Wendy IS being very annoying, almost stalk-ish. Plus, Shelly’s drawn her the most unflattering I’ve ever seen her.
There IS a little tension in the last panel, almost an anticipation of some potential slap across the face. With the total lack of anything resembling action, I guess we’ll take it.
This “drama” is going to overshadow “the worthy cause”. Break it up? On the contrary, patrons are going to start making bets as to the outcome. Imagine the headlines!
Wow, the question Wendy is like asking, “Did you know the sun rises in the East?” The station pays her to be that inane? Is Wendy going to be on the receiving end of a cocktail skewer up the right nostril?
I might be the only one but I like Wendy . I’d like to see what would happen in the impending cat fight I see brewing . I think Wendy’s claws are just as sharp as Frau Krautentwat’s .
Does this have to do with the fact that Xlibris is the name of a real firm that assists self-publishing authors, or is she implying that some of the books Libris collects are considered X-rated by today’s standards?
For the record, the allusion to “Goodfellas” was quite deliberate on my part. This sequence with Wendy Wichel has two purposes: the first is to show in more detail what a nasty, unstable and violent person Libris can be (cp. Tommy DeVito); the second is to show that the strain of events — we assume that the murders of the workman, Caxton and Manutius having been getting publicity — is starting to tell on her emotions.
1-WICH-AY WOMAN: Are all these empty glasses yours?
2-…You have a high tolerance for booze! Oh. Maybe you’re drunk enough to think this joke of mine about your name and book collecting is funny: Does anyone…
3-X: Let me get this on my imaginary hand mic for you: DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? WELL, DO YA PUNK?!? And, GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY! And… YOU HAVE TO ASK ME NICELY, DANNY.
WICH-AY: Uh. Ok. Does anyone ever call you… X: SHADDAP!
Okay, I’m headed off for the holiday weekend a bit early today, so everybody have a good and safe Thanksgiving as I leave you with these venerable words of wisdom:
Tis’ far better to be stuffed with turkey than it is to be a turkey stuffed.
Annoying Wendy Wichel is luckier than she knows that Xaviera doesn’t have a letter-opener handy! The crass gossip-monger and Tracy-baiter is so gross as to make fun of the Ice Queen’s name! I wonder if those little martini olive plastic spears could be weaponized? In any event, Wendy’s tactless persistence should earn her a quick thrashing and bloodied nose and black eye….
avenger09 10 months ago
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firestrike1 10 months ago
“Do I amuse you?… do I make you laugh?… how in the fook am I funny?”…
firestrike1 10 months ago
one bi-t-ch meets another…
Neil Wick 10 months ago
Good morning™, everyone!
Wendy doesn’t give up easily, but Xaviera appears to be in a very bad mood to begin with.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 10 months ago
Good morning™, sleeping tiger teasers !
Wendy should keep an eye over her shoulder after this. I like how she gets under Libby’s skin. :-)
avenger09 10 months ago
Wendy IS being very annoying, almost stalk-ish. Plus, Shelly’s drawn her the most unflattering I’ve ever seen her.
There IS a little tension in the last panel, almost an anticipation of some potential slap across the face. With the total lack of anything resembling action, I guess we’ll take it.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 10 months ago
I too now have that elegant air of jimpem distinction; a man of wealth, taste and good breeding. LOL !
jonahhex1 10 months ago
Uh oh……looks like one arrogant woman punched another arrogant woman’s buttons one too many times.
This is not going to end well I fear…….
Gent 10 months ago
Ha ha ha. The joke really on we poor audience.
tdc1969a 10 months ago
“Does my name amuse you?” It looks like Ms. Libris is about to pull a Joe Pesci as Tommy Devito from “Goodfellas” on Wendy Wichel.
BreathlessMahoney77 10 months ago
Well, this current scene sure brought the narrative momentum to a screeching halt.
GoComicsGo! 10 months ago
So Eric is riffin’ from classic movies now for his scripts?
Fully expecting; “The truth? You can’t handle the truth.” next.
IvanB.Cohen 10 months ago
Hey! Hey! Gonna be a cat fight. Hey! Hey! Gonna be a cat fight… cat fight.
IvanB.Cohen 10 months ago
X Libris is liable to take Wendy’s microphone and shove it up her you know where.
IvanB.Cohen 10 months ago
This “drama” is going to overshadow “the worthy cause”. Break it up? On the contrary, patrons are going to start making bets as to the outcome. Imagine the headlines!
iggyman 10 months ago
She hit a nerve!
tsull2121 10 months ago
“LEAVE ME ALONE MS WICHELL, OR I’LL STAB YOU IN THE HEART WITH MY FLOWER ADORNED LETTER OPENER!”
cyberv.thall 10 months ago
On the plus side, I’m enjoying the metajoke here that Witchel’s poking fun at the constant on the nose names in this strip.
iggyman 10 months ago
Wendy flipped her switch!
Ida No 10 months ago
Stick a knife in her, she’s done.
LawrenceS 10 months ago
Wow, the question Wendy is like asking, “Did you know the sun rises in the East?” The station pays her to be that inane? Is Wendy going to be on the receiving end of a cocktail skewer up the right nostril?
dag8686 Premium Member 10 months ago
I think Ms. Wichel is barking up the wrong tree.
GoComicsGo! 10 months ago
OMG Xaviera has Adamantium claws!
oakie817 10 months ago
the name game
markwillman4 10 months ago
Someone’s about to get a drinkie in her face.
