Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 03, 2022

A fine first date. The vibes are great. “Tonsils” becomes Matt

So close to Dot. Means a lot. Matt imagines that

A fun first date could lead to great future for the pair

Such a gal! A special pal. Imagine, if you dare.

Don’t look now but holy cow, Coffyhead does see

The duo nail “The Rainbow Song.” He saw it on TV.

“Tonsils” left the game behind. This new road so appealing

Might it be the page has turned? A fresh hand fate is dealing.

Good morning™, everyone!

He really wants to be a “replacement” Tonsils! That’s pretty bizarre. I can’t imagine that Dot will take that very well.

“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pieThat’s amore!”

“And maybe some coffee after.” Dun dun DUNNNNN!

Seriously, Sunday’s have become nonedays!

Dot looks ready to barf!

There’s something off with the shading again. ‘Tonsils’ and Dot look like mannequins. Half expecting their faces to melt off like in House of Wax. And it’s pretty creepy that Dot is calling the guy Tonsils instead of his real name Matt. Also, it’s pretty unrealistic that a talk show personality like Dot would be unaware of such a swanky restaurant in her own city.

Good morning™, blind sided romantics !

This guy just doesn’t quit but oh well, Coffyhead will fix that. Shelley has really done it with the restaurant backgrounds and the people in them. The ‘happy’ couple look pretty sharp too. Dot has gone from enjoying the outing to a state of shock. She needs to excuse herself to the ladies room and slip out the window, like some Happy Days segment.

There’s no way Dot can go from having her glass next to her lips to having a fork in her hand as quickly as shown.

I notice she’s calling him Tonsils now, not Matt. I know he asked her to call him that, but it still seems a bit wrong to me, rather like he’s trying to become the dead singer. He might ought to be more careful what he wishes for since he just might get it

This is going to turn out like your standard film noir….Coffyhead will ruin Matt’s plans and possibly ruin Dot as well.

And to think – Mike made us wait through a rerun Minute Mystery and the story of a recycled Yeti for this!

Go back to Olive Oyl! (Sorry)!

Last panel, something tells me that the Tonsil hockey game is called off because a right hand.

OK, what does “aeburis” mean, what language is it from and how is it pronounced?

I wonder if it’s Matt’s right eye that’s abnormal and his “weird” left eye that’s normal. Only he and his ophthalmologist know for sure…

Estelle Harris, best known as George’s mom on Seinfeld has passed at the age of 93. She was also the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story films. She didn’t get into acting till she was in her 50s. She was a treasure.

Musical or criminal career?

Penultimate panel: She starts to panic before he actually makes his proposal. She must have anticipated what he was about to say.

Mr. McCullar moves quick. He’s assuming she’s single.

“We could have mutant children who could hover by flapping their arms and see through solid steel! Sound like a nifty plan? And can I call you Chicky Booboo?”

Um… Aeburis appears to be a large and fancy restaurant. Dot is a well-known personality in Tracyville, having worked on a popular television program for more than 70 years (or at least from whatever point the original arc now appears in the time-line). She’s never heard of the large/fancy restaurants there? Have they traveled miles to some distant city for a bite to eat? Should the dialogue be “I’ve never eaten here” rather than “I’ve never even heard of this restaurant”? Every city I’ve ever lived in you hear the names of the ‘great’ restaurants soon after your arrival in town – even if you as a college student or under-employed teacher can never afford to eat there.

This honestly sounds like a true, honest date. Not one that is for a criminal agenda. I’m probably wrong but it does feel nice.

Thank you too for honoring our brave K9 units as well.

Professor Immanuel Rath never heard of The Blue Angel at first, either……..but then…………

1-DOT: You’re paying, right?

2-ASTRO: Yeah. And you’re right to wonder if I have the dough given that I’m a weird-eyed freak trying to make a living pretending to be a one-hit-wonder whose fans are so old they’ve either forgotten him or can’t hear anything anymore.

3-DOT: You read my mind.

4-ASTRO: Well, no worries. I made a fortune…

5-…selling bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer to some well-dressed farmer. So order anything you want – as long as it’s pasta. Meat dishes are a little too pricy here even for a successful fertilizer salesman. DOT: From what I’m hearing, you’re full of fertilizer. CHEERS!

this is taking on a ‘twilight zone’ air

Girl, RUN!!!

Nice rendering of the restaurant scene. Just the right amount of detail.

Apparently Matt has done research to know Dot’s relationship with the original Tonsils. Very sedated restaurant…no one has approached their table for autographs. On second thought, those patrons probably have lives which does not lend itself to watching television. And when they do, they have cable or streamline what they watch.

Matt is on a mission to make an impression, stands to reason he would take Dot to an upscale restaurant…not a greasy spoon.

Will someone please kill him?

NOT-TONSILS: It’s a favorite of mine – in my last job, I had lots of its employees as clients!

DOT: Oh? What did you do?

K-9 Hondo. This is why all Military and Police Dogs need Kevlar Vests. And YES, they DO make them for dogs. R.I.P. Warrior.

Famous Last Words, Matt? Dot View may spell bad luck for you, outing you to Coffyhead.

Dot seems awfully naive for a veteran TV star with her own self-named show! Never heard of this fancy, upscale Tracyville restaurant?! Unbelievable….

What successful sophisticated woman wouldn’t want a relationship with a guy with no real personality of his own & is a walking impersonation of a Grade D celebrity from long ago?

Excellent rendition of K-9 Hondo.

“Let’s have the braised lamb! I LIKE the lamb, Clarice. Can you hear them WHIMPER, Clarice?”

He just gives off a weird vibe here.

Don’t know what the “hidden meaning” is in AEBURIS,but it looks like a rooftop fancy-schmancy with a view of the city.

Don’t drink too much wine,Dot,or you’ll be seeing him with two regular eyes.