Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 26, 2022

Good morning™, all!

I hope all of you survived the Christmas holiday. I just took it easy and relaxed.

Art seems very happy with his collaboration with Paul, but Paul is already ahead of him on the painting’s name.

More reinforcement of the fact that the painting is based on a sketch from a da Vinci sketchbook. I really think that these are facts that needed to be repeated here so that all readers can understand the story, so I’m happy to see that Mike has taken the advice to make important points clear.

Doctor Doctor, gimme the news.

Good morning™, Masterpiece Master Minders !

Is the ink dry on this counterfeit “bill” ?

Just wondering … did they call doctors “physicians” in 16th century Florence, & did da Vinci give his works of art English names?

hey I just realized now that Paul the forger got a haircut for Christmas… he looks well-groomed now…

Art Dekko looks like a little monkey !!!! Let’s hope he goes to jail for monkey buisness !!!!

But will it heal itself?

Well I guess that wasn’t a pipe, but a stethoscope (of sorts) we saw in the painting Saturday.

Amazing that someone as talented as Paul who should be able to get a great legit job would still choose a life of crime.

Unfortunately it happens all the time.

MEANWHILE…..I wished Jesus a happy birthday yesterday……his day, y’know…….

“Uh…this is Marcus Welby holding out a lollipop and smiling good humoredly.”

Were there any back then? (Better do some more research.)

1-ART: Something’s wrong with this mirror… PAUL: It’s a painting, ya doofus.

2-ART: GET OUT! Really? OH! It’s that DaVinci knock off I ordered! Hmmm. I was expecting something on the order of The Mona Lisa but with a nip-slip to bring in the rich pervy types…

PAUL: I could add a nip slip on this guy but that might limit our customer base to a few rich actors.

ART: DO IT! I always wanted to meet Top Gun and Vinnie Barbarino!

When I was a kid, my folks had a 6" thick sketchbook of Da Vinci’s work. Maybe that’s why I turned out artwork through my early days in comics work. (Then I got smart.) Wish I’d inherited it

Ah, but were doctors called physicians during Da Vinci’s time?

I am curious whether a patron or an art gallery is going to be stuck with that “turkey” the guy is painting.

Besides “new” da Vinci paintings, what worries me on this Boxing Day is the proliferation of bow ties in Tracyville! Is this the hot fashion trend of the season?Wearing bow ties are Sam Catchem, Blaze Rize, and Art Dekko, at a minimum. There may even be more lurking.

The Physician, eh? We shall see; or should I say, shall we see (the painting)?

MOVIE QUOTE—-

“Don’t worry.I’ll be in the ring with you,dying to take a crack at Rocky!”

“And I’ll be in the ring just plain dying!”

Arthur Franz&Lou Costello—-ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN—1951

Paul was later caught & arrested for forgery, as he couldn’t help himself, & painted a tiny cell phone & iPad in the corner of the painting.