Action aplenty! I’m amazed about the strength in Tracy’s left hand! Ennen’s getting uglier every day. I suppose she’s aging. Wonder how much longer before we find out how the trapeze levitates itself?
Whomever drew the tiger’s paw must be the same person who has been drawing hands for the last few years. Same quality. Ludwig, I don’t know if I can take this for another month. Even I have limits!
We know this is Dick Tracy and not a DC Superhero, so it’s not “ONE LEAP WITH A SUDDEN BOUND” … taking them upward (?) So what force is it ?
Will this amazing propulsion secret ever be revealed by Dick Locher (?) or is it just another one of his Major Hoople style “whoppers”, that increasingly we must accept without question ?
Fear, passivity, confusion, lack of command in a given situation. I have read all 9 of the collection books. How did Tracy get kidnapped? The writing is horrendous and I am losing hope. Both writer and artist need to be replaced or the strip needs to replaced with Dick Tracy classics. End the torment, now!
The tiny “snarl” next to the signatures makes it seem like the tiger is expressing contempt, both for the horrible way it’s been drawn (when the clip art isn’t being used), and for the absurd situation it has been written into.
U’d think the tiger would be more pissed off at Fee Fi 4 nearly pulling his tail off instead of going after Tracy. Story is starting 2 pick up some steam now…
Yesterday (panel 2), Tracy’s left hand - the one holding on to the trapeze - was as big as his head. Today it’s less than half that size. He’s in big trouble if it keeps shrinking.
We gather here at our leisure
To indulge ourselves a guilty pleasure
And read about that fabled detective
At which we love to hurl invective
We stare with a morbid fascination
At another ridiculous situation
Each day it gets more absurd
Both in deed and in word
Today we watch as they dangle
To keep from being mangled
By a tiger that doesn’t seem to be tryin’
Or maybe he sees just like Clarence the lion
Is that the Joker we see with Dick
‘cause that face is really sick
The panels, they seem to distort
Making Tracy’s arm seem really short
Even for Locher this is low
Can this be the mortal blow
That puts an end to Tracy’s long career
What’s that? Did I hear someone cheer
But I really shouldn’t complain
About this strip being lame
The strip has such promise
Yeh, and I’m Dylan Thomas
well obviously the clown would not have put them in the cage had he known Tracy was capable of jumping seven feet straight up while holding another adult (who in spite of being an FBI agent is still too much a girl to save herself). Actually maybe it’s more than seven feet, since tigers are big and can jump too.
Man, what kind of syndicate allows this pap to run, losing papers and garnering web abuse every single day, day after day, without ever doing anything about it? Obviously they need to shut down the strip to take a tax writeoff on it or something.
“The other day, I met a bear
Back in the woods, away back there.
He said to me: ‘Why don’t you run?
I see you don’t have any gun.”
And so I ran, away from there,
But right behind me was that bear.
I saw a tree and heaved a sigh,
but the nearest branch was 10 feet high.
And so I jumped into the air,
but missed that branch away up there.
Now don’t you fret and don’t you frown,
I caught that branch on the way back down.”
I learned that many years ago at a camp. It goes to the tune of “Sipping Cider” if you know that one.
MEMORIES>>>LIGHT THE CORNERS OF MY MIND…….I remember that from going to camp too, eons ago! Small world (or standard camp song!) … So, we have another month of this??! I hope Tracy gets out of the cage before too long. Sigh. This time last year was the “haunted mansion” storyline, which went through Christmas, so I suppose we should count our blessings.
Doesn’t Tracy’s arm look too short for his body? Oh yes, I forgot. The shrunken panels don’t give an artist like Locher much room to draw such details.
NAPERVILLE’S KEYSTONE COPS - (It’s long but it’s recent HISTORY)
Former Chief Pat Patton must be wondering what evil, disruptive force has hit the Police Department to introduce the current degree of comedic bungling since he Patton was “retired” by Commissioner Locher.
Could the Cophouse Mole who stole Patton’s pants (on 9-25-‘03) be back at HQ disrupting things again ?
Already at the Circus there’s deep cause for concern - -
A murder, Performers are frightened for their lives. A Police squad arrives to secure the crime scene, as Tracy confidently advises :
8-27-09 : “I’ve called for Police Security - - you’re all safe for the time being”. .. and then on
9-12-09 : “I’ll put Ringo under a 24 hour guard” !
