Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 18, 2009

Fee Fi (Fo Fum)?

Did I miss anything while I was away on vacation?

Is that Angelorious in the second panel?

This ought to be a doozy!!!

Panel 3: Isn’t that a right hand on leopard-print-panty dude’s left arm?

Ringo. Fee Fi. Let’s see how long it is before these characters have different names.

Tracy dressed as a circus clown. Please, please, please. Fingers crossed.

There’s the scary clown! And it does look like Angel Glorious.

I think that is a “pencil necked geek” in the second panel.

There’s two other guys named Ringo there, too.

Because it’s a three-ringo circus!

Fing Fang Foom?

No, you’re thinking of the Chinese circus.

…So Tracy’s gonna fight Pennywise the Clown? Has Stephen King cleared this?

Anyone else having trouble getting Annie and Gil Thorp? All I get is a penquin saying “Our penquins are acting a bit crazy”. Any other site for these two?

Bonnie is going to be the only “passholder” who brought her own clown to the circus!

DICK TRACY DAY on TCM Starting 12 noon EDT!

” This is on me, dad– A day at the circus! ”

Guess what , Bonnie . It’s gonna be four months at the circus . Get ready for a long séjour with dad !

On panel two , look at the girl on the éléphant . Her breast is fill with helium ! I’m such a dirty old man , I had to point that out ;-)

P.S. excuse my french acçent .

Actually Grok, you are right. The whip is there for the sound. The “crack” comes from a short “popper” on the end of the whip. If you watch, you’ll see the whip is always snapped to one side, never at the animals.

Which do you think would be easier to train, an animal that is well cared for or one that is always in fear of its trainer? (Fear in a large wild animal always translates to aggression.)

And the inspections are done by local law enforcement and/or the Humane society, the same people that monitor animals used in movies to prevent abuse.

The number of misconceptions about circus treatment of animals never ceases to amaze me. Yes, these are trained animals whose natural behavior has been modified for entertainment purposes. So was Lassie! Do any of you really think that a tiger, for instance, who is consistently abused would ever be able to perform in public? The trainer would be in fear of his life every time he entered the cage. The little tiny cages used to transport the individual cats to the ring are not their regular cages Those, while on wheels, are roomy and usually have a place for the cat to go to avoid public eyes. When you spend as much money as the circus people do to obtain and train an animal, do you really think they are going to abuse that investment? Yes, there used to be a lot of abuse and in some of the smaller shows there still is some, but for the most part the circus people know that mistreating a performing animal is akin to buying an expensive car and never changing the oil or filling the radiator. Just plain bad business. For more information, check out “Circus Doctor” written by Doc Henderson, the Ringling Brothers veterinarian for many years.

When working at Air Cargo for Delta in Atlanta, we had a cargo ship come through with Flipper, Clarence the Cross Eyed Lion, (he is, too) and Judy the Chimp lay over, and the animals were were frendly and well cared for. had their own people go with them in the C-130.

Carlo Coratelli: That was one of the fyrst comics I owned…still have it in fact…along wyth most of my others,….glad you mentioned it its a long tyme since I read it…will do so today…good memories…child hood…

yes, the animals are SOO happy and blessed:

http://www.captiveanimals.org/circuses/circus.htm

HankF, i’ve been having the same problem with the Penguins getting Dick Tracy directly for days now. Go first to a less popular strip and use the search window to get to the strip you want.

I’ve heard of freak shows, but would anyone pay to see a man with a right hand at the end of his left arm? Well, maybe … he might have other oddities, too….

-Cougar :{)

Dick Locher ought to do like his namesake Dick Tracy, and “take some time off”. Then, he’d definitely get “a change of scenery” if he “spent a day” (not at the circus) but say at Gasoline Alley. He could learn so much from Jim Scancarnelli, that could “FIREUP” his remaining months at Dick Tracy, allowing him to depart with some degree of “style” and a less disappointing sense of achievement.

There’s no point in continuing down the same honky-tonk road, disreputable mistakes and going out like a ‘damp’ squib !

First, he’ll note that Scancarnelli has a new Bible reading character “Upton” that calls himself the Rev, Peacegood, Graphically not very imposing in a conventional Tracy sense, but he has assumed a “personality” that appears beyond Locher’s current ability to create.

Then, look at the quality of the Art and in paritular; blonde, Ramona Lisa Peacegood. If you’ve still got some “lifting power” in you, you’d “lick your lips” and wish she was over in Dick Tracy instead, You really need attractions like this in Dick Tracy to keep Grok & company “focusing” elswhere, and with less time on their hands to do their depreciating critiques.

You have by careless attention, allowed these lads to take over the board and provide more entertainment for New readers than the strip itself. The strip is now only a “meeting” place to run around on and have fun. Read it and a fresh quip comes to mind,.

You may have noticed, While you are sharpening up your nonsensical gambling puns, they are, at your expense, “sharpening” their “WIT” !

I know you’re not going to read this, for you’ve come to see “comment” on the boards like “Bats out of Hell”. And I do suspect, you’ve become a sort of Home Recluse, only kept up to date by the Praetorian Guard’s sofend reports and listening to them on that Cellphone you got as a Present (Mattie?) a Christmas or two ago. Incedentally, it’s becoming a more heavily used communication “device” in the strip than the Wrist Geenee. Uniformed Police have them no more, not even Sam or Teevo ! Intentional ? More “lack of focus” and some wonder WHY the strip seems headed for the Grave Yard.

Then, your female characters all look so dowdy, as if their “clothier” was set on on a back street run by Mrs. Pruneface.. I know the sheckles you get from TMS don’t amount to much (but who’s fault ? it’s following “your” CHANGES that circulation has dropped to 50 newspapers) So, renew the subscription that Rick Fletcher had to that Hollywood Fashion Magazine which allowed his females to look “chick” and smart.. Remember sometime back you had Lizz wearing the same White Turtle Neck top for about seven years. Time to shake off those Pantry cloths, top up their chests and bring a modicum of “sex appeal” back into Dick Tracy !

In the meantime, peek at the cover done by Scancarelli’ for Dick Tracy Magazine # 38. and tell yourself what you think,

Otherwise, I may have to ask DEBORAH to send you an e-mail of detailed complaints at TracyHQ@aol.com

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