So, Mary recognized Miles right away, but she realized that Vitamin would never believe her without proof. I wonder if Vitamin will go to Dick for help as she urged him to do. Probably not.
Mary is right, but too late. Miles is really a has-been, just a bloat in Lena’s belly.Is Silver borrowing a Dr. Who trope (“sister mine”) from the episode about The Family? Well, no matter. Just get rid of any identifiable bits and pieces left over from the hyena’s dinner….
I think the pacing is slow this week, not much new, we knew Miles was going to be fed to Lena on Sunday. Mary with Tracy all week. I think the whole story is in slow motion compared to others.
I really enjoy the way Joe is depicting Mary Perkins. I never read On Stage, but she surely is beautiful here. Check out her profile in silhouette in panel 2!
How can “Sister Mine” get squeamish at the sight of blood? Yes the story has been on a treadmill this week, regurgitating information we already know. S.I.T.O.A.N.M.I.
(continued) If Silver is concerned about Lena not getting sick, he had better keep his sister far away from Lena’s cage. Sister-mine doesn’t look like she wastes too much time in a bathtub, either!
Maybe Miles just went down to pet the hyena like this: http://msnvideo.msn.com/?videoid=230106a8-0f81-4c9b-8e3c-bfd21a2df6b5&src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink
After her Introduction here I ordered the first collected volume of Mary Perkins On Stage from Amazon. Read about half of It last night and am already budgeting for the rest of the volumes. A beautiful strip with good stories.
I sure hope when Nitrate, Sprocket or both of them meet their demise at the end of this quickly grinding to a halt story by falling down the Hyena Chow Express we don’t see the authorities putting Lena down. After all she’s really the only one in her family who’s not behaving poorly and deserves our sympathy. .S.I.T.O.O.A.H.O.T.N.M.I.
Re: Complaints about the story’s pacing..Perhaps we should celebrate because Dick Tracy has attracted so many people that no one pace fits all. For some, it’s too fast, for others, it’s too slow..In the beginning, I, too, thought it was a bit slow. This, in spite of the introduction of the Witness Consumption Program, aka Leakin’ Lena the Hyena..Leakin’ Lena? Oh, yeah. Wrong cartoon. But then, that seasick sea serpent had the same name as my grandfather!.Oh, yes. Back to Dick Tracy: Too bad Silver soiled his favorite smoking jacket!.In the beginning of this arc, I was concerned that Mary Perkins was going to be little more than eye candy. She really didn’t talk much until this week. Perhaps what has bothered some people is that she is now re-hashing what we have been talking about for the last several weeks (Dumont, kinescopes, dumping in the East River, usw). It’s a rehash only because we, the readers, have been talking about it; not much has been mentioned in the strip until this week..So, I guess Mike and Joe had to fill in those readers who didn’t have access to our comments!.Couple more radio call sign exceptions from yesterday: WOI, Des Moines; WHB, Kansas City..And that’s all the news that isn’t!
Gould, himself, often dragged out his stories with a lot of repetition albeit in a way that did not seem repetitive. A typical Gould sequence would be: 1) An unusual clue is discovered, 2) A couple of days of Tracy and his team discussing the discovery, 3) A couple of days of everyone being amazed at how Tracy deduced the clue, 4) A recap on Sunday.
Gould realized that not everyone was glued to the strip every day (as are the posters on this board), hence he wanted to keep readers informed even if they missed a day or two. A reader could often get the gist of the story simply by reading the Sundays.
While Gould’s Mr. Bribery arc lasted a year and is generally considered one of his best, I can remember that, at the time, I was certainly tired of the number of daily strips that portrayed Mr. Bribery dancing around with a flower in his teeth,
I would suggest that anyone who thinks the story is moving at “too-slow” a-pace not read it for a week or two and then read the one’s you missed at one sitting. I doubt that you will think that the pacing is so slow.
When you read a novel, you may read a chapter at a time and then put the book aside until later. Bear in mind that when you read a daily strip, you are reading a paragraph at a time rather than a chapter or even a page.
I have to respectfully disagree with those who think the current arc is too slow. I’m enjoying it very much.
If you’re a regular reader of the comments here, the pacing will seem slow this week because this week is a lot of explanation of background that we’ve been discussing here in some detail. 99.9% of the readers don’t know any of this stuff about DuMont and Captain Video and kinescopes, etc. For us, it’s a rehash of our discussion, but for most of the readership it’s essential information.
@ Ray Toler@Neil Wick@RightwingmoronWow! You three really nailed the essence of reading a daily comic strip, plus the interesting fact that this week’s exposition is about a subject that, by coincidence, some of the posters here already knew. If the complainers about pacing would take the time to read your three comments with an open mind, I think they couldn’t help but “get it.”
You are correct Night-Gaunt. It would be more boring to me if it were all action all the time. Each tale has its own rhythm and tone. Some stories should be all about action. Some should be comical, some melodramatic. It is this variation that has made DT such a long-lived comic. I doubt that it would have lasted so long if it only played one note.
Mikeyj over 10 years ago
Mycroft’s Hyena Chow
blunebottle over 10 years ago
Oh….you were hoping for a more graphic demise?
punslinger over 10 years ago
Well, with apologies to Robert Frost, I guess you could say Lena’s got ‘Miles to go before she sleeps…’
finkd over 10 years ago
Now, Miles is also in Lena’s stomach.
coldsooner over 10 years ago
“Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrp.”
Neil Wick over 10 years ago
So, Mary recognized Miles right away, but she realized that Vitamin would never believe her without proof. I wonder if Vitamin will go to Dick for help as she urged him to do. Probably not.