Small comfort ! (You’d think he knew what he was talking about)
WHERE, Oh where did they go (?) All those heavily armed Officers we saw, before 9-18-09 when Mr.Pops the Clown pulled a gun ?
But this was not the first time that Chief Lizz’s Naperville cops FAILED to perform ! Like writer Locher they have a long pattern of “repetition” in failing to perform !
See :
1) Lizz (4-5-09 One Eye Jack) on phone “actioning” a police watch on Sunny Dell Acres - B.O. and Gertie in danger.
Where were they when Jack’s gang struck at night ?
But in case before -
2) Tracy (2-10-09) calling on Wrist Radio - “911 FAST”, for Dr.Noll shot by Angelorious.
They never arrived !
But immediately before, in the Braces/ Magnum Force case incompetence struck too
11-6-08 : “Back up” announces they had arrived but it was only the Squad Leader ! After the robot fight when Braces (11-28-08) held up Tracy … WHERE the heck was the SWAT team ?
But why be surprised ? Earlier, 2008 - Cole Lector case. Prominent citezens being kidnapped
Tracy (2-10-08) : ” Our Chief Liz is one of them. I’ve got a 27-7 guard on her … she’s SAFE at Headquarters”!
She WASN’T, she was kidnapped right there !
Another poster asked if Locher DISLIKES police ! Perhaps he does, more SPECIFICALLY … those created by Gould !
Sam is already on a back seat in the “Departure Lounge”, So is Chief Lizz now being “set up” to go too ??
WHO then will be the new CHIEF (?) Tracy’s message man - Lt.Teevo ? His chosen character ? Commissioner Locher could resurrect dead Frisky Frisk (see her 2-1-04) she has an “advantage” Lizz and Sam don’t. She’s prime, “designed” by Locher, and in an odd sort of way could provide what’s been missing, it’s called “female relief” in the strip. Relieving Tess of appearance in every story..
It would be a giant step for him, to heavily EMBOSS a “Dick Locher” PERSONA on the comic strip
The tiger is not hungry. He hasn’t eaten since the circus closed, but neither have any of the people – they’ve been standing around in the ring talking ever since, and they haven’t gotten hungry, so neither has he.
He is not trying to eat them; he is just being helpful – putting Ms. Ennen’s shoe back on for her. She dropped it.
We gather here at our leisure
To indulge ourselves a guilty pleasure
And read about that fabled detective
At which we love to hurl invective
We stare with a morbid fascination
At another ridiculous situation
margueritem about 15 years ago
Uh, that’s his foot…
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ about 15 years ago
Action aplenty! I’m amazed about the strength in Tracy’s left hand! Ennen’s getting uglier every day. I suppose she’s aging. Wonder how much longer before we find out how the trapeze levitates itself?
margueritem about 15 years ago
The tiger must be weak from living in the cage if he can’t reach the dangling dinner…
Steve Bartholomew about 15 years ago
I guess a person-eating giant tiger can’t jump as high as DT, at least not when he’s really really scared.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ about 15 years ago
Margueritem said, “The tiger must be weak from living in the cage if he can’t reach the dangling dinner…”
According to the clown, the tiger hasn’t had anything to eat since the circus closed. ???? That’s one strange circus!
jorizaga about 15 years ago
SNARL
whardin1960 about 15 years ago
NN = Phyllis Diller
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
Omigod, whardin1960 you’re right! Can Charles Nelson Reilly be far away? Maybe when Pops removes his makeup, he’ll be Nipsey Russell…
Margueritem, you know what they say… “Big paws, big hind feet, big…”
Um, never mind.
coratelli about 15 years ago
It’s a bear???
watcha about 15 years ago
What is the other swinging ropes/bars in panel 2.
And what the h.ll is that spinning cage?
Fearless_Fosdick about 15 years ago
Hope Tracy’s arm holds out.
LudwigVonDrake about 15 years ago
I read ahead and this story still hasn’t ended a month from now. Sigh…
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
(Cue Limahl theme music)
A NeverEnding Storeeeeeee….
WarehouseEyes about 15 years ago
How can you read ahead, LVD?
Morrow Cummings about 15 years ago
Whomever drew the tiger’s paw must be the same person who has been drawing hands for the last few years. Same quality. Ludwig, I don’t know if I can take this for another month. Even I have limits!
sydney about 15 years ago
We know this is Dick Tracy and not a DC Superhero, so it’s not “ONE LEAP WITH A SUDDEN BOUND” … taking them upward (?) So what force is it ?
