Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 20, 2017

Tarry had pretty much hinted at a character they’d considered, then discarded, for Honeymoon’s cosplay.

Someone with green hair, horns, and electric powers.

Good morning all!

(sound of 76 trombones playing in background).

Pick your favorite …

OP 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Jiic05C0M

OP 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMyF9DiMH1A

OP 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_uVt0pGrI

OP 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOdfT_9lvDk

OP 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96mZc82fYGc

OP 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssix5jqGhNI

Tracy looks kind of old in the last panel, like he’s peering down through the bottom of bifocals. Well, I suppose it’s a grandfatherly thing.

Mandatory exposition today explaining cosplay for those many readers who aren’t reading all the comments on GoComics.

Despite a late start, yesterday’s strip yet again generated 100+ Comments, continuing the current streak.

Careful Honeymoon, spending too much time on your phone will make you crossed-eyed! ◉_◉

Is there any chance the bottom two tiers of Sunday’s strip might be a single panel crane shot of CosUCon’s ‘Exibit Hall’ space?

I’d really like to see that.

http://www.bamfas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/P1020210.jpg

@ Neil Wick: Re Tracy looks old….I think he’s just relieved that Sparkle managed to steer Honeymoon away from a very revealing outfit!

I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing either Lizz or Mysta in a bikini and stockings. Or Rikki, if she should happen to make a reappearance.

Being a Father myself, I’d have to agree with Tracy on this one. Who knew famous singers were grounded enough to sew?

Subscription numbers are up slightly from a few days ago, though they tend to bounce around.

[ I’d made a mental note when they were at 34,555, as the last three digits seemed an easy-to-remember baseline. ]

Oh, and for the record.. if I ever find the person who invented the word ‘cosplay’ I will beat them to within an inch of their life,, then they can cosplay the walking dead..i absolutely HATE that word

@ Morrow Cummins: Good to see you back! Had me worried for a few days!

@ At anyone who might know: When Mike and Joe took over from Locher, they had nine panels, in addition to the header. For several years, now, there’s only six panels, in addition to the header. When and why did that change? And can we get those three panels back?

@ Jim in CT: Yeah, I’m complaining again!

Honeymoon’s face in panel 2 reminds me a little of Marvel’s Squirrel Girl.

A bikini seems to cover more than the “armor” used by most female video game characters.

Which character wears a bikini & stockings??? Answer me tomorrow.

In the first panel, how can she be speaking and sucking on a straw at the same time?

Yeah, ’tweener Honeymoon is a little young to be wearing a bikini costume at the coscon, and Pop Pop is relieved at how deftly Mama Sparkle diverted Honeymoon away from that idea and instead to Chimetra. We are certainly au courant in that the photos are all conveniently on her phone to show to granddad!

BTW, yesterday’s Intelligent Life comic strip (Comics Kingdom and Arcamax) had a cosplay scene with its character Gwen as Sailor Moon : http://tinyurl.com/mluya29 .

Looks like we’ll make 100 posts again. A few more from AnyNeil should do the trick! LOL!!!

Hey, Neil Wick, I just wrote to GC about all the replies to replies that were wiped. I quickly got response that no efforts were made to restore them.

Sooo…do you think it’s possible you could spend sometime restoring them? Going through the archives and reprinting comments that weren’t wiped for censorship, like the replies to a reply or all of Gweedo’s posts before late August 2016?

I expect a whole slew of red herrings. So many that they will have to do some deeper thinking to parse them out and look for less obvious clues or clews.

Bikini and stockings!