Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 10, 2023

so now we’re back to Adam and Susan’s portion of the story… along with Adam’s brother… wonder if we’ll get to see Adam’s nephew?…

When world’s collide!

Apparently Susan’s boyfriend has a computer that enables him to contact people from 1975.

Good morning™, Luckiest  missing persons !

Sprocky dodged a very nasty bullet. Those two may not recognize Susan but eventually they would see a shot of her and the memory wheels would go to whirring madly.

Brother appears to be Lafayette Austin. His child is Ugly Crystal.

My Ugly Crystal is better than Mike’s Crystal!

Someone needs to smack that smugness out of Adam!

Wait…who are these horrible people?

I have no idea what is going on, but doubtlessly it will all come together.

Good morning™, everyone!

My schedule is a little off today. I had forgotten that Adam brother was Lafayette. It’s probably a good thing that Susan isn’t on camera at the moment, because I believe that Lafayette still works for the police and might find “Susan” very interesting.

I love the Coppertone on the fore building’s windows. That looks like the real thing as a cartoon image gets without going total realistic. Just like how windows that have added dopants for reflecting heat look.

Gotta admit, I thought Lafayette was Vera Alldid for a minute….

Male Pattern Baldness Guy has a brother with a full head of hair or is he wearing a toupee ? Only their hairdresser knows for sure .

Slightly OT…I must realized that althought Adam Austin may not write any more Midnite Mirror books, that doesn’t mean that there can’t be unlicensed fanfic based on it…

There is a lot of potential in this story right now, but we may be losing some of that opportunity. We’ll just have to see how this pans out.

MOVIE QUOTE—-

“You’re about as romantic as a p air of handcuffs”

Gloria Grahame to Glenn Ford—-THE BIG HEAT—1953

For t he uninitiated, that’s Crystal’s Dad,who is never really warmed up to—-that smile is creepier than most of the villains.

We have to go back to the last time we saw Mr.Bribery2019 or so—-to establish that Adam Austin AND one ofTray’s pet informants were brothers.

Crystal’s dad might recognize Sprocket’s picture “from theold days”, and t hat’s when t he fun starts.Fun for the cops anyway

1-ADAM AUSTINPOWERS: Hello Laffy. I see you still don’t care about hygiene or clothes or haircuts.

-2-LAFFY ET: What you mean? This WIFEB*ATER is fresh outta the laundry. UGLY CRYSTAL: JUST BE GLAD YOU CAN’T SMELL HIM, UNCLE ADAM!

LAFFY: Did you only call to rub your success in my face? ADAM: No. I ALSO wanted someone to know that if I die mysteriously, it’s probably Dick Tracy what done it. He threatened me recently.

LAFFY: It’s your own fault – creating a flamboyant non-binary character named Trick Dacy who’s always wearing a yellow thong. Nothin’ I can do about it. Good luck to ya… ADAM: Actually there is. How do feel about growing a Van D*KE beard and shaving off most of your hair?

LAFFY ET: Same as I would feel about giving up parental rights to Ugly Crystal – GREAT IF THE MONEY IS RIGHT! UGLY CRYSTAL: HEY!

HELLUVA DAY! SPILLED A FULL 12 OUNCES OF WATER ON MY LAPTOP. That drove the keyboard nuts to where it just typed endless “a” anytime I wanted to type something. I finally got it disconnected and hooked up a USB Keyboard. Lousy computers can’t take a little moisture – am I right?!? aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Get ya scorecards, get ya scorecards here!!!, can’t tell the players in this opus without a scorecard

Like several others above, I did not recognize/remember Lafayette until prompted by comments. We hear Not-Ugly Crystal’s voice from computer-offstage. I do wonder if Lafayette Austin could be the confidential informant Tracy was seeking yesterday in that dead neighborhood of Tracyville. What might he know? Better put, why was he re-introduced today in a storyline already struggling with too large a cast?

From today’s conversation, big brother has been telling stories for a while. Odds are that they put Aesop’s tales to shame. At least he can cash in on what he writes.