Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 11, 2024

oh hell…

here we go…

Minit Misery…

First, the good news; I took a long walk today. Paid for it afterwards, but boy did it feel good.

Now, the bad news; the strip, it be sinkin’

Guess the action slowed down so much, they needed a two week vacation.

Eric Costello again?

This is getting like the Denver Broncos. Always a new quarterback – and a new quarterback competition in camp.

Looks like a five year old did the art work.

“No, Hefe. Never heard of him.”

<Caramba! I was hoping zis tragic death would be solved by ze famous Inspector Clouseau>

Don’t cry for me, Argentina. On second thought, it’s a Minit Mystery. Go ahead & cry.

I’ve always wanted to meet the celebated Dick Tracy.

Good morning™, Internationally Celebrated Celebrity Detectives !

Dancer guy foresaw a time when he wont be tops anymore and so wanted to go out on top.

GREAT SCOTT….who would want to murder The Greatest Tango Dancer in Buenos Aires????

Nothing else is happening so why not a Minit Misery ?

Looking good! Leo’s art hearkens back to classic postwar detective stories…

Sounds familiar, Senor.

Ah, I was hoping the visiting detective would be Fearless Fosdick!

This couldn’t have waited til the “official end” of the first story?

So long as it doesn’t involve dozens of tea pots with obvious structural irregularities and filled with poison it’s got to be better than the last, right?

Right?

Please, someone tell me it can’t possibly be that bad.

Not only is this set in Argentina, but it is also in the past. Look at the trolly car and style of clothing in the throwaway panel.

Tracy is world renowned it seems!

It takes two to Tango, don’t forget!

“Don’t cry for me Argentina”!

Two week vacation from Eric…..

In all fairness, folks, writing for a strictly limited 2-week block is a bit difficult. Granted I blocked it our overnight, but I had to drop a lot of details.

Why does Dick have a can opener for a nose ?

I like the art work.

Tracy is now an expert in murder by the Tango? Who knew?

I figured y’all needed a break from my terrible art for a couple of weeks. You’re welcome.

Ooooh! I think this’ll be fun!

I wonder if this convention has a trading room? Maybe Mike Curtis is in there trying to sell his new book, How to Write Dick Tracy Without Writing Dick Tracy. If he’s lucky, he’ll get the booth next to Art Deco or Big Margie.

The third panel has me wondering what the Spanish word for “oh” is…

I don’t know how Eric Costello can tell a story in just two weeks….

Or, as we call him here in Argentina, El Carajo.

(translated from the original Agentinaese)

1- SAMELITO: The body ees een there, Inspector. I theenk…

2-: … Just last noches he was Dirty Dancing with a woman who was too drunk to stand and now he ees dead.

3- EENSPECTOR: pointing upward We don’t say “dead” in Argentina, my friend – we say in Heaven

4-: Regardless, it just so happens that Dick Tracy is in Argentina for a “conference”. As if Tracyville would pay to send him here for that. Anyway…

5-: Oh look – he’s playing with himself! Look at that grin. What a wonderful time he’s having in our country!

SAMELITO: I take it Deek Tracy does not speak Spanish, Inspector. INSPECTOR: What do you think? He’s American – he can hardly speak English.

I’ll still be around doing my usual nonsensicalness within the comments, but I’m taking a two week break from Dick…

can I survive being without it for that long?… LMAO…

A whole Sunday strip, and not a single car chase or gunfight yet! O tempora, o mores!

The butler did it. Now can we get rid of the hack “Eric” and get a real writer?

Only positive thing I can say is, Nice artwork today.

Some of us LIKE these so pipe down and just don’t read it, haters. Sigh……

While I don’t generally agree with the whiney-whiney-it-isn’t-what-I-wanted-boo-hoo nonsense, I have to admit that the art here is … well … Dick Tracy with a big s***-eatin’ grin is just wrong.

So… The real crime here is this two week MM?

Yoy know it’s bad when Wick doesn’t comment

Oh, come on, gang! What a bunch of whiners!

I’m with @Major Matt Mason; this art is a pleasant change of pace. The tango scene is very nice, Tracy’s chin looks suitably sharp, and I’m geeking out over that beautiful street trolley in the throwaway panel.

Aw, man! No “Tracy’s Hall of Fame”

Tango? No tengo que bailar el tango. Aqui me siento.

Oh what a tangoed web we weave.

Ain’t that a kick in the head, no forewarning of a Minit Mystery. Thanks, Mike, for giving the readers a heads up that it is for two weeks.

The killer is Daphne, The Bull Fiddle Player.

She was “leading” again