Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 20, 2015

Okay, THIS is “Shoulders” appearing with Pruneface! Bud Jenkins was a kid who died while abetting (and blackmailing) Flattop! “The Chalice”? You got me there!

The Chalice? Hmmmmm…..curious.

By association, “The Chalice” must be Flattop!

Interesting alternate world! Bud Jenkins would be like Junior to this"Chalice", who very likely would resemble Flattop!

It should be “What is the Chalice?”… an object rather than a person. A code name for some type of weapon, perhaps?

Taking a cue from Star Trek’s episode Mirror Mirror, will our good Tracy end up in this alternate universe?

THE CHALICE is the man in THE PALACE that has the BREW that is TRUE! (Sorry guys…“Court Jester” flashback! ;-D)

Chef Bouche; Officer Shoulders: The Chalice…? O-kaaay….

Considering “THE CHALICE” is in quotes both times, I’m convinced it’s a person, too. In this case, probably a police informer. Sort of like the Pouch.

Hooray — still b&w!! Could it be that we don’t need a petition? Maybe multiple Harvey Awards have given Mike & Joe enough clout to exert complete creative control over how the strip is presented? It’s Tracy Noir…

OK who is our police officer? Remember there are a lot of us kids out here….

The police officer is “Shoulders”.

We are about to meet up with Bud Jenkins (first appearance January 21, 1944). The Wikia entry says, “Bud Jenkins was a ten-year-old boy living with his mother (who worked nights in a defense plant). His father had passed away some time earlier.”

Flattop’s head is roughly cup-shaped.

Mmmmmmm….delicious-er and delicious-er!! Me like! ME LIKE!!!

Artwork today is Goulden on steroids. Love the back and white. Go.Go. Team Tracy.

I think for this particular story arc, B&W is fine — I’ve grown to like the color dailies…

“The Tower Building” …

Could it be Ace Tower?

Aside from feelings of some boredom and mild irritation - Diet’s BLURRED IMAGE (i.e. Alternate World Travel)? seems to be working well - no resistance or imprecise Time Slots popping up frustrating the efforts ! ?The only shortfall is that the picture BLURRING is translating into ‘black and white’ images on Go Comics ?

The other “Alternative” is that this is an attempt at a Hollywood Movie that turns everything on its head ?The only other

Morning, Tracy Fans!

Since Gasoline Alley is also in black & white, I think we have a crossover in the making. The Gasoline Alley story is already a crossover with Mutt and Jeff. And, we will soon find out that Jeff has been murdered by one of the thugs in this story.

If all this pans out, rememberYou read it first here, folks!

Does the Chalice hang out at a palace?

Love the suspense!!!

.Good morning guys!.❼ days until my 81st birthday! Will Vista Bill and Vitamin Flintheart make an appearance in DT for my birthday? What a wonderful present that would be!

This has been the best thread ever, since Gould retired. I think the team is loving to bring back the old characters and draw them too.

Although most probably the colorist is behind, I will agree. We do NOT need color this time. I’m also looking at the strips over here – http://www.chron.com/entertainment/comics-games/comic/Dick-Tracy/

The only thing I do not like about that site, is there is no sunday strips. But also this is the only place I can get to comment as well. So both have me hooked.

The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison while the chalice from the palace has the brew which is true. —-Danny Kaye

Gweedo inquired,Who knows, Bill, but we hope YOU do !-—————————————————————-.Gweedo, all I know are the rumors I hear in the cemetery at night.

The cop in panel 3 has a jaw like Fearless Fosdick.

“Oops, did we accidentally leave the Chalice Shape Lamp on. Oh we are naughty, naughty girls.”

Just don’t give that Jenkins kid a pair of ice skates !!!!

No disrespect for the talented colorists, but I’m loving the black and white right now!

The Chalice from the Palace has the brew that is true.

I wonder if the story is being printed in black and white for a particular reason; a clue to what’s behind it all.

I like the comparison of the shape of Flattop’s head to a chalice.

Think of how many of Gould’s characters (both law-abiding and not) have been named based on their physical appearance or behavioral quirks.

“The Chalice” is a very Gouldian-sounding name for a grotesque character. It could have easily been another nickname for Flattop based on his physical appearance.

Didn’t someone break the vessel with the pestle?So the pellet with the poison was in the chalice from the palace, and the flagon with the dragon had the brew that was true.

Gweedo said,Who knows, Bill, but we hope YOU do !-———————————————————————.Thanks. That would make me a very happy old man, Gweedo!

Gweedo cautioned,They’re just a bunch of bad actors unlike the vaunted venerated, one-and-only majestic ridge runner, Vista Bill !-————————————————————————-.I’m pleased that I am among the (living) accepted, Gweedo. My patrolling the neighborhood cemetery as a child paid off!

This could almost be one of MAD Magazine’s parodies, except they almost always used square dialog boxes instead of round dialog balloons. Plus, does the Tracyverse have a MAD Magazine?

Hope we get to see Pruneface’s main Squeeze. Mrs. Pruneface.____________________

Years ago, a friend and I were driving on the highway in the slow lane, when it slowed way down to a crawl, so I swung over into the middle lane to pass.

The reason the traffic had been going so slowly?

Someone was driving at about 30mph or so, if even that.

We looked over to see who it was …

… and I’d swear it was Mrs. Pruneface.

True story.

Well if Neil’s subscribed to another informed ‘Tip’ ?We must await his prognosticated Halloween ShipThat *would be, like at month end, August thirty – oneAfter three weeks of a Matt Masterson Rogues ‘rerun’ !

But It always seemed so nice, to see Gould’s Villains twice . . .Yet, like a Dick Locher “distracting”, look elsewhere – artifice

So is this just a Stall Device? New story’s Villain, still on ICE?Perhaps ‘time’ needed to get it RIGHT - to cast in strip a brighter Light ?Recall that short and sweet, at a bank across the streetAn old M O, a well known Foe - one Dick had seen before . . .

“Half baked” cannot run, simply Bronson Canyon and a gun ?Who recalls a touch fun?… that Funky case so simple, really underdonePerhaps artistic cut and thrust, for a Winning Villain or BustOur Authors burning communication wires to a CrustJust not a time or place, for yet another Mystery CaseIt can’t replace what’s needed here, a ‘Brand New’ Chester FaceAnd a suitable matching name for (say) a Sasquatch taste !

November 17, 2008

I don’t think the Gasoline Alley being B & W has any significance to this story because the Seattle strip site has it in color, the same as it’s Tracy strip. I think that story is going to be some kind of Halloween hoax and Jeff will turn up alive. Jim Scancarelli is very reluctant to kill off characters in his own strip. I doubt he’d kill off another strip’s character.

The reference to Bud Jenkins leads me to believe the Chalice will be Flattop. So many people have wanted to see Flattop so this is the best opportunity to have him since there are no plans to resurrect the real Flattop. As I said, I think this is someone’s fantasy of a reverse world. We probably won’t find out in what way until the end of the story.