Where’s the crowd? Yesterday, I thought I saw a crowd outside the embassy with Virgil Ohso and Half Note in their car with the sideway steering wheel and the bowling ball wheels. Sam Catchem and others on the sidewalk and it’s deserted today! And where’s DT and the wide angle photographer? I thought they were going to take pictures of the crowd outside.
You know Vista, I could have sworn the last time we saw the embassy’s full exterior, there was an entrance. And an armed guard, or maybe a phantom kangaroo or something.
And yes, the crowd seems to have rapidly dissipated, along with the police cars, Virgil’s car, press vehicles, the fire department…
Not that we actually saw most of those elements, but their presence was certainly implied.
I am proud to report that automotive site Jalopnik has taken a story idea I’d submitted to them and written the following excellent piece about a project car assembled by a guy I know:
Leaky Squeaky, if you find yourself mysteriously winning a LOT of money at the slot machines, you’ll want to make sure your winnings are guarded by carnivorous, animated bear traps. And Gertie with her shotgun.
I went back to Sunday February 21st and I only see a picture of Vitu Olso and crowd as if the camera is pointed away from the embassy.
Today picture is from the sidewalk which is clear probably by police summoned by Trace with his water and shockproof 2 way wrist radio. There is a door on the lower left . The vapor was shown immediately after the explosion and is still coming out (after 9 days)…
What’s “magical” here are HOW the streets are EMPTY in panel three (?)
Only yesterday, there was a HUGE crowd attracted by the “explosion” - including Sam Catchem, Virgil Ohso, Low Note, and a Car. Not to mention Tracy and his photographer. Where is everyone ?
Seems they have all VANISHED… as FAST as “certain” posters have off this board
The continuing smoke and the missing crowds are both explained by Virgil Ohso’s going on a rampage with his Sontaran disintegrator gun. See? Locher knows what he’s doing; we’re just too slow to pick it up…
The strip has sunk to a new low
This must be the mortal blow
Were this an animal that was in pain
We would put it down to be humane
The art no longer has its spunk
And the writing is a load of bunk
Where once he was great and bold
Now he is just seems feeble and old
How can TMS allow this to happen
I mean it’s just a bunch of crappen
Oh, I had better watch what I say
Else I shall be made to go away
BASSMANBOB has become the late
Though it must be said he was tempting fate
His stories were certainly fun to read
They provided joy in times of need
Will he return in a new incarnation
And bring us more of his animation
Yea or nay, we must wait and see
Because it all in the hands of Liam C.
Hey, it’s another old cathedral radio! It’s hard to get tubes for those these days….
Wait … why does Phillip Harmonic want the police to find his son? I don’t understand … I haven’t been told enough times … WHY doesn’t Locher tell us what’s going on ENOUGH TIMES so we can GET IT??????
Flight Suit I’ll try not to fall into the same “trap” as B.O. & Gertie (perchance I win that is)
Sydney……………Eons ago, do you remember a storyline in Dick Tracy featuring (I think) Spots with a sidekick named Ogden? and an alcoholic Burpee Upp with daughter Fresh Up? Thats when I first started reading “Richard” Tracy.
BB, I’ve told you this before, and I’ll say it again. The tactics you’re employing will lead to bigger repercussions for this entire community. Don’t ruin a “good” thing here for everyone. Let it go.
Awesome poem, wndrwrthg! As for the Maestro…he needs a new scriptwriter! He’s been threatening to kill his son all through the story (though I wonder…if the son does end up dead, will he be blamed??)
JanLC over 14 years ago
Maestro, get over it!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
Where’s the crowd? Yesterday, I thought I saw a crowd outside the embassy with Virgil Ohso and Half Note in their car with the sideway steering wheel and the bowling ball wheels. Sam Catchem and others on the sidewalk and it’s deserted today! And where’s DT and the wide angle photographer? I thought they were going to take pictures of the crowd outside.
FLIGHT SUIT over 14 years ago
Has Junior finally hit rock bottom? Is he now conducting a fearless and searching moral inventory?
Also, what is this alien device in panel three, and why is there vapor emanating from it?
Lastly, what do you think Maestro’s planning to do? Hmmm… I’m sure there are some clues here….
Maybe some statements he may have made….?
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
How many times has he said “I’m gonna kill him” ??
margueritem over 14 years ago
leakysqueaky712 4012 times…
Llewellenbruce over 14 years ago
It’s stuck in his throat.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Larry, er, VistaBill, It’s amazing how such a large crowd can suddenly evaporate…
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
Does the embassy have an entrance?
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
lmao@ marg…………your probably right.
FLIGHT SUIT over 14 years ago
You know Vista, I could have sworn the last time we saw the embassy’s full exterior, there was an entrance. And an armed guard, or maybe a phantom kangaroo or something.
And yes, the crowd seems to have rapidly dissipated, along with the police cars, Virgil’s car, press vehicles, the fire department…
Not that we actually saw most of those elements, but their presence was certainly implied.
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
Can we put BASSMANBOB4 On the wildlife endangered species???
Maybe that would keep him here a little longer………………Or we could declare him a national landmark!!!!!
Yeah thats it, National Landmark.
FLIGHT SUIT over 14 years ago
Completely off topic:
I am proud to report that automotive site Jalopnik has taken a story idea I’d submitted to them and written the following excellent piece about a project car assembled by a guy I know:
http://jalopnik.com/5485035/sega-rally-fan-turns-car-into-video+game-star?skyline=true&s=i
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
Marguerite……….here is an FYI
I’m going to the coast for a few days for some casino gambling.
