I only last year discovered Dick Tracy was still running, and after following it since, I sort of wish I hadn’t. Granted newspapers face big challenges and the comic strip medium is in decline. But that doesn’t excuse the sloppy art, awful and redundant pacing, consistently inconsistent continuity, and above all the banal, pointless, predictable and nonsensical writing. It is beyond awful. I can see why papers are dropping it, but I cannot fathom why TMS would let a property with such history and potential just rot away like this, and keep selling their remaining clients a clearly inferior product. King Features turned Prince Valiant over to a couple of distinguished cartoonists who have turned it around. There are plenty of talented people in the industry who would love a chance to put Dick Tracy back on the map. Please, let’s get someone in here who gives a bleeep about quality.
I only last year discovered Dick Tracy was still running, and after following it since, I sort of wish I hadn’t. Granted newspapers face big challenges and the comic strip medium is in decline. But that doesn’t excuse the sloppy art, awful and redundant pacing, consistently inconsistent continuity, and above all the banal, pointless, predictable and nonsensical writing. It is beyond awful. I can see why papers are dropping it, but I cannot fathom why TMS would let a property with such history and potential just rot away like this, and keep selling their remaining clients a clearly inferior product. King Features turned Prince Valiant over to a couple of distinguished cartoonists who have turned it around. There are plenty of talented people in the industry who would love a chance to put Dick Tracy back on the map. Please, let’s get someone in here who gives a bleeep about quality.