Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 12, 2009

Que?

It doesn’t matter that it’s in Spanish, nothing new has happened anyway. Panel 1: I can make you rich! My arms are still stuck in this position! Panel 2: Boom! Panel 3: Did you hear something? Perhaps an explosion?

Why Spanish? What about English?

Re: The English version. It seems that perfume has now expanded into cosmetics in panel one.

Panel 2 says: BLAM!

Dick believes he hears thunder in panel three.

Gasp! They warned us about this yesterday in the Gobstopper’s Test Book! http://tinyurl.com/87d444

Usted no puede hacer estas cosas arriba!

En Ingles por favor!

Spanish today! How lovely! 2nd panel, Windows are blown completely off the house but the good Dr. can still leisurely stroll over to the phone to tell the Fire Department that everything is just hunky dory!

Tracy, that wasn’t thunder. That was Tess letting one rip.

Que? In Spanish? I read and speak a little [un poco] but I never signed up for a Spanish edition! –D.L. Hunt

Angelorious was so aroused by the aroma coming from Dick that she suddenly began speaking in Spanish while performing an old Carman Miranda routine. “Tess darling, imagine all the fun we can have selling this wonderful Dick Tracy smelling perfume. All you need to do is dump that old fart and start chilling with me”! Tess was so excited at the idea of being with sweet Angelorious that even though she didn’t understand a word of what she was saying she couldn’t contain her joy and let one rip herself. She was so relieved she let out a little sigh. Meanwhile, professor Noll’s souffle came out a huge success.

Tracy, staring at Angelorious suddenly got nostalgic for Queenie. Not caring what she thought Dick spoke his feeling out loud to Tess, who could only give him a “say what”? look. “Can you believe I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed getting my butt kick by a chick in tights until just now?” He wondered if this fruitcake Angelorious had possibilities.

TBC

Angelorious’ hair keeps changing shape from panel to panel, like she’s a gorgon whose serpentine tresses are writhing and straining to break free of the hidden ponytail holder. And it must be difficult having to walk around with your arms straight out all the time.

The cleavage in panel 1 shows that Angelorious can take off yesterday’s white undershirt without removing her outer clothes, or apparently, using her hands. Neato.

Why is this in Spanish?

Here’s a translation of Tracy’s line from Babelfish:

“Speaking of storms you finish hearing a thunderclap”

I didn’t bother translating “Pum”, but I’m positive it means “This strip sucks.”

Don’t be fooled, it only appears to be Spanish. It’s actually a secret coded language developed by Flattop Jones! To understand it you need the original Dick Tracy decoder ring from 1937, available for a limited time in Cracker Jacks. Back when they used to really put something in the Cracker Jacks box.

Here’s how it really decodes:

Panel one: “You see, that’s not a test tube, it’s a prophylactic, I seduced Dick, and now I have his precious bodily fluids to do with as I will.

Panel two: “WHAT ! WHAT! WHAT!”

Panel three: “Look Tess the 3-way was your idea. I just wanted to check it out first.”

Angelorious was wearing a white scarf, blue coat, and a black inner shirt on Sunday, Jan 4. But on Sunday Jan 11 she’d switched to a yellow scarf, black coat and white inner shirt (the inner shirt, of course, has now vanished).

My question is not why did she change her clothes in mid-conversation, but how did she do it with her arms continually stuck out to the side?

1Nten …..you are hilarious!

LOL!

incidentally, Dick Lochner needs to ‘bone’ up on the anatomy of the human hand.

Why are they suddenly speaking Spanish?

Tess’ hair in the third panel looks like Angelorious’ hands sticking out.

My parent’s house looked like that once when I was a kid. I looked like that later.

what is Tracy speak I can’t understand him.

Perhaps the Spanish text today is to remind us that Dick Tracy still has an ‘International’ audience among those 50 or so papers that still carry it. Could me less, they only ‘jump for joy’ when there is an addition. A cancellation is never reported. In all the years back from early Kilian I can only recall hearing of 2 additions, and ‘outside’ reports of several papers dropping the strip, including the big NY Daily News. That ‘PUM’ sound, WHERE I live has has several meanings, a human wind release or a name for the genital area of a woman. Not quite sure on the Spanish connotation. But margueritem has it ‘right on the nose’ Essentially there has been no ‘forward’ movement! But with so much ‘Loafer’ history behind it should I be surprised ??

On second thought, Loco? Why you no spika da English?

“Dick Tracy” (or should I say Dicko Tracyo?) is at its lamest since Moon Maiden in the 60’s, so why does a strip this bad generate this much chatter? Or maybe I’ve answered my own question.

Is this what happens when Rubin and Whigham take over? They change the language? “Tess, I don’t think we’re in Naperville anymore.”

According to Google Language tools, Pum is translated to English as…Pum. Nice.

Nighthawks says: “Incedentally Locher needs to ‘bone up’ on the anatomy of the human hand”. How right you are ‘Hawks’, I’ve been advising that for years. I even bought a book for him on ‘Drawing Hands’ by Bourne Hogarth (Tarzan’s artist), but never sent it. Sorry I didn’t, not that it would have made the slightest bit of difference. He is apparently satisfied and “content” with his numerous artistic imperfections! As they saying in Trinidad goes he may feel … “Ah like it so”!! … (used by individuals who can’t bother to do better) and of course the Praetorian Guard will in chorus sing, “We like it toooo..”

Bleep! I missed the spanish version? Cavron!

I think Evil Clown Smile Lady is hiding a broom stick in her sleeves. Or somehow she’s related to Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz.

1N10 says:

Don’t be fooled, it only appears to be Spanish. It’s actually a secret coded language developed by Flattop Jones!……… Oh man, I remember Flattop from when I was a kid reading the Sunday comics!!