Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 04, 2024

uh oh… face-to-face again with Rosie, THIS should be interesting…

Her antennae are not “glowing” with anticipation.

Somewhere Andy Kaufman is smiling.

Good morning™, everyone!

Nope, no Moon Governor today. Fireworks incoming!

Soundtrack to today’s strip: Https://youtu .be /dLxpNiF0YKs

Mysta looking foxy today in her sunglasses, sports car, and little boots. But how will the reunion go with Ro-Zan, given their recent fling?

R.E.M. on the radio.

Good morning™, Surprised Anticipators !

Mysta is anticipating a pleasant meeting that just wont be … when she sees who it is. Since these strips were done before we started noticing the lack of zaps on peoples heads I would say that Ro-Zan has his as does Mysta ….. when Chuckers starts putting them back on !!!  :-O  :-) LOL !

Looking good, girl!

Shiny happy people holding hands?…….

Watch a brand new VengyTale;

“You say you want an evolution!”

In your search bar type in Youtube Avenger09

I must say, that makes me want to get a job with some hi-tech firm (giggles)

My memory could be off (it has happened a few times before) but wasn’t there some sort telepathic awareness of the presence of other Lunarians in an earlier arc? (Or maybe it was a one-off – never be mentioned again after being needed in that story.)

I once dressed as Moon Maid for a party when I was in Jr. high. Such a fun memory and I always think of it when I see the new Mysta.

Dun dun DUNNNNNNNN!

This is slower than the twelve days of Christmas .

I know I will be in the minority here, but I would love to see Vera Alldid pop up again to try and court Mysta, where she will give him the brush off again. That was fun! Yea, Mysta is looking pretty hot in panel two today.

Mysta is looking great, love her car and music. Miss her white-blonde hair, it made her stand out.

So on the little sparky lightning bolt thingies… I was told, round-a-bout, when they should appear, but not entirely sure I’ve been doing it right. The absence or presence of them is intentional and hopefully will stay consistent. Any notes from the peanut gallery are helpful.

MOVIE QUOTE

“It’s me !!”

“I KNOW !!”

Peter Sellers&Herbert Lom—-REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER—1978

1- MYSTA MYSTA: OH MY GOSH! Smith Industries has grown to the size of a city now!

2-: …Oh wait. That IS a city. Oh look!

3-: …A new tank car full of Doit’s favorite bourbon has arrived! He likes the kind that’s brown the best. I guess I’ll get a straw and join him…

I’m wondering about all that approachable open space at Smith Industries—-I’ll assume Mysta has already passed the main security checkpoints.

And Roz-An is the “Art Dekko of Outer Space”—if he had an ACTUAL feelings for Mysta I’ll be astonished.

Well, of course they would stick the space coupe in the parking lot.

I’d forgotten Mysta’s infatuation with Ro-Zan. But since she’s sort of Moon Miad reincarnated, wouldn’t that make Ro-Zan sort of her uncle?

Mysta does’t miss a thing….or trick…….

..it’s chock full ‘o disgruntled Lunarians…….waiting until nightfall so’s they can drop out of the S.C.‘s bottom and swarm all about Smith Industries, howling lyrics from songs on Judas Priest’s SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE album……..

And tomorrow,Roz-An shows us his new aviary cage…..

She likes R.E.M. As a fan of the Athens sound, I can dig it.

I’ll concur with others and say that Carlos did a fine job in this strip, especially Panel 2.

Intro (skip if you’ve already read any of the previous intros):

Hello, greetings, casual readers of past Tracy stories. I’m here because I’m on 2 missions. The first is something I’ve never done before, read each Tracy story by Mike Curtis (or his occasional guest writer) in one sitting each. I feel his stories are worth it. IMHO, Curtis is by far the best post-Gould writer this strip has ever had, and we’re all lucky to have him.

My second mission is to provide an immediately useful Featured Comment whenever needed. My 3 friends below will reply to me. You can read their replies if you like, but their only real purpose is to bump up this comment to the Featured Comment.

There are 2 basic types of immediately useful Featured Comments: the first type is to provide you with a Mumblespeak translator when needed. The other type (this type) is anytime that day’s strip quotes a real song. I will provide an html to a recording to that song so you’ll know the tune even if you’ve never heard it before.

End Intro

The song Mysta’s listening to in Panel 1 (most likely from her car radio) is “Man on the Moon” by R. E. M., first recorded in 1992. here’s the html to the original video:

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