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 about 1 month ago
oh hell…
here we go…
firestrike1 about 1 month ago
Minit Misery…
avenger09 about 1 month 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 about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
Looks like a five year old did the art work.
Brian Premium Member about 1 month ago
“No, Hefe. Never heard of him.”
syzygy47 about 1 month ago
<Caramba! I was hoping zis tragic death would be solved by ze famous Inspector Clouseau>
BreathlessMahoney77 about 1 month ago
Don’t cry for me, Argentina. On second thought, it’s a Minit Mystery. Go ahead & cry.
Ida No about 1 month ago
I’ve always wanted to meet the celebated Dick Tracy.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
GREAT SCOTT….who would want to murder The Greatest Tango Dancer in Buenos Aires????
Sporteric11 about 1 month ago
Nothing else is happening so why not a Minit Misery ?
Major Matt Mason Premium Member about 1 month ago
Looking good! Leo’s art hearkens back to classic postwar detective stories…
eced52 about 1 month ago
Sounds familiar, Senor.
trainnut1956 about 1 month ago
Ah, I was hoping the visiting detective would be Fearless Fosdick!
tsull2121 about 1 month ago
This couldn’t have waited til the “official end” of the first story?
LawrenceS about 1 month 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 about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
Tracy is world renowned it seems!
iggyman about 1 month ago
It takes two to Tango, don’t forget!
iggyman about 1 month ago
“Don’t cry for me Argentina”!
dag8686 Premium Member about 1 month ago
Two week vacation from Eric…..
Wichita1.1 about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
Why does Dick have a can opener for a nose ?
Sayman about 1 month ago
I like the art work.
WilliamVollmer about 1 month ago
Tracy is now an expert in murder by the Tango? Who knew?
Charles Ettinger about 1 month ago
I figured y’all needed a break from my terrible art for a couple of weeks. You’re welcome.
adekii about 1 month ago
Ooooh! I think this’ll be fun!
Ray Toler about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
The third panel has me wondering what the Spanish word for “oh” is…
Null Island about 1 month ago
I don’t know how Eric Costello can tell a story in just two weeks….
Durak Premium Member about 1 month ago
Or, as we call him here in Argentina, El Carajo.
Another Take about 1 month 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 about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
A whole Sunday strip, and not a single car chase or gunfight yet! O tempora, o mores!
h.v.greenman about 1 month ago
The butler did it. Now can we get rid of the hack “Eric” and get a real writer?
h.v.greenman about 1 month ago
Only positive thing I can say is, Nice artwork today.
Drbarb71 Premium Member about 1 month ago
Some of us LIKE these so pipe down and just don’t read it, haters. Sigh……
Dan'lDanehy-Oakes about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
So… The real crime here is this two week MM?
overtop about 1 month ago
Yoy know it’s bad when Wick doesn’t comment
Guy Steele Premium Member about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago
Aw, man! No “Tracy’s Hall of Fame”
jim_pem about 1 month ago
Tango? No tengo que bailar el tango. Aqui me siento.
Oh what a tangoed web we weave.
IvanB.Cohen about 1 month 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] about 1 month ago
The killer is Daphne, The Bull Fiddle Player.
She was “leading” again