A fata morgana is another name for a type of mirage, a fitting name for someone who works as an illusionist. https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)
Merriam-Webster notes:
“Fata Morgana is the Italian name for Morgan le Fay (meaning “Morgan the Fairy”), a sorceress of medieval legends. This sister of the legendary King Arthur is sometimes portrayed as the ruler of the island paradise Avalon and is said to have had a number of magical powers, with which she caused a great deal of trouble. Among her powers, say some versions of the legend, was the ability to change shape, and she has been blamed for causing complex mirages over bodies of water, especially in the Strait of Messina."
It appears that Fata managed to pass a note to Rikki, specifying how the rescue would happen, without alerting the guards, by the use of Abner’s secret cypher that only Rikki would recognize. That’s pretty clever, although it might look a bit too suspicious in real life.
Rikki has gone from being #1 to #2. Is Morgana also a baby bearer ? At least M.C. is in step with R’s skin tone. Is the eye cover real or a gimmick ? If it’s real this thing could be wired to the optic nerve and is transmitting light the way a normal eye would albeit electronically.
Don’t tell me…I’ve asked someone not to tell me…this Fata Morgana is going to end up doing a magic act at Vitamin Flintheart’s theater. Nah, the woman could not be that desperate for work.
Better known as Morgana The Kissing Bandit of Major League Baseball, who probably used her amazingly huge hooters to smother to death her victims !!!She almost killed Nolan Ryan !!!
Two comments1. Fata Morgana seems older (about 35?) in the first panel, next to the Hall of Fame than she does in the panel where she says, “I’m Fata ….” (about 18 – 20?
A “fata morgana” is a phrase that refers to a mirage. Could FM’s specialty be pulling a “disappearing act” when it appears that she’s cornered with no apparent means of escape otherwise? Or does she have the ability to cast “illusions”? If so, could that thing on her left eye be some sort of holographic projector?
Well, since the Borg angle has been done half to death, permit me to ask if Rikki has been busted out of prison or merely released (as she’s still in prison orange).
Fata Morgana, the greater will o’ the wisp, the maleficent sister of Arthur in legend, and here, the traveling stage magician with half-“Phantom of the Opera” mask, half-Borg ocular implant. Perhaps as an occasional hit person and newly-revealed understudy to Abner Kadaver, it serves her as also a targeting device, In addition, we learn what Rikki was fishing out of her top yesterday; viz., this ciphered note. Rikki Mortis did not know (nor did we) that Abner had an understudy, hence her shocked in the final panel (we are sturdy to deal with a retcon like this, though).
Just one more thing, Ms. Morgana.
Why have you brought Rikki here (wherever “here” is)?
NOTE: Corrected text added here to preserve Replies already made to previous edit….
Now You Know!
Fata Morgana, the greater will o’ the wisp, the maleficent sister of Arthur in legend, and here, the traveling stage magician with half-“Phantom of the Opera” mask, half-Borg ocular implant. Perhaps as an occasional hit person and newly-revealed understudy to Abner Kadaver, it serves her as also a targeting device, In addition, we learn what Rikki was fishing out of her top yesterday; viz., this ciphered note. Rikki Mortis did not know (nor did we) that Abner had an understudy, hence her shocked expression in the final panel (we are sturdy to deal with a retcon like this, though).
Just one more thing, Ms. Morgana.
Why have you brought Rikki here (wherever “here” is)?
a Happy New Year and a good day to all the resident inmates here at the asylum collective…
let’s hope this year will be a better one for the world and for the strip itself…
but it’s already started off on the wrong foot here as of today…
(settle down there, General, we all know about the foot kink fetish that fascinates you so much and that you are so enamored of)
it doesn’t look that way, as GoComics personnel are still in bed trying to recover and recuperate after they probably partook of Gweedo’s hell-hooch hill-swill all last night…
Thanx to Avenger, I was able to find today’s strip on the Seattle Times website. Click on Entertainment on the front page, then on Comics when the Entertainment page comes up.HAPPY NEW YEAR!
If that’s not accomplicing I don’t know the meaning of the word, but then she only does pretend magic. I thought Rikki would be the volunteer. Maybe she will kill someone in the audience for Morganite.
On the Sunday strip….When Abner left to chase Tracy around Europe in 2015,he trusted Rikki to carry out his full schedule of contracts for him.
So she won’t like the notion t aht she migt have thrown her life away on the wrong guy.I don’t think these two ladies are going to like each other that much.Bette Davis and Joan Crawford stuff.
Let’s all move over to Aaggghhh for our Dick Tracy comments until they fix this problem. It’s an appropriate description and the writer of the strip could use some comments!
Pequod 12 months ago
Rikki Mortis breathes free air
Freshly sprung from prison lair.
