Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 24, 2025

manhunt on…

Wow! What a wonderful strip for today. Well done, Eric the Red! Magnificent work, Chucky Cheese!No more complaints from me. No sir!!

Offer some Imodium for the “run on” sentences.

“Wish I could leave. Man this guy is boring. Maybe I should go look for him. Out by the food trucks.”

Good morning™, everyone!

So I’m to assume that an explosion will happen the second that the tower lights up? The governor is probably standing in a dangerous spot, but Totten has gone elsewhere.

Good morning™, Man Hunters !

Lizz is concerned about young Totten’s disappearance. Will this be the start of action ?  Lizz is sporting a pixie look.

Like the art today, Lizz is looking good!

“Ah! The old exploding podium ploy”. Not even a close quote by Inspector Clouseau.

I’m sure that he’s just gone to the toilet, he’s a nervous speaker.

What’s up with the cinnamon buns on the side of liz’s head

Is that a light I see? Is it the end of this long, dark tunnel?

No, it’s the light of a clock tower which has already been lit before, at a press conference held during the day to show off the beauty of the lighted tower at night.

Still, I’m optimistic we’ll soon behold the dénouement, followed by a brief period of unrealistic optimism before our dreams are once again shattered.

Why don’t that cop get a wrist radio ?

he spottenedtotten (aw, heck somebody was going to say it…….)……

MOVIE QUOTE—

“Cannot believe piece of carved stone contain evil, except when dropped on foot”

Warner Oland—CHARLIE CHAN IN EGYPT—1935

Okay,Ettinger got Lizz right today—sometimes even HE isn’t sure of that,so I thought I’d notify him

Now THIS is exciting. We have stakes, we have urgency. Good stuff!

Don’t worru Gov, since you are a politican, by the time you finish talking it will be dark and folks will be able to see the clock lights.

In the mean time, we the readers, find out that Team Tracy secretly removed the fictional xylon*, that, after 70 years, had degraded to the point that it was no more dangerous than a glass of 2¢ plain.

*xylon is a Greek word that means wood, and was also the name given to ancient punishment / torture devices similar to the pillory, or possibly this storyline.

I knw the wrist radio is iconic for DT but tech has evolved, if it’s just simple communication i had a wireless earpiece/speaker 15 years ago at work

Panel 2 is comical after seeing Fred Jr at the podium in P1. Where is he?!?! Oh. Right there. Never mind….

(I know – P3 explains Lizzo’s dimbulb P2 moment…)

1- FRED JR: Can anyone see that I’ve been working out my mouth muscles? Look how “swole” they are! GUY TO FRED JR’s RIGHT: I can! I can! So jacked! WOMAN BEHIND HIM: TIGHT BUNS TOO! FRED JR: Thanks. Well I gotta blow… Ummm, I mean that in the slang sense of “leave”. Whewf! Close one…

2- LIZZO: I wasn’t close enough to see Fred Jr’s ripped jaw muscles. Were they impressive?

3- CAB DRIVER: I guess. I just thought he had the mumps or had just had some dental surgery. So…did you need a cab or not?

OFFICER: The Governor is about to tell that long and pointless story about his little dog ,and the time it ate his souvenir tribbles and coated the living room with fake fur and googly eyes, when it threw up. AND that it looked ‘soooo cute ’ when he dressed it as Teddy Roosevelt. And then he does that little Red Buttons dance and the hand gestures. For now, I’m just gonna’ scream. And next time, I vote for a potato.

It looks like Chief Patton is up there on the platform with the bigwigs at this ceremony.