Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 15, 2024

Good morning™, everyone!

So, they know all about the orphanage, but having their own little girl will be even better than adopting, except we know that something is bound to go wrong.

“Who knows what sort of weird child we’d have ended up with?”

~ firestrike1 questioned me 10 minutes ago

@Gweedo it’s legal here Murray

is it still running or has it gone d-FUNKT?…

I doubt there are new ones, after all this time.

and now it looks as if that same orphanage will prove to be baby Annie’s first stop on her eventual meetup with Daddy…

has Sirob uncovered their association and they have no choice but to leave her there, in case something untoward happens to them?…

will it all be arranged with Dick and Daddy and Attorney Smith beforehand?…

if so, will this mean that Daddy was aware of these facts all this time and kept silent on it all, until Attorney Smith returned at long last after all these years?…

just some random thoughts…

Good morning™, Early Adopters !

No adopting but I think I see the wheels turning in Harold’s scheming mind. They didn’t get one but may be leaving one.

I like how Chuck is getting the style of the strip and with no DT characters mixed in we get a better view of what the LOA strip was like when the original guy was doing it. I’m sure a side by each compare would show differences, but I am happy with the copied style.

“Yes, I remember driving by & hearing the kids singing it’s a hard knock life….”

She is glad they never stopped by the orphan home. He wanted a girl. Chances are she wanted a boy.

The furniture in their home has me feeling like I am between The Twilight Zone and The Time Tunnel.

Very Poignant.

Today a pregnant pause….

How sappy and saccharine .

An apology to Seventies’ Gould’s Dick Tracy and to Locher’s Noughties Dick Tracy. The Bottom of the Barrel Fair Is still open

Oh, I get it now. forget the current baddies. They’re just red herrings. The REAL power-behind-the-evil is DW’s fabuloauly rich yet cheerfully twisted age-old foe, William Randolph Hearse, the dreaded motoring mad mortician who kills ’rm, then boxes em for delivery!

‘Penny’? Is she the secret mother of Inspector Gadet’s niece?!?!?!?!?!!!

MOVIE QUOTE——“Where’s my nose, I’m leaving!!”

Bob Hope—MY FAVORITE SPY—1951

if they’re FBI agents,they should have checked out that crummy orphanage BEFORE leaving Annie there.Miss Asthma wouldn’t have passed a character test

Oh my gosh by golly….

“I’m so glad we never stopped and rescued a child from a life with no family!”

oh the irony

1-HAROLD: Penny for your thoughts – providing you can make change for a penny because your thoughts ain’t really worth a whole penny.

2-WINNIE: I was thinking about how we considered adapting an unfortunate child at that Childrens Prison down the road.

3-HAROLD: It’s an orphanage – not a prison. WINNIE: Whatever. I’m glad we didn’t. Probably nothing but trouble. Probably deserve to be there. IN FACT – I’m in favor of dumping ours there as soon as it’s born. Whadaya say? Back to “Mr and Mrs Bond” type exploits in the Mediterranean, fast cars and a free-flow of government money to back our story?

HAROLD: I’m in. Not my kid anyway.

WINNIE: Well, I had to make sure Scottish archvillain Stud McMuffin bought my story didn’t I? HAROLD: That’s always your excuse. Can’t your story ever include the need for a rubber?

I guess the FBI had no provisions for next of kin when Annie was born.

“This kid’s parents died heroes in service to their country! Too bad the eejits had a kid. Pack it off to the orphanage I guess. What’s that? Check for Aunts, Uncles or Grandparents? *NOW HOW THE HELL WOULD WE DO THAT???”*

I guess back in the day orphanages were like pet stores — you could just stop by and pick out one you liked.

I’m having visions of Felonious Gru for some reason.

“Tracy the detective? Why,Steve there used to cut your picture out of the paper,pin it on the wall, and squirt tobacco juice at it.

When he didn’t have nuthin’ else to do!"

Junior Tracy(soon to be adopted)—1932