Yeah, Locher had Moribund talk about Thick writing a book two days ago. Locher repeated it because it took him this long to think of a retort to put in Thick’s mouth, which I believe is represented by one of the horizontal lines in panel #1. Today’s astonishing developments are that in panel #1 we see water coming through a broken window, and in panel #3 the granary and waves are represented by a somewhat new drawing.
What’s annoying here is that Locher is now going on about “motive.” In a way it’s funny that for once it’s Thick who is being questioned on his motives, but that’s an even feebler joke than the thrown-the-book away line. Has Mordred decided he doesn’t want Thick to unleash him after all? Or is he just playing hard to get?
I wonder how Dick and Tess ever had kids, because if it took Dick this long just to get to the point where he might take Mothra’s chains off, how long would have taken him to unhook Tess’ brassiere and garters?
So before Morbid dies his ironic death, he has to explain why he kills. This is going to be something dumb, like “To prove I’m above your petty sense of law and order, copper!” Then he’ll vow to kill again, after his lawyer gets him released on a technicality. But when he attacks Thick he slips on a banana peel and accidentally hangs himself. As he dangles outside a granary window Thick declares “So he’s ‘above’ us after all!”
That sure isn’t Dick Tracy in Panel 1. It’s a guy who looks a little bit like him, but it’s not him. Must be one of the decoys.
Of course anything Mordred (if that’s the real Mordred and not a decoy Mordred too) says in return for being released from the chains is inadmissable as evidence. The decoy Tracy might be too dumb to know that, though … might not even be a real cop….
-Cougar :{)
TALK IS ACTION
DELAY IS SUSPENSE
STASIS IS EXCITEMENT
Mordred’s mask today looks like two Mordreds in profile, side by side. Its freaking me out, man!
That last panel reminds me of the opening from “The Secret Storm” way back when. I’ll bet there’s organ music playing in the background. (Hey, I was a little kid. I am not that old! But get off my lawn anyway!)
Modred is really Pat Patton under a hood. Pat was upset that no one ever gave him a party and acknowledged his many years on the force (and the strip). He was just kicked out and ignored.
Review the present arc - if you can stomach it: Mordred was delivered to Macy secured with 40 pounds of chains - and sedated. When Macy finally found a pothole to drive into, it became a lake that swallowed the car. Mordred’s chains somehow loosened, or was loosened by Macy who must have had a key to the locks, as Macy led Mordred out of the Pothole Lake, thus saving his life. When they got out of Pothole Lake, the bigger Mordred just laid back, thankful to be alive, and let Macy chain him up again with 40 pounds of chains. But, as we have seen, Tracy didn’t secure Mordred as well as originally, because Mordred’s hands have alternally been out of the chains. He will soon reveal that he is free from those chains. I’m waiting for us to be free from this terrible excuse for an action strip.
@ barticle: how about the height of the “flood”? Can you believe such in a continuity strip that shold have some form of reality? If it flooded that deep in this “storm of the century” I believe that either that area is in a crater or the whole earth has been judged again like in Noah’s day.
The CGDT Museum launched its first quarterly content update since introducing the Members HQ in October, 2010. They added three new biographies to the previously launched Villains Gallery and added 1940s examples of the Tracy strip–dailies and Sundays–to the previously launched Anniversary Exhibition Gallery, as well. They also launched the Fan Letters Gallery and Doodles and Drawings Gallery, both of which feature never-before-published material.
To top it all off they added a special sneak-preview video trailer for the upcoming feature-length documentary on Gould entitled, Chester Gould–An American Original. It features commentary from the film by Max Allan Collins, Dr. Garyn G. Roberts, Dick Locher, Jean O’Connell and Mal Ballairs–a MUST SEE for any Tracy or Gould fan!
scuttlebutt99 - Geez, I hate being a stickler and all, but growing up as a farm kid offers little advantage in life except for knowledge of ill-tempered, psychokiller Blue Andalusian chickens, Allis Chalmers tractors and, yes, granaries. (Yeah, it’s a heavy burden.) Mills were located near running water, but granaries (and their modern-day heirs, grain elevators) are located in dry locations for the storage and preservation of harvested grain. A lot of them were actually built well off the ground to keep out water and rats. And guys in chains.
If it’s any consolation, farm kids are also well acquainted with darkness, isolation and crippling depression. It’s a lot like growing up in a Bergman film, but with cattle. While running for your life from a blue chicken. And yes, Napoleon Dynamite, they do have large talons. Very, very large talons. Lovely plumage, though.
