I’m not sure Eric Costello understands or appreciates the history of Dick Tracy. Also, any Nazis still alive are probably in South America, though I know that there is a small Nazi movement in America, which has always been present since WW2. Perhaps Dick and Company will uncover a Nazi plot and foil it.
The War ended 80 years ago. Pruneface first appeared, and died in 1942. We can safely guess he and his wife were about 40 when the original adventure took place. Logically, Pruneface can no longer be alive. Since the Prunefaces were married, it is logical to assume they had children and grandchildren who could be today’s Pruneface. Even if the original, cryogenically frozen Pruneface were alive today, it has still been another 40 years since his regeneration. Therefore, this Pruneface should be the great grandchild of the original.
I pick the Illinois Sports Facility Authority. Team owners, who are millionaires and billionaires, claim to be poor. The millionaires then threaten to move their sports teams out of Illinois (Please do: I can’t afford the total expense of paying for a game visit because my tax money already supports the teams). The State begs them to stay, “lends” them money and signs a contract that states that the team’s payments are based on gross gate receipts , if they are a certain amount. If the gross receipts are less than the amount stated in the contract, skip the payment forever, which they do. (>
The buildup was unexciting with which to begin. Now, I expect Eric to ruin a fabulously fiendish Gould creation by not letting us in on the story at all.
This is what happens when a writer and artist wander away from the true heart of a strip. When I was a boy, I was attracted to the strip because the Chicago Tribune carried the comic in its sports section, not the regular comic section. The strip was all sports related. Now, it’s a male version of Mary Worth.
I just noticed Rachel as the new writer. No wonder he looks odd. I guess I can’t complain. Last week I tried to draw a bald eagle for my 2nd graders that ended up looking like a dancing dinosaur.
I’m not sure Eric Costello understands or appreciates the history of Dick Tracy. Also, any Nazis still alive are probably in South America, though I know that there is a small Nazi movement in America, which has always been present since WW2. Perhaps Dick and Company will uncover a Nazi plot and foil it.