Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 13, 2016

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    Pequod  almost 9 years ago

    Honey heaves a quiet sigh, a young girl needs her motherUnique among her schoolmates, ancestry like no other.Dad, he is a special man, suppresses a deep sorrowLives life in the present tense, no trouble does he borrow.Honey wants to hone her skills, recalls what Mysta didRushed right in the devil’s den, bravely kept her worries hid.In grave danger, Honeymoon sent up a heartfelt plea“I fear my life’s in peril, please help Annie and me.”Moon Maid, too, heroic. She saved mother and childHistoric whiteout blizzard, new born babe so meek and mildWould have been lost amidst the storm, yet Moon Maid risked it allTo help the weak, deep courage seek, despite the chance to fall.Here today, Imoto-Chan sits safely with her fatherMakes a fresh hot pot o’ Joe, no need to stand and bother.Percolator gets a zap, a harmless impulse beamHot java flows, young Honey knows Ace Tower was no dream.Her skill shall grow with Mysta’s help, her brave heroic friend Imoto-Chan and Onee-San devoted to the end.Junior feels a father’s pride to have his daughter doteBrewing coffee courtesy of his little remote.

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    cpalmeresq  almost 9 years ago

    Nice that Junior has such a good attitude about what his daughter is experiencing!

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 9 years ago

    .Good morning everyone!.Outstanding, Pequod!

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    jonahhex1  almost 9 years ago

    Today’s strip is cool…..I do enjoy how this strip flows since Stanton & Curtis took the reins.

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    blunebottle  almost 9 years ago

    Today’s comic we all enjoy with pleasant conversationAnd Pequod doesn’t let us down with his poetic creation

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    dennis4476 Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    So good to see Honeymoon today!

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    22ph  almost 9 years ago

    Good to see Little Moon Maid and displaying some talents at that. Can’t wait to see when the rest of the Honeymoon story comes out.Seems like Honeymoon has given Pequod some energy to come out with his best,

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    therese_callahan2002  almost 9 years ago

    Clap on, clap off. The Honeymoon Clapper.

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    crobinson019  almost 9 years ago

    Cute little domestic scene—I wonder how this will play into our story

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    22ph  almost 9 years ago

    We now have two teasers – one with Bribery and now with Mini Moon Maid. I am wondering whether Honeymoon is going to appear in the Bribery story. I am thinking that Bribery will be more interested in Mini Moon Maid than in Mysta now that he knew what Honeymoon is capable of doing. He got first hand experience of MMM’s powers, even if it was still underdeveloped.

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    Starman1948  almost 9 years ago

    Good morning everyone.-————My girlfriend and I are headed to the small town of Vonore, TN, today. We are attending a gospel singing there. She will be one of the singers.-————Have an abundant day, my friends.

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    Starman1948  almost 9 years ago

    @Pequod: Another most excellent poem. Be well my friend.

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    Can't Sleep  almost 9 years ago

    Ah, an interlude with Honeymoon and Junior!Mike knows our soft spot..-Pequod’s poem reminds me: I wonder if Specs’ migraines began when Honeymoon sent out her SOS to Mysta…

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    AnyFace  almost 9 years ago

    Comedienne Rita Rudner has said that, in the days before TV remotes were prevalent, she was the “TV remote” for her parents. :)

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    AnyFace  almost 9 years ago

    But you just know that Honeymoon’s new ability will prove highly valuable at some point in this or an upcoming story.

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    avenger09  almost 9 years ago

    What’s next, a twitching of a nose and we’ll see the broom sweeping the floor? LOL!

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    MJKesquire  almost 9 years ago

    Welcome back, Pequod! I missed reading your well thought out wonderful poems. Can’t wait until tomorrow!!

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    Pequod  almost 9 years ago

    It is always a pleasure to see Honeymoon. She is a wonderful character, one of the many key developments that makes the strip such a pleasure to follow. Even as things grow dicey for Specs and Spicy, a calm domestic scene reminds us that not all is crime and punishment. Junior’s “little remote” is growing up. Her mother a tragic victim of criminal violence, Imoto-Chan has her Onee-San to lean on, especially when Junior is stretched thin with work and Baby Trey. Young and daily growing, Honeymoon can handle herself rather well. I loved her cool under pressure when dealing with the bullies.

