Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 02, 2025

yeah, Daddy Totten has no idea what Junior is planning…

he’s in the dark…

He is as “crazed” as a “fractured polymer”.

A tip Junior, don’t rub your hands and cackle with glee until you leave the room.

In hindsight, it’s a good thing they delayed this story by a couple weeks because having a story with a military vet committing a terrorist act would have been an unfortunate coincidence with all that’s just happened in the news.

Good morning™, Victorious Villains !

Junior’s got this sucka inna bag !  Dad’s just ‘tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best he can’ but junior, on the other hand… That last panel looks like connect-the-dots time at the old station house.

Where’s Neil? The New Years Eve action at the local Do-Right Moose farm too much for him?

Those Canadian’s!

On a serious note, I hope the strip honors the NOPD officers who were injured while taking down the terrorist today.

Folderol – Trivial or Nonsensical Fuss.

On a less serious note, I never thought I’d see the day when the opening of a PDF file constituted a cliffhanger.

who gave Junior the black eye?…

and don’t say it was Charles…

Life in Tracyvizzzzzz,,,,,

Wasn’t Totentanz the name of the Nazi refugee grandfather? The family name was changed. Yesterday Liz & Tracy were speaking with the military about Totten Jr.‘s military record. Sam had hard copy of gramp’s record several days ago. I’m not even sure there’s a coherent attempt at narrative any more.

The slow old Twelve Days of Christmas were snappier than this .

Can we go to sleep till this story Is finished and Trump Is ousted from the Oval Office whatever comes latest? Sorry Eric but Your current story Is making me and others revaluate Dick Locher solo period.

Just realized Eric is using Mike’s verboten ‘meanwhile’….

There is and has not been any action in Dick Tracy since the Howie Noel / Matthew K. Manning Minit Mystery . Charles might just as well be illustrating an underwear catalog .

Another day of talking heads and no action .

Oh wow ! A computer screen ! How exciting !

MOVIE QUOTE

“Sir, this hotel employs over 3,000 people. There’s no way I could…..

Stanley? Oh,yes,he works here.

He…WHAT!?!?!?!?

Alex Gerry—-THE BELLBOY—1960

And I’ll handle the foofrah. Sleazy Larry will tackle the shenanigans!

GOLLY! I don’t know who this P.D.F. is, but it looks like they have enough blackmail files on him!

So is no one going to mention the cat meme folder?

It was a great New Year. Tonsils 2 sang “Auld Lang Syne” and The New Year Baby hasn’t stopped crying yet!

Okay,“Junior” is now officially nuts, for those who hadn’t already pegged him as the villain.

If the censors will allow it, guys like this usually get blown up by their own booby t raps

….I call the same kind of stuff “skippety-doo-doo” or “Tom’s Foolishness”……….

OOOOH! PDF’s! Does Sam use Acrobat Pro by Adobe??? How would the Department afford that? How…very…ex……cit… SXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!

1- FRED SR: I’m telling you son, your Grandfather Toten is DEFINITELY in Heaven points Heavenward He always assured me that he was one of the good Nazis reporting to Himmler. He only worked to improve efficiency in Himmler’s endeavors! Pretty admirable if you ask me.

2- FRED JR: Gee – that’s comforting to know Pop! And I assure you that my murder of Springsprong was motivated by what is best for me and this great country! Snaps heels together JA WOHL!

3- SAM: ??? Anyone else get an email from Fred Totten Jr with a bunch of files attached? No? Oh – they’re probably safe to open… CLICK

DT: WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?!? WHERE’D MY GOCOMICS DISAPPEAR TO?

i don’t know…this seems way too obvious

Why do I suspect Junior has ordered a nice red shirt for Daddy?

Nice shading in Panel Two…