JCFremont, Thanks for the insight. I was thinking that this was a storage facility, not a mill. But with the awful story, who knows what it is and who knows where it is going. One thing good, however - it is headed to Collins and Staton!
Did I miss something? What deal? Mordred never agreed Tracy! He just diverted you by asking what youre going to do with the information and youre diverting him! No one agreed to anything!
I know. Tracy is going to loosen the chains, wrap them around Mordreds throat and kick him out the window. Just as he does that the chains will get caught and Mordred will choke to death. Brilliant!
Haven’t seen wndrwrthg for several days. Hope there’s nothing wrong. I guess it’s getting too bad to inspire. What more can you say about it when they repeat the obvious every day?
Bill Thompson almost 14 years ago
Yeah, Locher had Moribund talk about Thick writing a book two days ago. Locher repeated it because it took him this long to think of a retort to put in Thick’s mouth, which I believe is represented by one of the horizontal lines in panel #1. Today’s astonishing developments are that in panel #1 we see water coming through a broken window, and in panel #3 the granary and waves are represented by a somewhat new drawing.
Who knew that Nappingville had such good surf?
OldTracy almost 14 years ago
So which is it? Is Spacy a liar or just a moron?
Steve Bartholomew almost 14 years ago
What a clever joke.
Bill Thompson almost 14 years ago
What’s annoying here is that Locher is now going on about “motive.” In a way it’s funny that for once it’s Thick who is being questioned on his motives, but that’s an even feebler joke than the thrown-the-book away line. Has Mordred decided he doesn’t want Thick to unleash him after all? Or is he just playing hard to get?
margueritem almost 14 years ago
Zzzz-zzzzzzzz
FLIGHT SUIT almost 14 years ago
Dick’s high-powered negotiations have resulted in a deal? Well OK then, you’d better remove those chains if you have a deal.
mrbribery almost 14 years ago
An ending I’d like to see:
Mordred is hit by a brick or electrocuted,and lying there.
Spacy goes to him, says” Now let’s see what the evil Mordred looks like”, and pulls off the hood.
And there’s nothing inside.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Amen to that. Come on, March 14!
davidf42 almost 14 years ago
Take a closer look at panel 3. The waves indicate that the wind is blowing to the right. Yet the rain is being blown to the left.
Bill Thompson almost 14 years ago
Locher is stalling because he wants to say “serial killers are bad” but he can’t figure out why they’re bad.
Bill Thompson almost 14 years ago
This could be the inspiration for Moribund and his “Mr. Dickhead” mask:
http://tinyurl.com/4gsap8l
MisngNOLA almost 14 years ago
I wonder how Dick and Tess ever had kids, because if it took Dick this long just to get to the point where he might take Mothra’s chains off, how long would have taken him to unhook Tess’ brassiere and garters?
Bill Thompson almost 14 years ago
So before Morbid dies his ironic death, he has to explain why he kills. This is going to be something dumb, like “To prove I’m above your petty sense of law and order, copper!” Then he’ll vow to kill again, after his lawyer gets him released on a technicality. But when he attacks Thick he slips on a banana peel and accidentally hangs himself. As he dangles outside a granary window Thick declares “So he’s ‘above’ us after all!”
Araldite almost 14 years ago
This story has turned into a ridiculous waste of time and space. It’s pitiful.
CougarAllen almost 14 years ago
That sure isn’t Dick Tracy in Panel 1. It’s a guy who looks a little bit like him, but it’s not him. Must be one of the decoys.
Of course anything Mordred (if that’s the real Mordred and not a decoy Mordred too) says in return for being released from the chains is inadmissable as evidence. The decoy Tracy might be too dumb to know that, though … might not even be a real cop….
-Cougar :{)
TALK IS ACTION DELAY IS SUSPENSE STASIS IS EXCITEMENT
JCFremont almost 14 years ago
Mordred’s mask today looks like two Mordreds in profile, side by side. Its freaking me out, man!
That last panel reminds me of the opening from “The Secret Storm” way back when. I’ll bet there’s organ music playing in the background. (Hey, I was a little kid. I am not that old! But get off my lawn anyway!)
Bill Thompson almost 14 years ago
If Mordred’s PhD is in English grammar, we can guess who he targets and why Thick is doomed.
