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I'm busy with too many things, so Dick Tracy is the only strip I read regularly these days.

Comics I Follow

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

By Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger
Gasoline Alley

Gasoline Alley

By Jim Scancarelli
B.C.

B.C.

By Mastroianni and Hart
Frank and Ernest

Frank and Ernest

By Thaves
Luann

Luann

By Greg Evans and Karen Evans
Andy Capp

Andy Capp

By Reg Smythe
Ballard Street

Ballard Street

By Jerry Van Amerongen
Ripley's Believe It or Not

Ripley's Believe It or Not

By Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Origins of the Sunday Comics

Origins of the Sunday Comics

By Peter Maresca

Recent Comments

  1. about 15 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    I like the rhyme scheme. It could be that someone plans to shoot from the tower, but it’s not at all clear who the target might be.

  2. about 15 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    Presumably, he didn’t meet the inspector at 5:10, so the time on the tower has stopped. It doesn’t require ESP to figure that out, it’s a clockwork deduction.

  3. about 15 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    Good morning™, everyone!

    I get the idea that somebody is in the top of the clock tower and they are not supposed to be there. Since it seems that the clock is not running, nobody has a reason to go in and discover whatever it is that’s going on inside.

  4. 1 day ago on Dick Tracy

    Good morning™, all!

    The old “divide and conquer” strategy again. I think that Two Fox Plaza is the key.

  5. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

    She looks pretty good and not all that alien. The Mad Colorist should have given her a bit of lipstick, though, I think.

  6. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

    No, Two Fox Plaza shouldn’t be plural by the rules of English. Consider, for example, a “two-car garage.” No native speaker of English would call that a “two-cars garage.” The same applies to a five dollar bill or a fifty cent coin or a twenty dollar haircut, etc.

  7. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Good morning™, all!

    I think this is the first actual confirmation that Totten is developing Two Fox Plaza, although we’ve figured that out by now. I wonder if there’s a reason for them avoiding government jobs.

  8. 4 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Good morning™, all!

    Well, we are at least finding out a little about Sprengstoff. It’s still a mystery as to exactly what is going on with this bunch.

    I like the viewing angle in the first panel a lot, and Charles is exploring all kinds of new facial expressions for Sam, as we see again in the second panel.

  9. 5 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Good morning™, everyone!

    Bolo? That’s a kind of necktie, isn’t it? You learn something new every day.

    The son doesn’t care. He knows something he’s not telling us or the police. I’m sure his dad knows, too.

  10. 6 days ago on Dick Tracy

    He needs to look menacing! He can’t let these supposedly innocent people push him around. There’s something they’re not telling.