Archival is just going to have to talk to himself because ranting to Sam and Tracy isn’t going to do any good.
It seems that crobinson019 might have been right yesterday when he said, “I see the mayor wanting to sweep this under the rug (since doubtless Archival is one of her supporters).”
Didn’t Archival know kidnapping is a grievous federal offense? His prisoners were last known to be on his premises, he would be questioned sooner or later. What was he thinking?
There is still no mention of Mr. Bribery’s ring. I see in panel 2 that the ring is being removed from Mr. Archival’s hand before he is placed inside a cell.
Hopefully, he’ll be in a nice Bloom County scenario. OPUS: What are you in for? CELLMATE: Strangling Oakland. OPUS Must be some old sports expression, right? CELLMATE: No, I strangled every single person in Oak- OPUS: Tut-tut – enough of this chit-chat. Have I shown you our lovely commode?
Well, I’m certainly glad to see Mr. mouth is getting his foot jammed deeper into it. Good work, Mysta! Your a woman after my own heart! (giggles) He deserves everything he gets.
1-COP PASSENGER: STOP! YOU KNOW THE CLEARANCE IS TOO… KEE-RASH!! low.
COP DRIVER: Oops. I guess we got another unmarked car for the Detectives.
2-MATRON: I just can’t break my old habit of wearing gloves to keep the ink off! Oh well. I’ll need them later for the cavity search anyway. There you go, Mr. Lee – that’ll give you access to any area of the precinct – AS LONG AS IT’S YOUR CELL! That’s a little matron humorSTAN: VERY LITTLE.
3-STAN: I GET ONE PHONE CALL! I KNOW MY RIGHTS!
DT: Give him access to that phone that always goes to that phone and recorder on my desk. I’ll pretend to be his lawyer and get his confession on tape. That always saves us a ton of evidence collecting.
COP: Not to mention bruised knuckles when we have to beat a confession out of ‘em.
Yesterday’s strip would have been a great strip to end this storyline on … not sure now if Archival still has one last card up his sleeve & this storyline has one more plot twist coming, or if Joe & Mike are just dragging this story out longer than necessary. Personally, much as I enjoyed this story, I’m mostly waiting to see if that FlatTop appearance a week or so ago was foreshadowing a BIG STORY coming up or was one more of Joe & Mike’s teasers than they never exactly follow up on.
I like Sam’s expressive reaction to the bloviating Brock Archival (panel 2): in effect, “Your whining bores me.” And the Fingerprint Technician (with long sleeves) and the two Corrections Officers in panel 3 must all likewise be (at least) wryly amused by Sam And Tracy’s reactions (though we cannot see the ponytailed female officer’s face). I hope Tracy is able to enjoy his lunch. Mayor Armstrong is not likely to intercede for Archival unless he is a really big donor, meaning not less than in the tens of millions!
And where is the ding-dong Magic Ring? Mike and Joe owe us at least some indication of its disposition!
A fellow like him did not play well with others as a child. Chances are his parents had to hire tutors. No principal is going to put up with a student who has temper tantrums.
Sam yawned…who could blame him? The suspect is getting boring. Talking trash…somewhere out of sight of us the readers…everybody is covering their ears.
Well, I think the last frame is a nice transition to the next sotry, which I think probably involves Diet Smith in some way. If I’m not mistaken, Smith has a safe in the background where he will keep the ring safe from malfeasance.
Mysta and Vera finish on friendly terms, but they were never unfriendly to each other, except momentarily. So everything is back to normal and they didn’t end up married to each other. Also, Honeymoon did not run off and solve the case by herself, as some claimed was inevitable. Also, Annie never did show up. As Honeymoon mentioned back at the beginnning, Annie was travelling this summer, so she wasn’t available to visit Honeymoon.
Despite some faults, this was the sort of story that I think Mike is good at and I’m glad to see that he’s getting back to that style. More details on that later. I didn’t get a chance to write up my comments on “The Collector” yet, but I will update this post throughout the day.
I guess maybe I’ll repost this on the new strip whenever it is up.
