Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 17, 2023

Good morning™, all!

Soundtrack for today’s strip:

https://youtu.be/6vQpW9XRiyM

Rick from Pawn Starts incoming! You know that was coming, didn’t you?

I await the joyous reception here at the news of more Pawn Stars cameos.

Dicky boy is looking mighty deformed in panel two!

Can someone please help me understand what today’s strip does towards moving this story forward?

We find out Sam digs the boss, ok.

Tracy is meeting Rick from pawn stars, wow what a surprise!

Today is pure filler.

“You’re back”?

Where did Tracy go?

Yesterday he was talking with Sam.

Did he make a visit to the Firestrike lounge, better known as the latrine???

namedropper…

Good morning™, Name Drop talking heads !

More of “wouldn’t it be great if…”  It’s obvious who they are referring to for those in the know. MCU’s new motto: Baby we were born to bu-u-u-u-s-s-t. ♪♫♪

t’s actually “Springsteen,” not “Springstein.” Either Sam doesn’t even know the right name of his favorite singer; TCA deliberately changed the name in an attempt to avoid having to pay a hefty fee to use copyrighted lyrics with permission or a fine for using copyrighted lyrics without permission, or there was sloppy writing on Mike’s part followed by sloppy editing at TCA’s end. Take your choice….

Sure, everybody knows the Boss! He hangs out at DT,s all the tiime.

Oh this is getting old man embarrassing with the name drop by Mike, in P2 making him sound like he’s hip with the kids. Cringe!

Aw geez they really are featuring Rick.

Just gonna direct everyone to this classic cinema: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJVlkSSMNC0

Pawn Stars and Springsteen? Cringeworthy, sorry all! I like the fantasy characters better!

Just one guest star after another! Can’t we have Chum Lee instead?

Sigh… And I was so happy the unnecessary crossover/guest star/ cameo had been limited to one strip.

God I absolutely HATEHATEHATEHATE “the boss”… probably even more than I hate the Beatles

Is Sam originally from Jersey? So Rick Harrison is coming to the Tracy strip, will Corey, and, Cumlee follow?

I had only heard of the Boss named Spring steen. There’s another one named Spring stein?

Oh, God. he SINGS at work. I sense Sam’s one step away from perpetual garbage scow policing duty.

So when he says that John Locher “introduced” Dick to Springsteen, does he mean he actually met Springsteen, or did he just introduce Dick to his music?

Very cool to see the reference to John Locher Springsteen… always a very nice tribute to Dick Lochers’ son. Here’s the first meeting between Tracy & John Locher Springsteen:https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2016/02/01

As good as yesterday’s strip was I’ve got my fingers crossed . Maybe we’ve turned a corner into more creative waters. Today is fairly okay.

This is turning into crossover central.

1-SAM: ♪♪♫ GLORY HOLES! LIKE THE ONE’S DOWNTOWN! GLORY HOLES! FUN TO BE AROUND! ♪♪♫

2-…Hey Dick. Do you want I should Bluetooth this through my hearing aids? I hope not because the sound quality through this 1/8th inch speaker is incredible. DT: No but I would ask that you get the words right if you’re going to “sing” along…

3-…Wait. Was I just leaving or just arriving? Oh. If you’re going to “sing”, I was definitely just leaving.

SAM: GLORY HOLES! LIKE THE ONES LIBERACE USED. GLORY HOLES! THEY’RE JUST FOR DUDES! GLORY HOOOOOO -OOOOLLES!”

Jet black shirt with crimson blow tie?

“Yeah, Locher turned me on to Springsteen as an apology for making my arms too short…”

Sam, Ted Nugent would be a much more patriotic rocker to admire than ultralibtard Brucie~!

Sam! Stop that, at once!

I never liked Springsteen (or “Springstein”), and even less now that he’s an old guy desperately pretending to be still young (yeah, sure, there are others, too). And I do not want nor need any more crossovers or guest appearances by B-list TV characters in Dick Tracy! What I do want and need is more detective work and demonstration by Tracy that crime does not pay!

When I was young, we had (electric powered) trolley busses on many of the routes in Chicago, and a regular if brief delay was the inevitable going “off the trolley,” when the driver would have to get out, go the back of the bus, and rein in the dual trolley poles and put them back on the wires to complete the circuit.

Sadly, it seems to me that Mike’s writing has gone off the trolley, and no one seems to be resetting it….

FINALLY went to see my first Bruce concert on Friday 4/14. Now all I see are Bruce references every I open the internet or pick up a magazine! LOL!!

Tracy’s head looks like it’s constructed out of concrete.In a flattering way,of course.