Sooner or later, though, Dick is gonna wise up and realize that any time his wife or daughter is excited about going to see any type of show or cultural event, it is not going to end well.
Also…
Panel One:
Is that your guitar, or do you have Peyronie’s disease?
Flightsuit, I believe that readers have Sooner (rather than later) discovered that Locher has beaten that “lead in” through Tess to death. Time to think of something more original. Problem seems to be that without a predetermined script there is frequent story revisionism (‘just “thought” of that”), every morning when he sits down to think about what happens NEXT in the strip.
Result : Uncomfortabe sequences to lead into the next, he “just thought up” with “silly season” and contradictions on his face like fruit cake he’d rather quickly forget about.
Then you have to wonder if the word interplay between Dick and Tess above is not a real life reflection of his situation at home ?
Can’t help but comment on panel 1 with what looks like a BENT “fret” board on the Guitar and some rough Locher “penciling” on those little hands, stubby fingers – INCREDIBLY, inked over “as is?”
I’m afraid after all the “Hoo Hah” written by TMS when they launched Brozman a year ago has turned out to be a gross “exaggeration”, as his shortcomings in bacground ART, on BUILDINGS (Jack’s and the Concert Hall) and FURNITURE (leaning table lamps, clunky violins) are painfully evident. I’d say much worse than Locher’s. Even stooping to pick up the latter’s bad, bend down “paste up” panel habits.
Maybe TMS got this Rooster for a “thin dime”(?) for the weak results show everytime this Cocksman “crows”!
Cheer up Dick…. looks like you might have a knock down drag out fight on your hands…. when the maestro meets his son there and sees the modified strad… we might have a fight or a stand off that will last a week or two…
actually I think it could be rather “explosive”
The correct spelling is “petifores”. It’s only fitting that
the strip with the worst writer and worst artist have the
worst proofreader. Amazing that the lettering
is legible.
So now they all come together. The ambassador who wants the finest of everything gets a rock band that’s never played a gig before. The great maestro is invited even though he will have nothing to do with the music. And Dick Tracy, who has no business being there except to provide additional security, is sent an invitation instead of just being assigned by Liz like any other cop would be. Locher wants the three of them there together, but how he gets them there is poorly thought out. I guess with a comic strip he figures he gets all the poetic license he needs.
Does Tracy actually set out to do any police work.? He seems to stumble across crimes with a frequency that would is more ‘Murder She Wrote’ than ‘Law and Order’
R_Noonan63 said, “24 hours till I can learn our Crimestopper tip for the week.”
I can’t wait. These valuable lessons keep us on the leading edge of ways to protect ourselves. Plus we get a recap in full color. Sunday is my favorite day! I like to eat a few petifors while reading the strip.
I’m sorry, there’s no such word in the dictionary as “petifors.” What you mean is petit fours… pronounced petifors. Little bite-sized cakes, delicately frosted and decorated.
You’ll find a few instances of petifors online, but that’s because people can’t spell and don’t take the trouble to use dictionaries.
jfmcenanly, Modern day Tracy is a casualty of a cronic “repeating” writing style that plagues Dick Locher. Perhaps he fantasizes that he’s playing a game of golf, that he’s Tiger Woods, and where-ever he “plays”, he wants to “hit it” just like Tiger did, the “same way” everytime.
No wonder readers are all pregnant with worry
Like Tiger and wife Elin, we’re all waiting for Dick to retire from the game.
As a lad he learned to play
Concert music his fathers way
And as he grew to his dads dismay
Rock and roll was all he wanted to play
To fund his band he stole the strad
Just another good boy gone to bad
Just another good boy gone to bad
He disappeared with the goods
And went and sold it to some hoods
When dad found out he sure was pissed
The Stradivarius was what he really missed
He missed it so much he blew his crown
And went at sonny in a big smack down
And went at sonny in a big smack down
Tracy was then assigned to the case
Lizz wanted the precinct to save face
And as to what she could be thinking
Of that we don’t even have an inkling
And of late I think we can all attest
His detective skills are not the best
His detective skills are not the best
The Stradivarius was a marvelous thing
It could alter the number of it’s strings
And with strings so many and so few
Surely there’d be an argument or two
Though what we have come to suspect
It’s just another matter of neglect
It’s just another matter of neglect
Now there comes an embassy ball
Someone’s in for a great big fall
Father, son, and Tracy too
They’re all together in this stew
The pace moves faster than before
But there’s still the matter of the Petifor
But there’s still the matter of the Petifor.
margueritem almost 15 years ago
Stick with the champagne, Dick, and you’ll be shuper in no time.
Steve Bartholomew almost 15 years ago
Uh oh.
FLIGHT SUIT almost 15 years ago
“Petifors?”
OK, whatever…
Sooner or later, though, Dick is gonna wise up and realize that any time his wife or daughter is excited about going to see any type of show or cultural event, it is not going to end well.
Also…
Panel One:
Is that your guitar, or do you have Peyronie’s disease?
Llewellenbruce almost 15 years ago
Don’t look so excited Tracy.
Maxine_Viller almost 15 years ago
Went to dictionary.com with “petifors.”
petifors
no dictionary resultsNo results found for petifors:
Did you mean petit fours, Mr. Locher?
Could you hire me to be your proofreader? I need a better job …
FLIGHT SUIT almost 15 years ago
Maxine, I believe “petifores,” though non-standard, is in common use. Don’t know which spelling is correct, though.
Regarding the concert:
Hopefully the popcorn will be good.
margueritem almost 15 years ago
It’s petit fours. Maxine is correct. At least have your wife look at your stuff first, Locher.
sydney almost 15 years ago
Flightsuit, I believe that readers have Sooner (rather than later) discovered that Locher has beaten that “lead in” through Tess to death. Time to think of something more original. Problem seems to be that without a predetermined script there is frequent story revisionism (‘just “thought” of that”), every morning when he sits down to think about what happens NEXT in the strip.
