Dick, you can get BB Eyes on that gas-chamber modification he made to his van. If nothing else he was surely violating some DMV or EPA air-quality regulation. And if you question his associates properly, you’ll find he knew he was killing Honeymoon. With any luck he said so within range of his own video camera. And of course he sent his hirelings to burgle Junior’s house.
B-B Eyes has some crafty scheme in mind, but I trust that Law and Order will prevail once/if Tracy gets him downtown. Where the deuce is Tracy’s backup? Tracy driving that rigged truck, alone, to transport the villain? —Too easy a target for an ambush!
For what it’s worth: The AMC Pacer had seat belts. By then, lap and shoulder belts were standard in all cars. Some designs were better than others, but all cars had them.
It’s hard to tell what “The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rambler” had on it, the way that car changed shape it might have had stuff on it that would have impressed James Bond—- if Tracy had been trained to use any of it.
@Asakura:I thought your question about Tracy’s yellow coat meant when in the history of the comic strip did it first appear. If that is what you were asking, I believe the answer is right from it’s first appearance on a Sunday page in 1931. Only the Sunday pages had color in the early newspapers. The yellow coat has become an “icon” of the strip, along with the fedora and, later, the wrist radio-tv-computer devices. There is some speculation that the yellow was used originally simply because, in the early days of newspaper printing, primary colors were easier to reproduce. But I have also read that the idea of using primary colors was Chester Gould’s, because he wanted his strip to be a kind of morality play, with everything reduced to the “basics”.In any case, by now Dick Tracy has come to be identified with his yellow coat and hat, much the same as Columbo and his rumpled raincoat. Thank you for your interest.
Why is Dick transporting BB Eyes in the Van? I realize it needs impounded. But, transporting a suspect in his own vehicle seems a little unsafe. He could have anything stashed in the seat.
BB’s part of, indeed the head of, a criminal conspiracy, which means he is legally responsible for all acts committed by any other member of the conspiracy, in furtherance of that conspiracy, whether or not he’s aware of it. If the right hand does something, the left hand, and all other parts of the body, pay for it.
Plus, as has been pointed out, he’s still got that old cop-killing charge hanging fire.
Awesome, BB Eyes seems very confident that he’s going to walk, while DT seems surprised. I wonder what they’re going to do about the hundred grand? Dick listened to BB Eyes while he was talking to himself about the illegal cash. On the 25th & 26th BB Eyes had a gun (concealed weapon). Does anyone know what the reference to the aqualung in Sunday’s strip is all about? Hi Flight Suit!
B-B Eyes is right on the kidnapping charge (after all, Honeymoon did sneak into the van) – but he’s certainly looking at charges for her attempted murder.
Kudos on building suspense – his “surrender” is as exciting in its own way as the strips in which Tracy cornered him in the basement.
See the sidelong glance in the last panel? And he mentions Shaky’s name in boldface type. And he’s got Tracy’s attention. I think B-B wants to make a deal. Maybe Shaky wasn’t as dead as everyone thought!
Actually, this ties into the morality play that Ken was talking about earlier. The rogues in Tracy are meant to be identified easily – it is one world where you truly CAN judge a book by its cover. Of course, there are exceptions, even in Gould’s world, and not all of the villains are grotesques nor are all the good guys handsome and fair (for example, Edward Nuremoh on the one hand, the Plentys on the other). It is merely a matter of boiling things down to its basic elements, and another example of Gould’s wonderful imagination and matchless comic strip storytelling technique.
@Jim Doherty:Thanks for your input. I did not know that about the tan color in the very earliest Sunday strips. We both seem to have come across the idea that yellow was technically easier for the printing process in the early years. Sometimes the simplest little things take on much larger significance as time goes on. And, of course, Warren Beatty made a big deal out of the primary colors in his DT movie. (I enjoyed that movie.)
@Ray Toler:You are right, of course, that comic strips compress time so that the main characters don’t age past their prime. But I myself feel that dead should be dead – if a character dies “on stage”, so to speak, then he should be gone for good. Otherwise, everything that ever happens in the story is suspect. The writers are actually walking a fine line, here, and I guess they won’t be able to completely satisfy everyone.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 13 years ago
Good morning all…
I hope they don’t run into another “storm of the century”!
thejensens over 13 years ago
Good Morning Everyone and Vista Bill!!!
I see that safety is in order. BB Eyes is seat belted.
Love the detail in the drawings.
Now, what is that question mark above Tracy.
Are we doing to see Shaky next????
margueritem over 13 years ago
BB is up to something…
FLIGHT SUIT over 13 years ago
I’m stunned that they’re wearing seatbelts. Can you imagine Locher taking the time to draw seatbelts?
Bill Thompson over 13 years ago
Dick, you can get BB Eyes on that gas-chamber modification he made to his van. If nothing else he was surely violating some DMV or EPA air-quality regulation. And if you question his associates properly, you’ll find he knew he was killing Honeymoon. With any luck he said so within range of his own video camera. And of course he sent his hirelings to burgle Junior’s house.
