Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 16, 2014

The Blood Stained Jacket!

Sam and Tracy on the case, a warrant now obtainedTime to gather evidence, violence leaves things stained.Silver he was all rung out, once he’d made the hashCareless with a streak of sloth, tossed his jacket in the trash.Plastic gloves and a nose for clues, the Detectives dive right inAn empty can of spinach amongst the refuse in the bin.Sam playfully parodies Popeye, his song eases odorous workWillin’ to catch him a villain, this time it’s a murderous jerk.Searching Sam the Detective Man digs down in the garbage crateLocates a blood-stained jacket belonging to NitrateWho has already taken flight, train tickets in his handIn freedom’s precious hourglass doth shift the grains of sand.

Curtis and Staton are certainly Popeye fans.

Not long ago, The Tracy Family met a characteer who certainly suggested THE Sailor Man himself.

I like Sam making up words to go with the Popeye theme. LOL

Ya needs a pipe, Sam, so yahs kin go “Toot Toot!”

NOW they can get a search warrant to forcibly enter the building.

Pequod77, your poetry is the best, once again.

The Popeye song parody is fun. It echoes the most common replacement for the second line that get changed to “I live in a garbage can.” Kids love this because it’s funny. Here’s a sample kid:

Toot Toot! Sam’s Popeye parody is great! It livens up today’s dismal dumpster dive.But what will the discarded jacket tell our detectives? And why haven’t they entered the theater, to see if Mycroft is hiding there?

TooT TooT !

Hey Tracy should be singing that song since Popeye is one of his new best friends! And Silver and Sprocket already left town. Did the bad guys escape from the great Dick Tracy?

I think this is the first time the word “cute” has come to mind reading Tracy. Another great Sunday Team Tracy.

Wonder if Sam knows Tracy’s fishing buddy?

Nice homage to Popeye, the Sailor Man.

Good morning everyone…

Sam is too cool today. lol

Arf arf arf! :D

Just when I think it’s not possible to “out do” themselves, Joe and Mike accomplish another leap forward. Mike with his cleaver writing skills and Joe with his art. What an enjoyable Sunday page today.

HOT DOG! Today’s strip smells like a weiner to me!

You get the feeling maybe Curtis and Stanton REALLY wanted to draw Popeye? (Not that they’re doing a bad job here, mind you…)

Two points here, JPW:They might not know that the blood-stained jacket is Silver’s, but we do. Silver made a comment about getting rid of it on January 31;And as to your comment, “By the way, I share the same work habit that Sam has, I tend to sing (or hum) while I’m working, too. I’ve been complimented on my baritone voice”…I guess as long as you’re not an undertaker or a librarian, then that’s completely acceptable!

No matter what you may do, have a nice day!

Good one Pequod! You win the poet’s prize for today again! And the spinach can may just have what’s left of Sprocket’s jeans in it. Too nasty for Lena!

Second, “a blood-stained jacket belonging to Nitrate”? Are you sure that isn’t Mycroft’s?_______________________

You would think that he’d at least have enough sense to toss it into a dumpster further up the alley, not into his own.

Love the way Sam’s eye looks in the last panel and the variation on the Popeye song. Team Tracy takes the prize for artwork and writing. Nice job, folks!

The Sunday LimerickTracy believes there’s a cacheof some evidence hidden in trash.Sam unearths (as he croonssongs from “Popeye” cartoons)someone’s jacket all shredded and slashed.

It is always good to see Sam take center stage. Yet another great Gould creation done proud by Team Tracy. His wit is put to good use, even as he works the case. I like this latest nod to Popeye. Crimestoppers takes us to Honolulu today and I could use a little sun and surf about now. Here is Sam in the snow, offering more evidence that Tracyville is my kind of town, Chicago.Thanks to Gweedo, Neil Wick, JPuzzleWhiz, mzkdad, morrow and ave09 for the kind words. Much appreciated.

Here is a good summary of some legalities of looking through trash: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070107191115AAWbZR7 though I think it’s not public domain as long as it’s on your own property regardless.

Spinach in the can! Good catch JPW wish I had seen that! LOL

Looks like I was right….Nitrate IS stupid.

Criminals are more honest than politicians, they don’t hide the fact that they’re trying to rob you!

The jacket is a special and is made exclusivily for mycroft, and should have his name in the inside collor or by the inside pocket.

Sam and Tracy on the case, a warrant now obtained

Time to gather evidence, violence leaves things stained.

Silver he was all rung out, once he’d made the hash

Careless with a streak of sloth, tossed his jacket in the trash.

Plastic gloves and a nose for clues, the Detectives dive right in

An empty can of spinach amongst the refuse in the bin.

Sam playfully parodies Popeye, his song eases odorous work

Willin’ to catch him a villain, this time it’s a murderous jerk.

Searching Sam the Detective Man digs down in the garbage crate

Locates a blood-stained jacket belonging to Nitrate

Who has already taken flight, train tickets in his hand

In freedom’s precious hourglass doth shift the grains of sand.

Sam is parodying the tune, “I’m Popeye the Sailin’ Man” that was created for the classic Popeye cartoons that began in 1933. In 1934, the cartoon studio that produced Popeye, The Fleischer Brothers, produced a shorter-than-usual short, “Let’s Sing with Popeye” that’s just the song itself. I felt that was the best film to copy an html to:

https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=PeNMz1a7_JM