Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 29, 2009

Was Tracy kissing Della Contessa on the cheek?

I hope the circus didn’t close and leave the tiger, elephant, and, most of all, the pig on wheels, behind without feeding them.

On with the show! This fast-paced quick action strip continues tomorrow! Let’s hope we can keep up with it!

Crime Slobber Test Book…especially if their faces are blue green….

Is this the last we will hear of Mr. Pops?

Margueritem said, “Crime Slobber Test Book…especially if their faces are blue green….”

That’s what I’ll be on the lookout for.

That guy behind the teller window at the bank has been eyeing my money. Also those people at Walmart. I knew they were up to no good.

Llewellenbruce,

Note that the Author has preserved him. Always easier to get a bad guy out of prison than out of a coffin. In fantasy land Locher probably sees him as a big hit (?) A Dick Tracy style Joker with unique Ftattop outlines when in all black outline

So he’lll be available for a return but most unlikely in Locher’s 12 remaing contract months, which starts to run January 1

What can I buy with a ten-spot? Nothing? That’s what I thought. I may as well give it to that green dude, since he’s eyeing it so intently.

Meanwhile…

Feast your eyes on my latest interpretation of…

THE…

PIG…

ON…

WHEELS!!!!

Check it out:

http://kraptastrophe.blogspot.com/

Say, why does the back of that cop’s computer have the word “POLICE” stenciled on it? Doesn’t everybody pretty much deduce that it’s a police computer just by virtue of the fact that it’s, you know, IN A POLICE STATION?

Joe Bullet says: “Be realistic…It’s shopping season. Beware of individuals eyeing you and your CREDIT CARD, CAR, CHILDREN, WIFE, HOME, PET, AND I.D.”

“Note that the Author has preserved him. Always easier to get a bad guy out of prison than out of a coffin. In fantasy land Locher probably sees him as a big hit”

I wouldn’t mind seeing Mr. Pops back as long as it’s not in a circus setting and as long as there is action instead of Tracy mostly just standing around and talking.

Flight Suit said, ” * * * Meanwhile… Feast your eyes on my latest interpretation of… THE… PIG… ON… WHEELS!!!! Check it out:

http://kraptastrophe.blogspot.com/ ”

Thanks, Flight Suit for keeping the Pig on Wheels going.

Sorry, I just woke up… was there a story?

Tess has another idea about where to go for relaxation…..

“I don’t wanna go!!!! You can’t make me!!!!!”

Do the writer and artist read the comments on this page,and if so do they ever consider….taking some of it to heart? Maybe trying to improve the strip?

Do the writer and artist read the comments on this page,and if so do they ever consider….taking some of it to heart? Maybe trying to improve the strip?

So now we have Phil Harmonic. Who else will we see in the coming months? Vi O’lynn? Tim Panni? Mr. P. Anno? Sue Prano? The lovely twins Demi and Hemi Semiquaver?

Bob the Bass Man?

Sorry if these are a little flat. I’ll B sharp later. I’m only half way through my first cup. (Please don’t tell me there’s no such thing as a B sharp. It just hasn’t been discovered yet.)

Macy kissing Della on the cheek? He has a lot of cheeks to chose from! Shade in the summer and warmth in the winter, you know!

“Beware of individuals with blue faces who may throw-up on your thumb.”

Phil Harmonic? Sheesh! Was it worth all the treble? Did he need a staff to come up with this? Take note! Maybe he should jump off a cleff? I’ll be Bach!

C’mon, y’all, Tracy would never kiss Della on the cheek.

He’s BLOWING IN HER EAR. Eeeewwww!

Will Sloppy the Clown be able to take his makeup off in prison?

Why is Tracy kissing Della? I guess all Fee Fi will get is a firm handshake?

