Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 21, 2023

“Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)

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Q. What do you call a goat that can play the piano really well?

A. Billy Joel.

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“Do I amuse you?… do I make you laugh?… how in the fook am I funny?”…

one bi-t-ch meets another…

Good morning™, everyone!

Wendy doesn’t give up easily, but Xaviera appears to be in a very bad mood to begin with.

Good morning™, sleeping tiger teasers !

Wendy should keep an eye over her shoulder after this. I like how she gets under Libby’s skin. :-)

Wendy IS being very annoying, almost stalk-ish. Plus, Shelly’s drawn her the most unflattering I’ve ever seen her.

There IS a little tension in the last panel, almost an anticipation of some potential slap across the face. With the total lack of anything resembling action, I guess we’ll take it.

I too now have that elegant air of jimpem distinction; a man of wealth, taste and good breeding. LOL !

Uh oh……looks like one arrogant woman punched another arrogant woman’s buttons one too many times.

This is not going to end well I fear…….

Ha ha ha. The joke really on we poor audience.

“Does my name amuse you?” It looks like Ms. Libris is about to pull a Joe Pesci as Tommy Devito from “Goodfellas” on Wendy Wichel.

Well, this current scene sure brought the narrative momentum to a screeching halt.

So Eric is riffin’ from classic movies now for his scripts?

Fully expecting; “The truth? You can’t handle the truth.” next.

Hey! Hey! Gonna be a cat fight. Hey! Hey! Gonna be a cat fight… cat fight.

X Libris is liable to take Wendy’s microphone and shove it up her you know where.

This “drama” is going to overshadow “the worthy cause”. Break it up? On the contrary, patrons are going to start making bets as to the outcome. Imagine the headlines!

She hit a nerve!

“LEAVE ME ALONE MS WICHELL, OR I’LL STAB YOU IN THE HEART WITH MY FLOWER ADORNED LETTER OPENER!”

On the plus side, I’m enjoying the metajoke here that Witchel’s poking fun at the constant on the nose names in this strip.

Wendy flipped her switch!

Stick a knife in her, she’s done.

Wow, the question Wendy is like asking, “Did you know the sun rises in the East?” The station pays her to be that inane? Is Wendy going to be on the receiving end of a cocktail skewer up the right nostril?

I think Ms. Wichel is barking up the wrong tree.

OMG Xaviera has Adamantium claws!

the name game

Someone’s about to get a drinkie in her face.

Throw a drink in her face !!!

great, she’s going all Joe Pesci on her. not the thing you’d expect form a book expert, heck it’s more like how a deranged serial killer would.

I might be the only one but I like Wendy . I’d like to see what would happen in the impending cat fight I see brewing . I think Wendy’s claws are just as sharp as Frau Krautentwat’s .

….“ummmm, not like a clown! NOT LIKE A CLOWN!!” (ooooooh, poop, Wendy thinks……)……

In, what, 80 years of Tracy, is this the first time the punny name has been pointed out?

Does this have to do with the fact that Xlibris is the name of a real firm that assists self-publishing authors, or is she implying that some of the books Libris collects are considered X-rated by today’s standards?

“That why the cartoonist named me this, you idiot! This is Dick Tracy, and they always do that!”

For the record, the allusion to “Goodfellas” was quite deliberate on my part. This sequence with Wendy Wichel has two purposes: the first is to show in more detail what a nasty, unstable and violent person Libris can be (cp. Tommy DeVito); the second is to show that the strain of events — we assume that the murders of the workman, Caxton and Manutius having been getting publicity — is starting to tell on her emotions.

A cat fight in the works??

beware of anyone with a microphone or a notepad

“Am I a comedienne? Do I amuse you? Should wear clown shoes to make you giggle? How about wax lips? Maybe a little seltzer up your nose? Schmuck.”

1-WICH-AY WOMAN: Are all these empty glasses yours?

2-…You have a high tolerance for booze! Oh. Maybe you’re drunk enough to think this joke of mine about your name and book collecting is funny: Does anyone…

3-X: Let me get this on my imaginary hand mic for you: DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? WELL, DO YA PUNK?!? And, GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY! And… YOU HAVE TO ASK ME NICELY, DANNY.

WICH-AY: Uh. Ok. Does anyone ever call you… X: SHADDAP!

MOVIE QUOTE

“Why,officer, this is J.Peter Cucumber,the big oil magnate!”

“I don’t care if he’s Mister Dill Pickle!”

Oliver Hardy and Policeman—-ME AND MY PAL—1933

Anybody remember when the crooked Chief Climer tied Tracy up on the Police Firing range, hoping a stray bullet would finish Dick off?

After seeing SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SPIDER WOMAN for the first time the other day, I think I know where Max Collins got the idea!!

When you start talking like Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, and Yosemite Sam all rolled into one; you’re GUILTY!!

Wendy’s met up with serial killers before.Remember the famous sportswriter who preyed on teachers?

Okay, I’m headed off for the holiday weekend a bit early today, so everybody have a good and safe Thanksgiving as I leave you with these venerable words of wisdom:

Tis’ far better to be stuffed with turkey than it is to be a turkey stuffed.

Laters, y’all!

She looks a little stabby.

First – Ms. Libris, don’t impersonate Tommy DeVito. Second – Wendy, where’s your Carmen Sandiego outfit?

“Goodfeathers” in 3..2..1…

Let the cat fight commence! MEOW!

getting those Joe Pesci vibes. Better hope she doesn’t have a baseball bat handy.

C’mon Wichel, don’t wait! Get in the first punch!

Once again, Ms Wichel put herself in danger approaching a dangerous nuts.

Do I think he’s a clown.

Well,when you’re covered in glue,SaranWrap,and feathers—-yeah,you’re a clown/

maybe the Wich will be burned by a steak…

the sharp end of a steak knife wielded by the unfriendly Frau…

Get Ready for a Joe Pesci from Goodfellas riff." How am I funny? Do I look funny"? Etc.

Annoying Wendy Wichel is luckier than she knows that Xaviera doesn’t have a letter-opener handy! The crass gossip-monger and Tracy-baiter is so gross as to make fun of the Ice Queen’s name! I wonder if those little martini olive plastic spears could be weaponized? In any event, Wendy’s tactless persistence should earn her a quick thrashing and bloodied nose and black eye….

SECURITY!

Oh shades of “Goodfella’s” Here goes “Lenny” with her violent tantrum!

When is Mike Coming back? This storyline is just running on…

Uh-oh, a fight is coming, I’m afraid!

Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)

to help you survive the latest episode of; “As the Worm Inches Along!”

Q. What did the goat that hated celebrating Christmas say?

A. “Baaaa-humbug.”

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Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)

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Q. “What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?”

A. Chicago

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Did Flattop, Brow, Shaky etc ever get these questions?