIE QUOTE—-

“Beagle.B-E-A-G-E-L…..Beagle”

A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN—1969

Okay,now we’ve got TWO guys who don’t deserve to be walking the streets.

Social snobs like Art Dekko do NOT “dress down”!

To get serious,Lizz should have been notified if they were thinking of letting Dekko out.As his “victim”,she should have the c hanceto testify for/against him at a parole hearing.More likely against.

Heck,I’m still scratching my head how Big Frost got out without Diet Smith knowing about it.

I agree with Neil… it’s not ‘chipet’ he’s saying… he’s mumbling CHIA PET…

1-ART: NO! I’M NOT HERE DRESSED LIKE ONE OF THE MONKEES!

2-MUSH MOUTH: Not whad I sed. I sed you louk like a chimpnzeeee.

3-DT: ART! MUSH! DISCUSSING ANIMATION CELLS! Well. This was easy! Let’s go boys. You can discuss cells in your new cell. OMG THAT WAS FUNNY! Wait here. I’ll bring back Sam. He needs to hear that! Act like you haven’t already heard it. Yeah – have those blank faces when I come back. OH SAM! SAM KETCHAM!

Never forget that Mumbles once beat his girlfriend to death with a shovel.

Art Dekko reminds me of a long haired Moe of the 3 Stooges.

I think he (Mumbles) said either Chipette (from Alvin and the Chipmunks) or Cheaper

Not exactly a “meet and greet” between Detective Tracy and two old acquaintances, Mumbles (making a surprise appearance) and Art Dekko. This could Go South real fast, folks….

With the mayor living in fantasy land and MCU sipping coffee and crullers, real people are cleaning up the streets.

https://www.westernjournal.com/gang-teens-allegedly-takes-concealed-carrying-senior-citizen-chicago-gets-lesson-will-never-forget/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=western-journal

Something seems “off” here. Art Dekko dealt with legitimate (abet stolen) art. Why would Art Dekko go into animation cell forgery? If anything that seems to be more Silver Nitrate’s MO.

Yew sed itt, mumbbbleeblses !

Intro (skip if you’ve already read any of the previous intros):

Hello, greetings, casual readers of past Tracy stories. I’m here because I’m on 2 missions. The first is something I’ve never done before, read each Tracy story by Mike Curtis (or his occasional guest writer) in one sitting each. I feel his stories are worth it. IMHO, Curtis is by far the best post-Gould writer this strip has ever had, and we’re all lucky to have him.

My second mission is to provide an immediately useful Featured Comment whenever needed. My 3 friends below will reply to me. You can read their replies if you like, but their only real purpose is to bump up this comment to the Featured Comment.

There are 2 basic types of immediately useful Featured Comments: anytime that day’s strip quotes a real song. I will provide an html to a recording to that song so you’ll know the tune even if you’ve never heard it before. The other type (this type) is to provide you with a Mumblespeak translator when needed.

End Intro

“What’d he say?”

Mumblespeak Translator: He said, “I said…do you have any Chipette animation cels?”