Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 24, 2020

“Yeah, you just back off there Breathless Wannabe.”

Good morning™, crew!

I guess Crystal and Lafayette already reported the theft before Fortuna reported the “harassment” (assault). We were wondering yesterday if this was the level of crime that Tracy responds to personally. Apparently, Fortuna didn’t expect him to come, either.

Lizz is looking very nice.

Why Fortuna is doing this?

Good morning™, grateful victims !

Fortuna may take her character acting for this picture in a new light.

Maybe it’s the supposed “Censor edit” of the shiner, but today it shows to me that she’s lying.

Does she want to thank Tracy for an ulterior motive? She has something in mind!

Have we seen or heard the name of the movie before seeing it on the crew member’s back?

……and it goes on and on……..

Did Liz get into Lafayette’s wardrobe?

Those silhouettes in panel 3! Whooo whoooo! That’s a construction site wolf whistle which is now universally condemned so, no it’s not – it’s a train that went by. Grrrrrrrrrrr baby! That’s a talking wolf that walked by. Shhhhh-wing! Somebody on the set unsheathed a sword.

1-DOLL: I think he went that-a-way! I’d help chase him but I just had my hair done and I’m wearing my Jimmy Choos.

2-FORTUNE: Choos? I didn’t know you were from Mexico. I love that accent. Sing “I’m just a love ma cheen and I don work for nobody but choo” like Cheech does in that movie! DOLL: Huh?

3-FORTUNE: You hungry? I’m hungry. To get this 15 inch waistline I had to remove most of my stomach and some superfluous organs. I have to eat every few minutes because I fill up on a tablespoon of food. Also, I can’t drink much booze because it’s tough on what’s left of my liver. But what can I say – the price of fame! So worth it!

DOLL: But…what about those huge…

FORTUNE: Implants! Saved a bundle by having them move my kidneys up there! Also – no danger of rejection since they were mine to begin with. But I don’t have to tell you! Looks like you’ve had your kidneys moved up high too.

DOLL: No, no, it’s…

FORTUNE: Isn’t it embarrassing when some stud squeezes them in the height of passion and you pee a little? The price of fame! Am I right!?!

the story has gotten badly mangles. the violence was flashed over to the point that if you only read here you have no idea what happened and last week we learned shaky has been with breathless for WEEKS but there’s been no sign of that here.

I think Fortuna’s dialogue in panel 2 ought to alert readers that we’re not dealing with just harassment here. I’m not sure if her statement in panel 3 is honest and truthful (which isn’t her usual style) or not, but Lizz in any case is wise to deflect her with that police slogan, just in case Fortuna did have some ulterior motive for wanting to see Tracy again.

Meanwhile the Benny Hill foot-chase after Shaky Mk.2 continues….

Thanks to all police