Why is this jamoke wearing sunglasses in places you normally don’t ? Despite letting Tracy see some possibly very revealing footage I wonder if he is comfortably distanced from personal involvement in this heist.
Vickers has the goods. Anders is clearly guilty, but he’s in the hospital, I think. On the other hand, the truck driver was probably in collusion with Anders. I’m guessing Madsen may have been the truck driver.
Typo in the first panel on the second row. Ander’s should have been Anders’.
What did Anders think? He’d stage a truck hijacking in cahoots with Audie, but think he’d throw upper management & the police off by not providing basic info like the identity of the purchaser or the name of the driver of the truck? If he’d left some of the stolen merchandise on his desk he couldn’t have done more to raise immediate suspicions about himself. Once upon a time this strip had great criminal masterminds like Pruneface & the Brow with ingenious schemes trying to outwit Tracy. Now we have penny ante crimes drawn up by crooks with the I.Q. of a rock.
“Jamoke?” Is that like “yokel”? Re: those glasses…maybe he got suckered into a pair of those “X-Ray Specs”…….and he’s waiting to try them out on the next babe who walks in…….
I was thinking it was nice to see some solid real police investigation going on. Question and answers, information gathering to build the picture. It can’t all be car chases, though we’ve had a real shortage of those for years now.
1-VICKERS: Mr. Vickers asked me to give you the info you requested, Detective.
2-DT:Sputter, choke But YOU’RE Mr. Vickers! With sunglasses…
3-…That reminds me of a song – ♪♪♫ VICKERS IN DISGUISE – THAT’S WHO YOU ARE! WITH GLASSES! ♪♪♫ VICKERS: OK. You spotted me…
4-…Sometimes I just like to play the role of a tough guy…
5-…Plus I get to draw TWO salaries. It took a great detective like you to see through my clever sunglass disguise, Mr. Tracy.
DT: Uh, right. No one ever noticed. I’m sure it wasn’t their fear of a crazy man that stopped them from mentioning it. VICKERS: Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to squeeze into my dress and take my place at the switchboard during Judy’s break.
OT WHIMPER: As I am now rewriting a fair part of the current fantasy novel that the laptop (bless its tiny wicked processor with a sledge hammer) LOST, I’m using AI to design working models of additional characters that I can refer to to maintain design continuity.
A gripe. I am not writing a word-version peep show. No matter how specific I am about armor and reasonable proportions, I now have multiple tries at minotaur female whose ‘slightly battered steel chestplate’ seems to be abbreviated blue cloth (Oh, THAT’LL be useful in a pitched battle) and her bustline? Well, referencing a remark (Possibly from S. J. Perelman) about ordering a desk and slightly paraphrasing, you could ‘land n airplane on it’.
First two book sold well. I don’t care to hve the series end with a muddled mess.
It’s just me but I would think truck drivers who are on Argos property normally sign a log-in sheet. Then again facial recognition plus a wave of the hand gets someone in and out.
Does Regional Manager Vickers have an eye problem, or is he thinking of trying out for the FBI or Secret Service? What’s with the shades? His rummaging about, in any case, has produced a plump folder on Anders for Tracy to digest. But our detective still must grapple with The Phantom Truckdriver; would it be amiss to cast Madsen in that part (continuity be darned!)? We inch forward….
Brian Premium Member over 1 year ago
Proof? Tracy? Dick Tracy? Huh.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray over 1 year ago
Good morning™, shady faces and hearts ? !
Why is this jamoke wearing sunglasses in places you normally don’t ? Despite letting Tracy see some possibly very revealing footage I wonder if he is comfortably distanced from personal involvement in this heist.
Neil Wick over 1 year ago
Good morning™, all!
Vickers has the goods. Anders is clearly guilty, but he’s in the hospital, I think. On the other hand, the truck driver was probably in collusion with Anders. I’m guessing Madsen may have been the truck driver.
Typo in the first panel on the second row. Ander’s should have been Anders’.
avenger09 over 1 year ago
Gosh, are these two the life of the party or what???
avenger09 over 1 year ago
This story is an out of control train,,,,going at 5 miles an hour!
avenger09 over 1 year ago
There seems to be some underlying tension between these two.
“Let’s keep it professional, guys!”
BreathlessMahoney77 over 1 year ago
What did Anders think? He’d stage a truck hijacking in cahoots with Audie, but think he’d throw upper management & the police off by not providing basic info like the identity of the purchaser or the name of the driver of the truck? If he’d left some of the stolen merchandise on his desk he couldn’t have done more to raise immediate suspicions about himself. Once upon a time this strip had great criminal masterminds like Pruneface & the Brow with ingenious schemes trying to outwit Tracy. Now we have penny ante crimes drawn up by crooks with the I.Q. of a rock.
