Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 24, 2024

Good morning™, everyone!

Okay, he seems to acknowledge the motive now.

firestrike1 bluster’d 14 minutes ago

@Gweedo it’s legal here Murray

you keep talkin’ to me that way and I’ll find something on the ground to chuck up yours…

I bet you’re that (cranky) old man in your neighborhood whose little pip squeak of a yappy dog the kids like to tease until it jumps at the fence and spaz barks its fool head off.

Shouldn’t the last panel read,

“But average people don’t need insurance money to save a business, do they?”

Where’s grammer expert Kenny G. when you need him?

Tracy’s like a proud peacock in panel one, puffing out his chest and strutting his stuff.

Because insurance companies gladly pay out big bucks to policyholders whose business partners die under mysterious circumstances like slot machines.

Good morning™, Exposed and Ashamed !

Too bad the (hopefully) recovered Borgia can’t collect when a partner goes to jail. Palm will be going where the sun don’t shine and that’s almost dead. Since he implements his partner’s designs does that mean some other person(s) would have been poisoned, if Palmer hadn’t taken initiative to do a little poisoning of his own ?

Monocle down.

I guess when you come up with a piratey poison symbol fool dishware design, you might just tick off your partner bad enough to contemplate murdering you. Although, how did Palmer get with the manufacturer of the dishware to make the trick pots without making them and Borgia suspect?

So his great plan depend upon average person will not closing that bottom hole on handle. How he so sure about that?

And how come no staff is knows about something liquid still inside pot when cleaning it? Does they not even cleaning it before using it?

And inside how many teapots he is has put poison? Or they has only one teapot? If not what is guarantee that this teapot only is use for serving for intended victeem?

Speaking of average persons, this plot is waaay below average.

Hopefully they acknowledge Shelley tomorrow or the start of the next story for her contributions to Dick Tracy.

Shame on you, killing your partner, to save the business, now you’re in worse trouble!

White Coat looks unhappy.

Palmer’s soooo ashamed.

Popski should get rid of all the “Skull & Crossbones” dishes, which by the way, is a warning for poison and use his normal plateware…

Tune in next week for the thriller “Butler did it”

And the victim – whose designs this guy made – didn’t notice the change in the handle? Or did he design the poison pot himself? Terrible story.

Where was the mystery?

So long, all. I hadn’t read Tracy in ages when I happened to hit across the first strip in the X. Libris story, and after reading that agonizingly bad tale, I had hopes for the Fata story, but that was chopped up and ended after only 6 weeks (only an editorial decision would make it that short), and now I’ve endured ’I’m a little teapot.’ My BS tolerance is low these days so it’s time for me to give up on this. Stay well, everyone, and good luck with the next story.

“Well, you’d be surprised, Tracy.”

1-DT: Stop “SWEATING LIKE A PIG”! I’m somehow offended by it…

2-…Oh don’t worry. I’m positive Victimski is going to be fine.

3-…Also, your secret is safe with me. As a trained observer, I knew immediately that you were lovers. SAM: HOSPITAL CALLED! VICTIMSKI IS DEAD! THEY THINK HE WAS POISONED!

DT: Oops. Well, compared to me, you’re still young. You’ll find someone else in due time. SAM! ARREST POOPSKI FOR MURDER! POOPSKI: WHAT?!?!

DT: MARK VII this one, Sam!

Oh, darn. It looks like they’re going to waste Sunday on a wrap-up of the Minit Mystery.

This was not much of a minute mystery…..it was a joke on us though!!

MR. KLEENE: “Your honor, members of the jury, my client Mr. Palmer was driven temporarily insane by designs like this one."

Poor George Bush. Busted!

Actually, the average business person does need financial help to stay afloat. Did you know that 40% of small businesses fail within the first three years. Would have made a nice fourth panel. Something interesting.

Cut to Fata reading the strip in the paper.

“See, you never talk to Tracy. Always have a disguise and secret escape passage ready.”

…..and the whole caper, from committed crime to, essentially, an admission of guilt was carried out in one room…..imagine that………

Meanwhile,the GOOD tea is getting cold….