Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 20, 2012

Good morning everyone…

Almost unbelievable!

I wonder what a scan of Dick’s wound and surgery will reveal?

Talk about fortuitous!

Good morning, VB!

Is it inappropriate to laugh at the slapstick nature of today’s strip?

AWESOME!

for once the hero loses his hat!

this is worse than Batman & Robin falling into the foam rubber convention in the 1966 movie…

That was convenient.

You have to wonder if Sam actually knew where they were when he made his move in yesterday’s strip. Me, I don’t believe in coincidences.

Still pretty good stuff though.

Sam sure is light as a feather today.

Oh you have GOT to be kidding! LOVE IT! Can’t stop laughing. First, Tracy makes a joke and now this. Friends, you simply MUST watch this, and be sure to stay to the end. Have a great week!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlmhnmzTkC4

One of my early childhood memories was seeing Dick Tracy tied to a door by the villain of the moment and being floated along in a Chicago sewer. Over the years, our hero has been in one tight spot after another. This one is right up there with the most diabolical, but he always comes back. This is a great comic strip! Staton and Curtis are doing a great job bringing Tracy to a new generation.

Poirfect!Good morning, VistaBill!

Hee! Shades of “Hudson Hawk”… ;)

I have to allow Team Tracy a humorous touch occasionally to lighten the strip. But I am rather surprised at how ineffectual Sam is at even slowing the runaway gurney!

@coldsooner Thanks for the clip.

Tracy needs a hospital and there you go. I suspect Sam may need one too by tomorrow!

Serendipity at its best!

Awesome too.

This is known as “Jumping The Shark” I’m willing to forgive this plot twist due to the incredible artistry and much of what led up to it. ;)

Stiletta allowed Sam to keep his wrist wizard? So MCU could have been following their every move this whole time.

Franz probably developed a route that involved zizagging by hospitals in the city so the ambulance wouldn’t look too suspicious.

That’ll do!

Slapstick? I dunno – reality has it’s share of comic moments – if we aren’t afraid to laugh!I love the story. It’s more of a tease, introducing Stiletta, and letting us know she believes in long range planning (so we never know where she’s lurking, and plotting). Just as the Mr. Crime story was spread out over a year, I’m sure Stiletta will be popping in and out of stories until next summer.

I do hope the doctors check to see if something was implanted – that’s what I’d expect of Stiletta!

Didn’t Mike Cutris say that this was based upon something which actually happened? Wonder if that includes the method of delivery into the hospital…Very enjoyable.

WOO HOO!!! #38!!! lol! see what happens when you dont check the strip til 12:14pm eastern? loL! just BARELY staying in the top 40.. i think this is the lowest ranking i’ve had so far! anyway, sam must have an INCREDIBLE “shoe guy” not to mention strong calves! and what luck that there just HAPPENS to be a hospital E.R. right at the bottom of the hill! love sam’s “shout out” trying to find what corner he is on lol!

by the way.. where did the i.v. drip go from panel one to panel two?

gweedomurray if youre here.. in response to your joke yesterday about changing my name to jtull… its TSULL because of the first letter of my first name (Timmy) and the first four of my last (Sullivan).. the 2121 is reference to my favorite ny yankee PAUL O’NEILL… tsull2121 also happens to be my aol name lol

I wonder of Mike and/or Joe have seen “Hudson Hawk”?

I’m sorry, I haven’t learned how to post links. But, there is a You Tube video with Ian Anderson playing flute for Justin Hayward, while Justin sings Nights in White Satin – something Ian has said he has always wanted to do. If you’re interested, I hope you can find it by searching You Tube Music.

At least Sam didn’t exclaim “Oy vey!”

Been on vacation for a fortnight and just got all caught up on this great story line. Really fun reading so many great strips in one sitting. The art was awesome, and i loved the story, including the somewhat slapstick, improbable escape. No more improbable than we’ve seen in many an action flick.

I thought it was great. Way to go Team Tracy!

Is Sam using his shoes for brakes? This was pretty slapstick. I don’t know which is funnier, the dtrip or some of the comments. Fun stuff!

Three Stooges in reverse. The Boys were usually getting OUT of a Hospital.

You’re welcome.

Pioneering comedian Phyllis Diller dies at age 95RIP Phyllis. Thank you for showing us that female comedians have as much to share as those male ones. In a world with Bob Hope, Dick Van Dyke, George Burns, Abbott and Costello, the Three Stooges, The Marx brothers, Jerry Lewis, Shelley Berman, and countless other male comedians. You were in a class of your own. You will be missed.

Hey Joe! Hey Mike! I love it. It’s so Dick Tracy, and so Police Squad. Many thanks.

Why is there an IV drip at all? Stiletta seems to be giving Tracy a transfusion rather than removing blood.

I am truly amazed how good this strip has become since it changed hands. I actually find myself looking forward to seeing the next installment. I would have to say it’s getting up there with the classic strips from the 40’s that were reprinted in “Greatest Cases”.Staton & Curtis, I tip my fedora to you!

What? The bad guys didn’t take Sam’s two-way radio?