Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 03, 2010

She changed outfits when our heads were turned!

That bulding in panel two looks like a manufacturing plant—possibly chemicals, such as pesticides. WEHRLI might stand for “We even hunt really little insects.”

They might have viewed D’Buckworth as a common parasite, and did away with him, using high-tech chemicals that leave no trace.

But, I could be wrong….

I think D’Buckworth is distributing out-dated $1,000 bills.

Yep, Sue Doko’s hair mandibles are definitely twitching and growing as she reacts to the danger of police scrutiny.

Relax Sue! Dick Tracy will believe pretty much anything you tell him!

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“She changed outfits when our heads were turned!”

Sue looked better as a flying saucer stewardess.

Too bad they omitted the scenes of Sue changing her clothes. That might’ve woke me up since this strip is so BORING!

If D-Cubed vowed revenge, that makes him some kind of suspect. If he’s really dead, his hypothetical killer could use that threat in a self-defense case. And how did anyone steal his expertise? Voodoo?

Wehrli Enterprises? Is that a pun on “We’re lyin’ prizes”? Or are they an aviation company that makes Wehrli Birds?

Panel 2: WEHRLI is an anagram for ILRHEW. Big clue.

Panel 3: Once again the mystery object returns in the background. Fax machine, dot matrix computer printer or an orgami facial tissue box?

I think that device in panel 3 is a fax machine. And, I think Dick believes it is designed for sending secure faxes. I recall one person who attempted to send a private fax by first folding the page. Perhaps Dick is experimenting with private fax technology.

Teresa is showing her love for Dick Tracy once again!

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That’s a good profile of Tracy in panel 3, but what is he doing with his thumb (?), taking a pulse in his neck (?).

It’s the sort of depiction that should fill SimonPenn with exctasy and quickly inspire a 4 paragraph post of ‘passionate praise’.

The cell-phone conversation with Sue Doko from last Friday and Saturday continues, - enough time for her to slip into a fresh outfit - or for the Artist to ‘forget’ what was drawn last week.

But It’s a useful indicator for measuring the dead slow PACE of the tale.

It’s clear that this is one of Locher’s MYSTERY stories.

He particularly LIKES them because it gives him a “PASS”, an EASE from having the trouble of ‘designing’ a worthy looking Dick Tracy Rogue !

Same ‘reason’ why Mr.Pops the Circus clown (2009) was never ‘unmasked’ or given a real name.

Quality creative time saved for what comes first - his Editorial Cartoons.

Panel-Panner, - ‘waking up’ by watching that skinny body ?

Not much ‘WOOF’ for that bone !

These guys really need to work on how people hold phones

Macy is torn between talking to Ms. Doku and his constant constipation, I guess that’s why he clenches his teeth and fist so much. But if I know Macy (and we ALL do!), the smell will tell!

Panel-Panner said, “Panel 2: WEHRLI is an anagram for ILRHEW. Big clue.”

Ah, but don’t forget, in the Dick Tracy world they often use backward spelling. So I think our real clue is ILRHEW.

Ah, but the REAL question is: Is Wehrli Enterprises one of Brozman’s magical morphing buildings that changes its appearance every day, or will he simply copy and paste this one drawing over and over?

Notice that it’s dark and there are stars in the sky behind the WEHRLI building. So either it’s on the other side of the world, of DL’s trying to tell us it’s night time in Naperberry. Maybe that’s why Sue Doku’s changed–she’s getting ready for her big night out on the town…

a couple years ago, when I first ventured to the DT comments section, there were a lot more comments from a lot more commenters …..the common complaints then, as now, were about the plot inconsistencies , errors and poor artwork… the same mistakes continue to be made over and over and are pointed out and commented on over and over and nothing changes and everything continues. I guess that it can be comforting in a world that is ever-changing to know that SOME things stay the same.

or maybe I just miss the comical exchange of comments prompted by dear old Matt’s fiery , unchanging defense of his friend Locher, and his disdain for anyone who disagreed with him

Reminds me of football great Roger Wehrli.

we hirl

wow months into this storyline and hes finally getting some names.. way to go Dick !

WEHRLI is pretty close to “we hurl”, so it does have significance.

We Estimate He Really Likes Investigating

Or

We Exterminate Hives Rodents Lizards Insects

Only this strip dares to show you painful hand cramps in mid-phone conversation! Luckily, the super glue is holding…

Note: There is a Wehrli Road in Naperville. It’s on the South side of town, you’ll find it crossing 75th Street West of Rte 53 and East of Main Street. It’s been there for as long as I can remember, I never did find out who or what Wehrli stood for. Just a guess, but probably one of the original settlers had that name.

Sgt. Larry Wehrli is also the name of the cop in the urban legend about a guy who confuses a Dustbuster (vacuum cleaner) with a Fuzzbuster (radar detector). See: http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/dustbuster.asp

If it turns out they make either of these products in the Wehrli factory, we’ve got our answer…

Meanwhile, the true identity of the tattooed corpus in the morgue has become clear: it’s George Clooney, who was bumped off by the critics after the release of his new movie, in which he sports a big butterfly tattoo on his back. Case closed!