Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 22, 2024

a Tracyville Tour…

I believe the building in panel one depicts a real-life building here in Chicago…

"Mar"chitects are not always efficient.

Good morning™,all!

The “monument to journalism” is definitely inspired by the Tribune Tower.

Holy Tamole!

And I thought yesterday’s strip could never be topped for thrills and spills!

Mr. Excitement himself, Eric, “Hey Abbott” Costello has given us jet fuel to start us off!

There’s no way other than down after this astonishing beginning!!!

These last two days have killed any momentum to whatever story this will turn out to be. But the visuals would have been great in a Sunday strip.

it’s been YEARS since I’ve been there, but is panel two a depiction of Union Station in Chicago?…

Tomorrow it’ll be a bakery, butcher and a delicatessen.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz …….

This is the city. There a a million stories in the city. The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

There are 8 million stories in Tracy City, this will be one of them!

Well, helps that the general outlines of the buildings are straight lines, but all those windows and smaller columns look like a lot of work for Mr Ettinger!

I see a lot of people don’t understand what story background is.

Maybe this story is a cross-over with Godzilla, who’s about to show up & trash Tracy’s hometown.

…to comic strips…

Day 2: Still no plot holes. A good start. I’m pumped. No, seriously. Not exactly pumped, but I’ve got no problem with a slow build – especially if it leads into a good story. (Of course I have no idea yet if it’s going to be a good storyline, but nothing has dashed my hopes yet.)

A Bank!

“Suddenly, a shot rings out! A door slams! A maid screams! And on the horizon, Mojo JoJo appears, piloting another of his giant robots! Heavens! What is a city to do?”

So… the writer is out of ideas…

Please help us !

Hey Vengey ! Work your magic on this one .

Huh? We’re strolling through Chicago and suddenly finding ourselves in New York?!? Long, strange trip, indeed.

Last one financial most likely district Chicago.

Is that the Daily Planet (sans planet) in panel 1?