Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 14, 2012

Good morning fellow DT fans…

Good morning, and Happy Valentine’s Day to you, VB and all the other Tracy fans!

Mole senses that all is not rosy in Tracyland.

Happy 100th Birthday,

And now poor Mole is stuck with Thunderchild as a very dubious “friend.” (And with friends like these,…)But how can Tracy help?To be continued…

The Mole sure is a kindly sort.

Uff da! Looks like Thunderchild and Patty are trying to take credit for Mole’s good work. Thing is, will they force him to be a dwarven hammer caddy?

Hey, who is that on the right in panels 2 and 3? Is that Wendy Wichel’s shadow?

Got to feel sorry for Mole, trying to live a low-profile life on the straight and narrow, only to suddenly find himself on TV, being exploited for some shady deal! Seek Tracy’s help, Mole!Happy birthday, Arizona!

Poor Mole. I wonder if his criminal past is going to get dredged up. @60sfan it kinda looks like it.

A very well constructed story … Team Tracy has me eager to read tomorrow’s strip. THAT’S what a comic strip is supposed to do.

Teresa at FROG APPLAUSE was kind enough to post a few examples of my recent work on her blog. After you click on her blog, just click on FA SHOW AND TELL.

Man, is that an old TV. Must be a Philco! And a very sincere Happy B-Day to the gutsiest state in the nation- Arizona! I wish Texas has Jan Brewer for a guv!

This is a great strip and I can’t wait for tomorrow.

Hey there fellow Tracy fans, did you all hear the news? Mike Curtis has asked VistaBill if it was alright to mention his name a few times in next Augusts story arc. What a great honor, we should give VistaBill a big congrats for this honor ! Mike deserves a shoutout for always thinking of the fans too !!!

Quantumptorpedo,.Yesterday you posed a question about the Sunday HALL OF FAME panel:.“Is SAC John ‘Chip’ Hardesty as portrayed by the great Jimmy Stewart in The FBI Story a fictional character, or a composite of great agents?”.A fictional character performing the actions of several real-life agents. So, in that sense, a composite..That said, Chip is the one who “lights the cigar,” the signal that John Dillinger is exiting the Biograph, and he’s the one who leads the shootout with “Pretty Boy” Floyd, actions that, in real life, were taken by “Little Mel” Purvis, so Purvis was part of the composite (ironic considering that Purvis was never even named in the book from which the movie derived, Don Whitehead’s THE F.B.I. STORY).

It isn’t Tracy, but for fans of Cats Don’t Dance and Valentines Day, I thought I would share these links from Shelley Pleger’s Unofficial Cats Don’t Dance FansiteValentine VendettaCDD Valentines Day Cards you can printEnjoy!

I love that the Mole is now a hero. It’s too bad he’s being exploited. :(

We saw Patty Cure come down the ladder to Mole’s hideaway and the next day Mole was consulting Tracy, and then Tracy consulted the pro-wrestler named King. But, what did Patty Cure actually propose to the Mole, if he didn’t agree to what he is hearing on the t.v. today?