Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 14, 2010

I’m not sure he’s dead, since his left foot grew overnight.

The bum looks too old to be D’buckworth. I’m guessing however, that that’s D’buckworth’s money being handed to the bum.

Looks like a lady’s hand…

So D’buckworth faked his own death, emptied his bank account, and is now a transgendered street philanthropist!

Have you looked at Mrs. Duckworth? I’d say that the bum is the right age…

If Mr. 3D faked his death, who’s that in the morgue? I suppose Mr. 3D has his billions in a single bank account. He liked to keep all his eggs in one basket, I suppose! If Mrs. 3D is penniless now, she can always sell the mansion to IHOP!

Those feet don’t looked too decomposed.

That bum looks a lot like Jesus.

Perhaps the tag on the foot of the corpse has some valuable information on it. Did the morgue put it on the foot or was it there when the body was taken out of the stream/creek/pond/puddle?

The plot thinnens. Quiz: Who used to say that?

…and meanwhile, DL’s completely forgotten three days’ worth of buildup on the 3-D tattoo…

It did kill three days

Hey, at least Locher’s got our attention! But if he runs true to form, he’ll blow it at the next turn.

Doncha think that an autopsy would solve Macy’s dilemma? Every city and county in the nation (except Naperville?) requires an autopsy. Or, does Macy not know this?

Flight Suit, - You’r right a “ladies” hand and I’d add face, until I’ll bet D’L morphs that female into a man.

Join “Sound of Music” Simon and see the wonders of ‘ARTISTIC LICENSE’ at work here - converting a ladies scarf into a Union style Civil War cap and the begger to that of masculine gender.

Since the tale seems in part patterened after the Claude and Elsa Crystal (1957) the indigent person needs to be a MAN (like “Tin Cup Joe”) so - SHAZAM !

jakebb2: It may have originated with Dorothy Parker, but that’s not what I was thinking of. It comes from a TV program in the mid-late 80s. Hint: Cybill Shepherd was the female lead.

sigh…

I think the body in the morgue is Pat Patton. He just disappeared from the strip without a proper sendoff. I think he’s finally getting his “goodbye”. Either that or the original Junior. I’ll take either one. I’m not picky.

VistaBill, - I’ve pulled out my Elsa’s “CRYSTAL BALL” and it SEEMS the Pathologist and Tracy plumb forgot to do a DNA test on the corpse - to confirm identity (?)

And looking ahead I don’t see a ‘Funeral Home’ but in the mist there’s somthing like a Tombstone - with one name on it.

The first letter looks like a ”D”, could it be D’Buckworth or is it Dick Tracy ?

Sorry, I’m not seeing it ‘clearly’, but you get the general gist.

“A dead body has to have a cause of death”. No wonder Tracy makes the big bucks.

Ray C: Was the show “Moonlighting”?

“Mr. Rowland from my bank”? ….how corny, but I guess Chester Gould started it.

Bingo, g6793. The show that gave Bruce Willis his start. Cybill Shepherd had already become famous for “The Last Picture Show.”

The show I remember best was a takeoff on “The Taming of the Shrew.” Bruce managed to squeeze in a line about “pianist envy.”

Who said it, Cybill or Bruce? Anyway, I like it and it certainly fits this strip and most others.

The beggar is definitely male (see beard) and the donor is female (thank you, ma’am). I think the beggar is D’Buckworth and the woman is an accomplice. Or the anonymous donor may be irrelevant to the story and never shown again.

The 3 panels are in 3 locations without the usual explanation … at the morue…at the mansion…on the street.

sounds about right but then who’s the body? the guy from the museum?

Newenglandah said, Panel 2: Yes, whenever I call my garage I say “Mr. Jones from my garage?”; Whenever I call my dentist I say “Dr. Smith from my dentist”; and whenever I call my bank I say “Mr. Brown from my bank?”.

I think she’s receiving a call from the bank, but her response is just as odd.

“Mrs. D., this is Mr. Rowland from your bank. We have a problem.”

“Mr. Rowland from my bank? There’s a problem?”

“YES, you moron, that’s what I just said!”

The homeless it’s Pat Patton.

marvee, it was Bruce (“David”) who used to say it.

I think 3D isn’t dead. I think he’s giving his money away to the homeless, dressed as a woman. If he was half as ugly as his better half, it’d be EZ. Locher is into political statements, you know.

Well, we won’t find out anything tomorrow… Sunday’s color DT is usually a series of unconnected flashbacks… I still enjoy seeing Tracy in full color, not to mention Crimestopper’s Textbook…