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

Good morning fellow DT fans…

Mornin’, you two! I love this strip. Thunderchild gettin’ disrespected? Sign me up.

Ciera and Patty seem to share a common haughty disdain for the vulgar Thunderchild (“vulgar” not because he is a professional wrestler but because he is an amoral lout).

I think Patty is going to regret this.

but she gets paid enough to go out for a lobster dinner with him? patty is gonna have to wake up and smell the butter sauce sooner or later! i wonder if ciera is gonna notice the transactions appearing on her computer screen, and if it will be enough for patty to pass on her spa appointment?

Good morning, all.I’ve got a hunch things will not go well for Ciera. She’s wearing red, just like all those ill-fated ensigns on Star Trek.

… say Jim … how about giving Patty a bit of Crime Stopper advice.

Things are building nicely. I wonder when – and how – Patty’s going to find out the money’s gone.Will that guy Thunderchild scammed be found dead?Something big’s going to happen (maybe Sunday?).

The Mole will find out first and confront Thunderchild. Thunderchild will kill the Mole in an epic battle setting the stage for he and DT to have one of those retro-Gould type chases and fights! You read it here first.

Joe was a guest on a podcast to discuss his work on the strip: http://www.kissmecomix.com/podcastgen/

Personally, I would be shocked if Team Tracy killed off The Mole. He’s a classic character/villain and Gould killed off so many that there are very few left. The new team has gone to great pains to resurrect other classics so there’s no point in killing him off.

I like the Mole also. I hope he stays around and reappears from time-to-time.