Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 19, 2020

Good morning™, collectors!

As usual, he doesn’t have a very clear plan, but he somehow expects to collect $2,000 by the end of the week.

Panel 2 is the stuff that nightmares are made of.

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@Gweedo it’s legal here Murray

The one that got banned and then posted via an alt account. The first part of the name was Root.

Neil answered that very late.

Good morning™, collectibles absconders !

He really pulled it off and didn’t run into anyone while there. Now to find a reliable fence…..

Is that a police or law enforcement badge buckle on the right? As if given to him her dad for their appreciation of the work that he’s done for them perhaps?

Won’t Crystal remember he was around during her conversation with Edison? Wait until her father gets a hold of him.

Shaky finally gets into the house and locates the prized treasure belt. "Meh. Glad that I found this belt. It’s the only thing in this house worth stealing! Who wants a painting of a guy who cut his own ear off? And what the heck are Ming Dynasty vases? They look like some cheap junk that you can buy in China town for $5. Don’t know why he went to the bother of putting it in a locked cabinet. And the guy who painted this must have been on acid! Pickasso? I think that I spent time in the hoosegown with him!. Oh, well, I better get on the lam and skedaddle. I found what I wanted. Now I just have to find that fence that I used to know so that I can sell it for big bucks. I’m not sure, but I think his name is “Fence”.

Coincidentally, Mrs. Agnes Kravitz moved from her former condo across the street where the great Scarface seige took place and is once again patrolling the neighbourhood. She sees Shaky and calls the fuzz. The chase may be one!

And so it goes, by gar, by gar…

Next on “Pawn Stars” . . .

I think that would be hard to get rid of. It would take a certain kind of buyer, and it would take longer than a week!

eBay here I come…

Oh boy its getting exciting……were going to a pawn shop….OOOOH!!!!!

There are few collectibles that are worth 2 grand, and this clown didn’t even check ebay to get an idea of the value.

Shaky collects felonies and misdemeanors, apparently…

It never ceases to amaze me how trivial items somehow gain value when they are not yours.

Hope Shaky doesn’t see my mother in laws Beany Baby collection. That’s how she’s paying for her elder care.

BIG MOUTH CRYSTAL

Despite all his faults Shaky’s a good judge of character. He definitely pegged this blabbermouth!

LOL!

There’s going to be TWO sad folks here. Crystal’s dad, and Shaky when he finds out it’s not worth anything.

1-JAY: HA! Oklahoma DOES looks like a demented frying pan! Or a finger pointing the way out of Oklahoma!

2-Hmmm. Instead of fencing this, I could build a comedy routine around it!

3-I could lose the tux, get some bib overalls and open for Larry The Cable Guy! But I probably need more material… GOT IT! Why did Oklahoma ever become a state in the first place? Because Texas needed a place to send stuff that wasn’t big (because, you know, everything’s bigger in Texas. Hmmm, I’ll work on that one). OH! And how long did it take somebody to come up with the name of the state capital – Oklahoma CITY?!? Put a lotta thought into that. How long does it take to drive across Oklahoma? Depends on your tractor! Hmmm. Maybe I better just find a fence…

“Oklahoma Days Belt Buckles — Just the thing to pawn when you’re ‘strapped’ for cash!”

I looked in on this a few days ago to see what the story was, and didn’t find one. Isn’t this the first crime in the story? (Crystal & dad didn’t change the locks, knowing this clown had a key? All this and Brainless Malarkey, too.)

Do not pass GO, do not collect $2000

He just wants to go back to prison really bad.

“EVERYBODY COLLECTS SOMETHING”

apparently shaky collects incomplete plans and ridiculous schemes

Maybe he should try his hand at writing tracy stories

Which reminds me…we STILL havent discovered who that “OFFICER DOWN” call was about in Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend have we? ;)

Shaky shows off the skills that he learned as a graduate of the Acme Goon, Thug and Mook Academy. Below are the co-valedictorians from his graduation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLs-KAE5zr4&t=25s

The filthy swine!! Somebody call Dick Tracy!

Apparently, my perception of the key and keyholes were incorrect. So much for my detective skills. SMH

Ironically, Shaky will meet his grisly fate when the wind comes sweeping down the plains.

Wow! Shaky Mk.2’s mad skillz actually extend as far as petty burglary. Unfortunately his brain is worth even less than the belt buckle-souvenir of Oklahoma Days (probably thousands of them were distributed, and Crystal was mis-remembering what she’d been told, so that the “thousands” became in her mind dollars the buckle was worth). If this were not the Dick Tracy strip, I’d say this petty crime was emphatically not worth the attention of the Major Crimes Unit! But, as it is, I guess Shaky Mk.2 will be headed back to the old Greybar Hotel in short order….

Tomorrow is the official start of summer! Bring on Annie and the Asp and Punjab and some fun!