Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 11, 2023

Good morning™, all!

Today, we can see the point of the football training that the hen had.

NÒOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Good morning™, those about to Kroak !

Another death to happen off camera, as she will be out of sight when all we’ll see is a big Flash, with feathers strewn about.

Shelley has a problem drawing consistent fuses

Is she insured?

Will the bomb also be a dud, or just the story???

LOL!

Just kidding!!!

I give Shelley an A for her drawing.

I’m giving Mike the Golden Buzzer for finally creating a character I actually care about!

Fingers!

Chicken bits!

Chick Tracy II about to become fried chicken, or, maybe chicken nuggets?

FUMMMBBBLLLLEEE!!! (Chick Tracy? More like Tank Bucknamara!)

Now the feathers will fly…….

So long Chick-fil-A, may you rest on whole wheat!

If it was a real bomb, it probably would have detonated when it hit the stage. It’s probably not the real Chick Tracy II either, but a body double Chick Tracy II uses for personal appearances, like many celebrities. Hopefully a real ending to this insipid story is coming soon.

What’s the word for murder of a chicken?

Cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine is a male explosive and therefore insensitive… Or rather it is relatively insensitive, which is why I’m calling it male. Anyway, it would not detonate simply on hitting the platform. Assuming there is C-4 in it and GB wasn’t simply bluffing. Now, assuming C-4 is inside the old toy, and assuming GB also included a detonator (assumptions are piling up, aren’t they, Mike could throw a curve at any point along the way), we would assume it required the toy’s timer to be turned on (simply throwing it would not have started the countdown). Did GB really have the smarts to start the timer before panicking and throwing it at Tracy? And, if he had the smarts to start the timer, wouldn’t he have had the smarts to realize, “Wait, this timer keeps going, it won’t do anything to Tracy simply by throwing it.”?

I can’t wait to see how this comes out! Excitement is building, and the drawing is superb !

Nothing like smoking roasted chicken.

Hopefully B.O. tackles the bomb and the resulting plastic surgery makes him look human !!!

I think the chicken survives since it’s being drawn out. If he was going to die, the explosion would be today.

Are we sure Gameboy isn’t a failed NFL Quarterback? That’s quite a toss

Shelley , out did herself today , this is just " Fantastic " images : )

Not an egg that she can hatch

Has Chick Tracy met her match?

Ms. De-Lite thinks on her feet

Turns and beats a quick retreat.

B.O. fears this is the end

Shall he lose his feathered friend?

Shoot, they could have done a cross-over with Popeye and a Dr. John sound-alike singing “love that chicken from Popeye’s.”

(in a gruff, deep voice.) THER’S MEAT ON THE TABLE, BOYS!

oh not the chicken! they’ll be legs and wings all over the place

Chick Tracy II isn’t gonna try to return that bomb to the person who threw it, is she? :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

this poor chick isn’t gonna be too delighted when it gets it.

How can we WAIT until tomorrow, same Chick Time, same Chick Channel??

If that chicken comes home to roost with that bomb…

Well, what do you know? It looks like I was right. Mike did foreshadow this.

At least 5 more hours before Firequack wakes up from his court mandated IV cocktail!

Wouldn’t it be cool if that was a stink bomb ?

Buk-KAW

I’m calling it – the chicken saves the day. (Good grannies.)

I don’t know whether Chick Tracy II will manage to live or not, but we can meet over some barbecue chicken to discuss it.

Reminds me of one time my brother instinctively fired at a grouse while we were out hunting. He had been hunting with a shotgun and had one barrel loaded for small game, but this day he had brought his deer rifle instead. Feathers everywhere.

Good artwork rendering of the story line…which is getting goofy!

Chicken nuggets!!!

where’s the chicken nuggets?…

Eh is we going to has chicken kebab tomorrow?

is there blackened chicken in our near future?

♫ ♪ Ain’t that a shame / My tears fell like rain

Ain’t that a shame / B.O’s the one to blame

For teaching the chicken that game

It’ll never be the same / After the bomb blows out its brain ♫ ♪

Fats Domino. Additional lyrics by A.T.

I know what we’re having for dinner tonight….

MOVIE QUOTE—

“I am going to kill you to death!”

“That’s too permanent!”

Benny Rubin&Larry Fine—PARDON MY BACKFIRE—1953

1-KLINIQALLY DEPRESSED: I just got this gig! I can’t get kilt off already!

2-CHICK ENDELIGHT: GRENADE!

3-… Hmmm. That should’ve set it off. Must be a dud…

4-… SO IT’S SAFE TO LOOK LIKE A HERO! BUK BUK BUK! (Translation: DON’T WORRY – I’LL SMOTHER IT WITH MY BODY! Heh heh…)

Were 4 panels really necessary?

No,no,Chickie—that’s not an egg…you can’t hatch it…don’t sit down….

OT (FACEPALM) Opened the computers and one of the little stories on MSN is TORNADIC STORM IN CLAY COUNTY RIPS TOP OFF COCONUT CREAM PIE. With a photo,no less. Kansas is no a normal place.

HIDE THE MACAROONS!!!!!!!

Mike must have misunderstood and thought the editors told him to “put a THOCK! in it”…!

THOCK! it to me, baby!

The plit THOCKens!

Ahhhahahahahahahaaa….!!

Nat The Fur King is still alive,in case anyone cares

I was wondering how Chick would fit in to the story, BUT DIDN’T EXPECT THIS!

Klinique: “It’s women and children first, not women and chickens.”

NO! NOT TRACY II!!!!

Suspense-laden episode! 1. Klinique sees something incoming! 2. Chick Tracy II also sees it! 3. THOCK! At least it doesn’t explode on contact (we are lead to believe it has a timer-fuse). 4. Chick imagines it’s a football and leaps at it like a player seeking to recover a fumble, while B.O. realizes what the deal is and shows concern for “Chick?”

We are left to this cliffhanger: will the bomb, if it really is C4-laden, explode, or will the fuse fail? If it does explode, will Chick Tracy II be filleted? Will anyone else (e..g., Klinique, or that anonymous bystander or stagehand in panel 2)? And what of B.O. Plenty himself?!

We still have two installments to go before the Sunday “Big Show”….

Byeeeeeeeeee byeeeeeeeeeee, brown biiiiiiiird….