Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 22, 2021

Time for an “A-Team Moment”.

Good morning™, everyone!

Well, he’s no longer bound, but I wonder if he can’t stop shaking because of the effects of the gas that Pouch released. It does look there are a few potential tools there that could aid in a breakout.

Shaky III

Good morning™, escape artists !

I can’t wait for the Tiger Lilly and Pouch chance meetup, right after he breaks out of there. No time for reunions, there is a balloon to be recovered.

That must be the light of those glow in the dark funguses; how else can he see the tools he is going to pull for his breakout ?

Next panel: “Ah, now that my hat’s back on the shaking’s stopped. Those withdrawals are tough.”

Get moving, increase the blood circulation and stop the chills, find a nice iron bar among the rubbish dumped in the old root cellar. It might be used either to free yourself or as a form of tender greeting for the next person who opens the door to check on the state of your health.

I will eat some sardines now as I wait with baited breath for what comes next!

Concussion and hypothermia. He’d kill Aquarius if he doesn’t collapse first.

1-♪♪♫ SPOTLIGHT ON JAMES BROWN, Y’ALL ♪♪♫ I believe Joe was making a subtle tribute to Arthur Conley and his fantastic song, Sweet Soul Music

2-Ugh. What was I drinking last night? I’ve heard of cotton mouth before but what the hell is this???

3-OMG! I’ve wrecked my apartment! I’ll lose my deposit if I don’t get this place picked up! Where’s my Roomba? That’ll fix most of this mess! Oh. And I gotta find some mail. I seem to have forgotten my name…

Let’s see. He’s trapped under some stuff, and he’s shaky.

He’s foredoomed!

Forget about your shaking! Go find Aquarius and wring his fat neck!

Nice atmosphere. The viewer must draw on past experiences to provide the sensations other than those derived from sight. What did the place smell like? The temperature? The feel of the coarse surface of the floor. The heavy, stillness of the air. How did these all meld into the “consciousness” of being there? If so, the sensations of movement over a duration are inevitable. For practice, study Renoir’s “Young Girls at the Piano.” They are breathing images…The faces and fingers move!! They speak to each other!!! About what? See this and the magic of the artist puts you into the composition beyond the frame!! See Bayesian Constructs.

I get that with low blood sugar.

Pouch is skulking around in disguise while Tiger Lily is conscious, vengeful, but not quite 100%. Why do I suspect something unfortunate is going to happen to one of them at the hands of the other?

Revenge time!

Well, isn’t that nice?

Tiger Lilly broke free, knocked himself out in the process, ripped off his gag-tape, and now has a case of the shakes—I suppose from exhaustion and hunger. Yet, even so, he wants a rematch with Ty, this time presumably face-to-face.

Ain’t gonna happen.

The threads are converging, and a showdown with all sides represented—Tiger Lilly and Pouch, Aquarius and Ty, Tracy and Sam and backup uniformed cops—seems not too far off, well before Tiger vs. Ty could go down….

But the immediate issue is Pouch’s sabotage at The 1312 and what will ensue for Auntie Bellum, Cheesecake and Alex/Aquarius, and the commune community….