So long as it doesn’t involve dozens of tea pots with obvious structural irregularities and filled with poison it’s got to be better than the last, right?
Right?
Please, someone tell me it can’t possibly be that bad.
In all fairness, folks, writing for a strictly limited 2-week block is a bit difficult. Granted I blocked it our overnight, but I had to drop a lot of details.
I wonder if this convention has a trading room? Maybe Mike Curtis is in there trying to sell his new book, How to Write Dick Tracy Without Writing Dick Tracy. If he’s lucky, he’ll get the booth next to Art Deco or Big Margie.
While I don’t generally agree with the whiney-whiney-it-isn’t-what-I-wanted-boo-hoo nonsense, I have to admit that the art here is … well … Dick Tracy with a big s***-eatin’ grin is just wrong.
I’m with @Major Matt Mason; this art is a pleasant change of pace. The tango scene is very nice, Tracy’s chin looks suitably sharp, and I’m geeking out over that beautiful street trolley in the throwaway panel.
firestrike1 3 months ago
oh hell…
here we go…
firestrike1 3 months ago
Minit Misery…
avenger09 3 months ago
First, the good news; I took a long walk today. Paid for it afterwards, but boy did it feel good.
Now, the bad news; the strip, it be sinkin’
FAST!Cheapskate0 3 months ago
Guess the action slowed down so much, they needed a two week vacation.
Eric Costello again?
This is getting like the Denver Broncos. Always a new quarterback – and a new quarterback competition in camp.
charliefarmrhere 3 months ago
Looks like a five year old did the art work.
Brian Premium Member 3 months ago
“No, Hefe. Never heard of him.”
syzygy47 3 months ago
<Caramba! I was hoping zis tragic death would be solved by ze famous Inspector Clouseau>
BreathlessMahoney77 3 months ago
Don’t cry for me, Argentina. On second thought, it’s a Minit Mystery. Go ahead & cry.
Ida No 3 months ago
I’ve always wanted to meet the celebated Dick Tracy.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 3 months ago
Good morning™, Internationally Celebrated Celebrity Detectives !
Dancer guy foresaw a time when he wont be tops anymore and so wanted to go out on top.
jonahhex1 3 months ago
GREAT SCOTT….who would want to murder The Greatest Tango Dancer in Buenos Aires????
Sporteric11 3 months ago
Nothing else is happening so why not a Minit Misery ?
Major Matt Mason Premium Member 3 months ago
Looking good! Leo’s art hearkens back to classic postwar detective stories…
eced52 3 months ago
Sounds familiar, Senor.
trainnut1956 3 months ago
Ah, I was hoping the visiting detective would be Fearless Fosdick!
tsull2121 3 months ago
This couldn’t have waited til the “official end” of the first story?
LawrenceS 3 months ago
So long as it doesn’t involve dozens of tea pots with obvious structural irregularities and filled with poison it’s got to be better than the last, right?
Right?
Please, someone tell me it can’t possibly be that bad.
Tradewinds309 3 months ago
Not only is this set in Argentina, but it is also in the past. Look at the trolly car and style of clothing in the throwaway panel.
iggyman 3 months ago
Tracy is world renowned it seems!
iggyman 3 months ago
It takes two to Tango, don’t forget!
iggyman 3 months ago
“Don’t cry for me Argentina”!
dag8686 Premium Member 3 months ago
Two week vacation from Eric…..
Wichita1.1 3 months ago
In all fairness, folks, writing for a strictly limited 2-week block is a bit difficult. Granted I blocked it our overnight, but I had to drop a lot of details.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 3 months ago
Why does Dick have a can opener for a nose ?
Sayman 3 months ago
I like the art work.
WilliamVollmer 3 months ago
Tracy is now an expert in murder by the Tango? Who knew?
Charles Ettinger 3 months ago
I figured y’all needed a break from my terrible art for a couple of weeks. You’re welcome.
adekii 3 months ago
Ooooh! I think this’ll be fun!
Ray Toler 3 months ago
I wonder if this convention has a trading room? Maybe Mike Curtis is in there trying to sell his new book, How to Write Dick Tracy Without Writing Dick Tracy. If he’s lucky, he’ll get the booth next to Art Deco or Big Margie.
Another Take 3 months ago
The third panel has me wondering what the Spanish word for “oh” is…
Null Island 3 months ago
I don’t know how Eric Costello can tell a story in just two weeks….
Durak Premium Member 3 months ago
Or, as we call him here in Argentina, El Carajo.
Another Take 3 months ago
(translated from the original Agentinaese)
1- SAMELITO: The body ees een there, Inspector. I theenk…
2-: … Just last noches he was Dirty Dancing with a woman who was too drunk to stand and now he ees dead.
3- EENSPECTOR: pointing upward We don’t say “dead” in Argentina, my friend – we say in Heaven
4-: Regardless, it just so happens that Dick Tracy is in Argentina for a “conference”. As if Tracyville would pay to send him here for that. Anyway…
5-: Oh look – he’s playing with himself! Look at that grin. What a wonderful time he’s having in our country!
SAMELITO: I take it Deek Tracy does not speak Spanish, Inspector. INSPECTOR: What do you think? He’s American – he can hardly speak English.
firestrike1 3 months ago
I’ll still be around doing my usual nonsensicalness within the comments, but I’m taking a two week break from Dick…
can I survive being without it for that long?… LMAO…
prrdh 3 months ago
A whole Sunday strip, and not a single car chase or gunfight yet! O tempora, o mores!
h.v.greenman 3 months ago
The butler did it. Now can we get rid of the hack “Eric” and get a real writer?
h.v.greenman 3 months ago
Only positive thing I can say is, Nice artwork today.
Drbarb71 Premium Member 3 months ago
Some of us LIKE these so pipe down and just don’t read it, haters. Sigh……
Dan'lDanehy-Oakes 3 months ago
While I don’t generally agree with the whiney-whiney-it-isn’t-what-I-wanted-boo-hoo nonsense, I have to admit that the art here is … well … Dick Tracy with a big s***-eatin’ grin is just wrong.
charliefarmrhere 3 months ago
So… The real crime here is this two week MM?
overtop 3 months ago
Yoy know it’s bad when Wick doesn’t comment
Guy Steele Premium Member 3 months ago
Oh, come on, gang! What a bunch of whiners!
I’m with @Major Matt Mason; this art is a pleasant change of pace. The tango scene is very nice, Tracy’s chin looks suitably sharp, and I’m geeking out over that beautiful street trolley in the throwaway panel.
Strawberry King 3 months ago
Aw, man! No “Tracy’s Hall of Fame”
jim_pem 3 months ago
Tango? No tengo que bailar el tango. Aqui me siento.
Oh what a tangoed web we weave.
IvanB.Cohen 3 months ago
Ain’t that a kick in the head, no forewarning of a Minit Mystery. Thanks, Mike, for giving the readers a heads up that it is for two weeks.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 3 months ago
The killer is Daphne, The Bull Fiddle Player.
She was “leading” again