Okay Shirl, you probably want to change out of that chewed-up outfit you’re wearing. Here, try on this nice clean long-sleeved white jacket, and cross your arms in front of you, kind of like you’re doing in Panel 2 today…
What’s this? “Diet Smith Industries??” Didn’t know old Diet was still alive. Can anybody tell me when was the last time he appeared in this strip?
Max, Diet looks like he built a new office building! Definitely different from the one he had when Locher ran the stupid “Dr. Froid” story. That wasn’t too long ago, and definitely not long enough! Remember the thought-reading story where DT revealed he had a “thang” for Liz(z)? I think that was the last time Diet surfaced.
Getting back to Shirl, those little airborne particles hovering over Shirl’s shoulders might be fleas and other little buggers she either caught from the dogs, or brought to the party herself! I’d suggest our hero giving her a shower, first!
I haven’t read DT since I was a teen-ager. Just recently started to read it in its new incarnation.
Is Locher a genius who is imitating Gould for the sake of nostalgia, or is he just doing the best he can?
It would be great to have re-runs of the original, as comics.com is doing with Li’l Abner.
Ray in Melbourne Beach, FL
(Recent semi-permanent home of Fay)
Haha, Tracy does look like a huge Tiki, wtf?? I wouldn’t touch that face with a ten foot pole. Then again, Shirl did already have his whisle in her mouth, so what is the difference?
DickTracy, make a smart choice and get out of there while the gettin’ is good. Go eat a spoiled tuna sandwich and consider youself lucky!
Why do you people read Tracy if all you want to do is slam it? If you dont like it just don’t read it. It’s what I try to do with your comments. Tracy is written in a different style than most comics. It’s like you don’t even get the point! The characters are supposed to be caricatures. Tracy is supposed to be dark and 1930’s. Continuity wasnt the key issue then. The style of art is supposed to be different, thats the point! If you want cookie cutter cuteness go read Care Bears or something! Back off a notch or two will ya?
That’s what I was getting at with my question about what was Locher up to. It seems to me (in the month or so I’ve been reading) that he is deliberately making this like the old Dick Tracy. What we used to call “camp.”
I doubt there would ever be a new Lil Abner, Peanuts, FoxTrot daily, or some others because they are meant to be humorous and you can’t camp them up as easily. You can satirize them, but that only goes so far.
Ray
I think it’s becoming clear that Moriarity does not have a mustache. That’s his mouth. It’s Shirle Lock who has the mustache. If this strip were not so awful it wouldn’t be nearly as interesting.
I think Dypak has a point, to a certain degree-why criticize and continue to read the strip. I think that longtime fans of Tracy are disappointed,however, in the way the strip is drawn nowadays. Though Chester Gould used some grotresqueness, he didn’t overuse it. Most of the time this was due, I think, to a mistake in perspective etc. He, for the most part, wanted the strip to be believable, and not “campy”,as one individual has mentioned.
Maxine_Viller about 16 years ago
Okay Shirl, you probably want to change out of that chewed-up outfit you’re wearing. Here, try on this nice clean long-sleeved white jacket, and cross your arms in front of you, kind of like you’re doing in Panel 2 today…
What’s this? “Diet Smith Industries??” Didn’t know old Diet was still alive. Can anybody tell me when was the last time he appeared in this strip?
LudwigVonDrake about 16 years ago
BAD HANDS ALERT!!!!!
Morrow Cummings about 16 years ago
Max, Diet looks like he built a new office building! Definitely different from the one he had when Locher ran the stupid “Dr. Froid” story. That wasn’t too long ago, and definitely not long enough! Remember the thought-reading story where DT revealed he had a “thang” for Liz(z)? I think that was the last time Diet surfaced.
Getting back to Shirl, those little airborne particles hovering over Shirl’s shoulders might be fleas and other little buggers she either caught from the dogs, or brought to the party herself! I’d suggest our hero giving her a shower, first!
Ray_C about 16 years ago
I haven’t read DT since I was a teen-ager. Just recently started to read it in its new incarnation. Is Locher a genius who is imitating Gould for the sake of nostalgia, or is he just doing the best he can? It would be great to have re-runs of the original, as comics.com is doing with Li’l Abner. Ray in Melbourne Beach, FL (Recent semi-permanent home of Fay)
fwdixon about 16 years ago
Man hands
EatDickTracySandwiches about 16 years ago
Haha, Tracy does look like a huge Tiki, wtf?? I wouldn’t touch that face with a ten foot pole. Then again, Shirl did already have his whisle in her mouth, so what is the difference?
DickTracy, make a smart choice and get out of there while the gettin’ is good. Go eat a spoiled tuna sandwich and consider youself lucky!
Durak Premium Member about 16 years ago
Why do you people read Tracy if all you want to do is slam it? If you dont like it just don’t read it. It’s what I try to do with your comments. Tracy is written in a different style than most comics. It’s like you don’t even get the point! The characters are supposed to be caricatures. Tracy is supposed to be dark and 1930’s. Continuity wasnt the key issue then. The style of art is supposed to be different, thats the point! If you want cookie cutter cuteness go read Care Bears or something! Back off a notch or two will ya?
LudwigVonDrake about 16 years ago
Dypak, are you related to a certain person who has the initials MPH?
Ray_C about 16 years ago
Dypak,
That’s what I was getting at with my question about what was Locher up to. It seems to me (in the month or so I’ve been reading) that he is deliberately making this like the old Dick Tracy. What we used to call “camp.” I doubt there would ever be a new Lil Abner, Peanuts, FoxTrot daily, or some others because they are meant to be humorous and you can’t camp them up as easily. You can satirize them, but that only goes so far. Ray
Steve Bartholomew about 16 years ago
I think it’s becoming clear that Moriarity does not have a mustache. That’s his mouth. It’s Shirle Lock who has the mustache. If this strip were not so awful it wouldn’t be nearly as interesting.
jmosby about 16 years ago
I think Dypak has a point, to a certain degree-why criticize and continue to read the strip. I think that longtime fans of Tracy are disappointed,however, in the way the strip is drawn nowadays. Though Chester Gould used some grotresqueness, he didn’t overuse it. Most of the time this was due, I think, to a mistake in perspective etc. He, for the most part, wanted the strip to be believable, and not “campy”,as one individual has mentioned.