Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 18, 2024

Sigh, Shelley, if you’re out there, please come home. Mom, dad, uncle Jethro, Auntie Gweeda, and all the kissin’ cousins miss you!

?TF does your monocle look like that?

Palmer’s guilty!

“Sorry Tracy, I’ve seen Minit Mystery episodes before. I’m not saying anything without a lawyer.”

Good morning™, Dodgy excuses !

Each one feeling the strain of Tracy’s incessant questions. Let’s zoom in on waiter guy as he looks genuinely scared of being discovered.

As for Palmer; I think he’s a Yale man as a Harvard hombre would never stoop so low. [Chuck Winchester approves this message.)

Guest appearance by NOT ME of “Family Circus”

Looking closely at last Sunday’s strip, when this whole thing began, Borgia seems to be drinking right before he starts gagging, if you squint can see his little finger raised, like he’s drinking from a tea cup. Maybe Palmer did poison the tea, r the sugar, & drank some of it, but took an antidote earlier. I seem to recall something like this happened in a Breaking Bad episode, in that one the killer used poison mixed in with Sweet n Low. Stay tuned.

Good morning™, everyone!

So, to sum up, we’ve supposedly eliminated the sandwich, the tea, the plates, cups, and teapot, and the sugar, but there has to be something not so obvious. As BreathlessMahoney77 just said, we saw that Borgia was drinking tea at the time when he cried out due to poisoning.

Oy Vey… Don’t forget to bill the estate for his meal !

Eh obveeously he was poisoned earlier by a slow poison.

Interesting Interrogation sequence!

We must find someone to blame before the gentiles at the Health Department close us down again. Oy veh !

Was it Batster who called the guy sitting in the background yesterday as the killer? Yep. And the question becomes how? I’m still going with my antacid tablet suggest. And coincidence, of course, that Sam just happened to go into a deli for a crime.

It was probably the special plate. Also, it that special guest Mr. Fisholder from Bob’s Burger?

At least the dishes were put through the dishwater at least once, a question asked early on in the comments.

Hmm… skull and crossbones on the dinnerware. Hmmm….

Not bad artwork today. The body language and the facial expressions of the witnesses are handled very well.

Feeble , weak , tired , stale , unimaginative and just plain stupid .

And crummy artwork . Too bright and cheery . Tone it down and darken it pencil boy .

???? When did Palmer arrive?

I’m going to be so p!$$ed if this turns out to be an embolism!

The shading in last panel of Tracy is excellent…..

oh this is not my cup of tea

1-COOKIE: I got Hepatitis A, B & C but that doesn’t kill immediately. So – not it!

2-DUDE: Peace Pig! I’m into Flower Power and Free Love! So – not it!

3-DONNIE DROPOUT: Oh man – I’m just hopin’ I don’t lose this great gig! I can work “high” and eat anything the customers don’t finish. I was out back huffing some of Cookie’s non-stick spray when that weird guy dropped! So – not it!

4-DT: Victimski barely nibbled this. I don’t think it’s poisoned. SAM! GET OVER HERE AND EAT THIS AND PROVE ME RIGHT! SAM: YES SIR!

5-DT: I guess by process of elimination, YOU’RE IT, MR. PERPSKI! PERPSKI: You didn’t question Poopski. Or Teakettle Lady. DT: DANG IT! Uhhhh, anyone else?

SAM: CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP! I think it’s o—-

A variation of the old melting ice cube trick?

Mr.Borgia didn’t add anything to his sandwich and apparently took only one small bite. If the sandwich poisoned him, it was pretty powerful and quick-acting poison.

When Dick Tracy says, ‘May I ask you a few questions’, you know it can’t be good. Why doesn’t someone just say ‘no, you can’t’.

Is the “Minute” up yet?

….I do notice washer-boy’s shirt is out on one side….reminds me of the “Gus” character in the SKULL comic strip that Sherpa comics ran some time ago……..mmmph, kinda looks like Gus, too……..

I don’t intend faint praise but I’ll make the observation that Dee’s work is well-thought out. The backgrounds and posing support the dialogue perfectly.

Palmer shrinks into the Atom and escapes through a mousehole

I’m suspicious of people who wear pure white suits. They want to see how many people they can kill without getting blood spatters on them.