Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for October 06, 2014

So Dick Tracy is active in Starlight. When will Rip meet Moon Maid?

How many speculated about Cobra and the money she was keeping safe?

the real woman stands up

Ka-TRACY!

Nice to see that Chet Gould kept his day job.

Speed traps

Got my hard bound Dick Tracy tome the other day that covers the strips that include Flattop, Jr.! It was the first continuity I ever read in the comics – I was 8 – and blew my young mind. It’s still the best storyline of the 50s IMHO and one of the best Gould ever wrote. So, it’s nice to see the Tracy link in today’s strip. Thanks, Dan!

Isn’t it amazing what Cobra would do to interrupt Rip’s romance with Breezy?

I too am looking forward to a Tracy link with a Cobra twist… seems the Highwayman and spur have been busy to rack up $100m…

That money’s just resting in her account.

Maybe I’m missing something. Where is the Dick Tracy ref.?I only see his first name beginning the article (And there may be more to that one word.)

Well, There’s Dick, Pat, B.O. Plenty,Vitamin Flintheart, And Tess Trueheart

Also, hawk nose, gun, the headline appears to say "Flattop Escapes, and there is a caricature of Chester Gould!

Rip straddles the divide between Dick Tracy and Fearless Fosdick.

Nice tribute to Chester Gould, whose Dick Tracy debuted 83 years ago this past Saturday. Mr. Thompson does it in typically clever fashion—prominent but not intrusive.

Today’s strip provides a nice overview of Dan Thompson’s comic arsenal: TNT’s expression in Panel One; the story heads and Chester Gould’s cameo in Panel Two; and Breezy’s delivery of the punchline in Panel Three.

Sometimes DT’s adventure/comedy strip delivers more laughs in a single day than most gag strips deliver in a week.