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
B-B Eyes has some crafty scheme in mind, but I trust that Law and Order will prevail once/if Tracy gets him downtown. Where the deuce is Tracy’s backup? Tracy driving that rigged truck, alone, to transport the villain? —Too easy a target for an ambush!
Asakura over 13 years ago
As a fairly new reader, I’m just curious – when was the first time that Tracy’s overcoat was shown to be yellow?
FFosdick over 13 years ago
I like the the formula so far of combining historical characters and introducing new ones (Hot Rize, Attitude Plenty).
mjmsprt40 over 13 years ago
For what it’s worth: The AMC Pacer had seat belts. By then, lap and shoulder belts were standard in all cars. Some designs were better than others, but all cars had them.
It’s hard to tell what “The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rambler” had on it, the way that car changed shape it might have had stuff on it that would have impressed James Bond—- if Tracy had been trained to use any of it.
APersonOfInterest over 13 years ago
Another day, another great strip from Joe and Mike. Thanks guys!!!
Ken in Ohio over 13 years ago
@Asakura:I thought your question about Tracy’s yellow coat meant when in the history of the comic strip did it first appear. If that is what you were asking, I believe the answer is right from it’s first appearance on a Sunday page in 1931. Only the Sunday pages had color in the early newspapers. The yellow coat has become an “icon” of the strip, along with the fedora and, later, the wrist radio-tv-computer devices. There is some speculation that the yellow was used originally simply because, in the early days of newspaper printing, primary colors were easier to reproduce. But I have also read that the idea of using primary colors was Chester Gould’s, because he wanted his strip to be a kind of morality play, with everything reduced to the “basics”.In any case, by now Dick Tracy has come to be identified with his yellow coat and hat, much the same as Columbo and his rumpled raincoat. Thank you for your interest.
Det.DanDone over 13 years ago
Why is Dick transporting BB Eyes in the Van? I realize it needs impounded. But, transporting a suspect in his own vehicle seems a little unsafe. He could have anything stashed in the seat.
Weegel over 13 years ago
BB’s part of, indeed the head of, a criminal conspiracy, which means he is legally responsible for all acts committed by any other member of the conspiracy, in furtherance of that conspiracy, whether or not he’s aware of it. If the right hand does something, the left hand, and all other parts of the body, pay for it.
Plus, as has been pointed out, he’s still got that old cop-killing charge hanging fire.
johnrussco over 13 years ago
Awesome, BB Eyes seems very confident that he’s going to walk, while DT seems surprised. I wonder what they’re going to do about the hundred grand? Dick listened to BB Eyes while he was talking to himself about the illegal cash. On the 25th & 26th BB Eyes had a gun (concealed weapon). Does anyone know what the reference to the aqualung in Sunday’s strip is all about? Hi Flight Suit!
Can't Sleep over 13 years ago
B-B Eyes is right on the kidnapping charge (after all, Honeymoon did sneak into the van) – but he’s certainly looking at charges for her attempted murder.
Kudos on building suspense – his “surrender” is as exciting in its own way as the strips in which Tracy cornered him in the basement.
Ray_C over 13 years ago
See the sidelong glance in the last panel? And he mentions Shaky’s name in boldface type. And he’s got Tracy’s attention. I think B-B wants to make a deal. Maybe Shaky wasn’t as dead as everyone thought!
Aaron Mimura over 13 years ago
Actually, this ties into the morality play that Ken was talking about earlier. The rogues in Tracy are meant to be identified easily – it is one world where you truly CAN judge a book by its cover. Of course, there are exceptions, even in Gould’s world, and not all of the villains are grotesques nor are all the good guys handsome and fair (for example, Edward Nuremoh on the one hand, the Plentys on the other). It is merely a matter of boiling things down to its basic elements, and another example of Gould’s wonderful imagination and matchless comic strip storytelling technique.
Aaron
Ken in Ohio over 13 years ago
@Jim Doherty:Thanks for your input. I did not know that about the tan color in the very earliest Sunday strips. We both seem to have come across the idea that yellow was technically easier for the printing process in the early years. Sometimes the simplest little things take on much larger significance as time goes on. And, of course, Warren Beatty made a big deal out of the primary colors in his DT movie. (I enjoyed that movie.)
Ken in Ohio over 13 years ago
@Ray Toler:You are right, of course, that comic strips compress time so that the main characters don’t age past their prime. But I myself feel that dead should be dead – if a character dies “on stage”, so to speak, then he should be gone for good. Otherwise, everything that ever happens in the story is suspect. The writers are actually walking a fine line, here, and I guess they won’t be able to completely satisfy everyone.
marvee over 13 years ago
Re: court intrigue. BB probably has a good lawyer.