So, did Tess hang up, or did Diet put Tess on hold so he could talk to Tracy?
Tess, let me save you some trouble. Diet is not qualified in “that” field, or any field for that matter. Judging by his ever expanding and deflating size, he has not even been on a field, in any qualified way, for a long time.
I’ll forgive you all for not paying attention to the events that played out between TMS and DL over the past two months. You obviously have quickly forgotten.
DL was asked to retire from DT in October. Once TMS received an onslaught of negative responses to this event via email and snail mail, they somehow got DL to come back to the strip right before Thanksgiving.
The TRAZE-R story was to be his last. Having been un-retired from the strip at the 11th hour with 59 seconds, DL was required to hammer out the next story (what we are reading here and now).
I can tell just by looking at the 2nd panel that DL had to move quickly in order to reestablish his work, consistent with the deadlines of Tracy’s newspaper clients.
As I see it, the behavior of TMS, once again, leaves quality a distant second in priority to meeting pressing (and unexpected) deadlines. At worst, it leaves DL in the unenviable position of creating a NEW story arc with great haste and without the benefit of the normal deadline schedule he ordinarily is afforded.
I guess we’ll all see the full results of this madness very soon.
I’m sorry you feel that way, Marguiretem. I’m in a position where it might very well have been harmful to the Museum to provide any more information beyond what was being actively reported in the comics press. If not harmful, it certainly would have been inappropriate, given the positive, long standing relationship the Museum has with TMS, much less my friendship with DL.
As I said above, you had access to enough reported information to draw your own conclusions.
Morrow: I can assure you (with great confidence) that these events had nothing at all to do with the current financial struggles at Tribune Co.
TMS contributes significant cash flow to Tribune’s bottom line and is very healthy in its’ own right as a business unit. The struggles facing Tribune Co. will be resolved through the shedding of assets and business units that do not contribute significantly to its’ cash flow.
Increasing overall cash flow, as I see it, is the only way Tribune Co. can eliminate the onerous debt burden Sam Zell has added to the liability side of its’ balance sheet. To this end, I feel very good about the future for TMS.
Ok, can someone, other than Jeff himself, tell me who he is and what kind of authority he is on the subjects that he lectures to us on? Should I be impressed? Grateful? Should I feel sorry for him and speak nicely? I just can’t figure it out.
I must be the only one, but I thought Tess looked very attractive in that panel. I didn’t come aboard until the middle of the Baskerville episode, so I don’t know how DL draws her normally.
I must be the only one, but I thought Tess looked very attractive in that panel. I didn’t come aboard until the middle of the Baskerville episode, so I don’t know how DL draws her normally.
Ray, Ray, Ray….. Don’t you remember Dick Tracy from your youth, when Tess was a pretty woman?
She looks rode hard and put away wet in that second panel.
margueritemPro says:
“Ray, Ray, Ray….. Don’t you remember Dick Tracy from your youth, when Tess was a pretty woman?
She looks rode hard and put away wet in that second panel.”
Well, I happen to like women who look like they’ve been rode hard and put away wet. Especially if it was my fault.
margueritem almost 16 years ago
Has Tess aged that much during these robot antics?!?
drwatson almost 16 years ago
but he’s still missing some fingers!
LudwigVonDrake almost 16 years ago
Tess is looking a bit haggard these days.
Ray_C almost 16 years ago
Grokenstein says: “…And Diet switched his “phone” and “milk” hands!” It’s part of his new fitness regimen.
RichardT almost 16 years ago
So, did Tess hang up, or did Diet put Tess on hold so he could talk to Tracy?
Tess, let me save you some trouble. Diet is not qualified in “that” field, or any field for that matter. Judging by his ever expanding and deflating size, he has not even been on a field, in any qualified way, for a long time.
andy.vaughn almost 16 years ago
Tess’ looks tend to change each time we see her, but today’s strip…EEEEEWWWWWWW! I just wish DL would stay consistant with his designs! This is awful!
