Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 31, 2008

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    margueritem  almost 16 years ago

    Pleased to meet you, my dear, shall we tango? Who’s the old crud in the corner with the metal teeth?

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    mjmsprt40  almost 16 years ago

    Let’s see— oh, maybe a week of these machines pawing the ground and growling at each other, then maybe the fight— this should take a while. Especially with DL forgetting what he did in yesterday’s installment and doing something that wouldn’t normally follow in today’s installment, which seems to be a regular thing with him.

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    LudwigVonDrake  almost 16 years ago

    Not only is this Halloween but it’s stupid as well. After they brawl are they going to go out for a cup of coffee ?

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    KingRat  almost 16 years ago

    Looks like the robots left their bluetooth discoverable setting on.

    public service announcement: let this be a reminder to every one with a bluetooth phone: make sure you have the discoverable turned off. It screams you’re phones ID and if the aggressor phone is set up to not ask permission before doing something it can copy/erase/replace everything on your phone without you ever knowing.

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    KingRat  almost 16 years ago

    DT reminds me of a few three panel comic strips I did in high school. first panel what happened the day before. second panel something stupid and inane. third panel preview of tomorrows strip.

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 16 years ago

    All they need now is Muhammed Ali calling it the “Rumble in the asphalt jungle”. Or, Locher could treat us to some WWF-style stuff!

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    Ray_C  almost 16 years ago

    I see robots do introductions the opposite way from humans. “…U R called Traze-R.” Not, “Hi, my name is Brute Force.” I think we could easily have a week or two of robot dialog before the real action gets going. “I will strp yr gears.” “Oh, yeah, well I’m gng to toss you nto a vat of salt wtr.” “Tht wuld violate the scnd law of robotics” “But not th scnd law of thermodynamics.”

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    brine Premium Member almost 16 years ago

    It’s time for rock-em sock-em robots!!!

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    HankF  almost 16 years ago

    I think Brut Force will get the upper hand because of that springy thing above his wheels

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    andy.vaughn  almost 16 years ago

    This is what is so ridiculous about this strip. Things change so hap-hazardly, like Traz-R’s looks, and now Magnum, err-a, Brute Force.

    SHEESH!

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    ridenslide65  almost 16 years ago

    I’m so done with this lame bleeep story. Get it over and move on….

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    EatDickTracySandwiches  almost 16 years ago

    Oh no! Who is holding the data today! I guess that MF/BF tossed it back to Braces since he has his hands free this morning. This robot has such a short attention span!

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    g6793  almost 16 years ago

    H’mmm. Hey Maxine…how about some of your popcorn?? I wonder if this will be over by Thanksgiving.

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    OneUrantian  almost 16 years ago

    This reminds me of a scene from “Short Circuit”: “Hey you, laser lips! Your mama was a snow blower!”

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    Eugeno  almost 16 years ago

    uhm - maybe, in all their jawing at each other, they’ll discover their mutual beginnings in some Far Eastern parts bin - brothers under the wires - MF will realize he’s technology being mis-used, and will turn on Braces, who he’s already dissed pretty good (bad?) -

    who’s handing out the li’l Snickers bars?

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    JoeTrom  almost 16 years ago

    The only decent story Locher ever did was the B.B. Orwell one back in 1993 in between Collins last story and Kilian’s first one.

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    tukla_ratte  almost 16 years ago

    Trazer will win because he has the bigger Dick.

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 16 years ago

    Hey, itisme! The Obama ad is classic! You’ve gotta have a screw loose to even dream up that kind of stuff! Maybe this film clip is where Locher got the idea for this storyline. Everyone ought to read it (and then puke).

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    runar  almost 16 years ago

    It’s all so clear to me now. Locher has been slow-pacing the action of this whole strip just to deliver that line on the 31st. Now that that’s over, this story will be over just like that. Oh, and Robo-Dick, it’s spelled LF8R.

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    LudwigVonDrake  almost 16 years ago

    Why did Robo-Tracy pronounce “force” correctly today?

    What’s the weight limit on that elevator? Those Robots gotta weigh several tons.

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    mjmsprt40  almost 16 years ago

    I hadn’t thought about the elevator. I’ve been on a number of them, and I can’t recall a freight elevator that had a rating of over 5,000 pounds or so. No way that BF/MF could have ever fit on a passenger elevator, the ceiling would be too low.

    Woops, I’d be wrong. The freights over at the Merchandise Mart are good for several tons, they’re HUGE and they don’t have ceilings. They’re used for everything from furniture to a couple of pallets of paper each weighing over two thousand pounds– sometimes more. If Genesis is equipped with one of these (possible, they’d have to get their machines in somehow), such an elevator could transport BOTH robots without straining.

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    Durak Premium Member almost 16 years ago

    You know Tracey has got to be hiding inside the stupid robot.

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