Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 22, 2023

Good morning™, everyone!

Well, Mr. Anders at least seems cooperative, although “is there a problem” is what I would expect a guilty person to say.

Good morning™, stern questioners !

Tracy looks all business, hard as nails in P. 2. I hope those break room donuts are not giving his belly the ‘rumbles’ .. being suppressed while in the company of others. If it were just him and Sam he’d let ’er rip, like a zipper being pulled.

Looking at the third panel, their product is headsets. Who hijacks a shipment of these things?

I think that the buyer is the guilty party. The call center?

Er, we were told the seller (Argos) reported a hijacked shipment, but the “recipient didn’t”. Wouldn’t the name of the intended recipient have been included in the initial report, just for the record? How would Argos even know the recipient didn’t receive the shipment, if the recipient didn’t tell them? So why don’t Sam & Tracy already have this information, so they could go directly to the recipient (presumably Audie — remember him?)? & why doesn’t the Argos guy offer Sam & Tracy some coffee? Everyone else in this strip drinks coffee.

r, we were told the seller (Argos) reported a hijacked shipment, but the “recipient didn’t”. Wouldn’t the name of the intended recipient have been included in the initial report, just for the record? How would Argos even know the recipient didn’t receive the shipment, if the recipient didn’t tell them? So why don’t Sam & Tracy already have this information, so they could go directly to the recipient (presumably Audie — remember him?)? & why doesn’t Mr. Anders offer Sam & Tracy some coffee? Everyone else in this strip drinks coffee.

Is this a victim or a scammer ?

Dick’s so happy that Ander’s bought his BS, he’s doing his little happy shuffle in panel 3!

The excitement the past few days has been unbearable!!!

Based on that second panel, I’d say Tracy got some interrogation tips from “Stone Face Steve” McGarrett of Hawaii Five-0.

So Dick Tracy has a file on everyone…

Interesting body language of Anders; Presenting the smallest possible target to Tracy and Sam?

The art is incredible! Well done!

OT: Going to be a fun morning! Back to the stupid DMV to see about those titles. I fell getting out of the tub last night, and my shoulder and left knee are ‘having speaks’ with me. Should be a delightful little trip.

and the whole interlude with the moon coupe?

Sigh—no bows on the chapeaux.

Tricky Dick . He gets some information without a warrant .

If this is the outfit that reported the theft/loss to the police, then they are the victims off a crime, and should be happy to supply any info that might help the cops. Why would the cops need a warrant to ask questions of the victim?

1-ARCHIE ANDERS: Your butt was spot on about that low tire and how the car was pulling to the left a bit. DT: Of course. It may stink but the butt is never wrong.

2-DT: using his best interrogation stare and voice: Now tell me – WHERE’S THE NEAREST DELI???

3-ARCHIE: I don’t know. Honestly! But I can give you the sandwich I brought for lunch. Please take it!

SAM: For your sake, it had better be ham on rye with a smear of mustard. ARCHIE: It’s corned beef with mayo on white.

SAM: I’ll get the rubber hose outta the trunk, Dick…

Anyone ever notice that Sam Catchem is drawn as the perfect “sidekick” to the ironjawed Tracy?

Well, hopefully we are moving forward….so it seems!

I suppose Tracy’s yellow trenchcoat is at the cleaners.

MOVIE QUOTE

“You know what this is all about? They’re trying to make an actor out of you!”

“WHAT?!?!—-Let’s get out of here!”

John Wayne—TALL IN THE SADDLE—1944

His first name is Salaam.

Meanwhile, Sprocket got bored and went home

Hope firebutt didn’t get lost going to visit Gweedo’s goats. He’s been silent running all day!

THE GOOD OLD DAYS—

“Leave the coat on and forget the water. We’re going to

get a confession out of you if we have to sit here for ANOTHER eighteen hours. We wouldn’t kid you".

Tracy to Dan Mucelli—1932

bet info is missing

For anyone who thinks that those 5 morons dying in a submarine is a “tragedy”… think on this…they were all INSANELY rich, and obviously had nothing better to do with their money than to throw it away on nothing more than a “thrillseeking adventure” that had ZERO merit… NONE of them were scientists, NONE of them were oceanographers, NONE of them intended to gather any sort of data, NONE of them planned to do ANYTHING beneficial to mankind…they were ignorant fools that were “only in it for themselves” and ignored PROFESSIONALS who REPEATEDLY stated that the location of where the titanic is located is “completely inhospitable to humans”… but they didn’t care…they had money to spend…they got what they deserved, good for them for filtering out the gene pool…one idiot at a time….think about it..now we ALL move up 5 notches on the “intellectual ladder” because of these 5 morons

Meek Mr. Anders of Argos and tough Tracy are having a ’fill in the records" moment. I like the art today, with its varied perspectives and hard-nosed (and jaw!) Tracy in panel 2. But I think the story line is still leaking logic; I am optimistic that Witchita1.0 will plug those leaks over the next several days….