Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 05, 2023

His hair seems a little less fun in the full light.

now who is THIS whacked-out looking conniving schemer and what is HIS role in all this ?…

With the way Sam and Dick are grinning, are they subconsciously telling us they know they’re yanking us along the dirt roads of Tracyville, causing us intense pain?

In the first panel it looks like Sam dealt one and Dick smelt one!

Good morning™, everyone!

So, it looks like Madsen and Anders were in this together, splitting the take, but he’s too late to look for Anders now! He’s just lucky that Tracy and Sam are off looking for Tracy’s friend or this might have ended very quickly.

Good morning™, surprise visitors !

She will have some bad news to relate to “Rod”. Hope he doesn’t take it too bad (out on her). As an older man he will become The Joker.

Madsen seems the Joker’s cousin

“The money? That new girl? The one with no shoes? We think she took it?”

For some reason I feel she’s an “upspeak” type.

He has a key to let himself in. Must be a former employee. I wonder what other fringe benefits does he have.

Madsen reminds me of Willie the Whiz. He was an accomplice of Snails. Tricked and killed over his getaway motorcycle.

Tracy has been at this crime fighting business for umpteen years, it makes sense he has collected friends. It’s amazing how they (the friends) have the exact skills he needs. Some people collect stamps, others collect coins. Tracy collects friends.

If I was Sabrina I’d think about updating my resume about now.

Why did this guy just assume the police car was looking for him? Paranoid, or just a very guilty conscience?

Exactly what can the friend tell Tracy? That the stucco came from the building Tracy has already identified as the source? Another friend of Rick Harrison doing a cameo? The name of the company making the cement or pouring the building? Everyone renting property in a five block radius who could have walked by and accidentally picked up a piece that large on his/her clothing without noticing – but it would have fallen off as soon as a trigger was pulled?

Still way better than the old matchbook all criminals left at the scene of a crime.

“Madsen?” she says, like that might be somebody else.

“Madsen? I thought you only came out at night!”

“No, I’m Goku. Don’t you see I’m in Super Saiyan mode?”

I’ll have a heckuva pot!— Yeah, but you’ll just blow it all on hair gel….

Hmm. Looks like more people at the call center than I’d intended This my throw off the tighter focus of the Coming Situation. Not sure what to expect.

I am a little bewildered that T & S have exited the car. seemingly to look at a few buildings before moving on to check on the prior potential lead.

The key in the 2nd panel is so vibrantly yellow! It must be some sort of signal to the reader! Perhaps yellow has some sort of significance to this comic?

;)

As usual, Tracy, “knows a guy….”

Oh boy. Tracy is bringing in another character.

“GETCHER PROGRAMS HERE! YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE THROW AWAY CHARACTERS WITHOUT A PROGRAM!”

@firestrike1 – All good questions……

1-SAM: Did you notice that lamppost? It matches my suit color! DT: Those are some dark clouds up there. You think it might rain?

2-SID MADSEN: Whoa. Those cops must be really sharp to be on me already!

3-SABRA: Madsen? Weren’t you supposed to lay low and most importantly, STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM HERE?

MADSEN: OH. Probably. So…does that mean Audie will be annoyed with me? SABRA: Let’s find out. Here. I’ll hold that bag of money. MADSEN: HEY! How’d you know I kept Anders’ money for myself?

SABRA: How does anyone know anything about what’s happening here – by giant unwarranted leaps of the imagination!

MOVIE QUOTE—

“We’re not going to pay you anything”

“The last man who said that almost bled to death on his way to the hospital”

Robert Strauss—I,MOBSTER—1959

June 29,2023

Phillippine Islands police backed by commandos rescued more than 2,700 people from Vietnam,Indonesia,and a dozen other countries who were swindled into working for fraudulent online gaming groups and cybercrime outfits.The raids took place in 7 different buildings.

Meanwhile in deepest, darkest, coldest Antarctica, Ro-Zan has escaped custody and is even now planning another coupe d’état….

Yeah,he’s in.All 22 of him.

Actually,we’ve circled back to the main plot—-that’s the girl Sprocket made friends with when we first started this thing—-andshe doesn’t seem that pleased to see this guy,who looks like Ebeneezer Scrooge drawn by a drunk

Poor Terri. I’m in an unusually bad mood today. Three more limbs down in the front yard overnight. So once the 4" of rainfall dries up, it’s out with my hand saw. At 69 and on the verge of hitting 70, I’m not up to 6 in 2 weeks.

OT rant (Animal lovers should not read this…)

So, I had to have a tooth pulled this morning and I’m sore as all hell. I was going to try to run a few errands and a neighbor knocks on my door. I answer the door and said neighbor tells me my dog is dead in my backyard. I’m not usually a “scorekeeper,” but please bear with me. This neighbor had a small dog that passed away a few years ago. He started giving food and treats to my dogs (I had 2 at that time) and I was having difficulty getting them to come in the house because of this. I talked to him about this and he told me that his little dog passed away and he liked playing with mine because it helped him deal with the loss of his dog. After hearing this, I told him it was fine for him to continue. I’ve never felt like this guy really liked me just by the way he’s acted toward me in the past. I’ve never done anything but be kind to him. Anyway, he tells me that my dog’s laying in the back yard (which I didn’t know) and asked me to “deal with it,” and walks away. He never offered to help me move the dog, nothing! I struggled to drag the dog across the backyard inside part of my home. She’s a husky and very heavy. I’m so overwhelmed right now I don’t even know what to do. Sorry for this rant.

Why do I suspect Madsen won’t be with us much longer?

So, In panel 1 Tracy admits the failure of his stucco-tracing! Now, his Plan B is to go instead to “a friend” who can help—Diet Smith?

Meanwhile, “a few blocks east,” maniacal Madsen lets himself into the secret boiler room with his own key while mentally babbling to himself that he’ll enjoy two cuts of…what? The whole phone scam take?

In panel 3, Mad Madsen startles (if not frightens) the Phone Girl in (today’s) Purple Top. Indeed, I should think he’d seem scary to anyone….

He looks about as mad as the Boss Man…