“Agent 99”? I think that Mike knows how many Get Smart fans are in the audience. Anyway, I expect that this is Paul’s place (his apartment or studio or both), and his agent knows all about Dekko being the murderer. Paul has died, but he sure picked the right agent.
Er, if “99” really was Paul’s “agent,” shouldn’t she have negotiated Paul’s attempt to shake down Dekko for more money before going to Florida? She does seem to have a talent for making offers people can’t refuse.
Have we jumped a strip here? Art wasn’t going to Paul’s place, just hanging out with coffee while time passed. Feels like we missed the whole lock picking and 99 appearance.
If it is a Hollywood Agent, Dekko will find himself in great danger from that cutthroat shark out to get her percentage and a law degree will make her more deadly !!!
Hey, if the news Paul died in Florida has spread far enough for ol’ 99 here to have heard about it, then Dekko could have heard about it too. No reason to assume he hired the hitman. (Although he should be the obvious suspect, if we also assume it wasn’t an accident or something else.)
Dekko being there might make sense. He may want to check the place over to remove any evidence pointing to Paul as the da Vinci painter, or tying Paul to himself.
But why is 99 there? If Paul actually had an agent wouldn’t Dekko have known about her? And if she’s a police plant has she just been staking out the apartment for days in case Dekko had the brains to come over to erase possible evidence? (I mean, he has been shown without any Maxwells so far.)
well, this character just came out of nowhere unexpectedly… and ‘99’… really?… I half expect ‘86’, the Chief, Larrabee and Hymie to show up, as well… and 99 seems to know the full skinny on Art… looks like Art is now REALLY fooked and in a spot… and I’m probably wrong, but why am I thinking ‘99 is really an undercover Lizz?… is this a ploy by Dick somehow?… because if it IS, doesn’t this entail entrapment, in a way?… is Dick trying to back Art into a corner to make him do something stupid?… like I said, probably and out-there idea and nothing to it… I probably got it wrong by THIS much…
Very interesting today, Art got so worn out picking the lock that he took his hat and coat off. Probably planned for some labor intensive work removing evidence. Planned to work up a sweat.
Oh, oh, the lady knows who you are Art. She is going to pop a cap in you. Tune in tomorrow to see how Art talks his way out of this…the old “everybody has their price” trick. I doubt he brought his checkbook with him.
1-ART: Get me a double espresso on the double, see!
2-THE ONE AFTER 909: This isn’t a coffee shop ya dolt. Your conscience brought you to the home of the man you had killed. ART: Conscience? I don’t have one a those. I just took a wrong turn somewhere.
3-909: SO YOU DON’T DENY THAT YOU HAD HIM KILLED!
ART:sounding like a flustered Woody Allen Oh, uh, hmmm, well, geez. “Killed” is such a strong word. Maybe you could, you know, uh, maybe, just a thought, ummm, substitute “Sent To Heaven”? Could you put that thing away? I uh, I umm, I uh…um… think those are my balls rolling across the floor. Maybe, you know, I, I, maybe I uh could take a minute to pick them up…? I used to be pretty attached to them…
Is this grey-hooded “99” an undercover cop (perhaps Lizz), as some have speculated above? If so, why the disguise just to stake out (stake in) Paul Chandler’s apartment? Would the cops be expecting Art Dekko (or anyone) to show up while the place was policed?
Or is the shoutout to the great Get Smart show and Barbara Feldon introducing a totally new character, an assassin’s assassin, or maybe a vigilante exacting retribution for some past offense committed by Dekko? Kinda makes one think of Charles Bronson in his Death Wish series of films.
Whoever she is, she has scared the crap out of Arty-boy!
Neil Wick over 1 year ago
Good morning™, everyone!
“Agent 99”? I think that Mike knows how many Get Smart fans are in the audience. Anyway, I expect that this is Paul’s place (his apartment or studio or both), and his agent knows all about Dekko being the murderer. Paul has died, but he sure picked the right agent.
