Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 04, 2008

I senz tht ‘Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots’ may b cloz 2 hppning…. or not.

Okay, I’ll vote: I vote for a new writer for this strip and while we’re at it, a new artist. I LOVE AMERICA!!!

Traze-R could see the look of admiration on Tracys face as the detective kept his eyes fixed on the robot in front of him. He sighed to himself as he held his left hand close to his stomach to try and calm his nerves. He knew that to have any chance against this Goliath he needed to use everything at his disposal. His sensors were picking up that his name was Magnum Force. He was also picking up some weird vibes from someone called ‘Braces’. Traze-R knew how to hurt MF. TR chuckled as he said out loud, “Heez cald ‘Brute Force”! MF was suddenly filled with rage! How dare this stupid Tin man insult him by calling him that hated nickname! When he was done here he would have to teach Braces a lesson! He could barely control himself as he sputtered out an almost incoherent “Thanx for th introdukshun” T-R glanced to his left and saw a vote sign. A sadness came across his face when he realized that here he was, risking his existance to defend mankind, yet HE had no voting rights and never would. “The irony of it all”, he thought to himself. His attention was quickly brought back to the situation at hand when he heard; “Now prepare yrslf fr th scrp heap”!

To be continued(maybe)…….

Sounds like these two robots have a history. What, did those evil signals also broadcast MF’s name?

Gweedo: Good one!

BB, thanks again for posting the back story behind this apparent nonsense.

Only BB has the genius of insight to make sense of this drivel.

Of course, ONLY BB has the genius of insight to make sense…and I’m the one labeled as unobjective!

BTW, my purpose for visiting was only to announce that my comic strip will appear in place of Frog Applause this coming Saturday & Sunday. But seeing morrow’s love letter to BB, I couldn’t resist commenting.

Jeff Kersten says: “Perhaps you’re right, RayC, but who else (besides you, occasionally) is defending the creator here at Gocomics? Or the DT Yahoo! Group? Over there I’m labeled as one of two member’s of “the Praetorian Guard,” for crying out loud! The other is my friend MPH, who some on this board resent for his support of DL. Its been a fun ride here, believe me, but as fans of DT you would be better served by my working behind the scenes on Museum projects going forward.” Posted: 2008-10-28T20:19:19Z

Do I know you Jeffrey or what???? As I predicted you wouldn’t be able to keep your promise to us. That’s OK, It’s much more fun when you get mad at us Magpies anyway. Are you a little jealous Jeff? Everyone knows(except you, Toto & the Scarecrow) that what I write is all in good fun. Believe me, if anyone gets any enjoyment out of it then all the better. You are SO FUNNY!!!!

Peace.

BB

BB-

I posted here today to announce the publication of my strip as a follow-up to the generous offer Teresa Dowlatshahi made to me. I couldn’t help responding to Morrow’s ridiculous absolute statement.

Don’t get too aroused there, BB, I’m not here to stay. You will see me follow-up here with ONE more announcement shortly, and then this board, too, will disappear completely.

Jeff, I’m not calling you a liar. I’m just saying I don’t believe you. You know, your statement; “and then this board, too, will disappear completely” Could be taken many different ways, Oh powerful one.

It’s not your fault, you can’t help yourself. You really need to lighten up a bit. Life is wwaayyy too short to get so upset over what we say on this board.

All the Best(said in total sincerity)

BB

Believe me, BB, I WISH I was making this up, but sadly it has nothing to do with you or others on the board.

Just remember my prediction.

Best, Jeff

Jeff, I still believe more than ever that either you or your pal had something to do with the complete dissolution of the comicspage discussion board. You’re predicting the demise of this one, too.

Trust me Jeff, if I’ve learned anything over the years it’s not to underestimate the predictions of anyone from the land of Oz.

If and when we do disappear into the great smokestack with Queenie, here’s my email for any of my friends(that includes you also Jeff) who wish to keep in touch.

BASSMANBOB@AOL.COM

The dissolution of the comicspage.com board was simply a strategic decision made by TMS. By assuming MPH or I had anything to do with it is just giving us MUCH more credit than we deserve.

Speaking just for myself, I think these boards can be very useful resources for fans to share information about the strip. I would NEVER promote dissolving one of these boards. To do so would only eliminate an efficient outlet for the Museum to communicate to its’ members and fans. Wouldn’t be a good thing for us, at all.

That being said, I’m not making this prediction because I’m happy about this. Quite to the contrary – I’ve never been so disappointed or upset in my life.

In a nutshell, there is NO JOY in OZ these days.

Jeff, if you have information then just tell us and stop playing these silly games. We’re all adults here(I think). Stop saying “remember my predictions, don’t forget my predictions, ponder my predictions, yadda, yadda. yadda. You’re acting like the kid who owns the basketball and won’t let the other kids play unless he gets to pick the teams.

