Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 14, 2011

How big is that officer’s hat???

Good morning Bill and everyone else!!!!

With this new way of posting comments, can we still have the “pig on Wheels”

A hero police dog! The drug sniffing dogs are in constant demand here in AZ, the corridor for drug traffic coming up from over the border.

safeway674 said, “How big is that officer’s hat???”

…about six sizes too large!

Good morning, safeway674 and everybody…

If there’s enough of that powder floating around, it;s going to be a Pig on Wings.

I just noticed that GoComics only credits Joe Staton with the strip. What did you do Mike – Pull a Charlie Sheen???

Nice shout-out to the Crimestoppers advisor there.

How do they protect the dogs from exposure to too much of a drug? Or is that a trade secret?

Wow. It is so nice to read this strip and not get all indignant with its failings.

Is that Mugg??? Are we about to see the return of Pear Shape? :)Thanks guys! - Kc

I won’t be able to survive iwthout the edit fanction.

Great! A true Crime scene investigation.

Panel 1 is just amazing. Thanks again guys for restoring our favorite strip.

So who’s the old friend in panel 4? Mike or Joe?

HOO-RAH! Macy is FINALLY involved in a Crime Scene that won’t get him a trip to the Police Review Board! Mike & Joe must have taught him something!

Nizzzzze improvement in this strip. Love it!

Yes, that is Mugg.

Yes, I still write the strip. At least I think I do. I am starting on the Halloween adventure today, just finished the 80th anniversary adventure last night before the disappointing SMALLVILLE.

The officer;s hat was formerly worn by Flattop.

Woo-hoo, Mugg lives!I wonder if Koko, that silly stool pigeon of a parrot, is still somewhere at the police station, too?“Easiboys! More fresh air! WA-AK! Neki Hokey!”

Great Job, Mike and Joe! Love the shout out to Officer Doherty.

I love Mike Curtis’ comments. Why did the older team never give any feedback?

Tracy’s old friend is a real dog….If you fly in from someplace like Brazil, you’ll be met at the airport by a cute little beagle from the department of agriculture, who’ll sniff you to make sure you’re not carrying any produce that might bring pests onto our farms..If you fly in from Amsterdam, you’ll be met at the baggage claim by a big German shepherd from the DEA, who’ll sniff to make sure you’re not carrying any produce of a different kind...According to experts in such matters, a dog’s nose is far, far more effective at locating drugs, explosives, etc., than any of the radiation-emitting technological devices currently in use at airports. So why aren’t we sniffed by dogs before boarding? Well, a Nude-O-Scan™ imaging machine costs a couple hundred thousand dollars, which is enough to buy, train and support a dozen or so dogs…

@margueritem, et al… We can indeed still have our friend the Pig on Wheels, with just a little bit of HTML required. I’ll be glad to share specifics if you want.Or even a new one:

What was the name of the dog that used to ride on the top of Tracy’s car? Mugg? Pugg?

Can some one catch me up? I took a hiatus from goComics for awhile. Was Earl from the 12th the homicide victim in todays comic?

Also, what great art! Last time I was here Locher was still at the drawing board. This stuff is great!

Here’s a link to Officer Doherty’s book, and a little background on him. Officer Jim Doherty

Guys, but why on comics.com the strip is still in black and white?

The old friend is clearly the drug dog. The pooch certainly looks on the alert there. Good job on drawing the dog. I’m really enjoying DT since the change.

That hat could be better than a propeller beanie! Just fill it with helium.-Cougar :{)

I would rather call in this group. They are more fun!

For some reason the target attribute isn’t sending my links to a different tab or window. I’ll see if I can find a way to do that.For now, right click and select “Open Link in New_Tab”

I think that officer Milligan has one of those rain covers on his hat. It looks like it may have been raining, notice the puddle in panel #1. That could account for it’s rather large appearance. OK, I’m grasping at straws here. NO! NOT THAT KIND OF STRAW! Gosh, you all have cocaine on the brain!

Is there any reason why that hat is so huge?

Nice to see Milligan back, as well!