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
Mary is right, but too late. Miles is really a has-been, just a bloat in Lena’s belly.Is Silver borrowing a Dr. Who trope (“sister mine”) from the episode about The Family? Well, no matter. Just get rid of any identifiable bits and pieces left over from the hyena’s dinner….
FFosdick over 10 years ago
I think the pacing is slow this week, not much new, we knew Miles was going to be fed to Lena on Sunday. Mary with Tracy all week. I think the whole story is in slow motion compared to others.
Ken in Ohio over 10 years ago
I really enjoy the way Joe is depicting Mary Perkins. I never read On Stage, but she surely is beautiful here. Check out her profile in silhouette in panel 2!
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member over 10 years ago
Sprocket is drawn really well, to get the impression of “ugly but still sexy”. Well done.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 10 years ago
Good morning everyone…
Miles didn’t last long. What’s for dinner tomorrow, Lena asks.
avenger09 over 10 years ago
How can “Sister Mine” get squeamish at the sight of blood? Yes the story has been on a treadmill this week, regurgitating information we already know. S.I.T.O.A.N.M.I.
Morrow Cummings over 10 years ago
(continued) If Silver is concerned about Lena not getting sick, he had better keep his sister far away from Lena’s cage. Sister-mine doesn’t look like she wastes too much time in a bathtub, either!
I Go Pogo over 10 years ago
Maybe Miles just went down to pet the hyena like this: http://msnvideo.msn.com/?videoid=230106a8-0f81-4c9b-8e3c-bfd21a2df6b5&src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink
sjsczurek over 10 years ago
Is there anything at all that might have Mycroft’s DNA? Remaining bones? Something in or on that jacket?
theshadowuu over 10 years ago
@Ken In Ohio
After her Introduction here I ordered the first collected volume of Mary Perkins On Stage from Amazon. Read about half of It last night and am already budgeting for the rest of the volumes. A beautiful strip with good stories.
avenger09 over 10 years ago
I sure hope when Nitrate, Sprocket or both of them meet their demise at the end of this quickly grinding to a halt story by falling down the Hyena Chow Express we don’t see the authorities putting Lena down. After all she’s really the only one in her family who’s not behaving poorly and deserves our sympathy. .S.I.T.O.O.A.H.O.T.N.M.I.
Cheapskate0 over 10 years ago
Re: Complaints about the story’s pacing..Perhaps we should celebrate because Dick Tracy has attracted so many people that no one pace fits all. For some, it’s too fast, for others, it’s too slow..In the beginning, I, too, thought it was a bit slow. This, in spite of the introduction of the Witness Consumption Program, aka Leakin’ Lena the Hyena..Leakin’ Lena? Oh, yeah. Wrong cartoon. But then, that seasick sea serpent had the same name as my grandfather!.Oh, yes. Back to Dick Tracy: Too bad Silver soiled his favorite smoking jacket!.In the beginning of this arc, I was concerned that Mary Perkins was going to be little more than eye candy. She really didn’t talk much until this week. Perhaps what has bothered some people is that she is now re-hashing what we have been talking about for the last several weeks (Dumont, kinescopes, dumping in the East River, usw). It’s a rehash only because we, the readers, have been talking about it; not much has been mentioned in the strip until this week..So, I guess Mike and Joe had to fill in those readers who didn’t have access to our comments!.Couple more radio call sign exceptions from yesterday: WOI, Des Moines; WHB, Kansas City..And that’s all the news that isn’t!
Ray Toler over 10 years ago
All stories do not proceed at the same pace.
Gould, himself, often dragged out his stories with a lot of repetition albeit in a way that did not seem repetitive. A typical Gould sequence would be: 1) An unusual clue is discovered, 2) A couple of days of Tracy and his team discussing the discovery, 3) A couple of days of everyone being amazed at how Tracy deduced the clue, 4) A recap on Sunday.
Gould realized that not everyone was glued to the strip every day (as are the posters on this board), hence he wanted to keep readers informed even if they missed a day or two. A reader could often get the gist of the story simply by reading the Sundays.
While Gould’s Mr. Bribery arc lasted a year and is generally considered one of his best, I can remember that, at the time, I was certainly tired of the number of daily strips that portrayed Mr. Bribery dancing around with a flower in his teeth,
I would suggest that anyone who thinks the story is moving at “too-slow” a-pace not read it for a week or two and then read the one’s you missed at one sitting. I doubt that you will think that the pacing is so slow.
When you read a novel, you may read a chapter at a time and then put the book aside until later. Bear in mind that when you read a daily strip, you are reading a paragraph at a time rather than a chapter or even a page.
I have to respectfully disagree with those who think the current arc is too slow. I’m enjoying it very much.
Neil Wick over 10 years ago
If you’re a regular reader of the comments here, the pacing will seem slow this week because this week is a lot of explanation of background that we’ve been discussing here in some detail. 99.9% of the readers don’t know any of this stuff about DuMont and Captain Video and kinescopes, etc. For us, it’s a rehash of our discussion, but for most of the readership it’s essential information.
Ken in Ohio over 10 years ago
@ Ray Toler@Neil Wick@RightwingmoronWow! You three really nailed the essence of reading a daily comic strip, plus the interesting fact that this week’s exposition is about a subject that, by coincidence, some of the posters here already knew. If the complainers about pacing would take the time to read your three comments with an open mind, I think they couldn’t help but “get it.”
Ray Toler over 10 years ago
You are correct Night-Gaunt. It would be more boring to me if it were all action all the time. Each tale has its own rhythm and tone. Some stories should be all about action. Some should be comical, some melodramatic. It is this variation that has made DT such a long-lived comic. I doubt that it would have lasted so long if it only played one note.