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We have to wonder if plump little Della still has a job, as the Circus may remain closed - no owner ! Perhaps she can feed the Tiger.
In the meantime, Locher picks up uncharacteristic speed. Heâs wasting no time. Tracyâs visit to HQ is a âone panelâ stop, just like Teevoâs. Sort of to remind heâs still a cop. Only Lizz seen, no Sam, no Teevo.
Tomorrow, D.T.âll be back at âhomeâ base and Tess will be âpointingâ him in a new direction as is apparently her new function and holding the âstartersâ gun for the new case.
No details to spoil bassmanbobâs âdiscoveryâ joys, but on looking âaheadâ, Weâre up to December 19th. Yes, a crimeâs been committed (thatâs good), but no one (good or bad) has recieved a ânameâ yet, and weâre now siting on three weeks out.
Hope Locher will align his story âMarblesâ properly for this one ! The Pig on Wheels walk out with all the readers over that wash of contradictios and changing facts at the end didnât serve to burnish a now fading âreputationâ !
I look forward to the Dick Tracy strip each day.
Iâve been a fan for over 50 years.
But Iâve struggled through the glaring inconsistancies of the âMr Popsâ story, both in writing and artwork.
I just hope the next story will be better and faster moving.
When does DT go on vacation, sadly could lead to another crime scene?
Just in time this is ended Thanksgiving is almost here, I wonder if DT will have time off and really enjoy family life before the next event.
Letâs see, the Tracy family arrived at the circus on July 18 and our intrepid detective arrived back at HQ on November 24. Iâd be sick of the circus after 4 months and 6 days with no break, too, and Iâm a huge circus fan.
Wow. So thatâs the whole story. I hear the eskimos have like twenty words for âsnow.â To accurately describe this, I need like 70 words for âawful.â
Iâm really sad about Dick Tracy. Itâs not even poorly done in a good way.
Itâs at times like these, after that Circus story that in Itchy Oliver style I âscratchâ my head wondering just what jinx has beset Dick Locher ? Even curious to know, if one Joe Btfspik is camping out in the wooded area behind Dickâs property ? Perhaps, Jeff and Mattie could keep an eye peeled the next time they get an âinviteâ.
Iâts no secret that these guys (to use a Jamaican expression) have Locher on their âhead-topsâ! But Iâm sure theyâre honest and will report back on the subject.
Here we have an Author /Artist with the enviable advantage of working beside Gould as an art assistant for 4 years 1957-1961 (contributing to group planning discussions), then another 10 years with writer Max Collins 1983-1992, followed with a 12 year collaboration with writing partner Mike Kilian. Thatâs 22 years of being in a priviliged seat of âlearningâ, fully âexposedâ by discussion and association, to (handed over) the succesful writing âtechniquesâ which had breen honed over the previous successful 61 years. Youâd think by then, theyâd be grafted into him ! What a gift of experience, it doesnât get better than that !
But to use his new expression - what happened ? Overconfidence ? Itâs hard to understand but he must have realized Kilian was failing to use a number of the winning ideas Gould and Collins successfully utilized - (circulation actually grew well under Collinâs writing) and as the senior and more âexperiencedâ DT partner, Locher failed to intervene, A serious practitioner âpays attentionâ to these things. In addition, he embarked on a facial change program to all of Gouldâs HQ characters save Sam. His action suggested they had oulived their usefullness and that the strip needed a fresh âmake overâ.
No one can deny that this happened or that on the heels of this new, alien writing style and morphed art, circulation took a horrible beating. They lost 83% of the newspaper circulation he inherited.
When the taste of a cooked dish starts coming out with a bad taste, first thing you do is check what part of the ârecipeâ you had inadvertently changed.
But not our pal Dicky in Napperville, he continued his focused transformation, and like in the âLight Brigadeâ, Cannon in front of him, cannon from the left and right, with his 300 newspapers flawed he charged forward, and he blundered, and then they rode back, without the âhatâ, but not
Not the 300 !
Deep inside he knows. His was a failed end game. Some will try to shield him, fob off blame on TMS restrictions, changing reader taste, or market condtions. If* partly *SO, a compliant Mr. Locherâs âcontributionâ, flavored with stubbern attitude assisted them immensley.
Youâre not going to believe this-Iâve had the priviledge of reading this strip for the next 3 weeks. Tracy divorces Tess and marries Della Contessa. Iâm not going to say anymore and ruin it for the readers.
dkramâŚ..My oh my, you really have been gone for a long time. Although at the rate these stories are running it was only a couple of months ago that he retired and Liz took the job. After this last fiasco it becomes obvious why Tracy isnât the chief. He must be getting senile and losing all his smarts. Actually, it has to be Locher and team. It hasnât been worth writing about. Hopefully, the next story line will see an improvement, it canât get worse. Or can it?? I have a bad feeling about this!!
