Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 05, 2009

So I guess he perched the cell phone in the crook of his neck while he switched the violin case from his left hand to his right?

Flight Suit said, 4 minutes ago

So I guess he perched the cell phone in the crook of his neck while he switched the violin case from his left hand to his right?

Yeah, yeah, that’s it!

Stole the Strad.

hm yeah, note to Jim, if you flip the art from L to R orientation mid strip there ought to be a reason.

High-strung. Because he’s a violin thief. Get it? Get it?

Of course you do.

Must be very windy…

Why did the maestro have Cobb’s violin? Was this like, “I’m going to be out of town for a few days, would you mind taking care of my cat?” Now how is Cobb supposed to “improvise”? “Ladies and gentlemen, we have some special entertainment for you tonight. Jack Cobb will be playing the air violin for Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major. Feel free to hum along if you know the tune.”

Maybe his hair is like that because he is walking up the side of a building.

Pretty cool how the length of his jacket grows as (I assume) he moves into colder temperatures. I want one of those!

You guys a surely better editors than thiis strip’s editors!

No funny business?! It’s no fun buying stolen goods from you. :p

Now we’re supposed to guess what (or who) the ‘man’ is, what’s in the violin case, who he’s talking to – all false suspense. There is no mystery here; the characters know all that. Locher is trying to fool the readers into feeling suspense where there isn’t any. Worse, he’ll try to keep the false suspense going as long as he thinks he can get away with it, which will be far longer than any sensible writer would think he could get away with.

-Cougar :{)

Very good question Ray, why does Maestro (or whatever’s his name) keep Jim Cobb’s Stradivarius violin with the inconvenience of having to carry it from his home each time there’s a performance ?

Or, is it Maestro that “owns” it ? Unless the son is driven by drug addiction what’s the compelling reason for stealing Dad’s priceless property to sell it relatively cheep (?) when one day quite likely, it’ll be inheritied by him?

Why does Locher immerse the strip into these convoluted plots, beset by sequences that never add up (he just confuses himself - and lives in contradiction corners) It’s not unlike the FBI hiding Ringo in Witness Protection from the “bad guys”, right AMONG the bad guys ??

In any well put together plot - at the end, he would blow us all away with “brilliant” answers to these puzzeling questions. But not so, these contradiction remain unexplained, left to hang out like dirty rags on a railing alongside his ”reputation”.

Misery loves comfort ! And the boys from Woodstock are impatient, mouths puckered but can’t blow their trumpets, unless you “perform”

And it’s been a long time now Dick !

The “position” of the HAIR ?

I thought the “Defender” on duty would jump up quickly and tell you - that you don’t understand “artistic license”, and further … that this is all taking place in the “WINDY CITY” of Chicago!

Mattie !!* Wake up *! You dissapoint me ! Stop sleeping like jtpozenel and do YOUR duty for the God and King. I shouldn’t have to be doing chores for you

Will this be over when he gets the cash? Maybe we can get the pig on wheels back!

If it was that windy, I’d expect to see the scarf blowing too.

Sydney your constant carping about MPH when he hasn’t shown his face around here for days is getting tiresome.

Yawn…

Araldite: “If it was that windy, I’d expect to see the scarf blowing too.”

I have one word for you: starch.

Ah, but in the scarf or in the hair? Therein lies a tale…

Actually, looking at the “scarf,” I’m beginning to think the whole business about the Stradivarius is a red herring, and what the guy’s really stolen is Dilbert’s tie…

Well, the violin could be a Guarneri. The dulcet tones of his violins are captivating.

Jan, could the “Cin” be yours (?), judging by the intent of your “well said” (remark) yesterday, on the “Annie” board. i.e. to - allow readers to “express” opinions without being personally “attacked” for doing so ?

But that’s the kind of world we live in, a ’princple’ - “important today, unimportant tomorrow*!?*”

Then, I wonder in which eye the mote lies?

And I’d much rather have Mattie complain on his own behalf than having you jump out from nowhere like a “substitute”, unarmed, without a warrant or brief.

That’s a good point Araldite. Scarf vertical, hair horizontal ?? Even with allowances for artistic license.

And puddleglum1066 I’m seeing some anti-gravity jump, like in Dilbert’s tie ** ;)

What keeps on defying imagination is the strange “object” on the upper left (3rd panel) between the violin kid and readers ?

“Les sanglots longs des violons de l’automne”. répéter “Les sanglots longs des violons de l’automne”.

Reminder! Tomorrow is the weekly recap in full color plus the ever popular Crimestoppers Textbook with this week’s “what to watch for to protect yourself”. Something to look forward to, eh? I’m really excited!

That’s only six hours away! On the one hand, having to wait that long is pure torture.

On the other hand…

Hunger makes the beans taste better.

Flight Suit said, “That’s only six hours away! On the one hand, having to wait that long is pure torture.”

Isn’t the reward worth the wait, though. We’re talking full color here Flight Suit!

THAT’S how we should torture captured terrorists! Subject them to Grimegobber’s Tipsbook – and even more fiendishly, make them wait in anticipation for six hours beforehand! Mwahahahaha!

-Cougar :{)

Less than five ours to go…

Flight Suit said, “Less than five ours to go…”

I don’t think I’ll make it. Falling asleep at the computer.

In addition to the guy’s coat being longer on the right side, the violin case has different proportions on the right side than on the left. He must use some mightly powerful hair spray!

G’night.

Just over two hours and counting…

So high strung just like his father ay?