Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 17, 2008

“YI!”? Shades of ‘Little Orphan Annie’. Is that bushes or a skunk he’s diving into?

That reminds me – when we had the SKLINK sound effect a while back, I thought it said SKUNK at first.

On that note, I could make a mean comment about this plotline being a real stinker, but since it’s not over yet, I’ll reserve judgement for now…

That’s it, hide in the bushes, they’ll stop a laser.

MF/BF uses all vowels today.

I’m not sure if Tracy is speaking directly to Locher or the Robot.

LudwigVonDrake says: MF/BF uses all vowels today.

So what’s a “POLICE PRSON”? :-)

By the way, is Tracy wearing white shoes with a dark suit? And it’s after Labor Day? How gauche!

The “puny stuff” MF is talking about could be either the wasted bullets or the stumpy little fingers on DT in panel 1.

Speaking of coming up short, I hope you are farting DT, because it looks like your not going to make it all the way to those bushes without some serious horizontal wind at your back.

margueritem says: “YI!”? Shades of ‘Little Orphan Annie’. Is that bushes or a skunk he’s diving into? Skunk cabbage?

Interesting that Diet Smith’s state-of-the-art robot was just handed its bleeep by a foreign knockoff. Dick should get his money back.

Traze-R should have been named “Ferdinand” after the bull.

Today, I see spent cartridge casings coming out of DT’s pistol. Last week, it was shooting rolled caps, as no spent brass was coming out the top. No wonder he couldn’t hit MF/BF.

NOW, it is time for Tracy to fire small bullets at MF. Not while MF was using Traze-R as an overpriced mop to clean up the floor at the Genesis, but NOW. Nice one, Tracy. Did all the loud noise wake you up from your nappy-nap?

LvD: MF/BF missed one vowel, so we’ll never know if he was referring to a police person or a police prison.

Tracy took aim at what he thought in his delusional state of mind was “Chief Lizz”. He’d had enough of her back-stabbing ways. “Who does this overrated, unqualified chick think she is, forcing me into retirement”, he babbled to himself. “You’ve done enough damage. It’s time you were stopped”! Tracy fired off a couple of rounds, screaming hatred at Chief Lizz as he continued to provide color commentary. “Pow Pow”! He yelled. “Why is this desk clerk calling me Chief Lizz”? Magnum-Force thought to himself. He didn’t flinch as a couple of bullets bounced off his head. “This jerk is giving me a headache” MF angrily said. “If I don’t get rid of him I’ll bust a circuit for sure”! “Puny stuff, police prson. Try tase of laser”! MF aimed his mouth laser right at Tracy and fired away. Tracy was shocked that ‘Chief Lizz’ didn’t seem fazed by two direct shots to her head. “She’s not human”, he exclaimed, “She must be some sort of robot”! Tracy heard Chief Lizz’s threat and saw her aim her mouth at him. “Ye Gads”! He screamed like a silly school girl. “Help me someone, oh please help me”! He cried out as he dove towards some debris on the floor. Tracy tried to think of something tough to say. “YI”! Was the best he could come up with.

To be continued…..

(This is NOT easy, people)

:) Thanks Bassman…I know it’s not easy. Luckily you’re creative.

I don’t mean to be critical, but why did Tracy stop fighting the robot in order to catch a giant skunk?

Not many people know this, but “YI” is the mating call of the rare Locherian Bush Skunk.

I’m new to this but is that Gravel Gertie in the Annie strip today?

tommys says:

I’m new to this but is that Gravel Gertie in the Annie strip today?

No, that’s not Gravel Gertie. It looks like Oliver’s worst nightmare, however.

Not bad for an old guy, dodges lasers. Don’t they move at what? The speed of fricking light?!

Tracy had one hard chance against BF, and he missed. BF’s mouth is the weakest point on that robot. The laser fires from there, and so does the boasting. Because of the need to be able to fire the laser, the mouth opening is UNPROTECTED.

Problem: A police special shares the problem common to all short-barreled handguns in that it’s nearly impossible to aim the thing close enough to do you any good in a situation like this. A rifle would be better. Use a laser scope for extra irony plus accuracy.