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
Nice alliteration there, Dick.
Oh, and that was real smooth the way you handled Della. Morbidly obese women love hearing that theyâre âpretty special.â
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
âCotton Candy, Clowns, and Conspiracies, oh my!â
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
Oh, and Contrived, Convoluted, Crappy, Cretinous Crud!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet⢠about 15 years ago
It appears to be over. Bye, bye, Pig on Wheels!
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
Billions of blue, blistering barnacles!
Ten thousand thundering typhoons!
AAAAAAAaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
It started out as innocent, snarky fun, but I was a fool to think I could indulge in this habit every day and keep all my brain cells.
You have broken my spirit, Dick Locher.
I am defeated, Jim Brozman.
Whatâs left of my gray matter will go quietly to your gallows.
margueritem about 15 years ago
And weâve had more than our fill of this clap trapâŚ.
Llewellenbruce about 15 years ago
And I think most of us have had our fill of Locher.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet⢠about 15 years ago
Flight Suit said, âCotton Candy, Clowns, and Conspiracies, oh my!â
The four CâsâŚ
CyberV about 15 years ago
I can think of a fifth pretty easily, Bill⌠Itâs four letters and sums up this story perfectly.
sydney about 15 years ago
We have to wonder if plump little Della still has a job, as the Circus may remain closed - no owner ! Perhaps she can feed the Tiger.
In the meantime, Locher picks up uncharacteristic speed. Heâs wasting no time. Tracyâs visit to HQ is a âone panelâ stop, just like Teevoâs. Sort of to remind heâs still a cop. Only Lizz seen, no Sam, no Teevo.
Tomorrow, D.T.âll be back at âhomeâ base and Tess will be âpointingâ him in a new direction as is apparently her new function and holding the âstartersâ gun for the new case.
No details to spoil bassmanbobâs âdiscoveryâ joys, but on looking âaheadâ, Weâre up to December 19th. Yes, a crimeâs been committed (thatâs good), but no one (good or bad) has recieved a ânameâ yet, and weâre now siting on three weeks out.
Hope Locher will align his story âMarblesâ properly for this one ! The Pig on Wheels walk out with all the readers over that wash of contradictios and changing facts at the end didnât serve to burnish a now fading âreputationâ !
geoffreyricho Premium Member about 15 years ago
I look forward to the Dick Tracy strip each day. Iâve been a fan for over 50 years. But Iâve struggled through the glaring inconsistancies of the âMr Popsâ story, both in writing and artwork. I just hope the next story will be better and faster moving.
LudwigVonDrake about 15 years ago
bleeep, bleeep and more bleeep.
Morrow Cummings about 15 years ago
Krispy Kreme thinks Della is pretty special, too! They even keep the hot light on for her!
andy.vaughn about 15 years ago
geoffreyricho, donât hold your breathâŚ
MisngNOLA about 15 years ago
WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED?
linsonl about 15 years ago
My neighborâs dog barked all night. May I borrow the tiger?
kab2rb about 15 years ago
When does DT go on vacation, sadly could lead to another crime scene? Just in time this is ended Thanksgiving is almost here, I wonder if DT will have time off and really enjoy family life before the next event.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 15 years ago
well, King, this case is closed
JanLC about 15 years ago
Letâs see, the Tracy family arrived at the circus on July 18 and our intrepid detective arrived back at HQ on November 24. Iâd be sick of the circus after 4 months and 6 days with no break, too, and Iâm a huge circus fan.
jumbobrain about 15 years ago
Wow. So thatâs the whole story. I hear the eskimos have like twenty words for âsnow.â To accurately describe this, I need like 70 words for âawful.â
Iâm really sad about Dick Tracy. Itâs not even poorly done in a good way.
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
SoâŚ
Did I miss something, or do we never get to find out who the FBIâs operative inside the circus was?
Also, is that girl still riding around on the elephant, and is she still frequently switching between her Wonder Woman outfit and her lingerie?
Lastly, Iâve noticed that like Agent Ennen, the Chief of Police also appears to be a gelfling.
Davison77 about 15 years ago
How long did this sorry story last?
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
Matt, do you accept PayPal?
jpozenel about 15 years ago
ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚ
HunhâŚwha happened? Weâre not at the circus anymore? Did I miss the good part?
sydney about 15 years ago
Itâs at times like these, after that Circus story that in Itchy Oliver style I âscratchâ my head wondering just what jinx has beset Dick Locher ? Even curious to know, if one Joe Btfspik is camping out in the wooded area behind Dickâs property ? Perhaps, Jeff and Mattie could keep an eye peeled the next time they get an âinviteâ.