AnyFace about 3 years ago
DaJellyBelly about 3 years ago
The mayor will turn a deaf ear to his complaints!
Brian Premium Member about 3 years ago
You might be rich but you ain’t Diet Smith rich.
Neil Wick about 3 years ago
Good morning™, booking room visitors!
Archival is just going to have to talk to himself because ranting to Sam and Tracy isn’t going to do any good.
It seems that crobinson019 might have been right yesterday when he said, “I see the mayor wanting to sweep this under the rug (since doubtless Archival is one of her supporters).”
22ph about 3 years ago
Still no word on the whereabouts of the one ring
Ashmael about 3 years ago
Didn’t Archival know kidnapping is a grievous federal offense? His prisoners were last known to be on his premises, he would be questioned sooner or later. What was he thinking?
fredville about 3 years ago
Would’ve been cooler if Diet’s stolen space coupe didn’t crash, but returned with some alien bad guys……give Tracy a real challenge for a change, lol
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray about 3 years ago
Good morning™, misguided miscreants !
Who does this joker think he is ? Would the mayor try to help him or “conveniently” distance herself ?
avenger09 about 3 years ago
Gosh, this story is so bloody drawn out even Sam is bored!
No yawns Sam, only ZZZZZzzzzz,,,,,
avenger09 about 3 years ago
Why would it say Booking Outside the police station?
Unless that’s the name of the street?
Could the police station be on the corner of Booking and Mug Shot? Just askin’
jonahhex1 about 3 years ago
Love the look of disdain on Tracy’s face in the last panel….and his comment is a killer.
a-man2 about 3 years ago
There is still no mention of Mr. Bribery’s ring. I see in panel 2 that the ring is being removed from Mr. Archival’s hand before he is placed inside a cell.
The Reader Premium Member about 3 years ago
The Mayor implicated in kidnapping plot!
jrankin1959 about 3 years ago
Hopefully, he’ll be in a nice Bloom County scenario. OPUS: What are you in for? CELLMATE: Strangling Oakland. OPUS Must be some old sports expression, right? CELLMATE: No, I strangled every single person in Oak- OPUS: Tut-tut – enough of this chit-chat. Have I shown you our lovely commode?
jrankin1959 about 3 years ago
You’re going to Sing-Sing, Geddys! SING-SING! (“Citizen Kane”… That didn’t happen, either.)
Chris about 3 years ago
would you like the room that echoes and makes things louder too or just a normal annoying echo?
kantuck-nadie about 3 years ago
Well, I’m certainly glad to see Mr. mouth is getting his foot jammed deeper into it. Good work, Mysta! Your a woman after my own heart! (giggles) He deserves everything he gets.
Mongo about 3 years ago
WHERE IS BRIBERY’S RING?
crobinson019 about 3 years ago
I was right—he played the Mayor card. Looks like his little head is doing all the thinking
Ken in Ohio about 3 years ago
I see Tracy’s department has replace the old ink-pad-and-paper-cards fingerprint system with a spiffy new machine.
Kip Williams about 3 years ago
You’re never really alone with a good echo.
RIGHT, ECKY??
Delicate Girl about 3 years ago
FBI gets involved with the disappearance of Indigenous women and also a child of tender age (12 and younger) regardless of logistics.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 3 years ago
A whole lot of yelling going on?
Another Take about 3 years ago
1-COP PASSENGER: STOP! YOU KNOW THE CLEARANCE IS TOO… KEE-RASH!! low.
COP DRIVER: Oops. I guess we got another unmarked car for the Detectives.
2-MATRON: I just can’t break my old habit of wearing gloves to keep the ink off! Oh well. I’ll need them later for the cavity search anyway. There you go, Mr. Lee – that’ll give you access to any area of the precinct – AS LONG AS IT’S YOUR CELL! That’s a little matron humor STAN: VERY LITTLE.
3-STAN: I GET ONE PHONE CALL! I KNOW MY RIGHTS!
DT: Give him access to that phone that always goes to that phone and recorder on my desk. I’ll pretend to be his lawyer and get his confession on tape. That always saves us a ton of evidence collecting.
