Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 18, 2015

Scene change!

Joe’s staging and storytelling has been particularly sharp this week.

Woo Hoo Hoo. Lena! And watch out, Kandi Kane without Silver looking over Sprocket’s sholuder!

Lena grinned a fiendish smile; to eat bloody meat had been a long whileShe pondered how close the Nitrates came, to being her dinner they would both share the blame“Sprocket’s a nice girl I’d leave her alone but Silver stinks like Hickory smoke All I’d really need is a minute alone to chew up his little scrawny leg bone”Sprocket heard a sound outside, and asked her brother the reason whySilver’s black lungs both inhaled and caused much pain, but all he could think about was sweet Kandikane“Sister so sweet please move those dirty feet and entertain Kandi, behave and be handy”..

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

Lena’s eating steaks now, apparently thanks to the cashing of that cheque.

The last time we saw Kandikane here, Silver disappeared into the office for some reason. It seems he’s back there again now, doing whatever he was doing before, in preparation for Kandi’s arrival. I wonder what that was.

When will Stiletta arrive to claim the Wonder Car? At the most inopportune moment?

The story thus far …_________________

So many characters, pieces in play

Film makers, detectives, and scammers who say

“Your son’s car’s in the shop, won’t you come back tomorrow?”

And poor Blowtop gets stabbed, much to Vitamin’s sorrow.

While Aggie and Gertie continue to vent

One must wonder where B.O. and Attitude went

Dick had better take care, Mrs. Flattop won’t stop

Till she’s taken revenge on the city’s top cop

With a kidnapping scheme of such cruelty and vice

Guess it’s true what’s been said

“Villains seldom play nice”

Um,, guys. Beware of bikers who just show up.

Good morning guys!

So much nice poetry today. I hope Sprocket puts Lena away before Kandi enters.

Morning, Tracyville!

Who’s saying Woo Hoo Hoo? Is it Sprocket or Lena? Do hyenas normally make sounds like that?

“CONCESSIONS” is spelled wrong…surprised he didn’t catch that…

Yes, it seems that Kandikane is on the scene, early. Why? What does that mean? Why is it significant?Meanwhile, Lena has just fed on a big steak and may be a bit sluggish for a little while….In a fair fight, whom would you pick, Sprocket Nitrate or Kandikane Lane?

“In a fair fight, whom would you pick, Sprocket Nitrate or Kandikane Lane?”-————————————————————————

Sprocket easily . . . ‘down to earth’ exercised Tendons VS Kandikane’s soft Candy snacking habit - on the other . . .

i can see kandikane becoming Lena’s next meal

Sprocket has a funky right hand in panel one. Probably from slapping Silver when he needs pow pow!

Yeah, best hope Lena doesn’t have a sweet tooth!

Akules, “he” being whom?

OK, new to the strip, so I’m sure somebody has pointed out the homage to Basil Wolverton with the “Lena the Hyena”.

No need for anyone to fear Stilletta any further—judging by the bend in Kandikane’s front forks, she ran over the baddie on her way in (oops!)…

As for the sign in the third panel, it might not be a spelling error. Maybe it’s a subtle reminder of who’s inside: “Con-Sessions,” as in a period of time spent with a crook…

I am getting a nasty feeling about the sudden apperence of Chekhov.

Do we know why Sprocket and Silver need such dark glasses? Also, Stiletta wears a black heart on her chest.

Isn’t “CONSESSIONS” customarily spelled with two C’s? (I mean concessions, nont cconsessions of course).

Good morning to all. Avenger09 and AnyFace: good poems. We want more from both of you. And as Tiny Tim said, “God bless us everyone.” Especially those without power and lots of ice and snow.

I’m guessing Kandikane isnt afraid of getting bugs in her teeth.. if she’s chomping on candy canes while driving a motorcycle shes gonna get gnats in her face or at LEAST on the cane itself.

People who went to Drive-Ins were probably too stupid to realize that the sign for CONCESSIONS was misspelled.

Consessions? C’mon….

Well, Sprocket disliking Kandikane, Lena being shown eating, etc, not to mention they don’t need the money anymore from the shoot…..certainly points to her being eaten. With Gould and in earlier times it would be a slam dunk. But Mike and Joe aren’t nearly as grim, and today’s guidelines seem to support that approach, so doubt it actually happens. That’s ok, though……though Vitamin’s reaction when he found out would be a strip for the ages I’m sure.

If it does happen, can sure picture a non violent ending panel with Lena and just a candy cane in a cage though……

Thanks Lonnie, I try!

Avenger, I can picture it now! Close your eyes (after you read this) and envision a large ground-to-top-of-the-overpass red velvet curtain with spotlights trained upon it. And, every hour on the hour the curtains open (with a soundtrack of canned applause) and there, right in the middle, is a flatbed truck with a microphone stand. You enter from the right with your best and most feathered Shakespearean costume and begin your soliloquy…… What’s that you say? Of course you can ad-lib! You’ll be famous (or, more famous)! They’ll publish your verse and in no time, you’ll hit the top of the NYT Best Sellers’ List! Remember where you got the idea! Good luck!