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
Self-driving trucks are the way to go!
Ida No over 1 year ago
Tracy: “Can I call you ‘Vicky’, since we’re friends and all?”
Batster over 1 year ago
The next time Tracy visits Argos it’ll be a sprawling complex large enough to rate its own zip code….
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member over 1 year ago
Wake me up tomorrow .
Batster over 1 year ago
If a porch pirate tries to steal my packages, he’s gonna swing for it!
Li'l Dale over 1 year ago
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
orbenjawell Premium Member over 1 year ago
“Jamoke?” Is that like “yokel”? Re: those glasses…maybe he got suckered into a pair of those “X-Ray Specs”…….and he’s waiting to try them out on the next babe who walks in…….
22ph over 1 year ago
Pequod is late
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member over 1 year ago
I was thinking it was nice to see some solid real police investigation going on. Question and answers, information gathering to build the picture. It can’t all be car chases, though we’ve had a real shortage of those for years now.
avenger09 over 1 year ago
BORETRY ROCKS!!!!!
Another Take over 1 year ago
1-VICKERS: Mr. Vickers asked me to give you the info you requested, Detective.
2-DT: Sputter, choke But YOU’RE Mr. Vickers! With sunglasses…
3-…That reminds me of a song – ♪♪♫ VICKERS IN DISGUISE – THAT’S WHO YOU ARE! WITH GLASSES! ♪♪♫ VICKERS: OK. You spotted me…
4-…Sometimes I just like to play the role of a tough guy…
5-…Plus I get to draw TWO salaries. It took a great detective like you to see through my clever sunglass disguise, Mr. Tracy.
DT: Uh, right. No one ever noticed. I’m sure it wasn’t their fear of a crazy man that stopped them from mentioning it. VICKERS: Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to squeeze into my dress and take my place at the switchboard during Judy’s break.
avenger09 over 1 year ago
’Tis a big deal
To find out who would steal
Despite who gets hurt
And put morals in the dirt
Their shady scam
Serves up a sweet slice of toe jam
Yet Vickers might help
To cease our yelp
Their end is nigh.
Let’s catch this slimy guy
If he keeps getting away
I must ask why.
Ta Da!!!
JPuzzleWhiz over 1 year ago
@ Pequod™, whenever you get here:
You being the poetic type, I thought you might enjoy today’s Baldo strip (I noticed it’s not in your list of “followed” comics):
https://www.gocomics.com/baldo/2023/07/30?ct=v&cti=1028975
Wichita1.0 over 1 year ago
OT WHIMPER: As I am now rewriting a fair part of the current fantasy novel that the laptop (bless its tiny wicked processor with a sledge hammer) LOST, I’m using AI to design working models of additional characters that I can refer to to maintain design continuity.
A gripe. I am not writing a word-version peep show. No matter how specific I am about armor and reasonable proportions, I now have multiple tries at minotaur female whose ‘slightly battered steel chestplate’ seems to be abbreviated blue cloth (Oh, THAT’LL be useful in a pitched battle) and her bustline? Well, referencing a remark (Possibly from S. J. Perelman) about ordering a desk and slightly paraphrasing, you could ‘land n airplane on it’.
First two book sold well. I don’t care to hve the series end with a muddled mess.
THIS is not what I was aiming at.
jim_pem over 1 year ago
Anders, Vickers, Argos, Madsen, Audie, Sabrina, Ernesto…
Did anyone catch the space coupe parked in the swimming pool?
I got nothing.
IvanB.Cohen over 1 year ago
It’s just me but I would think truck drivers who are on Argos property normally sign a log-in sheet. Then again facial recognition plus a wave of the hand gets someone in and out.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Does Regional Manager Vickers have an eye problem, or is he thinking of trying out for the FBI or Secret Service? What’s with the shades? His rummaging about, in any case, has produced a plump folder on Anders for Tracy to digest. But our detective still must grapple with The Phantom Truckdriver; would it be amiss to cast Madsen in that part (continuity be darned!)? We inch forward….
Ray Toler over 1 year ago
Talking heads.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Interviews like this constitute 50% of all good police work,and I enjoyed this day’s strip.
Unless Vickers turns out to be the driver,,this is the first real “official cooperation” Tracy’s managed to round up.
Meanwhile,at another ARgos gate, a hollowed-out gas truck is waved on through…..