Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 16, 2012

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    Steve Bartholomew  almost 13 years ago

    Yeah, right. Brown club soda. I am deeply shocked that Pat is smoking in a family strip. Shocked, I tell you.

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    margueritem  almost 13 years ago

    I believe that they may be on duty, so they can’t drink.

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    Steve Bartholomew  almost 13 years ago

    @margueritem: “Club soda” my foot. Club soda ain’t brown. Oh, sure—blame it on the colorizer.

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    JohnRPelt  almost 13 years ago

    *barticle35 — let’s drag him out behind the tool shed and beat him tells he yells!

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    Tarry Plaguer  almost 13 years ago

    So people, can you tell it is Lizz, Lee, Tracy, and Sam from the silhouettes in panel one?

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    firedome  almost 13 years ago

    of course, it’s club soda…with a shot of espresso.

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    Sisyphos  almost 13 years ago

    I’d blame the colorist for the brown club soda. Or maybe he’s never seen club soda?The panel 1 silhouette figures are indeed easily recognized.This being SoS’s last night, and the MCS being present, something must be going down….

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Club soda with a shot of chocolate syrup. Yum! ;9

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 13 years ago

    Good morning all…

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    Gator007  almost 13 years ago

    The way Sam holding the cigerette reminds me of “Kojak”

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    Det.DanDone  almost 13 years ago

    Two Cueballs, drugs in the cello case, the MCS at a SoS show, I think the excitement is gonna happen “off stage”. At least the crowd will get their moneys worth…

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    Det.DanDone  almost 13 years ago

    Go Bless you, Dr. King!

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    J Short  almost 13 years ago

    Probably ginger ale.

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    dpauld  almost 13 years ago

    We really need to get Sam to quit smoking. I’ll offer him a patch.

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 13 years ago

    Barticle, you said Pat is smoking. I don’t see him; only Sam. Or am I missing something?

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    Ray_C  almost 13 years ago

    Ginger ale is much lighter…a pale yellow at best. I think the colorizer thought club soda was something like Coke or Pepsi. For once, we’re all in agreement on the color.

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    HannoX  almost 13 years ago

    I saw this strip first in B&W, then came here for the comments. My first reaction upon seeing the color was “Oh, my God,” and not in a good way. The brown club soda is not the only bizzare choice made by the colorist.

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    Stagger Lee  almost 13 years ago

    Tracy’s glass is white or clear in my newspaper. As if it really matters.

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    David53  almost 13 years ago

    Good thing they ID’ed the drink, they color proofed it. LOL This is a Great STRIP!!!!

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    Mdstudio  almost 13 years ago

    Great classic-like Tracy art in panel two. Particularly nice in b&w: http://www.comicstripnation.com/dick-tracy/index.html

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    tsull2121  almost 13 years ago

    my way of thinking is that the colorist saw a panel to color and the note of it being club soda, however since everyone knows that club soda is clear, the colorist chose “any color” so that it would show up that tracy has a beverage in his glass. the “club soda” tag verifies that tracy si drinking club soda. if the colorist was to have left it “blank” i am sure someone woulda hung him out to dry for that too. seems you cant win or lose. oh and matt, for the record.. i now can see differences between the sunday colored pages and the daily colored pages. still, i dont think its THAT big of a deal tho

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    Sardonis  almost 13 years ago

    Why point out club soda? Is this a lesson that police officers and detectives should not drink on the job? “Hey, mac—whaddaya want? A beer?” “N-No, sir. I-I-I’ll have a club s-soda, please.” lol

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    coratelli  almost 13 years ago

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    GTG3  almost 13 years ago

    Didn’t anyone ever explain to Sam it is ILLEAGLE to smoke in a public place

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    MikeCurtis Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    I think they switched Tracy’s Club Soda to a Yoo Hoo.

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