Morrow Cummings almost 16 years ago
Tess looks like she just marathoned with one of Diet’s prototypes and broke it.
jkersten almost 16 years ago
I’ll forgive you all for not paying attention to the events that played out between TMS and DL over the past two months. You obviously have quickly forgotten.
DL was asked to retire from DT in October. Once TMS received an onslaught of negative responses to this event via email and snail mail, they somehow got DL to come back to the strip right before Thanksgiving.
The TRAZE-R story was to be his last. Having been un-retired from the strip at the 11th hour with 59 seconds, DL was required to hammer out the next story (what we are reading here and now).
I can tell just by looking at the 2nd panel that DL had to move quickly in order to reestablish his work, consistent with the deadlines of Tracy’s newspaper clients.
As I see it, the behavior of TMS, once again, leaves quality a distant second in priority to meeting pressing (and unexpected) deadlines. At worst, it leaves DL in the unenviable position of creating a NEW story arc with great haste and without the benefit of the normal deadline schedule he ordinarily is afforded.
I guess we’ll all see the full results of this madness very soon.
Morrow Cummings almost 16 years ago
Hey, Jeff! Would the Tribune’s request to DL to retire have anything to do with their own financial mess?
margueritem almost 16 years ago
JK: You hinted at something aproximately two months ago, but never gave us any details. That was quite unkind of you.
jkersten almost 16 years ago
I’m sorry you feel that way, Marguiretem. I’m in a position where it might very well have been harmful to the Museum to provide any more information beyond what was being actively reported in the comics press. If not harmful, it certainly would have been inappropriate, given the positive, long standing relationship the Museum has with TMS, much less my friendship with DL.
As I said above, you had access to enough reported information to draw your own conclusions.
jkersten almost 16 years ago
Morrow: I can assure you (with great confidence) that these events had nothing at all to do with the current financial struggles at Tribune Co.
TMS contributes significant cash flow to Tribune’s bottom line and is very healthy in its’ own right as a business unit. The struggles facing Tribune Co. will be resolved through the shedding of assets and business units that do not contribute significantly to its’ cash flow.
Increasing overall cash flow, as I see it, is the only way Tribune Co. can eliminate the onerous debt burden Sam Zell has added to the liability side of its’ balance sheet. To this end, I feel very good about the future for TMS.
Durak Premium Member almost 16 years ago
Ok, can someone, other than Jeff himself, tell me who he is and what kind of authority he is on the subjects that he lectures to us on? Should I be impressed? Grateful? Should I feel sorry for him and speak nicely? I just can’t figure it out.
LudwigVonDrake almost 16 years ago
Coming from the Cowardly Lion, Pity works best.
“Namedrop the Clown”!! AWESOME!!!
Ray_C almost 16 years ago
I must be the only one, but I thought Tess looked very attractive in that panel. I didn’t come aboard until the middle of the Baskerville episode, so I don’t know how DL draws her normally.
margueritem almost 16 years ago
Ray C says:
I must be the only one, but I thought Tess looked very attractive in that panel. I didn’t come aboard until the middle of the Baskerville episode, so I don’t know how DL draws her normally.
Ray, Ray, Ray….. Don’t you remember Dick Tracy from your youth, when Tess was a pretty woman? She looks rode hard and put away wet in that second panel.
countoftowergrove almost 16 years ago
It’s been some time since Tracy promised Tess a vacation.
countoftowergrove almost 16 years ago
A huge success? Hasn’t Tracy been reading the strip?
kiddork almost 16 years ago
Tess looks like she was drawn by an Etch A Sketch. On a train. That’s going off a cliff.
Morrow Cummings almost 16 years ago
I wuz gonna say she looks like she wuz rode hard and put up wet, but I thought that was too suggestive……
Ray_C almost 16 years ago
margueritemPro says: “Ray, Ray, Ray….. Don’t you remember Dick Tracy from your youth, when Tess was a pretty woman? She looks rode hard and put away wet in that second panel.” Well, I happen to like women who look like they’ve been rode hard and put away wet. Especially if it was my fault.
ridenslide65 almost 16 years ago
Tess almost looks like she has a mustache…