Iâts no secret that these guys (to use a Jamaican expression) have Locher on their âhead-topsâ! But Iâm sure theyâre honest and will report back on the subject.
Here we have an Author /Artist with the enviable advantage of working beside Gould as an art assistant for 4 years 1957-1961 (contributing to group planning discussions), then another 10 years with writer Max Collins 1983-1992, followed with a 12 year collaboration with writing partner Mike Kilian. Thatâs 22 years of being in a priviliged seat of âlearningâ, fully âexposedâ by discussion and association, to (handed over) the succesful writing âtechniquesâ which had breen honed over the previous successful 61 years. Youâd think by then, theyâd be grafted into him ! What a gift of experience, it doesnât get better than that !
But to use his new expression - what happened ? Overconfidence ? Itâs hard to understand but he must have realized Kilian was failing to use a number of the winning ideas Gould and Collins successfully utilized - (circulation actually grew well under Collinâs writing) and as the senior and more âexperiencedâ DT partner, Locher failed to intervene, A serious practitioner âpays attentionâ to these things. In addition, he embarked on a facial change program to all of Gouldâs HQ characters save Sam. His action suggested they had oulived their usefullness and that the strip needed a fresh âmake overâ.
No one can deny that this happened or that on the heels of this new, alien writing style and morphed art, circulation took a horrible beating. They lost 83% of the newspaper circulation he inherited.
When the taste of a cooked dish starts coming out with a bad taste, first thing you do is check what part of the ârecipeâ you had inadvertently changed.
But not our pal Dicky in Napperville, he continued his focused transformation, and like in the âLight Brigadeâ, Cannon in front of him, cannon from the left and right, with his 300 newspapers flawed he charged forward, and he blundered, and then they rode back, without the âhatâ, but not Not the 300 !
Deep inside he knows. His was a failed end game. Some will try to shield him, fob off blame on TMS restrictions, changing reader taste, or market condtions. If* partly *SO, a compliant Mr. Locherâs âcontributionâ, flavored with stubbern attitude assisted them immensley.
DatBigGuy Premium Member about 15 years ago
IT HAPPENED!!!!! The story is over, IT HAPPENED!!!!!
Groundzero about 15 years ago
Youâre not going to believe this-Iâve had the priviledge of reading this strip for the next 3 weeks. Tracy divorces Tess and marries Della Contessa. Iâm not going to say anymore and ruin it for the readers.
Dkram about 15 years ago
The chief is not Pat Patterson, guess I have been away.
jcarey92 about 15 years ago
dkramâŚ..My oh my, you really have been gone for a long time. Although at the rate these stories are running it was only a couple of months ago that he retired and Liz took the job. After this last fiasco it becomes obvious why Tracy isnât the chief. He must be getting senile and losing all his smarts. Actually, it has to be Locher and team. It hasnât been worth writing about. Hopefully, the next story line will see an improvement, it canât get worse. Or can it?? I have a bad feeling about this!!
Araldite about 15 years ago
Iâll do a stick figure with a square jaw on an index card for $5.
Sorry, Matt, couldnât resist.
margueritem about 15 years ago
For glimpses of the Pig-On-Wheels, see todayâs âCul-de-Sac, and âThe Argyle Sweaterâ.
countoftowergrove about 15 years ago
Bracy ate popcorn, not cotton candy!
sydney about 15 years ago
RaulZZZZzzzzzzz,
What happened is, that you may have stayed up all night giving âone-linersâ on Annie and find that youâre snoozing over at Tracy in the day !
New story tomowrrow !
sydney about 15 years ago
Mattie,
Someone I know would like to know if youâd consider a brief for a $50. job, plus cost of shipping to Judy Hansel ?
You must handle the shipping. Family ? I assume you know where she lives ! (?)
ninmas about 15 years ago
(angelic music) YES!!!!!! halleiluia!!!!!! the story is over!!!!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet⢠about 15 years ago
Margueritem said, âFor glimpses of the Pig-On-Wheels, see todayâs âCul-de-Sac, and âThe Argyle Sweaterâ.â
Whew! I was afraid the Pig on Wheels would be out of work when the circus closes.
I suppose Della Contessa and Fee Fi can always go back to their previous jobs dealing in illegal firearms.
LudwigVonDrake about 15 years ago
New story starts tomorrowâŚI can barely wait.
ridenslide65 about 15 years ago
LudwigVonDrake said, about 4 hours ago New story starts tomorrowâŚI can barely wait.
You are too optimistic
G.V.007 about 15 years ago
Yeh Iâve had my fill of all things circusâŚexcept candy floss.