Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 28, 2013

Popeye crossover?

They’ve earned a nice little vacation, but somehow, I think that it won’t turn out that way.

blow me down

Tracy the Sailor Man! I doubt we’ll see Popeye, but I think it’s almost a certainty that this little vacation is going to get cut short by gang warfare back in the city. There could be trouble by the lake, too. Trouble seems to find Tracy wherever he goes. Hopefully, we’ll get a little “personal time” with Dick and Tess before things get out of hand. At least I didn’t see any mention of Dick Tracy in those “marked for death” contracts yesterday (but you can never be too sure that you’re safe when you’re DT).

No I mean like interdimensional travel.

Maybe he’ll team up with Mark Trail and punch some guys with facial hair!

Last time I remember Dick and Tess going on vacation was 2005 (starting about May 16) and they both got shot at, there was a dead body, etc. Hopefully, there’s been a vacation since.

Hmmm, it’s almost Halloween so perhaps it may be dangerous. Could that be Camp Crystal Lake perhaps? Also, R.I.P. Lou Reed. Take a walk on the wild side, on the other side. You had real guts, writing how you did and you will be missed. He was 71.

Good morning all…

“Crime takes no vacations!” —Old Jungle Saying.

Thanks everyone for the nice birthday wishes and images. You guys helped make my 79th a birthday to remember!

Happy Birthday, VistaBill! You are a Treasure, you Arrrrr!(See? Nautical theme? Pirates? HeeHee!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Vista Bill, I always enjoy your comments!

Ah! An isolated lakeside cabin, an ominous view from the lake, and the city’s Chief of Detectives and his wife vacationing alone whilst rival master-criminals are on the verge of a bloody rampage! What could possibly go wrong?

Great color! I like to compare the Dick Tracy strips in their various color renditions. I not only save the GoComics DT every day, but also the one from Comics Kingdom, where the color is a bit different. And I also save the black-and-white version from the Houston Chronicle. Today I prefer the color because of the autumn scene. In the B&W version I completely missed the falling leaves.

Happy birthday, VB! :D

In a comic strip? Auk-auk-auk-auk-auk….

Neil Wick: “(but you can never be too sure that you’re safe when you’re DT)” – Just ask Mysta!

On vacation at…Lake Placid? I wonder what Dick wears on vacation? Hopefully NOT a fedora and yellow trench coat.

ah! th efishing trip… nice change of pace.. even tho it IS almost november! lol! still counting down the days til bonnie braids comes back! HURRY UP BONNIE.. CHRISTMAS IS ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN SEVEN WEEKS AWAY!!! :P

I guess we’ll never know the specific details about how Mysta can be tracked by Drs Gote and Sail. So be it, on with the next story.

As others have noted, Tracy’s vacations don’t usually go too well for him or his family. Tess and Bonnie Braids were being driven back from a trip to “the North Woods” when they ran into Crewy Lou and almost lost Bonnie. Their own honeymoon was ruined by Wormy while they were “up in the mountains”. Tracy and Bonnie and Sparkle were taking Sam’s boat for a spin around the lake when Tonsils shot Tracy, and the three were almost lost. One time, Tracy and Sam were planning a vacation with their families together, but they were called back before they even got out of town! It seems a couple of kids had found a skeleton in a bridge, put there by Oodles. Even the big little book “Dick Tracy meets Night Crawler” , which is not strictly “canon”, has Tracy running into trouble on vacation. This can’t be good.

Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch

Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah…..

Still Da Man!: That’s assuming the Moon Maid saga is over..Events of this weekend seem to suggest that the “shootout” was not at the Wheaton corral!

Happy Birthday Vista Bill…..enjoy the day :)

I am looking forward to seeing a little more of the comic strip’s First Lady, Tess Trueheart Tracy. Perhaps Bonnie Braids is waiting for them? Going to enjoy this story.

How about a rim shot? (Ba boom, crash.) Good one JPuzzleWhiz.

stilldamatt, they (team tracy) were still working under the shortened storyline rule during those stories…thats why they had the “sweatbox endings”.

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|tho i agree that the moon maid lite “saga” was severely lacking.

at least the mr crime story had a good wrap-up to it.. i think thats the last one i remember that tied everything up nicely .

tracy smokes pot?!?!?!?!

Wimpy as a crook?

@Still Da Man! Junior’s hair was always that way and I think he just can’t do a thing with it, even if he wants to.

@cheapskate0 So far, we have a single contract killer hired, which doesn’t in itself imply open war, but I doubt it will stay calm very long.

@JPuzzleWhiz I loved your pun. Very well done.

@davidf42 I agree. I love the falling leaves. I notice there are no coloured trees visible in the background, but that makes the leaves in the foreground stand out better. I do like the fact that the colourist here uses colour to highlight and subdue parts of the scene, even if his colour choices are often inconsistent.

Last time Tracy and Tess went out it was to the circus. Are we gonna see a fish on wheels?

Shiver me timbers! Arf! ArfArf!

Good one!

Is anyone else thinking Cape Fear?