Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 17, 2016

What’s this buzzard got up his sleeve ?

Good morning Vista bill and fellow Moonites !

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Good morning fellow DT fans!

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Not only does Posie have a cool helmet but his car has a suicide knob!

An echo from the [recent] past…

Neil Wick said, 2 minutes ago

@Gweedo – It’s Great to be here !!! – Murray

A mixture of port and bourbon seems closer to what Vic is drinking, but I think it’s straight-up whiskey that he’s drinking from the bottle.

If I was Vic my drink would be straight and stiff !

Nothing to worry about. Mysta can communicate to Honeymoon if she has a problem with Posie!!

Follow That Car~!!

Yesterday’s Panel #2 didn’t seem to lead anywhere, at least not beyond illustrating what was – presumably – the “Selfie Stick” weapon used on Coffee, and likely Bellowthon as well.

Is it me, or does today’s strip have a certain ‘Hitchcock’ feel to it?

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[ I’m thinking “Marnie” more than anything else. ]

It looks like Posie’s about to have a Close Encounter. Meanwhile, I think I figured out what Mysta is whistling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BmEGm-mraE

Nighty asks a delectable question,

What does that nob do?

On older non power steering cars the steering box was geared that it would take more turns of the wheel to go ‘clock to clock’ without undue effort, so to make the turning ‘kwik ’n easy’ the knob allows one handed steering while the other hand goes around your babe’s shoulder [and other places] or to shift the manual transmission. Works great for tooling the mower around the yard and you can hold a drink too, if you so desire.

Looks like Posie and Mysta are headed for the same intersection. I assume he was on his way to Smith Industries.

What if the reunion of father and daughter wakens up the Mindy in Mysta? Will it be back to the old ways for father and daughter?

For some reason, the image of Mysta Chimera at the wheel reminded me of how the first moon maid died.

As Tracy and Sam were rescuing and arresting Posie back in the day, he muttered to himself, “What have I done with my life?” Seems he should have given the question more serious contemplation. Mysta whistles a happy tune, while Posie hits a sour note.

What’s a magazine? ;-)

Looks like Mysta skipped wearing her gloves today.

A possible car chase coming up? Will it involve the Narrows Bridge again?

That’s not a whistling face, that’s a “I stuffed 10 Warhead candies in my mouth at once” face. xD

Its called a suicide knob…for doing wheelies.

The “suicide” knob was also an aide for disabled drivers. In the 60’s a friend had a “claw” style prosthetic left arm/hand and the knob allowed him to operate the wheel easier – especially as some noted in the days when the right hand was needed to shift gears.

Needless to say he removed it after that.

Joe I don’t look like that at all! You could have asked me for a pic at least.

Everything about Posie shouts “Old School,” from the fashion mode he favors to the steering knob in his car. And he seems to be anchored in some ways to his days before the “vacation up north.” There is a lot of current popular culture that he seems unaware of unless someone clues him in. But his interest in “Mindy Ermine” keeps him going. I am still not able to figure out whether his intentions are upright, or not….

I thought that Ermine was going to get whacked by Selfy.