Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 12, 2011

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    Hark! Is that a house floating nearby?

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    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    Tracy, you should know to bring protection when you have a hot date.

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    Why, it’s The Haunted House!

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    margueritem said, “Why, it’s The Haunted House!”

    I believe you are right, Margueritem… I can see the demons through the downpour.

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    thejensens  almost 14 years ago

    I think that is the best drawing of Dick as seen in the panel one.

    I think they have just entered “The Twilight Zone”

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    Radish the kibitzer said, “Is Tracy walking on water in panel two?”

    Looks like some kind of dance to me. A rain dance?

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Yes, a haunted house . . and one of those hideous shapes … the horrid monster takes shape–it is! It’s Simon Penn!

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    mrbribery  almost 14 years ago

    What’s that up ahead?

    It’s the start of 5000 bad horror movies!

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    Dylanio21  almost 14 years ago

    What cold be up ahead!?

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    If it’s a house, it stands at least fifteen degrees off vertical.

    Now who’s asking the question in panel #3? Thick? Mordred? Maybe it’s Locher, as he tries to decide what to do next. The answer is obvious: he’ll have Thick and Mordred argue over what it is, then cut to Police Hooters so we can see Horn Hair and Testicle Chin chat over how Thick is all right, even though he’s lost in with a serial killer and the storm is so bad that the carrier pigeons have stopped flying.

    Whose turn is it to make the requisite Rocky Horror Picture Show joke? “So you’re detoured by four flats? Well, how ‘bout that?”

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    Steve Bartholomew  almost 14 years ago

    It’s the entrance to Hades. Tracy still doesn’t realize that he drowned.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    The lost city of Ry’leh is rising from the ocean! Cthulhu has arrived! He’ll destroy the world, but at least Thick will be destroyed first, giving us all a smile before we’re obliterated.

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    OldTracy  almost 14 years ago

    With such brilliant observations, it’s easy to see why Spacy gets paid the big bucks.

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    rshive  almost 14 years ago

    It’s the ubiquitous haunted house!

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    riley05  almost 14 years ago

    It’s a clever tie-in to the Addam’s Family!

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    JCFremont  almost 14 years ago

    A haunted house? Rats! I was hoping it was the old Gein place.

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    OzzieJohn  almost 14 years ago

    Panel 1: “… discuss who’s going to die.” ?? It’s NEGOTIABLE? I hope Dick is a persuasive talker!

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    davidf42  almost 14 years ago

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    puddleglum1066  almost 14 years ago

    Panel one: Thick is now talking to a fire hydrant. Dr. Mordred is long gone.

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    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    This reminds me of how The Rocky Horror Picture Show started out, with Brad and Janet having car trouble in a rain storm and winding up at the Frankenstein Place.

    Mordred’s already dressed for the occasion, and Tracy’s certainly as square and clueless as Brad.

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    Rene_Simard  almost 14 years ago

    They’re on the ground and then in the water . They’re on the ground and then in the water . They’re on the ground and …

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    Araldite  almost 14 years ago

    Lets get out of this storm, not because we’re cold and wet and don’t have our all weather gear, but so we can have a nice discussion.

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    Clevite Kid Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    The farmer won’t let them have a threesome with his daughter so they will have to sleep in the barn with the lions and tigers and bears …

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    Midnite  almost 14 years ago

    The joke is on them, its an RC cola dispenser. Hope theyre thirsty.

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    Dr. Midnight  almost 14 years ago

    It’s old man Jenkins’ farm house! And aren’t those some meddling kids over there? DIck is about to walk onto his cameo on Scooby Doo! Fortunately for him, Shaggy, Freddie, Velma and the gang can actually solve mysteries, unlike Dick.

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 14 years ago

    You’ve got to hand it to Thick’s cleaners……. they know what they are doing when they Perma-Press his shirt collars and ties! You can’t even tell it has been to the bottom of the lake! Now about that hair, Pumpkin!

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    billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    we’re saved! it’s a jack in the box!

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    CougarAllen  almost 14 years ago

    Now I understand why Tracy has been standing around in the rain for so long – he couldn’t think of any reason to want to come in out of the rain. Now he’s thought of a reason – so they can discuss who’s going to die! Naturally! So now that he bothers to look, he can see there’s a light over at the Frankenstein place … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK2u4y7J58I

    I posted that song over a month ago, but obviously I was jumping the gun.

    -Cougar :{)

    STASIS IS PACING! TALK IS ACTION! DELAY IS SUSPENSE! BOREDOM IS EXCITEMENT!

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    WaitingMan  almost 14 years ago

    I’m watching video of cars being swept away in the floods in Australia yesterday and all I could think was “POWER APPROACH!!!”

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    dakota_jones  almost 14 years ago

    It’s the Old Comic’s Home! Dick and Walt Wallet are gonna be roomies! YAY!

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    carsc23 Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Thank goodness – somewhere dry where Tracy can pull off that big one without having to hurry.

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    prrdh  almost 14 years ago

    It looks like B.O Plenty’s place…or maybe Castle Gormenghast.

    Hard to tell, with drawing of this quality.

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    wndrwrthg  almost 14 years ago

    Tracy stands on the rain swept shore Contemplating this awful bore Watching the waves crash on the reef For him there can be no relief The water surges at the house Shelter at last where they can grouse Though they will still be lost No longer will they be tempest tossed Murderous words they banter about Scintillating conversation from killer and lout So the story continues to unfold So many things we are not told But now Thick, so it would seem Will have the chance to run and scream.

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    thejensens  almost 14 years ago

    In panel one, Tracy is still wearing his necktie. as if he was still in the office.

    When dragging a killer by a length of chain thru a raging storm, you would think he would have undone his tie and top shirt button.

    Congratulations Dick for keeping up the Police Department’s dress code, even under dire situations.

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    davidf42  almost 14 years ago

    I like Bob’s story a lot better!

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    countoftowergrove  almost 14 years ago

    billdi said, about 8 hours ago

    we’re saved! it’s a jack in the box!

    Good. I’ll have six tacos!

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