Good morning™, (way) too late manuscript processors !
Considering the material of topic, Mantootius may have been put down with a ferociously wielded mace ? That being the case we will never see his remains. :-(
Hey, I’ve heard the British Museum has unopened crates of stuff from the 19th century that English looters… er, explorers… pilfered from all over the world and sent home to gather dust.
It’s an interesting premise of a Medieval manuscript being a base for the motive of the murders. Medieval literature is mostly of Medieval Occult whose umbrella covers mythicism, magic and fantasy, most notably King Arthur and the Codex Gigas – where we get the modern definitions of evil and the devil and whom the author is speculated to have suffered from Schizophrenia.
A possible motive could the killer found out about an artefact of significance from Manutius. But also I think it’s more likely a greedy treasure hunt
Why is everyone calling each other “sir?” Isn’t that sort of “eccentric.” Perhaps the murderer was the Polite Fairy who sprinkled polite dust over everyone. By the way, what happened to Sam?
Got this link on my email this morning. Apparently Mad Cave Studios is teaming up with the Tribune Content Agency on a new Dick Tracy comic. I haven’t read the article yet but I wanted to share with my fellow Armchair Detectives…
Dr. Mantis, Dr. Munsters, Dr. Minces, Dr. Minestrone, Dr. Musty, Dr. Mootinus, Dr. Millionus, Dr. Mistress, Dr. Milhouse, Dr. Mountainous, Dr. Madmanus, Dr. Marfan, Dr. Minuteman, Dr. Marcus, Dr. Munch, Dr…
Sweaty Shorty, a.k.a. the Director of the Pfister Institute, is understandably nervous being interrogated by Tracy, particularly as being an introverted academic faced with the grim fact of a murder in his institute of a colleague, albeit an eccentric one, Aldus Manutius {and will someone please get Tracy clued in on the correct spelling [panel 1, he botches it again] of the victim’s name?). And at last we begin to get a glimmer of the significance ot the canting names related to early printed books: Manutius was working to compile a catalogue for a collection of medieval manuscripts that had been donated to the institute “some years ago” and neglected until he got on the job.
The killer of Caxton and Manutius is evidently someone with an interest in early printed books, probably rare incunabula, and manuscripts as well. This double-killer (perhaps on the way to becoming a serial killer) has to be a rather knowledgeable person, perhaps even a member of the institute.
Love the inexorable, slowly growing, trail of evidence and leads. This is a pleasing procedural….
1-PERFESSOR MOLDY: HEY! YOU FORGOT THE BODY! DT: They’re just now going in to pick it up, SIR!
2-PERFESSOR MOLDY: Ahh, yes. I knew that. cough
3-DT: Wait! You didn’t know that and now you’re embarrassed. I can read people like a book. PERFESSOR MOLDY: Oh yeah? What’s the last book you read, Mr Smarty? DT: Ummm… Archie
Brian Premium Member 12 months ago
Tracy: “ZZZZZZZ.”
Neil Wick 12 months ago
Good morning™, everyone!
Manutius got his name scrambled again!
Medieval manuscripts. It was all leading to that up till now.
firestrike1 12 months ago
how appropriate… I’m getting ready to head off to sleep soon and reading today’s installment will help me pass out that much faster…
IvanB.Cohen 12 months ago
“Not yet processed” sounds like one of those administrative oversights.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 12 months ago
Good morning™, (way) too late manuscript processors !
Considering the material of topic, Mantootius may have been put down with a ferociously wielded mace ? That being the case we will never see his remains. :-(
jonahhex1 12 months ago
Hmmm…..first a diary then Medieval manuscripts…..interesting.
markwillman4 12 months ago
“Errr…” Why does he keep saying “Errr”? And why can’t Tracy get the dead fish dead victim’s name right? Mantuis? Who dat?!
BreathlessMahoney77 12 months ago
Do you know the name of the author of the medieval manuscripts?”“Somebody named Monty Python.”
tsull2121 12 months ago
This story is already so convoluted that even the letter cant keep things straight
LawrenceS 12 months ago
Hey, I’ve heard the British Museum has unopened crates of stuff from the 19th century that English looters… er, explorers… pilfered from all over the world and sent home to gather dust.
Ashmael 12 months ago
A Copy of Aristotle’s book on comedy?
kantuck-nadie 12 months ago
Oh this is getting interesting!
iggyman 12 months ago
Someone killed him for a valuable ancient Medieval manuscript?!
Trespassers W 12 months ago
“Evil manuscripts? And you rate them low, mid- and high?”