Brian Premium Member over 1 year ago
“Sniff sniff.” (wipes fake tear away) “Now I’m Paul’s heir and I want his share and then some.”
avenger09 over 1 year ago
Does “99” have a mouth guard?
Was she waiting for fartman? If so how did she know he was coming?
Are was heading to the inevitable train crash?
avenger09 over 1 year ago
Gweedo it’s legal here Murray about 21 hours ago
How can av-09 Not give this one a “Like” ?
Easy, unlike you I don’t have a desire to brown nose!
BreathlessMahoney77 over 1 year ago
Er, if “99” really was Paul’s “agent,” shouldn’t she have negotiated Paul’s attempt to shake down Dekko for more money before going to Florida? She does seem to have a talent for making offers people can’t refuse.
wanewonderful over 1 year ago
Lizz?
sugordon over 1 year ago
Well this is an unexpected turn of events at any rate
charliefarmrhere over 1 year ago
Agent 99? Can Maxwell Smart be far behind?
Ashmael over 1 year ago
Great art there!
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray over 1 year ago
Good morning™, pot boiler build ups !
Arty is witnessing a turned table. He wont get shot unless he tries pulling a piece of his own.
Black76Manta over 1 year ago
I’m dying to hear what he’s going to say to the lady, because if he’s not good, he’s going to be dead!
GoComicsGo! over 1 year ago
At first I thought Lizz, still think it is, but I’m not sure.
Wouldn’t Lizz ID herself.
electricshadow Premium Member over 1 year ago
Barbara Feldon from “Get Smart” is still alive. She might sue.
therese_callahan2002 over 1 year ago
His reply will be, “Oh, 99, they don’t know who I am.”
Dink toons over 1 year ago
Have we jumped a strip here? Art wasn’t going to Paul’s place, just hanging out with coffee while time passed. Feels like we missed the whole lock picking and 99 appearance.
Sporteric11 over 1 year ago
I believe the number is wrong but it does end with a 9 !!!
crobinson019 over 1 year ago
Art has 99 reason to believe he’s gonna pull this scam off, but she’s not one of them.
Sporteric11 over 1 year ago
If it is a Hollywood Agent, Dekko will find himself in great danger from that cutthroat shark out to get her percentage and a law degree will make her more deadly !!!
nerdhoof over 1 year ago
“Don’t try to run. I’ve got a dozen squad cars waiting outside… Would you believe two squad cars?”
cmerb over 1 year ago
" Agent 99 " is a ! WOW ! and sexy for sure : ) Great job by Shelley depicting her that way : )
iggyman over 1 year ago
Would you believe this gun is loaded?
LawrenceS over 1 year ago
Hey, if the news Paul died in Florida has spread far enough for ol’ 99 here to have heard about it, then Dekko could have heard about it too. No reason to assume he hired the hitman. (Although he should be the obvious suspect, if we also assume it wasn’t an accident or something else.)
Dekko being there might make sense. He may want to check the place over to remove any evidence pointing to Paul as the da Vinci painter, or tying Paul to himself.
But why is 99 there? If Paul actually had an agent wouldn’t Dekko have known about her? And if she’s a police plant has she just been staking out the apartment for days in case Dekko had the brains to come over to erase possible evidence? (I mean, he has been shown without any Maxwells so far.)
Wizard of Ahz-no relation over 1 year ago
dekko should be asking for a refund from kryptonite. there’s lots of blow back after the death was obviously ‘mysterious’
oakie817 over 1 year ago
oh talk about thickening the plot
firestrike1 over 1 year ago
well, this character just came out of nowhere unexpectedly… and ‘99’… really?… I half expect ‘86’, the Chief, Larrabee and Hymie to show up, as well… and 99 seems to know the full skinny on Art… looks like Art is now REALLY fooked and in a spot… and I’m probably wrong, but why am I thinking ‘99 is really an undercover Lizz?… is this a ploy by Dick somehow?… because if it IS, doesn’t this entail entrapment, in a way?… is Dick trying to back Art into a corner to make him do something stupid?… like I said, probably and out-there idea and nothing to it… I probably got it wrong by THIS much…
jrankin1959 over 1 year ago
Barbara Feldon meets Buddy the Chimp…
tad_taylor Premium Member over 1 year ago
I thought Dekko was going to get coffee, not visit Paul’s place.
