Print newspapers, although certainly struggling, and different than they were, are still very much a “thing”. I myself have a corded landline telephone – it gives me much better audio for long distance conversations with my sister than my cell phone. And it wasn’t too long ago that I noticed a pay phone on a pole next to the parking lot of the Shell gas station that I use – I’ll have to make a point to see if it is still there next time I get gas.
Thanks. I’ve read a few of the Ross MacDonald books, and all of the Sue Grafton books. I didn’t make the connection about “Santa Teresa” – that’s interesting that the authors cooperated behind the scenes like that.
It is except when it isn’t! Chester Gould obviously had Chicago in mind for “the City”, but he also had very fluid geography, putting the City near mountains or the ocean depending on what was going on in the story.
I just looked it up to be sure my memory was correct. Sam was actually right there with Tracy when they captured Blowtop (if that’s who fourteenpeeves is referring to, above.) Sam was shown using his key to uncuff Blowtop from the wire fence where Tracy had cuffed him when he went back to check on Vitamin, who had been shot.
I took the first strips as showing that Calvin’s initial “behavior” was just after Rosalyn arrived. Excuse me if I got it wrong, but I have been enjoying the whole arc (although not every comment.)
Of course, if Calvin thought about it for more than a minute, he’d realize that he is now in bed way earlier than he would have been if he’d behaved in the first place! (But I definitely do get the fun of using his “super hero” costume.)
I don’t think the police try to use witness sketches for IDs in court. They’re more for finding the perp. Note Tracy talking about distributing flyers with the likeness.
Completely agree. But to be absolutely fair, there was dialog earlier suggesting that perhaps Scardol didn’t trust his own memory. But then, as you say, why did he think he would remember what the clues meant?
Agreed! There is no way this really makes any sense, unless one of the Flattop family took some sort of action recently, which would warrant a front page article.
Print newspapers, although certainly struggling, and different than they were, are still very much a “thing”. I myself have a corded landline telephone – it gives me much better audio for long distance conversations with my sister than my cell phone. And it wasn’t too long ago that I noticed a pay phone on a pole next to the parking lot of the Shell gas station that I use – I’ll have to make a point to see if it is still there next time I get gas.