Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 24, 2012

Putty had no time to change into Sam.Good morning all fans of the new and better Dick Tracy!

Okay, call him a lawyer!

Quick! Everybody, under the tables!Uh, I mean, morning, everyone. (Sorry, got caught up in the action!)By the way, is “bouncer” now spelled with a ‘W’? As in the ’Bownser" T-shirt.

Wow. The story’s moving fast today. A year ago, this much plot progression would’ve taken three weeks instead of three panels.

I like how Sam (panel 1) holds Cueball in check, while Tracy rushes through panel 2 in order to be in time for the drawdown and impending shoot-out of panel 3. Sequential art at its best!

And nary a granary to be seen! .

Hit the floor patrons!

Moving right along … nice tight action sequence … nice economic use of dialog … precise and to the point … Team Tracy at their best!!!

Is PP crazy enough to shoot it out with DT?

Morning, Vagabonds!

ANNIE’S BACK!! THANK YOU GOCOMICS!! HOORAY!! YAY! WHOOHOO!!

It looks like GoComics has heard us at last! They are rerunning Annie beginning when Allen Kupperberg took over the artwork. If you click my link, it will take you to Annie, January 24, 2012 which is a rerun from April 24, 2001. They still don’t have Annie listed in the Comics A-Z Navigation, but it’s a start!

Here’s the link to Annie 2012 .

Again – THANK YOU, GOCOMICS!

And what is Tracy’s choice for concealed carry? I bet he carried a S&W Detective Special 2" barrel at some time in history, but now Im sure it’s an automatic.

lizz used to use a snub nose didnt she?

Now one of PP’s henchmen is wearing Sam’s green suit… and he found a hat to match ;)Oh, and now it has pinstripes. Must be a coat of many colors ;)

If Macy was in real time in Chicago, he’d be lookin’ at a Mac 15. Dat’s the weapon of cherce in da ’hood!

These are classic drawings of our hero in all three panels. Obviously this story is winding down, and there are many lose ends, questions, answers and I’d bet action and violence just around the corner.I have a stainless S&W .357 revolver with a 4-inch barrel, and I really like it, but I think that it’s too big and heavy to carry anywhere but in a hip holster. I remember Dirty Harry having one of those that he carried in a shoulder holster.

GO AHEAD. MAKE MY DAY!

Good afternoon all…

Today’s art has Tracy “in action”! Great stuff. And, I love the way Sam looks in the first panel. That droll smile, just like he looked when he was first intoduced. Nice job, team Tracy!

Oops – I meant to type “first introduced”

At least all the liquids in glasses appear to be clear today.