Flight Suit said, Say, why does the back of that cop’s computer have the word “POLICE” stenciled on it? Doesn’t everybody pretty much deduce that it’s a police computer just by virtue of the fact that it’s, you know, IN A POLICE STATION? ——————————- That’s there because the writers of this strip think we’re stupid. We’re not supposed to be smart enough to guess that the guy in the blue uniform, sitting in front of the wanted posters, is a cop. Someone was afraid we’d think he was a postal worker and that this was the post office. It’s a classic example of weak writing.

@Dypak, also worth noting I don’t think police officers work the call centers in the first place.

Chester Gould used to do research to make sure they were holding the right guns, whereas these guys don’t even take the time to draw hands well.

LOL Ray C, you’re very punny today…I hope Tracy can at least catch his breath. Maybe he can finally have his pizza, before he goes to the symphony…;)

Tess knows the value of a relaxed Dick.

Two new posters in the last couple of days have queried what has happened to past characters. This is when they were Last Seen:

1) Honeymoon Feb - June 1992 - Crime King story - Max Collins 2) Vitamin Flintheart **: Aug - Nov 1998 - Sal Monela story - K & L Note Vitamin : appeared in only one story after Kilian Locher teamed up in mid 1993 3) Joe (aka Cool Kid) - Dec.1999 - Max Gorge story - K & L 4) Sparkle : Dec. 2002 - (“unnamed” CHILD kidnapper) - K & L 5) Junior : July 2004 - Pigg E, Bank story - K&L 6) Pat Patton ! Feb 15,. 2007 - Queen of Diamonds story K & L 7) Sam Catcham : Oct.3, 2008 Braces/Traze-R story. 8) Johnny Adonis & Lee Ebony. Collin’s creation’s haven’t been seen for 20 years.

Kilian died in late 2005 , and Locher has been doing the writing since.

Patton was “retired” as Chief and has not appeared since the date above.

Junior Tracy is now a ”clone” of the Locher family, (drawn “puffy cheeked and long hair) to “look” like Dick Locher’s “late” son John Locher (his one time art assistant in the late 80’s). The strip became a vehicle for a “personal” family memorial

Locher’s favorite “regulars” from the past are B.O.& Gertie Plenty and Diet Smith all of whom appear often

He seems to be dismantling the the concept of a “Major Crime Squad”! Lizz was promoted to Chief, and the remaining member Sam Catchem has been given a non-functional “back-seat”, appearing in only 23 panels (out of the 3,528 daily ones available to Locher in all that period), with Locher as Author these past 4 years !.Sam’s not even depicted as back-ground material in the past 14 months. !

Aside from Diet Smith and B.O. the regular character pool that readers recall fondly, have been facially altered or decimated and replaced with a laughable, gender challenged secretarial/message man(?) named Teevo !

Readers are still trying to “figure out” the upside to his rush to “change” (?) Newspapers carrying the strip are down to only **50, a loss of 83% over 16 years.

Since Kilian’s death, Locher has been “writing” the strip the past 4 years. His contract runs to end 2010. Brozman is the new Art man !

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Jumbobrain, it all depends on what number you dial. If you call 911, you get a dispatcher, who’s definitely not a cop. If you call the non-emergency number for your local precinct, on the other hand, you’ll probably wind up talking to a police officer.

Saturday: Tracy responds to Tess’s suggestion of going to the concert by saying “It would be relaxing.”

Sunday: He responds to the same invitation by saying “Whoa!”

I just love the continuity in this strip.

Unless, of course, Saturday’s “it” didn’t refer to the concert, but to something else Tracy would find relaxing. Then Sunday would make sense, as in “Concert? Whoa! What happened to the relaxing ‘it’?!”

To sum up, what did Dick Tracy do in the circus adventure?

Early on he ordered Ringo put under 24-hour guard. That would have been a good decision if anyone had listened to the brain-damaged ex-detective, but the real police didn’t notice he was having a lucid moment and ignored him.

Later he out-jumped a tiger with a woman hanging from his neck. That would have been impressive as all heck if it had really happened, but it was obviously a hallucination.

Then at the end he spouted a lot of nonsense about who was guilty of what. People seemed to listen to him but they were obviously humoring the crazy old coot.

