Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 06, 2013

Of course, the Queen’s Pub will have no record of such an invitation.

Good morning fellow DT fans…

You won’t find them there, Tracy….

The Queen’s Pub had better be pure as the driven snow, because Tracy in panel 3 looks determined, grim, and ready for extreme action! Finding Uncle Ray’s car at the Downtown Parking Lot rendezvous may not provide much info itself, but someone may have seen and remembered the odd-looking coach, the Coiste BoDhar, there. The game’s afoot!

They’re all so angry about this smoke is coming out of all of their ears!

Making me, at least, still believe it was a chilly whistle from Rikki before. Of course a little cold won’t stop Tracy and company. Or Kadaver for that matter…

Classic Tracy!!!! Love it!!!

Good ol’ Police Legwork!

Let’s not forget that the invitation has Abner’s telephone number on it. Ray called it to claim his “prize.”

Love the look on Tracy’s face — “Game Over” for the bad guys.

Mebbe some varlet stole his batt-rey.

This works out great, Dick Tracy, Sam and Liz can grab some lunch while they’re investigating.

He takes a taxi cab over to the tooth dentist.

Say, did DT take a drag off Sam’s cig? Blowing smoke in P3.

Wouldn’t a VIN number be a “vehicle identification number number”?

Back in the old days I remember Mood Maid warming their coffee with her hands.

You said. . .Sam’s use of the term “VIN number” in P1 proves that he once worked in the Department of Redundancy Department!I know what you mean, but almost everyone says “VIN number”, “PIN number” etc. It’s one of those quirks that work their way into the language.

Well, into the past. Both Tess and Bonnie are familiar with being kidnapped from long ago……but really, who is Dick Tracy?

Lot’s of examples of repeating acronyms:A NIC card, for your computerA CPU processorRAM memoryHDD driveSSD driveFAT tableRSVP, please reply.A SASE envelope.USPS mail serviceUPS mail serviceUPS power supplyUHF frequencyVHF frequencyFM modulationAM modulationWell you get the idea. Double Up doesn’t sound so weird when he says these, says these.

What I find very striking in panel three is the minimalism. The art is clean and uncluttered with details, instead we view a blue sky behind DT that is taking up about 65 percent of the allotted space. A very effective artistic device that illustrates that sometimes less is more.

I bet Bonnie is Lumiere’s partner.

He only gets like a jerk when someone swipes his grocery cart and he has to go pilfer another one. I told him if he’d just handcuff (he knows that term) himself to the handle, then his blankets and computer would be safe.

It seems like Dick Tracy is not the only form of fiction that brings people back from being supposedly dead. According to a report on Entertainment Weekly’s site Brian Griffin (dead and buried in November) will appear again in Family Guy’s Christmas episode a week from Sunday.

I don’t get why a smart hound like Brian would do something so… so… well.. common dog like.

I think somebody on these comments said that he was chasing cars. He wasn’t chasing cars, he was setting up a net for road hockey. Not so dog-like.