Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 28, 2012

WThe plot thickens! What this odd couple of crooks could be doing hiding in the aquarium? They remind to me De Vito and Schwarzenegger in Twins!

So many twists and turns in this storyline makes for a great strip. Thanks team Tracy for keeping the Gould legacy alive and well. This new villian is indeed interesting. I just can’t figure out what he is up to…at least not yet!

How is it a ripoff? Is Phishface running for office?

At least we know who did it!

this is BS

Once again I hear those three musical notes, “DA Da daaaa” only in panel two this time. Just left him for dead in the parking lot. I guess killing him inside the aquarium or having him just disappear would raise too much suspicion.

So, Phishface is a self-confessed murderer and Chum Lee is his in-the-dark partner-in-[some kind of]-crime! Well, that makes things much clearer, though it doesn’t help Arthur Curry any. What kind of hideout in the aquarium, and where exactly?

I hope they’re not hiding out in a compression chamber…

And Surfer Dude works at the aquarium?

And there’s an aquarium, restaurant, and movie theater that kinda blend into each other?

An aquarium seems an unlikely place to hide. They’re full of employees during the day and alarmed at night. But hey, I’ll go with it. Not quite sure why John Russco and “Still Da man!” are having such negative reactions…

Number 11 once again..what’s a guy gotta do to crack the top ten in these parts? By the way Phishface, just because data has been deleted doesn’t mean it hasn’t been backed up somewhere.

Well, I guess there’s no question that he’s a bad guy. It might have been a better idea to feed the corpse to the big fish in the aquarium but lots of these villains aren’t so bright are they?

Good morning all…

D’oh! Phishface! Wiping the Hard Drives is a sure invitation for the MCS to snoop more…

Good morning, VistaBill!Ack! I was hoping that Phishface and Chum Lee were employees. But they are bad fish-eggs.

Seventeen today! well, i guess OUR mystery is solved… phishface isnt as nice a guy as he seemed in the beginning…. murderer and who knows WHAT else! five more weeks til the conclusion of this story.. i hope it kicks into high gear soon and doesnt stop til it HAS to! btw, with his hunchback, phishface looks a tad bit like the mole to me

Well if confession is good for the Soul (sole?) Then Phishface ought to be good for now…

Phishface reminds me of Charlie Tuna.

Ripoff??? I don’t get what you’re trying to say.

Oh boy. This strip is going to look very different very soon, with Tracy’s Retirement coming up in the spring, Sammi being demoted from Detective to ‘Officer,’ Lieutenant Teevo currently being digested by a house plant, Liz pulling a disappearing act, and the foolhardy ‘POPS,’ acting Chief of Police or more aptly ‘Piece of Cha-lief.’. The dude does nothing but smile, that’s about it. . That is if you don’t count switching his two-way wrist-watch from one hand to the other, mid-sentence..“SPOT THE ERROR” from way back in that first week of his re-appearance. He starts talking with his handy-dandy zapper on one wrist and the next second, (on the very next day’s strip); the watch is on the other hand. Presto-Chang-O!.OOPS..I started by saying Dick Tracy’s Retirement. I meant it’s rumored that the Dick Tracy comic strip will retire Early Spring 2013..Oh, no

“Batman Returns” was indeed a huge rip-off.The whole ‘Penguin runs for mayor’ sub-plot (including the kidnapping staged by one of his goons, where the Penguin rescues a baby) was taken straight from the “Hizzoner The Penguin” 2-part story on Batman with Adam West! The best thing about that film was that it was Tim Burton’s last Batman movie.

Wonder just what they’re up to.I don’t know about having a hiding place in the basement of an aquarium, with all that water overhead… Guess it’s just a touch of claustrophobia on my part.

The best part of that film was when THE END appeared on the screen.

By the way, everytime I see Joe’s PHISHFACE, i hear the FUNERAL MARCH OF A MARIONETTE playing in the background.

Thank You, Mike.