Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 03, 2024

Good morning™, everyone!

Dick Tracy hates it when he is killed!

“Help! Someone killed Dick Tracy!”

Hmmm, who are the main culprits,,

Mike

Eric

Tribune

“Dick Tracy? Now why does that name sound familiar?”

Who de"scythes" to run these scripts?

Good morning™, Schrödinger’s Cop !

He’s alive. He’s dead. Which is it ?!

Been thinking … if TCA is close to pulling the plug on original Tracy material, (it’s certainly giving off that vibe recently) maybe it’ll try it keep the strip running with reprints of stories from the Gould era (which has happened with other “legacy” strips). I just wonder how they’d format those strips, which were much larger in size (especially Sunday strips) for today’s readers, most of whom now get their content over their mobile devices with their smaller screens.

Guess it’s the guy playing him? We can’t lose Tracy!

Wait, so that whole thing about the clock tower just…stopped? I have to admit, I’d just look at the artwork every day and move on. Maybe it ended in a spectacular extravaganza.

I’ve seen Rick Burchett do much better work than this in his many comic book gigs….

1- DT: Is EUGENE ROCHE here yet? FLATDICK: No – and you don’t have to shout it like it means something special – like the education classes you obviously attended. – Special…

2- DT: Wanna see me in the “action shot” I plan to pose for if they ever make MCU Trading Cards? Here – whadaya think? Cool, huh? FLATDICK: Sure. Looks like there’d better not be anyone in line at the urinal when you gotta use it. DT: Now that you mention it…

FLATDICK: Down the hall to the right. DT: Ooops.. Too late…

“If I had a nickle for every time I heard THAT one…”

Here’s a real rocker for your enjoyment! Ok – 180 degrees from that. But it might amuse you to hear how a strategically placed rubber band and bungie cord can help a guy hit Bette Midler range notes. (I should probably remove them soon before something falls off…)

Https://Youtu.be/dOI51MoZOnc

if they had more than 2 weeks I’d say it’s the start of the cosplay that the real tracy will trample and while the faux tracy is fine, someone else is murdered in the house.

Looks like Tracy doesn’t understand cosplay.

Who would cosplay Mumbles?

Much better art with Tracy Rick….good going!

oh no! Dick tracy is dead… whose gonna be playing as him now?

OT: Finished the P.I. submission. Between projects the rest of the month. Start the Boredom Clock!

…..just keep repeating, D.T. “It’s only cosplay”. “It’s only cosplay.” It’s etc etc and so on…………"

MOVIE QUOTE

“We have a lost child in lingerie”

CHOPPING MALL—1986

CHRISTMAS TIME

1952—-Tracy trapped in a room with man eating plants and a pan full of acid.

1953—BO’s millionaire brother Canhead,released in Tracy’s custody while facing a murder charge;plays Santa for Sparkle and Wingy and tries to enjoy himself under the circumstances

1954—Rainbow Reilly’s eyesight is restored

1955—-An all-kid Christmas—Sparkle,Wingy,Bonnie Braids,and The Neki Hokey kids go on televised SHOW-UP to wish multiple cities a Merry Christmas

Binnie,this is your father—Merry Christmas.He was drunk.

OT: Someone was asking when I last did a TRACY story ad, for the life of me, I couldn’t pull a date. Copilot was similarly no help, though it made sme comment about my style (Uh ?). I did finally find it around June ’23.