    Thanks to Vista Bill, cpalmeresq, Night-Gaunt49, Gweedo, 22ph, Starman1948, Ray Toler, JPuzzleWhiz and unclescrooge for the kind words. Very much appreciated, especially after a demanding week at work!

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    MikeCurtis Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Hey Starman Where in Tennessee is Vonore? Both Joe and I grew up in West Tennessee and I don’t recognize where it is.

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    abdullahbaba999  almost 9 years ago

    Honeymoon already can control her Moon Power…

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    kantuck-nadie  almost 9 years ago

    Ahh to be young, and waiting (im)patiently for your inheritance come in as you grow.

    I fully remember being her age, cooterin’ around after school, and in summer. Fightin’ off them boychilds, as they chased me around the hollars. Hair pullin’, and frogs down shirts. Telling my old uncle “Why yew couldn’t hit a bull in the ass, uncle gunk!” when he took me out target practicing. Of course I could put out the bull’s eye at 300 yards but that’s another lie-tale (giggles)

    Not to worry, Honey! You’ll be sparking interest in the boys very soon.

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    avenger09  almost 9 years ago

    I realize that I’m the only one who feels the stories are becoming repetitive and somewhat unimaginative but I’m certain everyone will allow me to have these terrible opinions. Thank you all! LOL!

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    sydney  almost 9 years ago

    Honeymoon !She’s always a Nice Change of Pace (although, given the ‘Machine Gun’ Eddie rhythm of change in this story) it’s really more - another Change of PLACE ?<.p>Joe – “does” as always, an ‘endearing’ representation of her . . .By his standards – hands here, perhaps a tad ‘small’ (?) but will happily call them ‘dainty’ . . . ;-)

    Maybe, following a recent ‘look up’ of, Locher’s work to get a deeper “feel” (or perspective) for drawing DL’s son ‘John’ who’s ‘likeness’ appeared back in those days as Junior Tracy ? And who Joe would need to ‘craft’ here - recently (?)For a spot of “contrast” see how ‘Big’ Pat Patton’s HAND ‘appeared’ back then with John . . .

    A little ‘over kill’ in the opposite direction ?

    January 30, 2015

    No harm intended, a ‘light hearted’ touch of fun . . . just ‘speculating’ !

    But behind this (more seriously) . . . there have been two robberies, at a Bank (record haul) and upper class residence, followed by a complaint of ‘missing’ research glasses - no certainty, but a growing speculation - it’s a theft ?

    All have one ASPECT in common *- there is NO HARD EVIDENCE, of - a Who ? or a Where ?‘Investigations’ run from near Zero in 2 - to minimal in the residential robbery to judge from the script !

    Yet, Tracy head of the MCU together with a Top KBG man Ivanov are both “flying” to Cuba, to arrest for questioning a man “SAID” (by a street informant) to have the Goggles responsible for everything ?Not much in the basket ! ? ?

    But, I guess the Writer can make it All “Happen” - despite No evidence, No idea, what their man even ‘looks like’ !… as I’ve already implied, it’s a ‘set up’, with all the characteristics of a Wild Goose Chase

    But I’m told Tracy has a ‘secret weapon’, a *Dr. Figment Froid

    on the team and he’s armed with his “Thought Machine”.! ! !

    October 7, 2006

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    Sisyphos  almost 9 years ago

    The story is developing like that of a choice novel, with changes of place, time, character(s), and action as it builds up and gradually (so I expect) ties threads together as the plot unfolds. While the Three Amigos round up the hapless Canyon brothers and get set to depart for Cuba and the search for Spicy and Specs, on the home front all seems calm for Junior and Honeymoon (but probably isn’t). I expect the unexpected….

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    Civanfan  over 3 years ago

    She’s old enough to know the government’s going to vivisect her, Junior.

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