Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 21, 2012

G’morning all…

Mumbles is trusting… he leaves the door unlocked!

“Eh? So what?”Not the sort of reaction you expect from someone who just found out his three other band members died in a car bombing. I guess that wasn’t his only source of income, and that they weren’t all good buddies.

Mumbles tried to blow his band up back in the day. Now he can go solo in a cell.

Whaddya mean, “sewwot”? Not at all concerned that the other three members of your quartet just got blown up? Sounds suspicious to me. I’m sure I’d have a lot of questions for you down at the friendly station. Your lawyer will get there in due course….

Not one tear for his band members what a cold heart monster.

Bm Bm otgodlghts?

I don’t think Mumbles is going to “sing” during questioning. Panda would not be a happy camper…

I think he said “Say what?”

Yea, when you show no remorse and lawyer up, it never looks good.

I’d walk a million milesfor one of your smilesmy MAAAAAAMEEEEE!

First stop is the Missing Vowels Bureau.

Mumbles is a grudge-nursing bastard.I, however, am frankly a little tired of this Gould’s characters rehashing, Why not come up with some state of the art villain? Are we playing nostalgia or revival? As for the new villains, I just love Blaze Rize. Doubleuo is interesting. Moonchild was fit for a Nancy Drew novel, though. And Cadaver? I’m aware of the zombie craze in graphic novels, but I think this character is definitely out of place in a realistic (up to a poin) strip! I’d love to see a Financial Pirate tycoon as a villain. Or a fundamentalist (not necessarily Muslim, see Breivik ) terrorist. Or a homophobic psychopatic stalker. I mean, we all love those old Goud’s carachters, but they’re OLD. We’re in a different century, and there are different issues.

By the way, Panda is truly TERRIFYING!Love his re.invention, and can’t wait to see who Mr Crime is. A wild guess? Broadway Bates!

Panda: meet the fish, MumblesMumbles: Nooooo, I cant swmmm!+Panda:So what?It’ll serve him right!

I agree, but, well, why not introduce a Flattop relative, then?

gd str.

(good strip) :)

Colorist Mistake. I would guess:

How come Tracy’s coat didn’t turn a darker color while his face is black ? Even Mumbles red hair was black when he was out of the light in panel 2.

Is it especially noticeable today, or has Mumbles always looked like Peter Lorrie?

Thanks for the info, I’ll have to check it out,

Mumbles is using those little directional lights, probably why Tracy is so well shadowed.

I think Panda set Mumbles up…not that he isn’t going to hang himself. “Eh? Sewwot?” I’ve known guys in bands … if you come to hate someone you once played with, you don’t say, ‘So What’. More like, “Finally! Are you sure?”

“What’d he say?”

Mumblespeak Translator: He said, “Yeah, yeah…Coming!”

“What’d he say?”

Mumblespeak Translator: He said, “Eh? So what?”

“What’d he say?”

Mumblespeak Translator: He said, “I want my lawyer!”