Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 08, 2016

Sun beating downKiko’s not a clownTime drawing nearFor Tracy to disappearNot just businessBut a personal interestHatred of the pastFreedom from at lastEagerness to completeThis deeply desired featBrother finally at peaceAll the anger will hopefully cease.

Last week we left off with the valiant crew of the Enterprise attempting to withstand a surprise attack by the Moon People who were led by Captain Kirk’s old girlfriend, Mad Mysta Mindy!

.Captain, shields down to 60 percent! Thank you Mr. Chekov. Lieutenant Uhura, open hailing frequencies. Aye Captain. Jim, just what in the world did you do to piss her off?It’s complicated Bones. I’d rather not talk about it. Fascinating! What’s so fascinating Spock? Captain, I believe this is the first time in recorded history that you’ve turned down a female’s advance. That’s pretty harsh Spock! Jim, as your physician and friend I’ve got to tell you; Everyone in Star Fleet knows that you’re an inter-planetary, equal opportunity love Guru! Captain, we’re being hailed by the Moon people. On screen. KIRK! You two timing, love stealing, back stabbing heart breaker!Now Mindy, calm down! You know when you get excited your antennae get bent all out of shape! DON’T CALL ME THAT NAME! MY NAME IS MYSTA!Good God Jim, what did you do to the poor girl? Nothing, I just left her at a theater which was showing a revival of the old Dick Tracy movie starring Warren Beatty. Captain, with all due respect, I’d be pissed off if you did that to me! But Uhura, it was a terrible movie and she didn’t want to leave! Captain, Scotty here. We’ve got a serious problem with the dilithium crystals. Something is rapidly draining them. Captain, it seems that something from the Moon ship is responsible for this power drain.Can you stop it Mr. Spock? Negative. Jim, if I know women the only way to save the ship would be to complete your date with Mad Mindy. Bones,,,I, ,, CAN’T!

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Will Captain Kirk find the courage to go on another date with Mad Mysta Mindy?Will Doctor McCoy and Mr. Spock ever do a duet on Karaoke night?Will Warren Beatty ever admit casting Madonna in his Dick Tracy movie was a terrible decision!

Tune in next time to find out!

Kiko finally uncovers his face (most of the way at least). Nope, he’s not Adonis.

Spicy looks a bit worried in the second panel. I think she’s still feeling a bit guilty about the killing, in spite of her rationalizations yesterday. The driver looks kind of grouchy, but I suppose he’s just concentrating on the traffic.

Soooo… “treasure hunters”? It actually sounds sort of closer to what Spicy originally had in mind. we just have to wait for more details.

Gotta love those vintage cars.

I wondered what his problem was.

I don’t know, but traffic seems a bit erratic and unpredictable in this Cuba.

Yeah, I have to admit that they’re not in a heavy traffic area right now. They’re a long way out of the city.

Tracy is about to be murdered, Wunbrow and Ivanov have been buried under a rockslide, our two idiot bad guys are being taken for a ride, and Capt. Kirk is about to be Moon-fried by an angry Mysta!I can’t wait for tomorrow’s installment!-(PS: I think Kiko is going to be taken down by Wunbrow and Ivanov. Specs isn’t a killer, and gave the gang a false target – it called a rockslide, but not one that would hit the cops.)

Mendoza is almost gloating already. Specs is invincibly ignorant. Spicy is coping with her active imagination. The driver is grumpy over his hemorrhoids. Wunbrow and Ivanov live! (?)The Star Trek parody/mashup is great, avenger09! I look forward to future episodes….

.Good morning guys!.Nice double header today, avenger!

Good morning, ✯✯ Vista Bill Raley and Shadow ✯✯, and everyone.

They could have had Specs actually verify whether those guys are dead.

Where are the drones???

That said, Sunday’s strip pretty much stated that Specs dun done whut he wuz told.

Or at least strongly inferred/implied as much.

Actually, re-reading Sunday’s strip again …

“Figure 2” states that Specs points at a spot on the cliff, not necessarily the spot required to fatally crush Ivanov and Wunbrow.

Splitting hairs with the interpretation, but there is wiggle-room to be had.

That movie had problems even before Madonna was cast. Like Having Warren Beaty direct it and produce it. It was Warren’s “special talent”; casting his current bed warmer in his movies. You could tell who he was sleeping with at the time by who was in his current movie. Didn’t you ever wonder why he never worked with his sister Shirley? Still, Madonna worked cheap – she was paid just $35,000 for what was close to a co-starring role.

The crimelord DJ sure went to a lot of trouble to get rid of the detectives by trying to make it look like an accident. When they stopped the detectives’ car they could’ve taken all 3 of them then and either shot them or taken them out to drop rocks on them. Kidnapping Tracy just seemed unnecessary. Of course then there wouldn’t be any story. It just seems we’ve gotten to a point where the story is dragging a bit.

Gweedo whispered,I have to be more discrete, av is on to us !!!-——————————————————————————.Shhh! Mum’s the word, Gweedo!

Might ‘Shadow’ be the name of Blowhard’s horse …?!

[Just thinking ahead.]

. Oh and I liked Madonna as Breathless Mahony. Who would you have cast in that role?I pretty much liked the movie, but I did notice, that whereas they went to great lengths and expense with makeup and prosthetics to make most of the characters look like they had just walked off of Chester Gould’s drawing board, with Madonna they just had her looking like herself. They didn’t even try for a hairstyle like the “Breathless” character in the strip. Of course, Beatty himself was not really made up much either, but all of the villain characters were, except for Breathless. Some one wrote a review that suggested Madonna would have been better suited to a “punk” type character such as “Crewy Lou”. She did a credible job as a torch singer, but Breathless in the strip did not sing in a night club. The actress who should have gotten a lot more recognition than she did is Glenne Headly. Her portrayal of Tess Trueheart was spot on!

So now Tracy’s down to one-on-one……plus we don’t KNOW both guys were completely immobilized by the rocks……bye, bye Kiko…….something’s going to give!

…….and to Tracy’s rescue comes……the JUMBLER, lol! (actually, he might have already escaped with them pre-occupied)

Thanks to everyone who took the time to let me know you liked today’s entries. Jim in CT, I wish I could be involved with the new Star Trek series. Only in an alternate universe! LOL! If you’ve got connections then by all means; warp factor 9!