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Is the FBI now looking for the cyber bomber? Back to my question. Why does someone threaten someone else for going to the cops, when the crime they commited is the reason the cops showed up? All I ask is a logical answer.
Panel two: That is not his tie, that is his pony tale.
In most mysteries I have seen on the tube there is a person who is the one they want you to think is the killer in this it is Mr Pops I think.
I think the killer is >BANG< >.<
Circus travels from town to town. Clearly there is some sort of peanut smuggling across state lines that the Feds are interested in. They had an informant in Louise, and she was ready to break the case wide open before she was murdered.
flightsuit: You had the audacity to tread on sacred ground with readers of FBOFW.
On DT, you would get flagged for saying something NICE about somebodyâs hand in Panel 2 or claiming that the plot was being advanced.
Flightsuit: Iâm in an extremely active online FOOB snarking community. The stories some of my fellow snarkers have about their run-ins with FBOFW fanatics (as well call them, the Kool Aid Nation) are insane .. they make the occasional DT fans that pop up here look tame.
Ultimately NO reason at all. Just some contrived Locher text to spike up sme interest in a dull NAPersville story
Often, when he cant decide what TO DO NEXT. He plays a CIA or an FBI card The equivalent of a $500,000. bet in a Casino. It attracts attention FOR readers are tired after SIX weeks of seeing only Mandrake the Magicianâs HAT and a few Circus âfreaksâ all STANDING in ONE spot â talking !
OzzieJohn is right about no villain (a VOID, a missing personality). Itâs a story Locher calls a MYSTERY actually a euphemism for âI canât think up a good Rouge for the storyâ- need time, so weâll have a âmysteryâ â BINGO ! â just a âcreativeâ design HOLIDAY. Really a Lazy method of fooling the Editors at TMS.
Only at the end is the Villain revealed, The looks ? Just like the bland incidental characters Gould called âEdâ
Someone asked what we would change to make this better. I would move the story along a little faster. I look at the other serials I read - Rex Morgan and Judge Parker. And they move slowly too, but it seems like something happens everyday (or at least very few days where nothing new is added).
This arc here with so many possible villians, why not a back story on each one everyday?
I guess added the FBI was something new. But after the CIA thing before, Iâm not too excited.
Tomorrow we see the giant sign on the FBI building, Iâd bet. Their cars will undoubtedly have huge letters on the doors. And, if I know Locher, weâll see 100 copies of the building. Their guy? Who knowsâŠâŠ. it might be BO.
TIME FOR A âCOMPARISONâ
Gouldâs âGOLDâ vs Locherâs Circus âMonopolyâ Money (Iâm biased!)
Weâre looking at the first 100 (daily) panels, which arrived in panel # 1 TODAY, against the same number in Gouldâs Little Face (1941) story.
This compares number of KEY activities and panel times needed to same. A description allows YOU to determine whoâs âcutting the mustardâ, an whoâs not.
A chart prepared shows NINE, KEY action activities in Little Face and only THREE in the Circus Story OVER THE 100 panels And murder in panel 44..
In Little Face - Crime (shooting) by panel 5 and machine gun murder in panel 41, in Circus girl declared dead in panel 44
SEVEN further âactionâ items occur in Little face , while the only thing that happens at the Circus is a âDeath Threatâ note arriving, which Tracy inexplicably calls a Ransome note (?)
Among those seven, Reporter Balivan at bedside of shot driver finsout where stolen jewels are hidden. Later he gets te water torture at a fire hydrant from the gang to talkâ. gang member âJCâsâ upper body set on fire by Little Face for infingement..
Then Tracy in a Death trap âhanging onâ for life, way up on a scafolding on side of building. Bravely rescued by Trpeze artist âLomaâ hanging down on rope.. Little Face in attempted getaway trapped in back lid of Taxi and plunges into Lake.
Meanwhile over at the Circus âGREAT BALLS of FIRE, what EXCITEMENT ! Women crying, Men wet, running for the toilet
In that time we saw âLittle Faceâ the villainâs face, 17 times at the Circus still NO villain, instead only a Mandrakeâs HAT and the face below seen 23 timesâ
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
Is the FBI now looking for the cyber bomber? Back to my question. Why does someone threaten someone else for going to the cops, when the crime they commited is the reason the cops showed up? All I ask is a logical answer.
margueritem over 15 years ago
This is too muchâŠ.bangs head on desk.
SGIBeachbum over 15 years ago
I stayed up for this??!??
Steve Bartholomew over 15 years ago
Flightsuit, whatever makes you think thatâs the FBI? The sign on the door clearly says FB. Stands for Feeble Brains, I think.
Steve Bartholomew over 15 years ago
Or maybe itâs Fox Broadcasting?
coratelli over 15 years ago
In Italy when we donât understand the main word is: BohâŠ
coratelli over 15 years ago
The third panel is from the old storyline with the old spy, remember? Itâs the same!
Dkram over 15 years ago
Panel two: That is not his tie, that is his pony tale.