LudwigVonDrake almost 14 years ago
Modred is really Pat Patton under a hood. Pat was upset that no one ever gave him a party and acknowledged his many years on the force (and the strip). He was just kicked out and ignored.
billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago
this will be our book, our book of love my darling!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xM21E8WWKk&feature=related
JCFremont almost 14 years ago
Ooh! Can we have “DbaD” bracelets?
browngsa almost 14 years ago
Review the present arc - if you can stomach it: Mordred was delivered to Macy secured with 40 pounds of chains - and sedated. When Macy finally found a pothole to drive into, it became a lake that swallowed the car. Mordred’s chains somehow loosened, or was loosened by Macy who must have had a key to the locks, as Macy led Mordred out of the Pothole Lake, thus saving his life. When they got out of Pothole Lake, the bigger Mordred just laid back, thankful to be alive, and let Macy chain him up again with 40 pounds of chains. But, as we have seen, Tracy didn’t secure Mordred as well as originally, because Mordred’s hands have alternally been out of the chains. He will soon reveal that he is free from those chains. I’m waiting for us to be free from this terrible excuse for an action strip.
mumbles almost 14 years ago
30+ days and counting
Steve Bartholomew almost 14 years ago
I have also peeked ahead at the coming week. Guaranteed to be absolutely hilarious. Specially the art work.
browngsa almost 14 years ago
@ barticle: how about the height of the “flood”? Can you believe such in a continuity strip that shold have some form of reality? If it flooded that deep in this “storm of the century” I believe that either that area is in a crater or the whole earth has been judged again like in Noah’s day.
jkersten almost 14 years ago
The CGDT Museum launched its first quarterly content update since introducing the Members HQ in October, 2010. They added three new biographies to the previously launched Villains Gallery and added 1940s examples of the Tracy strip–dailies and Sundays–to the previously launched Anniversary Exhibition Gallery, as well. They also launched the Fan Letters Gallery and Doodles and Drawings Gallery, both of which feature never-before-published material.
To top it all off they added a special sneak-preview video trailer for the upcoming feature-length documentary on Gould entitled, Chester Gould–An American Original. It features commentary from the film by Max Allan Collins, Dr. Garyn G. Roberts, Dick Locher, Jean O’Connell and Mal Ballairs–a MUST SEE for any Tracy or Gould fan!
JCFremont almost 14 years ago
scuttlebutt99 - Geez, I hate being a stickler and all, but growing up as a farm kid offers little advantage in life except for knowledge of ill-tempered, psychokiller Blue Andalusian chickens, Allis Chalmers tractors and, yes, granaries. (Yeah, it’s a heavy burden.) Mills were located near running water, but granaries (and their modern-day heirs, grain elevators) are located in dry locations for the storage and preservation of harvested grain. A lot of them were actually built well off the ground to keep out water and rats. And guys in chains.
If it’s any consolation, farm kids are also well acquainted with darkness, isolation and crippling depression. It’s a lot like growing up in a Bergman film, but with cattle. While running for your life from a blue chicken. And yes, Napoleon Dynamite, they do have large talons. Very, very large talons. Lovely plumage, though.
I guess the point is, that’s a lot of water.
WW2MarineVeteran almost 14 years ago
If Tracy unties him, goodbye Tracy and goodbye strip.
browngsa almost 14 years ago
JCFremont, Thanks for the insight. I was thinking that this was a storage facility, not a mill. But with the awful story, who knows what it is and who knows where it is going. One thing good, however - it is headed to Collins and Staton!
jpozenel almost 14 years ago
Good one Dick!
But don’t listen to him. HE TRYING TO TRICK YOU!
Midnite almost 14 years ago
Did I miss something? What deal? Mordred never agreed Tracy! He just diverted you by asking what youre going to do with the information and youre diverting him! No one agreed to anything!
I know. Tracy is going to loosen the chains, wrap them around Mordreds throat and kick him out the window. Just as he does that the chains will get caught and Mordred will choke to death. Brilliant!
Bill Thompson almost 14 years ago
Except Thick is so dumb, he’ll help Morbid by wrapping the chains around his own neck.
marvee almost 14 years ago
Haven’t seen wndrwrthg for several days. Hope there’s nothing wrong. I guess it’s getting too bad to inspire. What more can you say about it when they repeat the obvious every day?
Dr. Midnight almost 14 years ago
Agreed, marvee. It’s getting hard to even make snarky comments, this has gotten so bad. Let alone trying to do it in rhyme.