Result : Uncomfortabe sequences to lead into the next, he “just thought up” with “silly season” and contradictions on his face like fruit cake he’d rather quickly forget about.
Then you have to wonder if the word interplay between Dick and Tess above is not a real life reflection of his situation at home ?
sydney almost 15 years ago
Can’t help but comment on panel 1 with what looks like a BENT “fret” board on the Guitar and some rough Locher “penciling” on those little hands, stubby fingers – INCREDIBLY, inked over “as is?”
I’m afraid after all the “Hoo Hah” written by TMS when they launched Brozman a year ago has turned out to be a gross “exaggeration”, as his shortcomings in bacground ART, on BUILDINGS (Jack’s and the Concert Hall) and FURNITURE (leaning table lamps, clunky violins) are painfully evident. I’d say much worse than Locher’s. Even stooping to pick up the latter’s bad, bend down “paste up” panel habits.
Maybe TMS got this Rooster for a “thin dime”(?) for the weak results show everytime this Cocksman “crows”!
As the Chinaman says, … “cheap t’ing no good” !
mjmsprt40 almost 15 years ago
DT seems to have figured it out, too. The look on his face suggests he’d rather have a tooth extraction than go to this concert.
llong65 almost 15 years ago
this may be very interesting for Tracy….it appears that the father and son are booked for the same gig.
jkebxjunke almost 15 years ago
Cheer up Dick…. looks like you might have a knock down drag out fight on your hands…. when the maestro meets his son there and sees the modified strad… we might have a fight or a stand off that will last a week or two… actually I think it could be rather “explosive”
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
For petifores (with an “e”)
http://tinyurl.com/yavvdww
Personally, I prefer petit eights. Twice as big! (Please don’t hate me. I can’t help myself.)
China60 almost 15 years ago
The correct spelling is “petifores”. It’s only fitting that the strip with the worst writer and worst artist have the worst proofreader. Amazing that the lettering is legible.
linsonl almost 15 years ago
Petit = little, small Four = oven.how that becomes a little frosted piece of cake is beyond me. Then again, so is about everything in French.
Araldite almost 15 years ago
So now they all come together. The ambassador who wants the finest of everything gets a rock band that’s never played a gig before. The great maestro is invited even though he will have nothing to do with the music. And Dick Tracy, who has no business being there except to provide additional security, is sent an invitation instead of just being assigned by Liz like any other cop would be. Locher wants the three of them there together, but how he gets them there is poorly thought out. I guess with a comic strip he figures he gets all the poetic license he needs.
idarke almost 15 years ago
Today’s strip reminds me of three cars in an intersection, slowly rolling to a minor collision.
Morrow Cummings almost 15 years ago
Might be an interesting family feud in the offing! Macy knows that “petifore” is a movement that only an accomplished pole dancer can do.
jmcenanly almost 15 years ago
Does Tracy actually set out to do any police work.? He seems to stumble across crimes with a frequency that would is more ‘Murder She Wrote’ than ‘Law and Order’
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 15 years ago
R_Noonan63 said, “24 hours till I can learn our Crimestopper tip for the week.”
I can’t wait. These valuable lessons keep us on the leading edge of ways to protect ourselves. Plus we get a recap in full color. Sunday is my favorite day! I like to eat a few petifors while reading the strip.
James7344 almost 15 years ago
Ooh, long hair music. That’s like, The Beatles, right?
foxcole almost 15 years ago
I’m sorry, there’s no such word in the dictionary as “petifors.” What you mean is petit fours… pronounced petifors. Little bite-sized cakes, delicately frosted and decorated.
You’ll find a few instances of petifors online, but that’s because people can’t spell and don’t take the trouble to use dictionaries.
mumbles almost 15 years ago
Sydney: “Chinaman???” You gonna get letters dude.
sydney almost 15 years ago
jfmcenanly, Modern day Tracy is a casualty of a cronic “repeating” writing style that plagues Dick Locher. Perhaps he fantasizes that he’s playing a game of golf, that he’s Tiger Woods, and where-ever he “plays”, he wants to “hit it” just like Tiger did, the “same way” everytime.
No wonder readers are all pregnant with worry
Like Tiger and wife Elin, we’re all waiting for Dick to retire from the game.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 15 years ago
I wonder how many months it’ll be until we get to the embassy reception?
wndrwrthg almost 15 years ago
“The HMS Petifor”
As a lad he learned to play Concert music his fathers way And as he grew to his dads dismay Rock and roll was all he wanted to play To fund his band he stole the strad Just another good boy gone to bad Just another good boy gone to bad
He disappeared with the goods And went and sold it to some hoods When dad found out he sure was pissed The Stradivarius was what he really missed He missed it so much he blew his crown And went at sonny in a big smack down And went at sonny in a big smack down
Tracy was then assigned to the case Lizz wanted the precinct to save face And as to what she could be thinking Of that we don’t even have an inkling And of late I think we can all attest His detective skills are not the best His detective skills are not the best
The Stradivarius was a marvelous thing It could alter the number of it’s strings And with strings so many and so few Surely there’d be an argument or two Though what we have come to suspect It’s just another matter of neglect It’s just another matter of neglect
Now there comes an embassy ball Someone’s in for a great big fall Father, son, and Tracy too They’re all together in this stew The pace moves faster than before But there’s still the matter of the Petifor But there’s still the matter of the Petifor.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 15 years ago
wndrwrthg said… “The HMS Petifor”…
Love it, wndrwrthg!
Petifors just might replace the pig on wheels!
Maxine_Viller almost 15 years ago
(applauds wndrwrthg while grinning knowingly)
Tags can be so much fun!