Will this amazing propulsion secret ever be revealed by Dick Locher (?) or is it just another one of his Major Hoople style “whoppers”, that increasingly we must accept without question ?
Egad !
anopcfox1 about 15 years ago
Fear, passivity, confusion, lack of command in a given situation. I have read all 9 of the collection books. How did Tracy get kidnapped? The writing is horrendous and I am losing hope. Both writer and artist need to be replaced or the strip needs to replaced with Dick Tracy classics. End the torment, now!
Maxine_Viller about 15 years ago
The tiny “snarl” next to the signatures makes it seem like the tiger is expressing contempt, both for the horrible way it’s been drawn (when the clip art isn’t being used), and for the absurd situation it has been written into.
Araldite about 15 years ago
Two days without dialog and I don’t miss it a bit.
Takiniteasy about 15 years ago
Major Hoople!!! Egad, haven’t thought of Our Boarding House in years.
Froxkrybra about 15 years ago
U’d think the tiger would be more pissed off at Fee Fi 4 nearly pulling his tail off instead of going after Tracy. Story is starting 2 pick up some steam now…
neonleon59 about 15 years ago
Yesterday (panel 2), Tracy’s left hand - the one holding on to the trapeze - was as big as his head. Today it’s less than half that size. He’s in big trouble if it keeps shrinking.
wndrwrthg about 15 years ago
We gather here at our leisure To indulge ourselves a guilty pleasure And read about that fabled detective At which we love to hurl invective We stare with a morbid fascination At another ridiculous situation Each day it gets more absurd Both in deed and in word Today we watch as they dangle To keep from being mangled By a tiger that doesn’t seem to be tryin’ Or maybe he sees just like Clarence the lion Is that the Joker we see with Dick ‘cause that face is really sick The panels, they seem to distort Making Tracy’s arm seem really short Even for Locher this is low Can this be the mortal blow That puts an end to Tracy’s long career What’s that? Did I hear someone cheer But I really shouldn’t complain About this strip being lame The strip has such promise Yeh, and I’m Dylan Thomas
From yesterday, Thanks Sydney.
prrdh about 15 years ago
barticle35 said, about 8 hours ago
I guess a person-eating giant tiger can’t jump as high as DT, at least not when he’s really really scared.
The tiger doesn’t have the helium in its skull to give him that extra lift.
jamesdee about 15 years ago
Well, the last panel does give one paws….hahahahahahaha (oh never mind).
jumbobrain about 15 years ago
well obviously the clown would not have put them in the cage had he known Tracy was capable of jumping seven feet straight up while holding another adult (who in spite of being an FBI agent is still too much a girl to save herself). Actually maybe it’s more than seven feet, since tigers are big and can jump too. Man, what kind of syndicate allows this pap to run, losing papers and garnering web abuse every single day, day after day, without ever doing anything about it? Obviously they need to shut down the strip to take a tax writeoff on it or something.
whardin1960 about 15 years ago
Didya notice NN’s shoe is already back on?
whardin1960 about 15 years ago
WarehouseEyes said, about 4 hours ago
How can you read ahead, LVD?
LVD is obviously a masochist.
jpozenel about 15 years ago
No dialog is a definite improvement!
It doesn’t make the story line move any faster, but at least I can get through “reading” it faster everyday.
sparkydog08 about 15 years ago
Funniest. Series. Of. Comic Strip Panels. Ever.
Where does the hilarity end and the next storyline begin????
DoraDingle about 15 years ago
Wow, since when did this strip went from being “Dick Tracy” to being “Pibgorn”? Another day with just action and no dialog!
Saucy1121 Premium Member about 15 years ago
This somehow seems appropriate:
“The other day, I met a bear Back in the woods, away back there. He said to me: ‘Why don’t you run? I see you don’t have any gun.” And so I ran, away from there, But right behind me was that bear. I saw a tree and heaved a sigh, but the nearest branch was 10 feet high. And so I jumped into the air, but missed that branch away up there. Now don’t you fret and don’t you frown, I caught that branch on the way back down.”
I learned that many years ago at a camp. It goes to the tune of “Sipping Cider” if you know that one.
g6793 about 15 years ago
MEMORIES>>>LIGHT THE CORNERS OF MY MIND…….I remember that from going to camp too, eons ago! Small world (or standard camp song!) … So, we have another month of this??! I hope Tracy gets out of the cage before too long. Sigh. This time last year was the “haunted mansion” storyline, which went through Christmas, so I suppose we should count our blessings.
