Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 15, 2011

Yeah, let’s do something. Like stand around for another month and talk about doing something.

What is Sam doing in panel one? It appears he’s pulling on an overcoat, but how would that work, exactly?

His right arm seems to be going into the coat’s right sleeve, but then what’s that in his left hand? It can’t be a part of the coat.

Adding to my confusion is the fact that in panel three, he is not wearing the coat that he presumably just put on.

So what’s the down side to Testicle Chin going out in the storm? And when did the Nappingville PF hire the Cyclops as an officer?

As for Testicle Chin’s plan, I still don’t see why wandering around in a storm is a good idea. Why doesn’t he, say, wait until after that AWACS plane phones home with Thick’s location? Or at least finish putting on his all-weather gear?

By the way, wouldn’t this be a good time for Chief Horn Hair to act like a police chief? You know, tell Testicle Chin he ain’t going nowhere nohow, and if he persists, have the Cyclops toss him in a cell. There’s really no point in being the boss if you aren’t going to give the occasional sensible order.

We’ve been saying “someone has to do something” for almost 3 months now.

Well the Chief has that curl facing toward us, for the first time. But then it’s back to the other side, along with an entirely new do.

I think they should have a nominating committee for candidates to serve on the Rescue Planning Board.

And then send out the crew in the bright red shirts to look for Spacy.

What’s with that officer’s head in panel one? It looks as if it’s hanging on a wall, as a trophy.

Standard stuff. When somebody finally does something, it’s the worst thing possible.

OK, as I think on this we have a starting point anyway. Dick’s departure point and intended destination are known. The police officer who tried to stop him— his position at the time is known. What’s the worst thing possible Tracy could have done, and where is the worst place possible he could be?

ONE MONTH! ONE MONTH! ONE MONTH! ONE MONTH!

I’m just sayin’. 0-:D

The other MMM sez:

“What’s the worst thing possible Tracy could have done, and where is the worst place possible he could be?”

1) Been stuck with the Locher Mess Monster. 2) At the top of this page, at least for another month. ;D

I don’t think Sam is actually putting on his jacket. I think he’s just inspecting it for moth holes while thinking about putting it on. I guess by panel 3 he just gave up. Probably thinking about ham by now.

Ham ? No he’s Jewish - Lamb

I miss seeing the picture of the outside of the granary, where the wind on the surface of the water is blowing left to right, and the wind blowing the rain is blowing right to left and the granary is tilting to the left one time and to the right the next.

What is behind Sam in panel three? Is this another one of those high-tech computers they keep at Police Hooters? Are those handles I see on its surface? When might someone need to grab those handles? Perhaps during an especially intense number-crunching session?

Actually, Flight Suit, Sam’s got Tracy’s overcoat and he is going through the pockets to see if he can find something of value. So far, he’s found a DT decoder ring, ticket stubs to the circus, opera, and Ambassador’s party.

It’s been so long since Sam has done anything he’s forgotten how to put on his coat.

If someone has to go out in the rain and get wet and die it might as well be me. The way my face is drawn I don’t have much to live for anyway. Besides, I am too clumsy to put on a coat. The police department can easily do without me.

But if you want you can send someone out to look for me in two or three months.

-Cougar :{)

“Someone has to do SOMETHING”…

OK, Locher is just taunting us now.

Sam, slow down! If the action gets any more intense in this strip you might wake someone!

I hope Sam has a boat.

What’s the hurry, Testicle Chin? If there’s a problem, Thick will either outrun it, let someone else fix it, or survive it through a lucky accident

You think its bad now? It gets worse. It starts to make even less sense which I would have believed impossible had I not seen it myself.

I gotta ask. Hes putting on a jacket. What does he intend to do? The entire outside is flooded if the granary is any evidence of the weather. Is he going to go get Gilligan and the Skipper and go on a three hour tour?

Maybe Testicle Chin will raise his arms and part the waters like Moses. With Locher all idiocies are possible.

I’m still hoping to see Morass hang himself with his own chains. The only certainty, though, is that Thick will do absolutely nothing to save himself. He’ll be as ineffectual as a eunuch at an orgy.

Sam’s testicular chin seems a bit retracted today. I suppose he might be girding it in the prospect of heading out in the storm of the century.

Of course Testicle Chin has shriveled away at the prospect of facing the storm. They’re playing his song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-70qMhLfjLI

With the flood waters as high as they were on the granery, I’m betting Lochner has the storm rip the structure off its foundation and put Mad Dog Killer Mordred and Tracy into a fight to the death….

Still the same garbage as yesterday. Drown someone and move on. Let testicle chin go there with the chief and maybe both and drown.