Look to see humble abode
Pays to know the cipher code.
Mysterious magician
A hitter sans contrition.
Metal eyepatch with a lens
Deadly trouble soon begins.
Kadaver’s understudy
Things bound to soon get bloody.
firestrike1 12 months ago
a-HA… an secret associate/student of Ab’s that Rikki knew nothing about…
avenger09 12 months ago
Chick fight!!!!!
Brian Premium Member 12 months ago
Rikki thought she was the understudy.
Ashmael 12 months ago
Surprise, Rikki! You weren’t thevonly woman in Abner’s life!
avenger09 12 months ago
So Rikki adjusting her bra yesterday was for no reason?
firestrike1 12 months ago
and what’s with Morgana’s eyewear?…
and just because she SAYS she was Ab’s understudy doesn’t mean it has to be gospel truth…
she COULD be running game on Rikki for some reason, which I THINK she IS…
just a feeling I have…
avenger09 12 months ago
3 days,,,,,,,,,,,,,
And I’m not bored yet!!!
’Tis the season of miracles!!!
avenger09 12 months ago
Fata is very Borg-ish!
Neil Wick 12 months ago
Good morning™, everyone!
A fata morgana is another name for a type of mirage, a fitting name for someone who works as an illusionist. https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)
Merriam-Webster notes:
“Fata Morgana is the Italian name for Morgan le Fay (meaning “Morgan the Fairy”), a sorceress of medieval legends. This sister of the legendary King Arthur is sometimes portrayed as the ruler of the island paradise Avalon and is said to have had a number of magical powers, with which she caused a great deal of trouble. Among her powers, say some versions of the legend, was the ability to change shape, and she has been blamed for causing complex mirages over bodies of water, especially in the Strait of Messina."
BreathlessMahoney77 12 months ago
Fata’s stage act was world famous for the incredible “knife through the eye” trick until one nite….
Neil Wick 12 months ago
It appears that Fata managed to pass a note to Rikki, specifying how the rescue would happen, without alerting the guards, by the use of Abner’s secret cypher that only Rikki would recognize. That’s pretty clever, although it might look a bit too suspicious in real life.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 12 months ago
Good morning™, shocked [former #1] understudies !
Rikki has gone from being #1 to #2. Is Morgana also a baby bearer ? At least M.C. is in step with R’s skin tone. Is the eye cover real or a gimmick ? If it’s real this thing could be wired to the optic nerve and is transmitting light the way a normal eye would albeit electronically.
BigDaveGlass 12 months ago
Aye, see what you did there…….
IvanB.Cohen 12 months ago
Don’t tell me…I’ve asked someone not to tell me…this Fata Morgana is going to end up doing a magic act at Vitamin Flintheart’s theater. Nah, the woman could not be that desperate for work.
IvanB.Cohen 12 months ago
Whoa! Abner loved you Rikki, but he had secrets. What was that old saying? Oh wife is always the last to know.
Sporteric11 12 months ago
Better known as Morgana The Kissing Bandit of Major League Baseball, who probably used her amazingly huge hooters to smother to death her victims !!!She almost killed Nolan Ryan !!!
[Unnamed Reader - 248b1f] 12 months ago
Abner coulda had some nice 3 somes, lol
crobinson019 12 months ago
Nope—Rikki always thought she was his Boo…
iggyman 12 months ago
Todays strip “digging up” the dirt on ol’ Abner !
iggyman 12 months ago
Art of Panel 2 is breath taking, wow!
Lafsalot 12 months ago
An understudy!? You mean….Mutton Jeff???!
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 12 months ago
The story is starting well . So far so good .
Just-me 12 months ago
She’s wearing her Phantom of the Opera starter kit.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 12 months ago
Fata Morgana is a dead ringer for Dr. Pulaski as portrayed by the legendary Diana Muldaur .
MuddyUSA Premium Member 12 months ago
And so it begins………
markwillman4 12 months ago
Whoopsy! Old Abs got forgetful in his senior years!
oakie817 12 months ago
HIPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl 12 months ago
Happy Seventh Day of Christmas.
Another Take 12 months ago
1-RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER: Here. I made this for you in the prison print shop.
2-FATS: I spring you from the joint and you give me a card written in Klingon?!?
3-…Here’s what I think of this “gift”
4-POOF!!!
5-… Oh…how did you enjoy your dinner? It’s my favorite recipe – YOUR BABY TAR TAR! BWAAAA HAAA HAAAAAA!!!!
Sportymonk 12 months ago
Two comments1. Fata Morgana seems older (about 35?) in the first panel, next to the Hall of Fame than she does in the panel where she says, “I’m Fata ….” (about 18 – 20?