COP: Not to mention bruised knuckles when we have to beat a confession out of ‘em.
DT & COP: HA HA HA!
ScottHolman about 3 years ago
Why is Tracy being so mean to Archival? He didn’t really do anything wrong.
CynthiaLeigh about 3 years ago
Rich d-bag.
orbenjawell Premium Member about 3 years ago
…..and padded, too! A REAL loose cannon!………
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
Archival has arrived at Police Headquarters alive,to my severe disappointment.
Wait’ll he tastes jailhouse food,he’ll be screaming even louder.
dalemcnamee9 about 3 years ago
Archival will REALLY LOVE the orange or other prison jumpsuit that is assigned to him to wear while in booking and in prison following sentencing…
He will also be given a suit to appear in court in…
Neither has a turtle neck shirt…/sarcasm
patroman about 3 years ago
This would be a good time for Tracy to remember that he has paperwork breeding on his desk.
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
Why does Inspector Whitehall get all the publicity just because he was “lucky enough” to be stranded on a granite island with Tracy?
J.Scotland Bumpstead(1934) was just as good.
Besides,when Kilian used Whitehall twice he made him look like a dithering idiot.
GoComicsGo! about 3 years ago
Ooh, some sass by DT on the way out.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 3 years ago
WHERE IS THE RING?
BreathlessMahoney77 about 3 years ago
Yesterday’s strip would have been a great strip to end this storyline on … not sure now if Archival still has one last card up his sleeve & this storyline has one more plot twist coming, or if Joe & Mike are just dragging this story out longer than necessary. Personally, much as I enjoyed this story, I’m mostly waiting to see if that FlatTop appearance a week or so ago was foreshadowing a BIG STORY coming up or was one more of Joe & Mike’s teasers than they never exactly follow up on.
Sisyphos about 3 years ago
I like Sam’s expressive reaction to the bloviating Brock Archival (panel 2): in effect, “Your whining bores me.” And the Fingerprint Technician (with long sleeves) and the two Corrections Officers in panel 3 must all likewise be (at least) wryly amused by Sam And Tracy’s reactions (though we cannot see the ponytailed female officer’s face). I hope Tracy is able to enjoy his lunch. Mayor Armstrong is not likely to intercede for Archival unless he is a really big donor, meaning not less than in the tens of millions!
And where is the ding-dong Magic Ring? Mike and Joe owe us at least some indication of its disposition!
IvanB.Cohen about 3 years ago
A fellow like him did not play well with others as a child. Chances are his parents had to hire tutors. No principal is going to put up with a student who has temper tantrums.
IvanB.Cohen about 3 years ago
Alas… Brock Archival…he grew old, but he never grew up.
IvanB.Cohen about 3 years ago
Newsflash…prisoners in the jail cells start a petition for Archival to be kept in isolation.
IvanB.Cohen about 3 years ago
Sam yawned…who could blame him? The suspect is getting boring. Talking trash…somewhere out of sight of us the readers…everybody is covering their ears.
Neil Wick about 3 years ago
Somebody seems to be asleep at the switch, but I’m impatient, so today’s strip is here:
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/20210820csdtc-tif/
Good morning™, everyone!
Well, I think the last frame is a nice transition to the next sotry, which I think probably involves Diet Smith in some way. If I’m not mistaken, Smith has a safe in the background where he will keep the ring safe from malfeasance.
Mysta and Vera finish on friendly terms, but they were never unfriendly to each other, except momentarily. So everything is back to normal and they didn’t end up married to each other. Also, Honeymoon did not run off and solve the case by herself, as some claimed was inevitable. Also, Annie never did show up. As Honeymoon mentioned back at the beginnning, Annie was travelling this summer, so she wasn’t available to visit Honeymoon.
Despite some faults, this was the sort of story that I think Mike is good at and I’m glad to see that he’s getting back to that style. More details on that later. I didn’t get a chance to write up my comments on “The Collector” yet, but I will update this post throughout the day.
I guess maybe I’ll repost this on the new strip whenever it is up.
Black76Manta about 3 years ago
That guy is such a crybaby, he just needs to throw a tantrum on the floor!