Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 03, 2024

Cameras blink and in a wink the cleaning man is here

Quiet time for drunken fool and all that he holds dear.

Permanent, his nighttime stay. Some things were figured out

With a hand grasped ‘round his throat there was no chance to shout.

A firm hand is the Totten way. Dead men they tell no tales

Cease to breath. Of life relieved. Swift silence never fails.

wow, talky today…

and the ring looks like one worn by someone in SPECTRE…

Good morning™, everyone!

While the guard goofs off looking at his phone, an assailant with a mysterious spider ring strangles our fare jumper. If I didn’t know better, I would suspect that Mark Barnard was behind it.

The clue is in the “signet”.

Good morning™, Death’s Recognition !

Goofball’s look of fright suggests to me that he KNOWS this guy and not in a good way. Does the ring have a needle on the inside where we can’t see that injects a wee dram of poison ?

Don’t worry kiddies, the man noticed that he just pretended to wash his hands properly by just by putting his hands under the water without soap. So he’s going to make sure that he washes his hands properly this time.

I bet that’s the same cop that was suppose to keep watch on Jeffrey Epstein…..

You guys on the East Coast U.S. are going off Daylight Saving Time aren’t you?

So that’ll mean the change over for me will be at 5pm for a while if I remember correctly.

Eric’s a man of few words! LOL!

I did previously comment to someone that the Sunday strip would make some things clear. The guard not only let the perp come and go unseen both in and out, but the victim could have escaped the same way. We can also assume the reason the guard cameras went inop.

That man with long hair looks like Jericho from Fozzy.

I hope my question don’t make you feel uncomfortable

Is Dick still a popular name in the USA? do people make jokes all the time about men who have this name?

“ZOINKS!”

A 007 crossover? It was Bond to happen sooner or later.

Day 14: Well, we’ve got a logic hole here. Perhaps several. Officer Generic totally ignoring the bathroom door and not hearing the strangulation going on inside? Was he hoping for the guy to escape? Although I think the real logical whopper may be the guy so high he couldn’t speak coherently washing his hands after relieving himself. Oh, are we going to find out that the Totten organization has as its business if the killer could know exactly how to disable to security cameras of the transit authority (sort of a minor police building) so quickly and effectively?

We have a Totten (most likely) – either senior or junior, whose stooge in something nefarious knows too much, and must be removed before he gives evidence. He was, of course, really on the Totten payroll, but senior swearing it was a fake Totten ID (and not being worried about fake IDs floating around) says senior is either in on the plan or a logic hole. Much safer to commit murder with an officer standing ten feet away than having it slip out you keep a stash of Snickers™ bars in your desk after telling your wife you’re on a diet.

Jury has returned with verdict: “Are you unanimous in your decision?” “We are, your honor.”“And your verdict?” “We find the strip made total sense for nine days – followed by a slide into a gray area, and then today.”

Easy to get a unanimous decision in a jury of one. Still, way better than 100 assassin’s teapots sent to a restaurant – all filled with poison… At least so far.

What this? A spider ring? And still more time wasting and we is not knows what on earth going on since weeks. Me was here for the great artworks here but me is now quits for it make no sense to me to follows this anymore. Lemme knows when this so called story is over.

Spider Ring, Spider Ring, friendly neighborhood Spider Ring. Catches you in the John. wrings your neck, then you’re gone….

OK , I give up just what is the image on the top right ?

Great job guarding your prisoner, guy.

Charles’ artwork is stupendous.

Hukk Urrkk !!!

Regarding Officer Samya’s tale in the opening frame, that’s how I feel it should be. Addicts to treatment, dealers to the gallows.

1- YAKOV SMIRNOFF JR: Hand want to slap guard silly. I say NO HAND!

2- OFFICER PORNSTACHE: Transfer Complete. Whoa! I hope the First Bank Of Tracyville doesn’t get suspicious about me suddenly having ten million dollars . Nah! They’ll lend it out at 10% and won’t think twice…

3- YAKOV SMIRNOFF JR: Wash bad hand. First it want to slap guard, then it give inappropriate touch!

4-: … Me thought me alone! Hello! You hand me paper towel?

5- ???: Here’s one more vote Kamala won’t be getting – BWAA HA HAAAAA! YAKOV SMIRNOFF JR: ME…NO…CITIZEN! CAN’T VOTE…! ???: Huh? Oh. I WANT THAT TEN MIL BACK, PORNSTACHE!

OFFICER PORNSTACHE: NO WAY, ELON…oops. I mean “stranger”…

So the cop doesn’t bother to check that the toilet is clear and our boy gets killed. Not good, but it happens. But how does the killer plan on getting away without the cop seeing him sneak out?

Oh wait. Something happened.

He gone!!!

Cheers for Sumiton Alabama! Thanks for sharing that, guys.

I thought the fare jumper was going to be the “inside man”. My mistake.

And in the Hall of Shame, Officer iPhone.

The cop was hoping the fiend would escape, saving a bunch of paperwork.

Drawing actual toilets offends the censors

Only explanation for this is the choker was ALReady in the Men’s Room waiting.

First it was crosses tattooed on the tongue.

Then the letter “B” branded on the forehead.

Now it’s signet rings that can be either a spider or a bat.

Tar and feather the police department