2. Wonder how close Fata and Rikki will become?
firestrike1 12 months ago
it can’t get any worse than it already has been, can it?…
well, only if a certain Mirrored-Legos resident is victorious next year, but I digress…
BUT have a happy happy to one and all and thanks for a great year of sanity as well as INsanity…
I had a good time and I hope you all did, as well…
seeya all in ’24 for more…
firestrike1 12 months ago
I’m hereby dubbing our new female rogue as ‘Morgana Screweye’…
GoComicsGo! 12 months ago
Happy hew years kiddies.
ScottHolman 12 months ago
This is great!! Abner and Rikki are back! (But didn’t Abner die?).
JPuzzleWhiz 12 months ago
Serious comment, here:
A “fata morgana” is a phrase that refers to a mirage. Could FM’s specialty be pulling a “disappearing act” when it appears that she’s cornered with no apparent means of escape otherwise? Or does she have the ability to cast “illusions”? If so, could that thing on her left eye be some sort of holographic projector?
Guy Steele Premium Member 12 months ago
Yay, another metal-faced antagonist. Will she experience the same problems Steelface did (about a year ago), or will we get some new tropes?
Guy Steele Premium Member 12 months ago
Not only does she know the secret cipher, she prints her greeting cards on flash paper.
Ray Toler 12 months ago
Happy New Year, everybody!
Bwahahaha! 12 months ago
How is Fata related to Xaviera Libris? You know she is. Sister?
jrankin1959 12 months ago
Well, since the Borg angle has been done half to death, permit me to ask if Rikki has been busted out of prison or merely released (as she’s still in prison orange).
avenger09 12 months ago
Gweedo! I texted you a happy New Year. Now stop stalking me before I sic firebutt on you, literally! LOL!
adekii 12 months ago
OOOOOOOOOH!!! :D :D :D
Sisyphos 12 months ago
Now You Know!
Fata Morgana, the greater will o’ the wisp, the maleficent sister of Arthur in legend, and here, the traveling stage magician with half-“Phantom of the Opera” mask, half-Borg ocular implant. Perhaps as an occasional hit person and newly-revealed understudy to Abner Kadaver, it serves her as also a targeting device, In addition, we learn what Rikki was fishing out of her top yesterday; viz., this ciphered note. Rikki Mortis did not know (nor did we) that Abner had an understudy, hence her shocked in the final panel (we are sturdy to deal with a retcon like this, though).
Just one more thing, Ms. Morgana.
Why have you brought Rikki here (wherever “here” is)?
Sisyphos 12 months ago
NOTE: Corrected text added here to preserve Replies already made to previous edit….
Now You Know!
Fata Morgana, the greater will o’ the wisp, the maleficent sister of Arthur in legend, and here, the traveling stage magician with half-“Phantom of the Opera” mask, half-Borg ocular implant. Perhaps as an occasional hit person and newly-revealed understudy to Abner Kadaver, it serves her as also a targeting device, In addition, we learn what Rikki was fishing out of her top yesterday; viz., this ciphered note. Rikki Mortis did not know (nor did we) that Abner had an understudy, hence her shocked expression in the final panel (we are sturdy to deal with a retcon like this, though).
Just one more thing, Ms. Morgana.
Why have you brought Rikki here (wherever “here” is)?
avenger09 12 months ago
Well, the New Year has certainly started off great for GoComics!
ScottHolman 12 months ago
I’m all for Rikki in this thing. I think she’s wonderful.
GoComicsGo! 12 months ago
Hey Gweedo, can you tell the GC staff to leave your goats alone and get back to work please?
Batster 12 months ago
Today is obviously the setup for a Bill Murray crossover….
Batster 12 months ago
Coming up: Plentia Kopz and the Supertroopers investigate ‘The Case of the Dilatory Daily’!
avenger09 12 months ago
For those who can’t wait for GoComics to get over their New Years Eve hangover!
https://www.seattletimes.Com/comics-king/?feature_id=Dick-Tracy
Gent 12 months ago
Say what happen to this comic and Pluggers? Nothing for 1st day of 2024?
tripwire45 12 months ago
What happened to the January 1st comic strip?
firestrike1 12 months ago
a Happy New Year and a good day to all the resident inmates here at the asylum collective…
let’s hope this year will be a better one for the world and for the strip itself…
but it’s already started off on the wrong foot here as of today…
(settle down there, General, we all know about the foot kink fetish that fascinates you so much and that you are so enamored of)
it doesn’t look that way, as GoComics personnel are still in bed trying to recover and recuperate after they probably partook of Gweedo’s hell-hooch hill-swill all last night…
turpentine-poisoning WILL do it to ya every time…
there oughtta be a law…
cmerb 12 months ago
Today is the first , I think ?
avenger09 12 months ago
It might be a week before they fix this issue. Lol!
