Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 18, 2022

fill him up?!?… like he really needs filling up… he’s ALREADY there…LOL

This definitely feels like a “call it in” story.

Don’t hate!!

If only he had used his talents for goodness … ✨

Good morning™, everyone!

Another “pic-a-nic basket” (as Yogi Bear would call it), and we are back to the redeye gravy that we were introduced to in the Coffyhead story. (For those who don’t remember, it’s made with coffee.)

The “nice day” looks like pretty heavy rain as Tracy and Sam, as well as Gertie and B.O. converge on Mr. Memory’s place.

“How soon’s he gonna be ready for butchering, Ma?”

Good morning™, charitable neighbors !

Will Memory get a last meal before the “interrogation” ?  He’d better hurry !

I can’t imagine where this is going to lead…are the Plenty’s going to discover something amiss and have some uncomfortable dealings with Memory just before Dick & Sam arrive? No matter- they have often proved themselves capable in a fight.

Tracy no longer use unmarked cars

The Plentys seem to be good neighbors!

Gertie sure has been preparing a lot of food for Memory…her lady friends must like their men on the thick side. Question is who is she trying to fix him up with.

Tracy really has it going on with these puns…second time he has referred to memory in this way.

Mmm boy, when can I move there? Haven’ t had such since I was crawlin’ on my momma’s floor!

That is a fun, fairly fresh viewing angle for the third panel! Feels kind of like the chase camera view from a game like Saints Row or GTA, and I dig it!

“An’ I finally found a use fer thet leftover rat poison. Always wanted me a pet owl, so taday’s m’ lucky day!”

RUN-OH!

And so it goes…..

Hmmmm. Yesterday’s Alt Take, humbly, one of my better ones (which means it might’ve elicited a mild chuckle had you been drinking a lot before reading it) IS MISSING!!!

Is that how GoComics punishes Comments that violate their Code now? OR, did one of you Flag it. Man up and let me know if you did. That’s ok. I understand. No worries. I probably can’t find out where you live anyway…

BTW: I reposted it. As B.O. would say “It’s a good ’un” You know, compared to the others.

1-B.O.: Attitude smells mighty tasty!

2-GERTIE: Thankee, B.O. I had to marinate that boy for hours to tender him up. That shouldn’t be a problem with the girl.

3-DT: Nothing like a trip up the old dirt road, is there Sam?

SAM: SPUTTER/STAMMER. I don’t swing that way, Tracy!

DT: What?

SAM: OH! …Never mind…

I know all the talk is in fun and for a good laugh, but DAMN, some of the comments about the Plenty’s cooking up one of their own or the possibility of fattening up Memory even MORE just to butcher him somehow and for whatever reason is a slight bit jarring… give the Plenty’s a break… they’ve shown kindness and hospitality… makes it sound as if the Plenty’s should be in the film, The Hills Have Eyes… c’mon people, cut ‘em some slack… they are just good country folk… a bit weird and hard to look at, but just some down home good ol’ hill folk…

I can I divert that basket to my house? That sounds amazing. I haven’t had red-eye gravy since my grandad passed away nearly a decade ago. Mainly because I love country gravy, but red-eye gravy on ham is so good.

Firestrike has a valid point … Maybe it’s time to admit that the Plentys, characters created by Chester Gould decades ago, as comic relief with their exaggerated rural stereotype manners & characteristics, have not aged well in the 21st century, & maybe it’s time to let them go.

Why have they adopted this guy?

The generous Plenty’s prepare a country feast for their new neighbor, Mr. Memory, who is a big boy and plainly needs lots of food! Gertie has been hard at work filling the food basket.

Meanwhile, Tracy puns on memory as Sam cruises down the well-known route in their marked car.

Looks like we’re about to have a big Old Style* gathering!

*My favorite local mass-market beer brand….