Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 13, 2023

Good morning™, everyone!

Now Paul is literally swimming with the fishes. That can’t be a good sign for a man in his position!

Rainy day in Tracy land. Not a lot of customers are going to come to Art’s store.

an explosive device involved with Paul’s demise?…

So Paul has the beach all to himself…what is this guy going to do if he gets a cramp?

Good morning™, fishy swimmers !

It was a bright and sunny day with clear blue waters. A head is seen breaking the surface for new air. Suddenly a shot rang out !!!!

l would like to see an eventual crossover b/w Tracy and The Phantom here, but this notion is not popular and it’s scarcely likely ever to happen.

Shades of a CIA plot to assassinate Fidel Castro, who was known to be really into scuba diving, with an exploding seashell cleverly placed on the ocean floor.

Not sure how Tracy would know he had this guy killed, though….

I must be picking up some of avenger09’s bad habits, but I have to ask….

WHERE did Art get the snorkeling gear? He didn’t have it in yesterday’s strip….

That is NOT how you use a snorkel. Looks like Paul’s doing Kyptonite’s job for him.

Lovely illustrations today, but I wonder how long we’re gonna be given daily travel brochures before we get the conclusion we all know is coming.

The only one who might actually be surprised by Paul’s demise is Neil, who still retains a childlike sense of awe with the strip!

“Oh, how I envy him!”

What is that on the door?

Looks like a shopping scan code.

Uhmm… Where did the snork n googles come from?

I think Paul will die by a harpoon shot.

Swimming with the fishes…soon to be fish food?

Fish rise into the air to accompany Paul on his evening sky snorkel.

…and, thinks Art, he’ll soon be doin’ the sinkie-sinkie!!

“Here, ze ocean, she is peazeful and calm…zere is no zign of man an’ hees destruction…”

here it comes….

He’ll be having a blast——just not the kind mentioned here.

Tropical fish in the Panhandle?This isn’t Key West.

MOVIE QUOTE—-

MOE:“Stand back! I give him artificial respiration!”

LARRY: “Artificial?For what you charge,you give him the real thing!”

SWEET AND HOT—1958

We did not need a second day of set-up. I’m sure we all realized Paul was in the deep end of the danger pool with yesterday’s strip. And while we all want some resolution tomorrow, I suspect we’ll get the Monty Python And now for something completely different instead.

1-SUE: Let’s play a game where we each name a song that captures the kind of day we’re having. RAIN! I WIN!

2-MEANWHILE… Just as Kripto planned, the thick, black oil from the tanker he stole began to fill the sea above Paul’s head. Soon it would ruin Paul’s vacation to such an extent that he would be driven to madness and ultimately – SUICIDE!

Another success in the Master of Murder’s nefarious long list of…uh…successful murders…

Just kill the guy, will ya! Jeez!

Sue has a lovely body, and her hairdo is gorgeous. Very nice work by Shelley Pleger! That said, I really wish she would lose the ‘stache. Mrs. Chin Chillar’s little beard never bothered me at all, partly because her body, hairdo, jewelry, and costume were so flippin’ awesome. Given how over the top sexy Notta was, her chin beard was just part of her personality. Same thing can be said about Moon Maid’s weird eyes and horns. I always loved seeing her, and the horns and eyes never bothered me, especially now with Shelley drawing her. But with Sue Reel, the mustache is just too hard to look at, and I felt that way during her original story way back when. Some things never change, I guess. My thoughts for the day.

so cliche’.

I love the fishes ‘cause they’re so delicious!

Lest we forget it’s Friday the Thirteenth! She’s a-goozin up like the trump of doom! All wierds an’ erie with splay-footed dread fingers all crutchery and clawn!

Why does Dekko always call Sue Reel by her full name?

“By this time, my lungs were aching for air…”

The suspense is building, I guess. Paul Chandler, under darkening Panama City skies (otherwise, IMO the coloring of the waters above in panel 2 would be brighter), is already swimming with the fishes. What will happen to him next?

Meanwhile, rainy days in Tracyville, and Sue Reel commiserates with Art Dekko. —While she still can….

This can’t be Florida . Where are the dead bodies dumped by the drug dealers ? I guess the alligators had them for snacks .

I don’t see any Miami Dolphins! But nobody saw them during their 5 game losing streak !!!