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

Angry demonstrators may promote dangerous ideas; avoid them!

Gee, who is the mystery shooter who just put this story arc out of its misery?

Who could it be?

Curse you Locher, for being such a master of suspense.

Hmm… who fired the shot?

Crimestoppers Textbook has a bit of good advice! Normally, I would go directly through a group like that. I’ll be more careful in the future. I learn something new from this every week!

I think it’s based on Locher’s opinion of liberals.

End of this story.

For fans of “Annie” …

http://www.gocomics.com/thecardinal/2010/06/27/

Thanks, Cardinal!

Thanks Cardinal - I love it - thanks for posting the link here - I REALLY miss Annie - esp compared to Dick Tracy - why couldn’t they have cancelled DT instead???

So who is the shooter in the last panel?

Maybe it’s Dirty Harry. How clever. Deus ex magnum.

Notice how Johnny Nothing’s Blank mask is falling off? It’ll turn out that he does have a face but blank eyes. Like I said before, Little Orphan Annie out for revenge.

I do like the Crimestoppers panel. Good to see the Three Stooges getting some work. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. Must be members of the militant group, Activists Against Proboscis Discrimination, AKA The Nosy Parkers.

Yesterday he threw the axe away. I guess he changed his mind.

When artist Jim Brozman was asked about the reason for the lack of continuity, he drew a Blank.

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=324733 “A good cartoon must be well-drawn, accurate, contain a history lesson and make its point quickly, he said.”

He’s talking about editorial cartoons, not THIS strip. Obviously.

What does Locher do for this strip now?? Is he the writer or the artist??

I really miss Max Allan Collins’ writing. He and Locher were a great team.

Seems that Locher writes it (according to info in btmosley’s link)

Amen adinasherer.

That axe still amazes me. It looks even better in color when you can see that the blade is mounted through a hole in the handle rather than the handle going through a hole in blade the way most I’ve seen do.

This is disturbing. For the second time in three arcs, Tracy is painted as the victim who is saved, rather than the one who comes to the rescue. He handled the Strad situation pretty well, it’s true; but the circus and now this… Does it seem like a deliberate pattern to emasculate DT? I can’t think of why.

Ray C, right you are. Of all the frustrating/maddening/humiliating things about the drivel that this once-great strip has become, that’s the WORST. If we can overlook the poor and inconsistent artwork, every story has Tracy looking like a major coward who runs from trouble and has to be saved by a surprise twist, like Fee Fi in the tiger cage. Gould’s stories were silly sometimes, but they NEVER painted Tracy as a cowering victim. Plus even when they were silly, they always made sense and weren’t rife with inconsistencies from day to day, panel to panel, etc.

SAD.

Let’s do a little survey: Who do you think is the shooter in the last panel? I’ve seen this week’s strips, so I’ll disqualify myself. Sydney, that goes for you too. :)

The only hint I’ll give you is that it’s somebody that has already appeared in this story arc. In other words, it’s not a surprise appearance from Diet Smith or B.O. Plenty or somebody like that.

Speculate away!

Angry demonstraters have nothing to demonstrate against. Everything is fine… go back to your cubicles… nothing to see here.

I guess the shooter is Sam. Based on the idea that Lizz & Angina would have painted nails. Knowing this strip’s inconsistencies and lack of logic, it is probably the guy lying bleeding on the stage.

Looks like a male hand, I’ll take a guess it’s Sam…

Crimestoppers Textbook Angry people are perfectly safe and need not be avoided – unless they are demonstrators.

-Cougar :{)

I’ll Guess it is DT himself. He remembered posing for the dummy in the back seat of the dive-bomber, used it as a decoy, dropped out the bomb-bay, borrowed a gun from a passing mugger, and shoots Johnny himself, redeeming his image forever.

Yeah, right.

Three old white guys out demonstrating-HaHa-I’m an old white guy–I think not. More likely those three would be at home asleep on the couch.

PS: I think Sam is the shooter. Hand’s too masculine to be Liz. Of course this artist is not exactly the greatest cartoonist of all time. But,still,I’ll go with Sam.

I’ll go for the ghost of Chester Gould, attempting to bring some semblance of sanity to this sorry state of affairs.

I’ll guess Sam. I could almost go with the idea that Liz is the mystery shooter, though, because she was the only one of the lot who showed any curiosity at the unusually long intermission.

Now, after this, she needs to seriously consider firing Dick Tracy. His cowardice and inability to detect a crime happening to him endangers himself and anybody assigned to be with him.

A wonderful sunny Sunday and a wonderful Dick Tracy strip. Dick Tracy always has classic chase scenes and Locher always does them best!

Great recap of the week for people who only get to read the Sundays. We get to see the Blank again in action only from a different point of view.

And a great cliffhanger (as always), not giving too much away! Super!!

Just put the strip out of its misery.

I confess, Neonleon, it was me. I was trying to put the imposter in the ground and missed and got Johnny Nothing instead. I was raised on Gould’s Dick Tracy and this guy ain’t nothing like him. The only thing he’s got in common with Tracy is they both need a nose job. Too bad Locher wasn’t the one hit.

Remember, folks, this is what Mattie and his sidekick call “sheer genius”. What say, BB?

I’ll throw my lot in with the ‘It’s Sam’ crowd. Unless the rock that was thrown through Tracy’s window has grown an arm…

Did any of you bloggers do this as a mercy killing for all of us?

I’ll repeat these tomorrow in case anyone misses it in here this late:

http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/15/has-dick-tracy-become-a-laughingstock/

http://www.cracked.com/article156675-most-unintentionally-hilarious-comic-strips.html

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/09/the10_newspapercomicstripsthatneedtofkinge.php (Read the comments)

http://joshreads.com/ (Read the comments)

You’ll have to copy and paste some of these URL’s to access the articles.

WE ARE NOT ALONE.

A shot rings out in the hall Johnny is in for one big fall Tracy, trapped in the gunners seat Can only look on and softly bleat “The other cops get to carry a gun Why on earth won’t they give me one?” Who can be this mystery shooter? My bet is some random looter Or maybe even a airplane buff Who finally said, “enough is enough” Are we finally going to see the end? And will this wounded strip ever mend? Come back tomorrow if you dare It may be more than you can bear.

Bravo, WW! My guess is Liz(z)! Sam tried to get her attention with the popcorn stunt and she quickly lost interest, got up, and was sneaking out when she stumbled on Macy’s typical act of heroism.

I dunno; I think Sam always used a revolver instead of an automatic.