When I get back, I will have a new avatar, and it’s YOUR mission to guess what it is…….IF you can. ;-) I’ll bet you cant.
margueritem over 14 years ago
leakysqueaky712 have fun, and I’ll give it my best.
gulfcoastgrl over 14 years ago
Leakysqueaky,
Have fun on the Coast! The weather is beautiful right now. My brother works at the Beau Rivage. Good Luck to you!
FLIGHT SUIT over 14 years ago
Leaky Squeaky, if you find yourself mysteriously winning a LOT of money at the slot machines, you’ll want to make sure your winnings are guarded by carnivorous, animated bear traps. And Gertie with her shotgun.
LudwigVonDrake over 14 years ago
I guess there’s no fear of structural damage to the building so everyone just hangs out talking.
Morrow Cummings over 14 years ago
AIRGUN AMMO!
JerryGorton over 14 years ago
I went back to Sunday February 21st and I only see a picture of Vitu Olso and crowd as if the camera is pointed away from the embassy. Today picture is from the sidewalk which is clear probably by police summoned by Trace with his water and shockproof 2 way wrist radio. There is a door on the lower left . The vapor was shown immediately after the explosion and is still coming out (after 9 days)…
veldy over 14 years ago
Maestro talks good line with his threats to kill the kid, could say he’s “all hat and no cattle”
sydney over 14 years ago
What’s “magical” here are HOW the streets are EMPTY in panel three (?)
Only yesterday, there was a HUGE crowd attracted by the “explosion” - including Sam Catchem, Virgil Ohso, Low Note, and a Car. Not to mention Tracy and his photographer. Where is everyone ?
Seems they have all VANISHED … as FAST as “certain” posters have off this board
puddleglum1066 over 14 years ago
The continuing smoke and the missing crowds are both explained by Virgil Ohso’s going on a rampage with his Sontaran disintegrator gun. See? Locher knows what he’s doing; we’re just too slow to pick it up…
rshive over 14 years ago
The Maestro really has a one-track mind about this .
wndrwrthg over 14 years ago
The strip has sunk to a new low This must be the mortal blow Were this an animal that was in pain We would put it down to be humane The art no longer has its spunk And the writing is a load of bunk Where once he was great and bold Now he is just seems feeble and old How can TMS allow this to happen I mean it’s just a bunch of crappen Oh, I had better watch what I say Else I shall be made to go away BASSMANBOB has become the late Though it must be said he was tempting fate His stories were certainly fun to read They provided joy in times of need Will he return in a new incarnation And bring us more of his animation Yea or nay, we must wait and see Because it all in the hands of Liam C.
CougarAllen over 14 years ago
Hey, it’s another old cathedral radio! It’s hard to get tubes for those these days….
Wait … why does Phillip Harmonic want the police to find his son? I don’t understand … I haven’t been told enough times … WHY doesn’t Locher tell us what’s going on ENOUGH TIMES so we can GET IT??????
-Cougar :{)
WaitingMan over 14 years ago
The Maestro has joined the Department of Redundancy Department. (apologies to Firesign Theatre)
pianist38 over 14 years ago
Panel 3: Exact replica of my little girl’s Polly Pockets case.
CougarAllen over 14 years ago
Wait … is that really another old cathedral radio? Or is it the same old cathedral radio that was used as a model for a casino earlier?
-Cougar :{)
pianist38 over 14 years ago
Flight Suit, the armed guard/aka phantom kangaroo was Remi Gaillard.
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
Marguerite & Gulfcoastgrl thx .
Flight Suit I’ll try not to fall into the same “trap” as B.O. & Gertie (perchance I win that is)
Sydney……………Eons ago, do you remember a storyline in Dick Tracy featuring (I think) Spots with a sidekick named Ogden? and an alcoholic Burpee Upp with daughter Fresh Up? Thats when I first started reading “Richard” Tracy.
WW another good one :-))
dstufff over 14 years ago
If smoke if pouring out of the embassy, why are there still people inside of it?
sydney over 14 years ago
That’s wndrwrthg at his BEST !
Admired for timely and incisive comment on “current” events
It’ll be hard to equal that again
Think of how strip “reprints” could come ALIVE … if accomponied by that “quality” of verse.
margueritem over 14 years ago
wndrwrthg Thank you for the BassmanBob memorial, sniff….
LiamC Premium Member over 14 years ago
BB, I’ve told you this before, and I’ll say it again. The tactics you’re employing will lead to bigger repercussions for this entire community. Don’t ruin a “good” thing here for everyone. Let it go.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
margueritem said, “Larry, er, VistaBill…”
You recognized me, margueritem!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
That embassy’s certainly an interesting piece of architecture! Now I can see why DT said, “Nobody comes in or goes out!… there’s no door!
g6793 over 14 years ago
Awesome poem, wndrwrthg! As for the Maestro…he needs a new scriptwriter! He’s been threatening to kill his son all through the story (though I wonder…if the son does end up dead, will he be blamed??)
sydney over 14 years ago
“OPEN SESAME !” (?)
Dicki Baba and the Harmonic thief ?
FLIGHT SUIT over 14 years ago
In just over three hours, we’ll have another installment of this fine strip! I can hardly wait!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
Flight Suit said, “In just over three hours, we’ll have another installment of this fine strip! I can hardly wait!”
Same here!
Ronshua over 14 years ago
I’m hopping from cheek to cheek also . Not for the comic , but the comments .