Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 15, 2023

a nothing-happening installment today…

today for the first time, there seems to be a semblance of normality in Aud’s appearance in panel three…

Good morning™, everyone!

So, Madsen did get them the equipment. I thought maybe he had sold it to someone else. Im surprised to learn that Sabrina is Audie’s cousin. I never suspected that. It does look like Audie is finally finding out that Anders was shot. I wonder if the article mentions Anders by name.

Good morning™, tired coworkers !

It’s like they have not done anything wrong. Have we been misdirected ?  Shelley has done well in coming up with an original looking new female ‘lead’.

“The wheels on the bus go round and round, all story long!”

Despite it all, i’ll raise my grandkids to read Dick Tracy!

I wonder if sunshine was good at Dot-To-Dots?

So Audie And Sabrina are another version of Silver and Sprocket?

Looks like he just read the news about Anders!

I notice that Audie is apparently on his meds as he hasn’t responded to any verbal hallucinations in a couple of weeks.

“I just wanna grab a burger and crash.”— That’s why you shouldn’t try to eat while driving….

Well, I said yesterday Anders’ death would make the news and it would be clear the story Madsen told Audie was fake. Audie will be prepared if Madsen returns. The question is whether Madsen will realize Audie knows or will try to bluff more money out of him?

Don’t worry, citizens! The police are hot on their trail! (Somewhere, I’m sure.)

The cat’s out of the bag now. I don’t think Madboy is getting paid.

1-SABRA: You got something on your mind – spill. AUDIE TORIUM: It’s just… I think you should wear a bra at work.

2-SABRA: I can’t! The straps give me a rash right here. Well, I can’t reach but just below here. AUDIE: Well, the “girls” are giving me a problem “down there”. And that’s a MUCH bigger problem.

3-SABRA: Fine, Cuz – ya big perv. Tomorrow, I’ll wear a bra and a chastity belt in case the bra doesn’t do it for ya.

AUDIE: Hmmmm. Someone at my car repair shop got shot. Probably charged some dude for repairs they never made. And to think they call Telemarketers “crooks”…

Don’t you wish YOU could say the same for yourself, Firebomb??

If Sabrina wants to keep her figure she’d better go easy on those burgers. Just saying.

Today’s take-aways:

Sabrina is no saint.

Sabrina is (if we take her literally) Audie’s cousin. That would make sense, actually, with them sharing in the start-up of the scam.

Madsen is as good as dead, unless he knows how to shoot first!

OT: I just don’t have it in me to fire anyone. The narrator for the current 20-hour audio book requested an extension through October (so its now a7-month window) due to hospitalization. This may cause me some issues with the releaser, but I think I’ll survive.

At least I now have an hour of raw material to proof.

At least she has family in the buisness for backup but does it have to be Lex Luther ?

Madsen is trying to play his boss for a sap and shake him down for double payment for a job NOT done.

Who does he think he is,Flattop?

First rule of crime fiction—-guys like that wind up six foot under