Oy Vey!!!

morrow says:

“Only BB has the genius of insight to make sense of this drivel.”

morrow says:

“Jeff, I still believe more than ever that either you or your pal had something to do with the complete dissolution of the comicspage discussion board. You’re predicting the demise of this one, too.”

You conspiracy theorists can do the math. Come on, Bob, you’re the resident “genius”, right?

This song fits you to a tee, Mr. Jeff(Green is your favorite color)

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Author: Dr. Seuss

You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You’re as cuddly as a cactus, You’re as charming as an eel. Mr. Grinch. You’re a bad banana With a greasy black peel. You’re a monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart’s an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders, You’ve got garlic in your soul. Mr. Grinch. I wouldn’t touch you, with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole. You’re a vile one, Mr. Grinch. You have termites in your smile. You have all the tender sweetness Of a seasick crocodile. Mr. Grinch. Given the choice between the two of you I’d take the seasick crockodile. You’re a foul one, Mr. Grinch. You’re a nasty, wasty skunk. Your heart is full of unwashed socks Your soul is full of gunk. Mr. Grinch. The three words that best describe you, are, and I quote: “Stink. Stank. Stunk.” You’re a rotter, Mr. Grinch. You’re the king of sinful sots. Your heart’s a dead tomato splot With moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch. Your soul is an apalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable, Mangled up in tangled up knots. You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch. With a nauseaus super-naus. You’re a crooked jerky jockey And you drive a crooked horse. Mr. Grinch. You’re a three decker saurkraut and toadstool sandwich With arsenic sauce.

BB, I think we got us a real live Shaman here. I can’t decide whether to reel him in or cut the line.

Hey morrow, I think it’s more like a Dodo bird. I thought they were extinct. If you remember I was always reluctant to accept Dorothy as our old boards saviour. Looks like he’s nothing more than a MPH clone.

By the way, please don’t express anything positive about my silly little attempt to make sense out of Lochers story. Jeff can’t seem to handle it.

Cheers.

BB

I vote for MF, because he smells nice.

My guess: Locher is retiring, and TMS has decided to discontinue the strip. Jeff: Either confirm or deny, please.

…and Tracy and his Robot will live happily ever after.

LudwigVonDrake says:

…and Tracy and his Robot will live happily ever after.

I think the Robot loves Diet, according to BB’s backstory.

Marguerite, I think you hit the nail on the head. The current occupant of the DT Captain’s Chair needs to retire. But there are plenty of people who would love to take it. For example, Toto (Matthew Hansel) does a pretty good takeoff. He’s written a story or two in DT style, and isn’t a bad artist, either. (He got a combined 7.5 out of 10 on drawing hands at the DT Museum Field Day and Bunny Hop in 2003) Unless Locher totally mutilated the character, someone might pick it up.

bassmanbob says: “… He sighed to himself as he held his left hand close to his stomach to try and calm his nerves. ” Hey! Robots got nerves!!! Who knew? I think they should be allowed to vote, BB. Robot suffrage. There’s a cause we can all get behind.

Not to any particular poster here: I think we could have a lot of fun with the strip without calling Locher (and Jeff) offensive names. Instead of drawing him into the fun, it makes him a foe. This is something most of us stopped doing in high school. We say it’s all in fun, but direct personal insults are not all in fun. It’s free speech, sure; but civility is part of being grown-up. Just my two cents. Ray

Ray, I suspect you may be right. Another thought comes to mind, and it concerns archiving. As we all know, Google picks up everything that appears on the Internet sooner or later and stores it seemingly forever. What we write today “in good fun” may come back at some future date to bite us in the posterior when we least suspect such an attack. You’re looking for a new job, let’s say, and your prospective employer does an Internet search on you and finds this stuff. Getting the job or losing it may very well hinge on a flip remark that you’ve long since forgotten but Google hasn’t.

Have fun, but think and be a bit careful about what we commit to “forever” on these pages.

mjmsprt40 says: Getting the job or losing it may very well hinge on a flip remark that you’ve long since forgotten but Google hasn’t. Have fun, but think and be a bit careful about what we commit to “forever” on these pages.

Boy, is that ever the truth! Someone made a very nasty comment about another poster under a cartoon other then DT. In order to be well informed when I confronted them, I googled the screen name they were using to be certain of it’s meaning. I spelled it the way they had spelled it, and the first thing that popped up was the nasty quote they had just made! That was a rude awakening.

RayC says: We say it’s all in fun, but direct personal insults are not all in fun. It’s free speech, sure; but civility is part of being grown-up. Just my two cents. Ray

Well stated, Ray. I agree.

morrow says:

Marguerite, I think you hit the nail on the head.

Now, let’s see if Jeff comfirms or denys…

Hey, Margueritem…that turkey looks delicious, but aren’t you supposed to take the feathers off before roasting?

Rayc: I’ll have to let the maid know. She’s new at this sort of thing.

http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/22/dick-locher-approaches-10000-cartoon-retirement/

Sounds like his retirement is very close. Let’s see if TMS decides to continue the strip.