Batster over 1 year ago
Can somebody please slap Mike with a restraining order banning him from any further cutesy name riffs for at least the remainder of this story?
IvanB.Cohen over 1 year ago
Very interesting today, Art got so worn out picking the lock that he took his hat and coat off. Probably planned for some labor intensive work removing evidence. Planned to work up a sweat.
IvanB.Cohen over 1 year ago
Oh, oh, the lady knows who you are Art. She is going to pop a cap in you. Tune in tomorrow to see how Art talks his way out of this…the old “everybody has their price” trick. I doubt he brought his checkbook with him.
IvanB.Cohen over 1 year ago
If she knows about that, then she knows about Kryptonite. He’ll be the next one on her list.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
MOVIE QUOTE—“Don’t put Twinkies on top of your pizza”
HEAVYWEIGHTS—1995
overtop over 1 year ago
So that’s what Barbara Feldon has been doing the last 40 years or so.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Count me as another who sez it’s Lizz in disguise,trying to bluffDekko(and he’d definitely know her without the disguise).
If it isn’t,nice justice for a guy who’s spent his life victimizing women to meet his end at the hands of a woman.
Dekko’s tombstone—
“Here lies Art Dekko.Killed by a jealous husband who sneaked to the front of a long line”.
Another Take over 1 year ago
1-ART: Get me a double espresso on the double, see!
2-THE ONE AFTER 909: This isn’t a coffee shop ya dolt. Your conscience brought you to the home of the man you had killed. ART: Conscience? I don’t have one a those. I just took a wrong turn somewhere.
3-909: SO YOU DON’T DENY THAT YOU HAD HIM KILLED!
ART: sounding like a flustered Woody Allen Oh, uh, hmmm, well, geez. “Killed” is such a strong word. Maybe you could, you know, uh, maybe, just a thought, ummm, substitute “Sent To Heaven”? Could you put that thing away? I uh, I umm, I uh…um… think those are my balls rolling across the floor. Maybe, you know, I, I, maybe I uh could take a minute to pick them up…? I used to be pretty attached to them…
AB9SS over 1 year ago
Barbara Feldon she ain’t! I hope we’re going for a quick kill not a long harangue!
sjsczurek over 1 year ago
Why does Art Dekko look like a chimpanzee? But then, the Dick Tracy strip always had funny-looking villains, didn’t it?
Aladar30 Premium Member over 1 year ago
GO 99!
adekii over 1 year ago
I thought Art was planning to just pretend to go to Paul’s place? Perhaps the Sunday strip was a little out of step!
JPuzzleWhiz over 1 year ago
I wonder if she’s ever been to this place?
https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.dDGxjsrhz0eBg80rZ7orFgHaFj&pid=Api&P=0
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
hAS pAUL’S STUDIO ALREADY BEEN “CLEANED OUT” BY THE AUTHORITIES?iT LOOKS LIKE JUST BARE WALLS.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
Just so it isn’t “Necron 99” that is.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Well! That was unexpected!
Nice twist by Mike!
Is this grey-hooded “99” an undercover cop (perhaps Lizz), as some have speculated above? If so, why the disguise just to stake out (stake in) Paul Chandler’s apartment? Would the cops be expecting Art Dekko (or anyone) to show up while the place was policed?
Or is the shoutout to the great Get Smart show and Barbara Feldon introducing a totally new character, an assassin’s assassin, or maybe a vigilante exacting retribution for some past offense committed by Dekko? Kinda makes one think of Charles Bronson in his Death Wish series of films.
Whoever she is, she has scared the crap out of Arty-boy!
clayface9 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I met Barbara Feldon. She’s a nice lady.
ScottHolman over 1 year ago
Curtains for Dekko?