Other than that, he just stood around. Maybe he was watching and listening some of the time, but he wasn’t able to process anything he saw and heard and draw reasonable conclusions from it, as evidenced by the nonsense he spouted at the end.

Maybe the strip shouldn’t be called “Dick Tracy” any more. He doesn’t seem to have much of a role in it….

The Pig on Wheels did a lot of standing around doing nothing – almost as much as Dick Tracy. On the other hand, the Pig on Wheels did not say anything foolish or do anything ridiculous.

-Cougar :{)

when Della Contessa drives, she is truly a Pig on Wheels

Flightsuit, well, okay, maybe, but the strip still stinks.

Sydney, thanks for the scary stats. Given that, it’s an even bigger question why he took a couple days to introduce Agent M&M, since her character was never developed and her only function was to deliver a couple lines of exposition. The writing is getting surreal in its awfulness. Like the current apparent rule, that every story has to begin with several days of a character speaking mysteriously on the phone.

This strip is tired and pretty much needs a reboot.

Tell you what, g6793: If he introduces a lady named Bea Flatt, who also happens to be very bosomy, I will never again say a bad thing about this strip. Unless, of course, I just can’t resist.

Margueritem said, “Crime Slobber Test Book…especially if their faces are blue green….”

Women with blue green faces, too?

Jumbo,

It’s just like Dick Tracy’s HAT, unique characters and personalities, most of the 9 just thrown in the garbage … as being not good enough (?)

And “experienced” Dicky knows what’s best for Dick Tracy

Look at the “quality” he replaced them with ?

A Clown’s face in “make-up” (not dodging “creative” time, I’m sure ?) and a male message-secretary (Lt. Teevo) Tracy needed one badly - Wrist Geenee trouble ? Readers jump for joy to see these inovative changes and creations

I think we’ve all been “underating” Dicky Locher. Looks like those 3 fellows that comprise the Praetorian Guard were right and all along and we millions of nitwits were tasteless idiots and should be sitting in the garbage heap too

Who was it in the Bible that removed the “scales’ from the eyes of those that could not see ?

HELP !

Flight Suit,

Check the “Baron Von Klu Meister” story (2007 - Archives) for big SIGNS !

8-02-07 Huge “CIA” sign above Fax machine. 6-12-07 to 7-01-07 Multiple panels of cars and buildings awash with huge CIA signs 8-02-07 Gigantum building sign - “Multi Mega Media”

There was one Artist who made SURE, you knew what you were looking at.

And, as you’re back right there in the ARCHIVES, take in - the best ACTION sequence Locher ever did (it’s worth seeing), Tracy disguised as the Baron 7-01-07 to 7-11-07

It is Gould class !

Grimegobber’s Tipsbook: If you dye your face the color of money, people will eye you wherever you go. Beware!

-Cougar :{)

I’m going to guess that the complaintant is the Phil Harmonica and that his son stole his baton. Very Freudian!

Oh boy, Sydney! From 7/01/07 Crimestopper’s: “Do you know the value of your purchase from a stranger? Check it out before you buy!”

Okaaayyyyy.

7/02/07: A car with the word’s “CIA” emblazoned on the sides?

“All units be alerted for trickery?”

Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!

The guy on the phone, Phil Harmonic, or whatever looks an awful lot like Baskerville in the face. Before the hounds used him as a chew toy.

Thank you, thank you! Check my older blog entries and you’ll see that it’s not the first Pig On Wheels I’ve posted.

Here ya go:

http://kraptastrophe.blogspot.com/2009/11/who-you-gonna-call-pig-on-wheels.html

Also:

http://kraptastrophe.blogspot.com/2009/11/hes-funny-hes-dead-hes-funny-dead-duck.html

Flight Suit, that is a marvelous Pig-on-Wheels!

Long live the pig on wheels!

Which Respighi works?

Thankew, thankew…

Hey this is a repeat of last weeks strip. Great pic of the pig on wheels!

Just another day for Dick Tracy.