Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 16, 2012

Yeah, right. Brown club soda. I am deeply shocked that Pat is smoking in a family strip. Shocked, I tell you.

I believe that they may be on duty, so they can’t drink.

@margueritem: “Club soda” my foot. Club soda ain’t brown. Oh, sure—blame it on the colorizer.

*barticle35 — let’s drag him out behind the tool shed and beat him tells he yells!

So people, can you tell it is Lizz, Lee, Tracy, and Sam from the silhouettes in panel one?

of course, it’s club soda…with a shot of espresso.

I’d blame the colorist for the brown club soda. Or maybe he’s never seen club soda?The panel 1 silhouette figures are indeed easily recognized.This being SoS’s last night, and the MCS being present, something must be going down….

Club soda with a shot of chocolate syrup. Yum! ;9

Good morning all…

The way Sam holding the cigerette reminds me of “Kojak”

Two Cueballs, drugs in the cello case, the MCS at a SoS show, I think the excitement is gonna happen “off stage”. At least the crowd will get their moneys worth…

Go Bless you, Dr. King!

Probably ginger ale.

We really need to get Sam to quit smoking. I’ll offer him a patch.

Barticle, you said Pat is smoking. I don’t see him; only Sam. Or am I missing something?

Ginger ale is much lighter…a pale yellow at best. I think the colorizer thought club soda was something like Coke or Pepsi. For once, we’re all in agreement on the color.

I saw this strip first in B&W, then came here for the comments. My first reaction upon seeing the color was “Oh, my God,” and not in a good way. The brown club soda is not the only bizzare choice made by the colorist.

Tracy’s glass is white or clear in my newspaper. As if it really matters.

Good thing they ID’ed the drink, they color proofed it. LOL This is a Great STRIP!!!!

Great classic-like Tracy art in panel two. Particularly nice in b&w: http://www.comicstripnation.com/dick-tracy/index.html

my way of thinking is that the colorist saw a panel to color and the note of it being club soda, however since everyone knows that club soda is clear, the colorist chose “any color” so that it would show up that tracy has a beverage in his glass. the “club soda” tag verifies that tracy si drinking club soda. if the colorist was to have left it “blank” i am sure someone woulda hung him out to dry for that too. seems you cant win or lose. oh and matt, for the record.. i now can see differences between the sunday colored pages and the daily colored pages. still, i dont think its THAT big of a deal tho

Why point out club soda? Is this a lesson that police officers and detectives should not drink on the job? “Hey, mac—whaddaya want? A beer?” “N-No, sir. I-I-I’ll have a club s-soda, please.” lol

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Didn’t anyone ever explain to Sam it is ILLEAGLE to smoke in a public place

I think they switched Tracy’s Club Soda to a Yoo Hoo.