Just for you!
https://youtube.Com/shorts/lrofPdtakX8?si=AhJJPCFk2Oi_AygS
dvandom 12 months ago
No update for Monday?
BreathlessMahoney77 12 months ago
Thanx to Avenger, I was able to find today’s strip on the Seattle Times website. Click on Entertainment on the front page, then on Comics when the Entertainment page comes up.HAPPY NEW YEAR!
markwillman4 12 months ago
A random thought… Could Fata possibly be Abner’s sister and not a previous girlfriend? Hmmmm….
jrankin1959 12 months ago
Maybe Fata gave Abner the disorder that ended his life, and took his place. (Sith are known to do that…)
mwright-ylca 12 months ago
Looks like no Jan lst strip.
PaStark Premium Member 12 months ago
What happened to January 1 strip?
GoComicsGo! 12 months ago
Here’s today’s strip.
https://v7.comicskingdom.Net/comics/Dick-Tracy/
Knew it wasn’t coming when I saw Brewster wasn’t updated.
avenger09 12 months ago
Enjoy!
https://youtu.Be/B_KOAr9eaG4?si=HunZ02rshBFv98xa
firestrike1 12 months ago
and ERROR 404 continues…
Neil Wick 12 months ago
Good morning™, everybody and a belated wish for a happy new year!
If you missed yesterday’s strip, it should be available for about a week here: https://tribunecontentagency.Com/article/20240101csdtc-tif/
Today’s: https://tribunecontentagency.Com/article/20240102csdtc-tif/
Fata would have the audience believe that she’s a mind reader, too, but we know that she more “volun-told” Mr. Throughton than volunteered him.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 12 months ago
Good morning™, magic show cahooters !
If that’s not accomplicing I don’t know the meaning of the word, but then she only does pretend magic. I thought Rikki would be the volunteer. Maybe she will kill someone in the audience for Morganite.
Gent 12 months ago
None of comics from Tribune Agency is appear here. Pluggers, Brewster Rockit, Gasoline Alley, and this one. And it 2nd day of 2024 now.
retropop 12 months ago
Anyone else notice Tribune content hasn’t been updated since the 31st? Gasoline Alley hasn’t been updated either.
22ph 12 months ago
No more DT on GoComics?
No Sunday strip at Tribune but they have the 2 January strips
22ph 12 months ago
Go comics does not like URLs. Replace + with slash and # with a period
tribunecontentagency#com+premium-content+comics+dick-tracy
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 12 months ago
Shelley has P.1. “Ft. Morgan” looking dazzling.
Judge Magney 12 months ago
That might be a Dr Who shout-out in today’s strip. But no hint as to what’s going on with L’il Abner.
dag8686 Premium Member 12 months ago
Where are the Dick Tracy comics?
Batster 12 months ago
Annnd it’s day two of the Blue Flu here at GC, folks….
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 12 months ago
no new tracy for 2 days, did they drop the strip on the new year?
Richard Klinzman Premium Member 12 months ago
two days with no new strips nor a reason why. Is there another site to access the strip?
Batster 12 months ago
If this isn’t fixed in the next day or two, we’ll all wear out our fingers scrolling….
orbenjawell Premium Member 12 months ago
…..somebody jog those guys, and wake ‘em up………….they shouldn’t have partied so hardy on 12/31…….
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 12 months ago
On the Sunday strip….When Abner left to chase Tracy around Europe in 2015,he trusted Rikki to carry out his full schedule of contracts for him.
So she won’t like the notion t aht she migt have thrown her life away on the wrong guy.I don’t think these two ladies are going to like each other that much.Bette Davis and Joan Crawford stuff.
Don Bagert Premium Member 12 months ago
So on the January 2 strip: I believe someone predicted that Fata Morgana would be performing at Vitaman’s Patterson Playhouse :)
bluephrog 12 months ago
DT is updated on comics kingdom.
markwillman4 12 months ago
WAKE UP, GOCOMICS!! You’re living in the past!!
Another Take 12 months ago
HOW MUCH DO WE LOVE DT NOW THAT MIKE IS WITHHOLDING IT FROM US?
Nice power move. We won’t complain any more!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 12 months ago
MOVIE QUOTE——“I’ll have another martini. And put a black olive in it!”
Dan Duryea—LADY ON A TRAIN—1945
h.v.greenman 12 months ago
Are the computers at GoComics on strike again? Several strips haven’t updated since New Year’s Eve.
ShadowMaster 12 months ago
Two days behind now
avenger09 12 months ago
Let’s all move over to Aaggghhh for our Dick Tracy comments until they fix this problem. It’s an appropriate description and the writer of the strip could use some comments!
firestrike1 12 months ago
Dick is back…
so let’s plunge deeply…
back into Rikki Mortis and Morgana Screweye…