Batster 12 months ago
Manuscripts. Medieval manuscripts.
And yet, despite that possibly pivotal revelation, I am neither shaken nor stirred….
oakie817 12 months ago
“…paperbacks from the 50’s and 60’s.”
GoComicsGo! 12 months ago
It’s an interesting premise of a Medieval manuscript being a base for the motive of the murders. Medieval literature is mostly of Medieval Occult whose umbrella covers mythicism, magic and fantasy, most notably King Arthur and the Codex Gigas – where we get the modern definitions of evil and the devil and whom the author is speculated to have suffered from Schizophrenia.
A possible motive could the killer found out about an artefact of significance from Manutius. But also I think it’s more likely a greedy treasure hunt
Ray Toler 12 months ago
Why is everyone calling each other “sir?” Isn’t that sort of “eccentric.” Perhaps the murderer was the Polite Fairy who sprinkled polite dust over everyone. By the way, what happened to Sam?
adekii 12 months ago
Medieval manuscripts?! What if it’s a map to the Oak Island money pit!
Jonmouk 12 months ago
Somebody got medieval on Manutius?
markwillman4 12 months ago
Got this link on my email this morning. Apparently Mad Cave Studios is teaming up with the Tribune Content Agency on a new Dick Tracy comic. I haven’t read the article yet but I wanted to share with my fellow Armchair Detectives…
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rdptek 12 months ago
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rdptek 12 months ago
See September 17 script, last panel. Looks like reflection of Mr. Specs eye glasses in Wilhelmina’s eyes. clue??
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 12 months ago
As usual , Shelley Pleger is carrying the feeble story on the back of her stellar artwork .
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 12 months ago
MOVIE QUOTE—
“If I ever wanted someone to live to a ripe old age, I’d hire you to bump them off!”
Waren Hymer to Eddie cantor—KID MILLIONS—1934
jim_pem 12 months ago
Dr. Mantis, Dr. Munsters, Dr. Minces, Dr. Minestrone, Dr. Musty, Dr. Mootinus, Dr. Millionus, Dr. Mistress, Dr. Milhouse, Dr. Mountainous, Dr. Madmanus, Dr. Marfan, Dr. Minuteman, Dr. Marcus, Dr. Munch, Dr…
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 12 months ago
Liked Panel 3—-for once the Prof doesn’t look like a clown.
I’d never steal a Medieval Manuscript—-darn things crumble in your hands and tough finding a “fence” who’d even know what the darned things were.
ScottHolman 12 months ago
Hmmm, this story is OK so far…..I guess.
scpandich 12 months ago
The story hasn’t run off the rails yet. Mind you, it’s probably hard to run of the rails when you’re going about 1 mph.
Gent 12 months ago
Now if he was praying Mantuis then you is knows who is kill him.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 12 months ago
I’ve never understood “fences” in the strip and in real life.
You give 25 to 50 percent of your work to a guy who just sits on his rear end and takes none of the risks.
And you’re also telling a complete stranger that you pulled the job.Non compis mentis
tcayer 12 months ago
What he was working on 11 months ago when they last saw him?
Don Bagert Premium Member 12 months ago
He had just gotten to the pages labelled “Forbidden Incantations.”
Sisyphos 12 months ago
Sweaty Shorty, a.k.a. the Director of the Pfister Institute, is understandably nervous being interrogated by Tracy, particularly as being an introverted academic faced with the grim fact of a murder in his institute of a colleague, albeit an eccentric one, Aldus Manutius {and will someone please get Tracy clued in on the correct spelling [panel 1, he botches it again] of the victim’s name?). And at last we begin to get a glimmer of the significance ot the canting names related to early printed books: Manutius was working to compile a catalogue for a collection of medieval manuscripts that had been donated to the institute “some years ago” and neglected until he got on the job.
The killer of Caxton and Manutius is evidently someone with an interest in early printed books, probably rare incunabula, and manuscripts as well. This double-killer (perhaps on the way to becoming a serial killer) has to be a rather knowledgeable person, perhaps even a member of the institute.
Love the inexorable, slowly growing, trail of evidence and leads. This is a pleasing procedural….
Another Take 12 months ago
1-PERFESSOR MOLDY: HEY! YOU FORGOT THE BODY! DT: They’re just now going in to pick it up, SIR!
2-PERFESSOR MOLDY: Ahh, yes. I knew that. cough
3-DT: Wait! You didn’t know that and now you’re embarrassed. I can read people like a book. PERFESSOR MOLDY: Oh yeah? What’s the last book you read, Mr Smarty? DT: Ummm… Archie