Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 27, 2010

Another fast moving action packed adventure begins! G’morning all.

And so it begins….Let’s make a note of the date.

‘Morning, Harpo! I believe that Leaky has deserted us.

And where is Flight Suit, margueritem?

margueritem said, “…I believe that Leaky has deserted us.”

I just remembered… in yesterday’s Annie comments, Leaky said, “…The Gulf Coast is calling me for a couple days.”

Has everyone abandoned us?

Gweedo Murray said, “It’s Friday night guys! They got better things to do than geek around in the funny papers.”

There are better things in life than this? You’re kidding, Gweedo.

The start of another aimless story folks.

I believe so. ‘Morning, Gweedo!

Leaky is out blowing all his money again.

Where am I? THAT WAS ME ON THE PHONE! Didn’t you see? I was calling Dick Tracy to let him know I can reduce his cable TV/Internet/telephone bill by over forty percent!

Today Tracy turns cartoony. Why he looks a little fat in the first panel? Nobody knows. But I think the last panel is way cool.

I hope they’re not telling Tracy that someone kidnapped the pig on wheels!

Not a minute to be alone Tracy picks up the phone Who is the caller on the line Wasting all his precious time Is it a tip for a brand new case Or Lizz, putting him in his place What zany capers wait for him Threatening both his life and limb Robots, perfume and a tiger doom Not to mention the violins Floooom Are just a minor distraction For this manly man of action But if there is one thing he does fear It’s the sound of a salesman in his ear.

Tracy looks constipated in the last panel.

Locher is stuck for new ideas so they’re sending Tracy back to the circus.

Whaddya mean? Tracy always looks constipated

wndrwrthg said, “…For this manly man of action…”

More outstanding work, wndwrthg!

Yesterday gillbillvolume1 said Dick should shoot Tess – I think he should shoot the phone!

He doesn’t need the phone; if they need him at the station they can call him on his two-way wrist teevee – and every time that fersluginer phone rings it starts another stoopid pointless sequence of events that make no sense – and that isn’t helping him recover from the brain damage; it’s only making him more and more confused….

If he could only get away from the freaks with short arms and tiny malformed hands and bizarre motiveless behavior and associate with normal human beings, that alone could make a tremendous difference in his prognosis.

-Cougar :{)

No rest for the weary.

marg said: And so it begins….Let’s make a note of the date.

Noted…

Poor Tracy. He’s never going to get his quiet evening at home…

Mark my words (and yes, I cheat by reading ahead)… this little telephone interlude has NOTHING to do with ANYTHING. In a few days, it’s as if it never happened.

Continuity, schmontinuity.

Poor Dick.

Using the word “adventure” with great license, are you not?

Anyone notice that Tess pick up a landline phone and it looks like Tracy is holind a cell phone. At the very least it is not the same one Tess was holding!

Hey what the hell time do you guys read this strip midnight?!?

Hey what the hell time do you guys read this strip midnight?!?

Here on the West Coast we get DT a little after 10. My parents said I could stay up till then.

I think Tess is using a cordless phone. Locher would never make a mistake like that.

As neonleon59 points out it’s not a new story start. Although with Tess there as the phone rings you could have fooled me. But Locher still has an EPILOGUE for us, and isn’t it a zany one !

Too bad he didn’t set it up by saying, “surely you can’t be serious?”

Again I say, you are a master today … wndrwrthg

JPBecker said, “Hey what the hell time do you guys read this strip midnight?!?”

Here on the east coast, it’s up at 1:15 am. Wish it was earlier.

MARBLE bleeep said, “Once again DT must start another case without proper rest and relaxation. His head feeling like a burning can of Sterno,…”

Great story, Marble!

Another great one, WW!