Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 13, 2024

never heard THAT term before… BOLO?…

Good morning™, everyone!

Bolo? That’s a kind of necktie, isn’t it? You learn something new every day.

The son doesn’t care. He knows something he’s not telling us or the police. I’m sure his dad knows, too.

Have you noticed that nobody ever seems to smile in Ericville?

What a sad place, indeed.

Try "ROLO"® instead.

Good morning™, Ongoing Investigators !

Dick and Lee study one angle while Sam explores another. I predict a lengthy timeline to the resolution of this one.

Turns out that our victim had a very explosive personality.

Who has that extensive crime record? !

Oh… I thought yesterday’s panel was attempting to show nervous or apprehensive rather than blasé. But it is difficult to draw blasé when comic art doesn’t seem to iconography for it (x on the eyes to show dead, circles around the head to show drunk, BAM to show a solid hit, etc.) And I’ve been saying for days a real exec should be concerned. OTOH, a detail oriented individual might be focused on his / her own job description, and since this is now on the MCU’s to-do list it might be their job.

BOLO is used frequently in the TV series NCIS (naval criminal investigative services) but in regards to this story, NCIS would mean N o C criminals I n S ight

So the dead man appears to have the resume of a TERRORIST.

Swell…………..

Yikes. Tracy and she is turn into purple peoples.

I thought “bolo” meant they were going to take him down by entangling him with weighted cords.

Sam !

MOVIE QUOTE

“We have the thumbscrew!”

“I can stand any amount of screwing!”

Charles Hawtrey to Medieval Torturer—-CARRY ON,HENRY THE EIGHTH—1972

Looks like that “respectable corporation” has a nasty side business. Already making plans to buy my zucchini somewhere else.

Something off putting about the shape of Lee’s head

1- LEE: Aren’t you hot in that trench coat, Dick?

2- DT: Depends on how you mean that. Like – are you asking if I’m too warm or is it more of a statement like “Aren’t you just the hottest looking thing to ever wear a trench coat?” Anyway, regardless – the answer is YES.

3- SAM: MEANWHILE Slow down! OK – so that’s 3 Pizza Supremes and 2 liters of Coke and… lemme stop you there. This isn’t Pete’s Pizza Emporium. I’m guessing you misdialed… What? Because I thought you were providing me with a tip about the murder I’m investigating…Well! You can just go “GFY” too!

*GO FOOL YOURSELF

Charles uses his art talent to the best quality…….great panels!

“Okay, noted. Anything suspicious, though?”

“Bolo issued”? They’ve sent one of Keith Laumer’s tanks out after him?

In the meantime,Mark Masters has a hot tip on the 3rd race….

ka-bolo

It seems like Tracy and MCU operate on the level of consultants. Their expertise is sought from divisions such as homicide. Is this the future for the strip? Any action which takes place gets left to the reader’s imagination.