In most mysteries I have seen on the tube there is a person who is the one they want you to think is the killer in this it is Mr Pops I think. I think the killer is >BANG< >.<
Fearless_Fosdick over 15 years ago
Circus travels from town to town. Clearly there is some sort of peanut smuggling across state lines that the Feds are interested in. They had an informant in Louise, and she was ready to break the case wide open before she was murdered.
lewisbower over 15 years ago
The FBI always turns to DT to solve their crimes
Ray_C over 15 years ago
flightsuit: You had the audacity to tread on sacred ground with readers of FBOFW. On DT, you would get flagged for saying something NICE about somebodyâs hand in Panel 2 or claiming that the plot was being advanced.
FreshlySqueezed over 15 years ago
Flightsuit: Iâm in an extremely active online FOOB snarking community. The stories some of my fellow snarkers have about their run-ins with FBOFW fanatics (as well call them, the Kool Aid Nation) are insane .. they make the occasional DT fans that pop up here look tame.
LudwigVonDrake over 15 years ago
I think the events of the third panel will disappear and weâll never hear about it again. Remember the credit card statement and the iPhone?
sydney over 15 years ago
FBI : âWhy is our man so important ?â
Ultimately NO reason at all. Just some contrived Locher text to spike up sme interest in a dull NAPersville story
Often, when he cant decide what TO DO NEXT. He plays a CIA or an FBI card The equivalent of a $500,000. bet in a Casino. It attracts attention FOR readers are tired after SIX weeks of seeing only Mandrake the Magicianâs HAT and a few Circus âfreaksâ all STANDING in ONE spot â talking !
OzzieJohn is right about no villain (a VOID, a missing personality). Itâs a story Locher calls a MYSTERY actually a euphemism for âI canât think up a good Rouge for the storyâ- need time, so weâll have a âmysteryâ â BINGO ! â just a âcreativeâ design HOLIDAY. Really a Lazy method of fooling the Editors at TMS.
Only at the end is the Villain revealed, The looks ? Just like the bland incidental characters Gould called âEdâ
Akenta over 15 years ago
Someone asked what we would change to make this better. I would move the story along a little faster. I look at the other serials I read - Rex Morgan and Judge Parker. And they move slowly too, but it seems like something happens everyday (or at least very few days where nothing new is added).
This arc here with so many possible villians, why not a back story on each one everyday?
I guess added the FBI was something new. But after the CIA thing before, Iâm not too excited.
Steve Bartholomew over 15 years ago
Maybe FB is short for foob?
margueritem over 15 years ago
flightsuit I double dog dare ya to say something bad about the âCathyâ strip.
Morrow Cummings over 15 years ago
Tomorrow we see the giant sign on the FBI building, Iâd bet. Their cars will undoubtedly have huge letters on the doors. And, if I know Locher, weâll see 100 copies of the building. Their guy? Who knowsâŠâŠ. it might be BO.
Keith W. Burnham Premium Member over 15 years ago
I think that âGil Thorpâ is lacking for comments, only 6 so far today.
sydney over 15 years ago
TIME FOR A âCOMPARISONâ Gouldâs âGOLDâ vs Locherâs Circus âMonopolyâ Money (Iâm biased!)
Weâre looking at the first 100 (daily) panels, which arrived in panel # 1 TODAY, against the same number in Gouldâs Little Face (1941) story. This compares number of KEY activities and panel times needed to same. A description allows YOU to determine whoâs âcutting the mustardâ, an whoâs not.
A chart prepared shows NINE, KEY action activities in Little Face and only THREE in the Circus Story OVER THE 100 panels And murder in panel 44..
In Little Face - Crime (shooting) by panel 5 and machine gun murder in panel 41, in Circus girl declared dead in panel 44
SEVEN further âactionâ items occur in Little face , while the only thing that happens at the Circus is a âDeath Threatâ note arriving, which Tracy inexplicably calls a Ransome note (?)
Among those seven, Reporter Balivan at bedside of shot driver finsout where stolen jewels are hidden. Later he gets te water torture at a fire hydrant from the gang to talkâ. gang member âJCâsâ upper body set on fire by Little Face for infingement..
Then Tracy in a Death trap âhanging onâ for life, way up on a scafolding on side of building. Bravely rescued by Trpeze artist âLomaâ hanging down on rope.. Little Face in attempted getaway trapped in back lid of Taxi and plunges into Lake.
Meanwhile over at the Circus âGREAT BALLS of FIRE, what EXCITEMENT ! Women crying, Men wet, running for the toilet
In that time we saw âLittle Faceâ the villainâs face, 17 times at the Circus still NO villain, instead only a Mandrakeâs HAT and the face below seen 23 timesâ
That folks is what Dick Tracy has come to !
Keith W. Burnham Premium Member over 15 years ago
63 great comments on Calvin and Hobbes.
ridenslide65 over 15 years ago
Flightsuit - I think you need a new hobby dudeâŠ.