Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 30, 2010

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    neonleon59  almost 14 years ago

    Gross! In panel 2, Tracy has a right hand at the end of his left arm!

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    LudwigVonDrake  almost 14 years ago

    So Tracy is trying to say that Mordred needs to lose a few pounds? That’s mean…

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    This intersection must be in a basin. Otherwise you’d have water rushing in, and the current would carry Thick and Mordred away. Probably the current would slam them against various obstructions, which wouldn’t matter after they drown.

    That must be Mordred’s hand in panel #2, unless Thick’s right hand has migrated to his left arm, and caused that limb to sprout an extra pair of elbows.

    Actually the weight of those chains would have sunk them, notwithstanding the bouyancy of Thick’s empty skull.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Now will Thick have the sense to handcuff Mordred before he regains consciousness? Like I have to ask …

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    Oh rats! They escaped.

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    woodworker318  almost 14 years ago

    What happened to the eyes on Mordred’s mask? They seem to be askew. The zipper also seems to be unraveling. In panel #2 Thick looks like he has a palm full of water. Where did he get that from?

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    thejensens  almost 14 years ago

    On today’s episode of:

    “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”

    Tracy brings Mordread with 40 pounds of chain wrapped around him up to the surface by using just on arm.

    Mordread shows that he has super hearing in the first panel, Tracy is speaking to Mordread while his head is still submerged under water.

    On December 31st, Mordred will get out of his chains - because at midnight, Mordread will have to shake and rattle the chains to bring in the New Year 2011.

    When that happens, it will be to the song ” Unchained Melody” sung by The Righteous Brothers

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    If it weren’t for the lazy use of silhouetting in panel #1, it would be an interesting picture. It looks like Thick and Mordred have broken into a free-form dance as they hold hands. But Thick has to spoil the moment with his tough-guy talk in the last panel. C’mon, Thick, lighten up and express your true feelings for Mordred!

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    OldTracy  almost 14 years ago

    After holding hands, Spacy is now hoping he can give mouth-to-mouth.

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    CougarAllen  almost 14 years ago

    Horseshoes and hand grenades…. :(

    -Cougar :{)

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    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    I’m just shocked at how much progress we’ve made since yesterday. I figured they’d still be trying to escape from the car at least until the end of February.

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    mjmsprt40  almost 14 years ago

    Next panel, Mordred speaking:

    “Dick, if you ever do something like this again I’m consulting a divorce lawyer!”

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    Tracy says that it is still pouring and he can’t see a thing. When he was underwater, he could see?

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Please let Mordred’s minions be lurking in the shadows. Please let them take Thick hostage. I want to see Mordred taunt Thick, because you know what? Thick won’t get it. “Tracy, you’re a fool! You’re a rotten detective! You run from danger!” “Well, duh!”

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    mjmsprt40  almost 14 years ago

    Technical point: They’re still not out of trouble yet. They’re soaked, and the weather forecast said sleet and hail. Sleet means it’s cold, and the panels indicate wind too. They could freeze to death right there on the land. Tracy just drove their “storm shelter” into the lake, so I reckon they’re in trouble.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Hey, that’s right! I love your optimism!

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    JCFremont  almost 14 years ago

    Tomorrow, Tracy and Mordred will drive up to a cop holding a stop sign telling them they can’t get through the intersection because, oh, let’s say a circus wagon overturned and there are apes everywhere. Will he go back to the Sheriff’s office again, or will he plow through the ape-strewn intersection and end up in a cage with Mordred, a tiger, and some guy named Fee Fi? Oh, the suspense is killing me.

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    coratelli  almost 14 years ago

    Good storyline, until now.

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 14 years ago

    I think they’ve bonded. After all, this has been going on several weeks now. Now that they are on land, Thick is fascinated (and excited) with all the chains and zippers and wonders if Mordred has a zipper in back.

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    idarke  almost 14 years ago

    It’s unlikely the car would have made it out of that hole even without the rain. I’d write a stern email to the Tom-Tom people when I got home.

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    billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    “when i asked if these chains make me look fat you said they were fine!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxrQ-O4-J70&feature=related

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    I dunno why this one seems appropriate … something to do with the manure Thick produces? Or with him being a horse’s posterior?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0T_nUGjrI

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    puddleglum1066  almost 14 years ago

    Judging by panel one, the water isn’t from the rainstorm but rather a radioactive leak from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant (why else would it be glowing?)… Next week, the Tracy/Simpsons crossover strip…

    Either that or Mordred’s chains are going to rust away and set him free (dang Chinese steel…)

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    I keep looking at panel one and can’t imagine any intersection that I’ve ever seen that would be able to flood and “consume” a car. Is the embankment where the street ends and the sidewalk begins?

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    walkingmancomics  almost 14 years ago

    perhaps this is the only comic I read because the commentary is not only funnier than the comic, but better thought out, being more logical, rational, and astute than the comic has been for weeks!

    thank you, all. Excellent summation, Newenglandah.

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    Steve Bartholomew  almost 14 years ago

    Newenglandah: I think you left out the part about the pig on wheels.

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    billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Newenglandah: that’s pretty much the “story” except for the (hallucinatory? dream sequence?) interlude with the four flat tires…

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    veldy  almost 14 years ago

    “sunk us”

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    runar  almost 14 years ago

    Mythbusters did two shows on escaping from a car sinking in water. According to their findings, Tracy and Mordred are both dead and there’s no need for any further strips.

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    Wiseking  almost 14 years ago

    In panel 3… Actually Thick’s dangerous driving through a large puddle in the road almost sank them.

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    carsc23 Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Well now I’d like to see Mythbusters take on Moon Maiden.

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    Oh wow, BB! An ‘Annie’ and ‘Tracy’ meld! This will be extremely interesting!

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    JCFremont  almost 14 years ago

    “This is definitely Lower Wacker Drive.”

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    If we’re lucky, Thick will try to wrap the chains around Mordred again. Then, just as he raises one length of chain high above his head, boom! The metal acts like a lightning rod.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    What if Mordred has drowned? Accidentally, of course. Then Thick can spend next week pretending to care, and the week after that Horn Hair and Testicle Chin can tell him it’s ironic because Mordred drowned his victims, and they can follow that with another week of bad jokes.

    Failing that, zombies can emerge from Intersection Lake and eat their brains (zombies are suckers for junk food).

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    woodworker318  almost 14 years ago

    BASSMANBOB6 Love your story. Maybe Daddy Warbucks wants Tracy to protect Annie as The Asp and Punjab have retired.

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    jonahhex1  almost 14 years ago

    I had no idea Tracy possessed SUPER STRENGTH. First he smashes out a shatter resistant window with one mighty blow and today hauls a fat killer with 40 extra pounds of steel chain out of a flash flood with one hand.

    What a man…..

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