Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 08, 2010

The plot thickens…

Or sickens…… ‘Morning, Vista Bill. The ambassador has a fat head on TV!

Leakysqueeky how ‘bout them Saints?!?

margueritem said, “…‘Morning, Vista Bill.”

G’morning, margueritem.

Interesting that this little shindig is being simulcast on TV.

The ending to this story will be like listening to a “Squeaky Violin” - I say at least 3 if not 4 weeks to wrap this musical event up. It is a good thing Tracy’s wife didn’t take him to the Super Bowl.

jeepers - checkout Oddjob’s eyes!

He’s cool man, real cool.

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Hmm ! Brozman must have been “peeping” over at Annie (?)

Like Warbucks with those cigar smoke circles, and not to be outdone he has Virgil whipping out a cigarette in a holder for the first time.

Back in 1993 when Locher teamed up with an unknown Mike Kilian, to assure readers all would remain “right” he hastened, to announce that he* “retained *artistc control … Whatever that fully meant (?) Seems the extent of that was to, ever so gradualy fiddle around with the appearances of Chester Gould’s characters and with aplomb, implant his son John’s “image” on Junior. But he had absolutely no power to avoid repetitious Sunday pages.

Result we now live with the imperfect.

But now Brozman, has the same (artistic) control and to his “credit” he’s had enough “cajones” to tell Locher he isn’t drawing any silly little “rubber duckie memorial” in the strip After that brief show of “spunks” he hasn’t done anything impressive. While Locher fiddled with HQ character’s faces, and punished Sam with a “back-seat”, Brozman’s “fiddling” has to do with gawkey buildings, lamps, guitars and violin strings !

He seems to be emerging as the second “POLPOT” in Dick Tracy. While Locher killed or disfigured the things that moved, Brosman distorted the things that didn’t (see above)! Killing everything that Locher forgot to exterminate.

Don’t worry about the “bomb” … the only “law officer” Locher has left is Tracy - and HE will save the day (like Jim Dandy in his submarine ….) it’s not as if there’s anyone else.

Let the violin-ce begin…

Tracy is going to save the day, Sydney? That’ll be a switch. He hasn’t even been appearing as a passive observer … I almost forgot that this comic strip used to be about a detective named Dick Tracy … they even named the comic strip after him, originally….

-Cougar :{)

I don’t quite understand that last panel. Is the Ambassador ordering the flunkie to “see to it” that there’s a disturbance?

Newenglandah: maybe, just maybe, Virgil’s vendetta against the ambassador is personal, not political. But given Locher’s chaotic writing, I wouldn’t count on things resolving themselves in such a logical way.

Since nobody’s used this gag yet (far as I can tell, anyway)… shame they don’t have a jazz band (in celebration of the Saints’ victory yesterday)–then the strip could have Sax and Violins.

Or maybe a guy from Olde England on the fiddle; that would be Saxon Violins… (I’ll stop now, nurse)

“There’s a disturbance”… in the force, master ….

Handle it Darth

That storyline it’s so slow but, for me…works.

Actually, the Ambassador looks like Marlon Brando as Jor-el.

I don’t think that when the Ambassador said “See to it,” he expect “High Note” Tons to look for “boogers” on his own nose

There is no embassy in Naperville. Never has been, never will be. There isn’t any reason for an ambassador to visit Naperville.

But then, we’re asking for things to make sense in DT land.

Question: When does our fearless detective hide behind the potted plants, screaming “We’re all doomed”?

If you bother to copy the third panel, and flip it upside down, I swear the man next to the becomes a whole different face and head. Seriously.

R_Noonan63 said, “Hey PIG ON WHEELS was on PBS tonight on the Antique Road Show.”

I’m glad to see that he’s moving up in the world! Were Della Contessa and Fee Fi there, too?