Sporteric11 10 months ago
Throw a drink in her face !!!
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 10 months ago
great, she’s going all Joe Pesci on her. not the thing you’d expect form a book expert, heck it’s more like how a deranged serial killer would.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 10 months ago
I might be the only one but I like Wendy . I’d like to see what would happen in the impending cat fight I see brewing . I think Wendy’s claws are just as sharp as Frau Krautentwat’s .
orbenjawell Premium Member 10 months ago
….“ummmm, not like a clown! NOT LIKE A CLOWN!!” (ooooooh, poop, Wendy thinks……)……
Droptma Styx 10 months ago
In, what, 80 years of Tracy, is this the first time the punny name has been pointed out?
Don Bagert Premium Member 10 months ago
Does this have to do with the fact that Xlibris is the name of a real firm that assists self-publishing authors, or is she implying that some of the books Libris collects are considered X-rated by today’s standards?
Ignatz Premium Member 10 months ago
“That why the cartoonist named me this, you idiot! This is Dick Tracy, and they always do that!”
EOCostello 10 months ago
For the record, the allusion to “Goodfellas” was quite deliberate on my part. This sequence with Wendy Wichel has two purposes: the first is to show in more detail what a nasty, unstable and violent person Libris can be (cp. Tommy DeVito); the second is to show that the strain of events — we assume that the murders of the workman, Caxton and Manutius having been getting publicity — is starting to tell on her emotions.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 10 months ago
A cat fight in the works??
retjeff 10 months ago
beware of anyone with a microphone or a notepad
Wichita1.0 10 months ago
“Am I a comedienne? Do I amuse you? Should wear clown shoes to make you giggle? How about wax lips? Maybe a little seltzer up your nose? Schmuck.”
Another Take 10 months ago
1-WICH-AY WOMAN: Are all these empty glasses yours?
2-…You have a high tolerance for booze! Oh. Maybe you’re drunk enough to think this joke of mine about your name and book collecting is funny: Does anyone…
3-X: Let me get this on my imaginary hand mic for you: DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? WELL, DO YA PUNK?!? And, GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY! And… YOU HAVE TO ASK ME NICELY, DANNY.
WICH-AY: Uh. Ok. Does anyone ever call you… X: SHADDAP!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 10 months ago
MOVIE QUOTE
“Why,officer, this is J.Peter Cucumber,the big oil magnate!”
“I don’t care if he’s Mister Dill Pickle!”
Oliver Hardy and Policeman—-ME AND MY PAL—1933
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 10 months ago
Anybody remember when the crooked Chief Climer tied Tracy up on the Police Firing range, hoping a stray bullet would finish Dick off?
After seeing SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SPIDER WOMAN for the first time the other day, I think I know where Max Collins got the idea!!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 10 months ago
When you start talking like Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, and Yosemite Sam all rolled into one; you’re GUILTY!!
Wendy’s met up with serial killers before.Remember the famous sportswriter who preyed on teachers?
Batster 10 months ago
Okay, I’m headed off for the holiday weekend a bit early today, so everybody have a good and safe Thanksgiving as I leave you with these venerable words of wisdom:
Tis’ far better to be stuffed with turkey than it is to be a turkey stuffed.
Laters, y’all!
Judeeye Premium Member 10 months ago
She looks a little stabby.
jrankin1959 10 months ago
First – Ms. Libris, don’t impersonate Tommy DeVito. Second – Wendy, where’s your Carmen Sandiego outfit?
Major Matt Mason Premium Member 10 months ago
“Goodfeathers” in 3..2..1…
patroman 10 months ago
Let the cat fight commence! MEOW!
Ben Premium Member 10 months ago
getting those Joe Pesci vibes. Better hope she doesn’t have a baseball bat handy.
ScottHolman 10 months ago
C’mon Wichel, don’t wait! Get in the first punch!
Aladar30 Premium Member 10 months ago
Once again, Ms Wichel put herself in danger approaching a dangerous nuts.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 10 months ago
Do I think he’s a clown.
Well,when you’re covered in glue,SaranWrap,and feathers—-yeah,you’re a clown/
firestrike1 10 months ago
maybe the Wich will be burned by a steak…
the sharp end of a steak knife wielded by the unfriendly Frau…
overtop 10 months ago
Get Ready for a Joe Pesci from Goodfellas riff." How am I funny? Do I look funny"? Etc.
Sisyphos 10 months ago
Annoying Wendy Wichel is luckier than she knows that Xaviera doesn’t have a letter-opener handy! The crass gossip-monger and Tracy-baiter is so gross as to make fun of the Ice Queen’s name! I wonder if those little martini olive plastic spears could be weaponized? In any event, Wendy’s tactless persistence should earn her a quick thrashing and bloodied nose and black eye….
SECURITY!
AB9SS 10 months ago
Oh shades of “Goodfella’s” Here goes “Lenny” with her violent tantrum!
retropop 10 months ago
When is Mike Coming back? This storyline is just running on…
Black76Manta 10 months ago
Uh-oh, a fight is coming, I’m afraid!
avenger09 10 months ago
Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)
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Q. What did the goat that hated celebrating Christmas say?
A. “Baaaa-humbug.”
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avenger09 10 months ago
Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)
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Q. “What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?”
A. Chicago
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s.gottlieb 10 months ago
Did Flattop, Brow, Shaky etc ever get these questions?