436rge about 15 years ago
Doesn’t Tracy’s arm look too short for his body? Oh yes, I forgot. The shrunken panels don’t give an artist like Locher much room to draw such details.
Gackle23 about 15 years ago
That paw looks like a loaf of french bread with four garlic cloves sticking out of the end.
sydney about 15 years ago
Panel 1 – “Close call”
Panel 2 – “Free fall” (?)
Panel 3 – “Clawed ball” !
sydney about 15 years ago
NAPERVILLE’S KEYSTONE COPS - (It’s long but it’s recent HISTORY)
Former Chief Pat Patton must be wondering what evil, disruptive force has hit the Police Department to introduce the current degree of comedic bungling since he Patton was “retired” by Commissioner Locher.
Could the Cophouse Mole who stole Patton’s pants (on 9-25-‘03) be back at HQ disrupting things again ?
Already at the Circus there’s deep cause for concern - - A murder, Performers are frightened for their lives. A Police squad arrives to secure the crime scene, as Tracy confidently advises : 8-27-09 : “I’ve called for Police Security - - you’re all safe for the time being”. .. and then on 9-12-09 : “I’ll put Ringo under a 24 hour guard” !
Small comfort ! (You’d think he knew what he was talking about) WHERE, Oh where did they go (?) All those heavily armed Officers we saw, before 9-18-09 when Mr.Pops the Clown pulled a gun ?
But this was not the first time that Chief Lizz’s Naperville cops FAILED to perform ! Like writer Locher they have a long pattern of “repetition” in failing to perform !
See : 1) Lizz (4-5-09 One Eye Jack) on phone “actioning” a police watch on Sunny Dell Acres - B.O. and Gertie in danger. Where were they when Jack’s gang struck at night ? But in case before - 2) Tracy (2-10-09) calling on Wrist Radio - “911 FAST”, for Dr.Noll shot by Angelorious. They never arrived !
But immediately before, in the Braces/ Magnum Force case incompetence struck too 11-6-08 : “Back up” announces they had arrived but it was only the Squad Leader ! After the robot fight when Braces (11-28-08) held up Tracy … WHERE the heck was the SWAT team ?
But why be surprised ? Earlier, 2008 - Cole Lector case. Prominent citezens being kidnapped Tracy (2-10-08) : ” Our Chief Liz is one of them. I’ve got a 27-7 guard on her … she’s SAFE at Headquarters”! She WASN’T, she was kidnapped right there !
Another poster asked if Locher DISLIKES police ! Perhaps he does, more SPECIFICALLY … those created by Gould !
Sam is already on a back seat in the “Departure Lounge”, So is Chief Lizz now being “set up” to go too ??
WHO then will be the new CHIEF (?) Tracy’s message man - Lt.Teevo ? His chosen character ? Commissioner Locher could resurrect dead Frisky Frisk (see her 2-1-04) she has an “advantage” Lizz and Sam don’t. She’s prime, “designed” by Locher, and in an odd sort of way could provide what’s been missing, it’s called “female relief” in the strip. Relieving Tess of appearance in every story..
It would be a giant step for him, to heavily EMBOSS a “Dick Locher” PERSONA on the comic strip
sparkydog08 about 15 years ago
I am sooooooooooooo glad to have found my way back to the posting Tracy community. So many incredible writers and wits here now…AWESOME!!!
This site has now become required daily reading for me. Getting some great comedy and writing from so many of you. Keep it up!!!!
Barry J.
sparkydog08 about 15 years ago
By the way, what’s up with that tiny little “snarl”????????
I know that really scared me…right out of my underwear and into my lion tamer’s costume…
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
That paw in Panel Three looks like it could belong to a Wampa snow beast.
countoftowergrove about 15 years ago
I see Bracy no longer wears gumshoes.
CougarAllen about 15 years ago
The tiger is not hungry. He hasn’t eaten since the circus closed, but neither have any of the people – they’ve been standing around in the ring talking ever since, and they haven’t gotten hungry, so neither has he.
He is not trying to eat them; he is just being helpful – putting Ms. Ennen’s shoe back on for her. She dropped it.
-Cougar :{)
margueritem about 15 years ago
wndrwrthg said, about 11 hours ago
We gather here at our leisure To indulge ourselves a guilty pleasure And read about that fabled detective At which we love to hurl invective We stare with a morbid fascination At another ridiculous situation
You have nailed it, my man…..
Ronshua about 15 years ago
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emile.a.schwarz over 12 years ago
Where are the larger sizes ?
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