Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 24, 2023

Good morning™, everyone!

Audie is still calm. He must have a plan. I wonder if those are pills for his condition that makes him talk to people who aren’t there.

Good morning™, shocked but not awed !

Tomorrow we see, in the next room, an ‘alert’ Sprocket who knows  it is time to make a hasty and discrete departure. Sabs could use some pills of her own. That boisterous behavior will only make things worse. Sounds like Audie is not quite ready to exercise the boiler room bugout  just yet.

How many more days are we going to see Audie & Sabrina learning that Madsen shot Anders & yelling at each other over it? Just asking.

Sabrina seems to have much sayso in the organization!

The depths of Audie’s mental illness are worrying. I’d hate to see him off his meds.

SO not my part. I’m a little lost trying to figure where this is going.

If those are tranquillizers Sabrina made Audie spill, he should give her some.

…..perhaps she did a 21st century take on “slipping him a Mickie” just then? WHO can really say?

What is brewing here ?

She needs a good slap

Now these added panels REALLY were needed to move the story ahead………..NOT!

1-AUDIE DAWGIE: CALM DOWN, SABRA! SABRA: CALM DOWN? I’M A WOMAN! YOU KNOW WOMEN ARE PRONE TO PANIC AND EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS! THAT’S WHY WE CAN NEVER BE PRESIDENT! WHY I OUGHTA…

2-AUDIE: Yikes! I better hit the button that summons Security. Let’s see…I put it where it would be convenient…no that’s not it. Oh, SCREW IT!

3-… Maybe flattery will calm her down. You’re really cute when you’re angry, Sabra. Now I’ll do a magic trick to redirect her attention Watch me float a pill up out of this bottle – FLOAT! SABRA: What? Wow! How’d you do that?

AUDIE: Heh heh. Works better than a shiny object!

Dang!

“Even if we’re horribly mangled, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas!”MOVIE QUOTE

Jim Carrey—HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS—2000

Talk a little louder, you two.

Sprocket’s brother can’t hear you back at the penitentiary.

sorry all, I’m heading out. These stories just ain’t what they used to be. Take care!

It looked so easy.

It came off so smooth.

But twenty years is SO long.

CHESTER GOULD

I will probably be off of the board for a week. We are going to visit my wife’s sister who lives in Florida. I’ll probably check in on my phone but doubtful if I will be able to comment much.

Is Audie the one who has been having those “call and respond” moments at his and Sabrina’s workplace? Job related stress can be overwhelming.

_From frazzled to settled, all in three panels of pill-pushing panic and palliation. Those Dang Pills that Audie spilled and is gathering back up, with one assist from cousin Sabrina, must be pretty potent and effective. Calm heads will prevail against Mad Madsen, Audie hopes. While he was down behind the desk picking up his pills, he should have also picked up a pistol he had stowed in one of the drawers. Gotta be prepared for when Madsen shows up….