Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 20, 2010

Sullenly he glares at the fed In his heart his wishes that she were dead Just like Rudolph he knows the shame They won’t let him play in their little game He worked so hard on his disguise And he thinks that him, they secretly despise Tracy couldn’t be trusted so they froze him out Now he will go home and there he will pout Unprofessional, inept and deserving of scorn It’s no wonder that him, they didn’t forewarn The collar was made by McDermott from fraud Because Tracy’s police skills are terribly flawed Screaming and shouting, attacking without cause All he ends up getting is derision and guffaws A pathetic end to one who once was great Who could have know this would be his fate Locher seems intent to destroy the detective That’s why he portrays as being so defective Can his greatness ever be resurrected And will he ever again be respected?

Well said sir!

I take it, then, the Police don’t work for the Government?

Thick Spacy, private citizen, has no connection with government. He got his badge out of a Crackerjack box, and he works for Nappingville, Inc.

Nobody told him what was going on, or explained anything to him. It’s a terrible humiliation for him to be treated like one of the audience.

Welcome back, Wonder Warthog!

Enough to bring tears to my eyes, wndrwrthg!

Someone should have clued Tracy in long ago…

The way things are going, I’d have to say ‘no’, WW.

That’s right, Thick, stand there and whine! Let D-cubed get away! Actually that’s clever of Thick, because not only does he get to avoid the danger of running after D-cubed, but he can blame his failures on somebody else!

What next? The mean old Feds claim jurisdiction over D-cubed and haul him away, thereby saving Locher from the need to have D-cubed explain his actions. Whew! Thick would like to hold D-cubed, but what evidence does he have that D-cubed has done anything illegal in his jurisdiction?

At least the Feds were competent enough to keep Thick out of the loop. He can whine about it to Horn Hair, after she introduces him to McDermott of the Fraud Unit.

Kind of like telling Inspector Clousseau in advance.

Locher’s Tea Bagger political views are becoming more apparent.

Flight Suit said, 1 minute ago

Locher’s Tea Bagger political views are becoming more apparent.

So does Spacy represent Christine O’Donnell?

What if Locher had this garbage planned all along?

Poor D-cubed, harrassed by the nasty ol’ Feds, decided to drop out of public life. He goes off the radar as a hobo, after bribing some cops and the ME to identify a random corpse as his own, with the aid of his wife. (Random? What if Butterfly McCorpse was an undercover Fed, already on his case?)

Thick has, somehow, known this all along. He’s decided to aid the poor, downtrodden billionaire in his efforts to live free or die. So Thick now tells Agent Norton et alia that the suspect isn’t really D-cubed, who is most sincerely dead, but is a John Doe wanted as a material witness in the case. “He looks so much like D-cubed he even fooled me at first!” Thick says. D-cubed escapes with Thick’s aid.

Yes, this would turn Thick into a liar, and an accomplice after the fact in various crimes. So what are they gonna do to Locher? Terminate his contract?

Rightwingmoron, I’m not just going by Locher’s DT work, but also taking his political cartoons into account. Don’t know if the guy’s really a Tea Party type, but he’s definitely a conservative.

Oh, Agent Norton, don’t you understand? He’s a loner, Norton, a rebel. There’s a lotta things about him you don’t know anything about, Norton. Things you wouldn’t understand. Things you couldn’t understand. Things you - shouldn’t understand.

Also, he’s not a witch.

If Locher is trying to make a political statement, he’s doing a typically lousy job of it. Thick isn’t the poster boy for virtue and competence. Any words Locher puts in his mouth are bound to provoke laughter.

The number one problem here is that we still have no idea what crime Thick is investigating. Whodunnit and what was done? Locher should stop channeling Kafka and give us something Chet Gould would have respected.

Bring on the next story!!! We’ll see if the next team can help pull this wretched strip up by it’s bootheels and make something of it!

Agent Ennen told us all that you’re an idiot, Mr. Spacy

Marg, where have you been? We’ve been missing you over in Vagabond Village. Folks are beginning to worry about you.

Bill Thompson, thank you! For months I’ve been asking what crime has been committed (within Thick’s jurisdiction)? NADA!

On the other hand, Macy continues to shred every page of the Police Academy Handbook he comes across! I just hope that some freckle-faced youngster who reads this daily doesn’t set his heart out to be a cop when he grows up based on Macy! If so, he’ll spend more time before a Review Board than in the Dunkin’ Donut.

“We’re government, when have we ever let anyone in on anything?”

morrow, if any kids still read this strip, I doubt it will make them want to be cops. Locher writes like a dyspeptic old coot who hates every generation that followed his.

And where is Locher’s respect for law and order? Thick is as far as you can get from August Vollmer.

Locher has planted many hints about crimes, but Thick has ignored them. He started this wild goof chase after he saw a headline on 11 September. Thick gave no explanation as to his insight; this may be the first DT arc that has depended on divine revelation rather than detective work.

Endless loop…

And 3D? He’s CIA.

“Let’s go surfin’ now Ev’rybody’s learnin’ how Come on a safari with me.”

“Surfin’ Safari”, The Beach Boys

Thanks, Bill. As usual, your thoughts are right on target. Mine, somehow, come out like they are targeting the hole in the middle of the seat!

we’re government and we know all about stupidity and incompetence

We know about you, Tracy, that’s why there are so many of us here! But the CIA? Working domestic? Isn’t that against the rules?

Where is Locher taking this? Thick looks more and more like Lenin every day, or at least Che Guacamole.

YES ! - Is that Mattie ‘knocking’ ?

Sydney Phillips, don’t you know it’s bad luck to make fun of someone who includes his IQ in his latest screen name?

I know I have posted this before, but…

What is it that sets a real fan apart Is it reading the strip from the start? But what if you were born late Like after the starting date? Would a real fan criticize the story Or only extol it in all its glory But what if it begins to slip? And artist, writer lose their grip Where does one draw the line When things aren’t going so sublime? A real fan just enjoys the strip Occasionally makes a ribald quip Points out when there’s flaws Or mistakes when there’s cause A real fan does not say That others may not play In what they think is hallowed ground If they don’t like the way they sound Who is it that gets to set the rules And chastise others as being fools To decide the moral tone To tell others to go home If you don’t like what I say Why don’t you be the one to go away