Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 14, 2017

Good morning All!

So sorry about your dad, Blunebottle. Words cannot express my feelings.

“Proof is in the proofing.”

Maybe it’s the documentation that will trip ’em up …?

Silver looking like “Uncle Duke” from ‘Doonesbury’ in panel #2.

And a good bright Monday morning to you Cowboy Bill bob !

Good and quiet morning to you Bill & Gweedo.

Shouldn’t they get paper used from that time? Anyone who will date it will find the paper and lamb black new.

After Public Domain praising Silver so much about how he he researches everything, I’m surprised that Silver almost made such a fundamental mistake. Even a casual reading of Léon Scott’s story tells us that the whole purpose of his recording sound was so he could see it on paper. Wax cylinders wouldn’t have been good for that. Also, Public Domain told Ms. Thorndike that the phonautograph of Lincoln was found among Scott’s paper’s and that someone as sending him a scam of it. Even P.D. knows that it should be a piece of paper and not a wax cylinder. Also, I noticed that Silver ordered cylinders made of canova oil. I’m pretty sure there’s no such thing.

Anyway, Silver didn’t even apologize for making Sprocket do all that documentation on the wrong thing. He just told her to do it again.

I’ve been looking over the story so far and I think what it “is about” is the relationship between Silver and Sprocket. I will write more on why I think so probably later today, but keep an eye on it.

Soot coated paper? Really? I know that the “recording” is supposed to be from the early to mid 1800’s, but this sounds very odd.

Man. You’d think Sprocket could at least have done as much research as reading the Wikipedia article.

I’m a little surprised that Public Domain contacted Bea before they had any physical object to show her. She is eagerly awaiting someone to come to her door with evidence, and they haven’t even perfected to process of producing one of these fake “phonautographs”.

Perhaps Silver’s time in the slammer and his need to be alert 24/7 caused a diminishing of his mental prowess. This was an amateur’s mistake!

Wow! The grifters who couldn’t scam straight! For a supposed expert, Silver has made a really elementary error, and even if Sprocket can cover for him regarding the documentation, this has got to set back their timing. And Public Domain has them on a short clock. The whole Thorndike Scam could fall apart on its own before she even forks over the money! Then, what? No honor among thieves….