Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 16, 2015

It’s nice to get a little more background on Sam’s life.

Good morning Gweedo and all the other DT fans!

Where oh where are Vitamin and Kandi! I hope they aren’t spooning in the dark auditorium. It’s chilly atop the death coach!

Sam ran a deli?

Oh, and good morning to you, VistaBill, and everyone else.

Tracy seems amused.

Derby Dugan lives!

I’ve never heard of Derby Dugan before, but I just came across a review of Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies that starts out like this:

Readers of today’s newspapers might never guess that, in their heyday, comic strips rivalled movies for their hold on the imagination of the American public. In “Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies,” Tom DeHaven grandly captures the excitement of the era when such comics as “Little Orphan Annie,” “Dick Tracy” and “Flash Gordon” captivated millions of fans across the country.

Sounds like something I’d like to be aware of.

That was the first one I found, Gweedo. There might be.

Seems “Derby Dugan” began as a trilogy by Tom De Haven, who also wrote a novel reimagining Superman in the context of the Great Depression.

Guessing that Mike & Joe are fans.

Derby flew under my radar too, Neil. Sounds intriguing.

So Sam ran a deli….interesting….wonder what tale will spring from that little tidbit of information?

Mike & Joe weren’t only plugging Derby Dugan, seems Honeymoon’s gift is the real deal …Dethany in Virtu/Noir For iPad

Vitamin is a bad influence on me, Gweedo. We like to dream fantasies. He is captivated by Kandi as I am by Rikki.

And a sample of the app, courtesy of Bill Holbrook’s YouTube Channel …

Now I want some smoked Whitefish and Corned beef!

;-)

Sam is such a cool guy, I just love him.

Sam ran a Deli? LOL! Welcome to stereotype Friday in Tracyville! Now I’m in the mood for a pastrami on rye with some sour pickles on the side! Yummy!

Honeymoon is such a serious-minded little sweetheart, in some ways more mature than her years. Her conversation with Sam could almost be part of an entry-interview for the police academy!And it’s very interesting to see that Dethany in VirtuNoir is real and also Derby Dugan! Meanwhile Tracy looks on knowingly as his granddaughter embraces the Family Tradition…. Good old Pop-pop!

It’s good to see Bill Holbrook’s work getting a plug. I’ve been a fan of Kevin and Kell for years.

Add my thanks to the list of those now aware of Derby and Dethany. All this time I only knew her from “On the Fast Track”.

I looked up Derby Dugan on Google to try to learn more about the books. One thing I’m not clear on – maybe someone out there can help me- if these are novels, was there an actual comic strip to go with them? Where did that page Any Face put up come from? To me, it looks so very close to Harold Gray’s art, especially the way the Sundays were colored.

Good morning y’all. Lots of go info this morning.

@AnyFace: thanks for the Derby Dugan comic. Will you post more?

Have a great day my friends.

@AnyFace: thanks for the Dethany link also.

Sam’s time running a deli comes from his very first appearance in Dick Tracy back in 1949. When Chief Patton brings him on board and introduces him to Tracy, Sam runs down a list of all the professions he tried before settling into police work full time.

Still love this strip! Superlative artwork and writing. Thank you, Team Tracy!

Nice shout out to Bill Holbrook. Love Dethany and her cronies!!

Congratulations to Bill Hollbrook, for coming to Dick Tracy! I saw one of his characters will be featured here.

For everyone who wishes to follow Mr. Hollbrooks’ works here is the links:

http://onthefastrack.com/http://www.kevinandkell.com/http://safehavenscomic.com/

I know Mike Curtis is a big fan of Tom de Haven and has mentioned his three Derby Dugan books a few times. I’ve read them and recommend them to anyone truly interested in comics.

You know, RWM, when a person starts losing credibility, it’s like digging your way out of a hole. It never reverses. And pretty soon, it is the OTHER people in the room who come out with the LOLs before that self-styled commedian opens his mouth.

Would like to see more Derby Dugan. There are a lot of old strips that are sorely missed.

…it’d probably not be cold IN the death coach with her, Vista Bill, lol.

…so I’m guessing Honeymoon’s gonna help solve a case now…….

Great info on that Derby Dugan strip. I guess our present authors will run a crossover with it now.

I was totally unfamiliar with Derby Dugan before today, so I did a little research and spent a few minutes reading this article. http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/11380931.html

Thanks for all the Comic Strip info today to All. Past and Future meld into the Now..

Sam is Jewish?He always looked Irish to me.Haven’t heard of many Irish Jews.

It is a reflex action..

So Gweedo, what you’re trying to say is that whenever I post someone can’t help but Regurgitate the same old ”STUFF”? I feel bad for them. They should really get treatment for that issue, don’t you think??? LOL!!

Rikki idolizes Abner, Gweedo! If Vitamin and Kandi don’t show up soon, Catchum’s Deli will close for the night and we’ll need to stop at The Bucket of Blood to get a hot meal!

I couldn’t even play a kazoo, Gweedo! Anyway, we decided to grab a bite at Brains to Go. All the Naperville zombies hang out there. It opens at midnight.

That’s my alma mater, Gweedo!

Sam was a dentist first!

I wish the Papers would go back to Series Comics instead of these one a day joke strips

I think the readers tend to have short attention spans these days and don’t have the patience for serial comics.