Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 14, 2016

Dingy doors, info scoresEveryone plays the gameKnowledge sort, safety boughtThreat’s a middle nameTie-less Dick, not a hickLets the Brow take the leadNot his turf like Papa SurfLet the youngsters do the deedDJ’s hairy, acting scaryA stupendous sight to seeTracy grinned, and laughed withinAt this Wolverine wannabeMeanwhile Tess, makes the bestAt home all alone as beforeShe knows there’s no wayOn this Valentine’s dayHe husband will walk through the front door.

.Good morning fellow DT fans!....

Disclaimer: Rikki is simply a very close pal and coffin mate. There is absolutely nothing between us.

I dig Wunbrow’s always changing hat bands color and design. Where can I buy one? LOL!

DJ isn’t the first person to have a badly translated tattoo, and I’m no expert in Spanish, but about the best translation I can come up with is “Action dirty terminated/finished cheap land/earth/soil” but even that has problems.

Dirty deeds are done dirt cheap, the DJ plays his songWell off of the beaten path, whatever could go wrong?Wunbrow knows Alberto, puts his business in the streetThreatened with a prison cell, he sings a song so sweet.Tracy pockets his red tie, seeks to keep his profile lowDJ makes his entrance, savvy behemoth in the know.Towers over Wunbrow, DJ’s mass being prodigiousFoes fear to testify in court should matters grow litigious.This DJ is bilingual, in many tongues he speaksFoes tend to stay so silent when fluid quickly leaks.At their feet a growing puddle, DJ doth laugh to seeHis victims sending up a prayer, such is their quandary.So if you meet him on the street don’t cross this man of stoneTo raise a hand against DJ is to die fast and alone.Dirty deeds are done dirt cheap, the DJ speaks in FrenchA lust for life and money that he never can quite quench.

P puddles are gross! LOL!

DJ is a rather fearsome looking character….

In Spanish, adjectives normally come after the noun they modify, so it should be “acción sucia” rather than “sucio acción” and “acción” is feminine, so it needs “sucia” rather than “sucio.” There is the same problem with “tierra barato” if it’s supposed to mean “dirty earth.” “Tierra” is feminine, so it would have to be “tierra barata.”

If it’s supposed to be “Dirty deeds are done dirt cheap,” as Pequod suggests, then it’s way off the mark. DJ needs to consult a qualified translator before tattooing such things on his chest!

Is DJ a step-cousin of Doubleup? Same tufts of hair! And REALLY I wouldn’t want him mad at me! Btw good morning and happy Valentine Day (hope Dick give Tess an SMS at last!)

OH-kayyyy . . . This just got very very very very very very very very very very very very weird. . . .

Thanks, Joe and Mike for recognizing our new Canadian Minister of National Defense! I feel confident that Harjit was a very good choice by our new Prime Minister.

“Dirty action over earth cheap” [literal]….yeah, I think Pequod’s got the right idea.

DJ speaks the universal language—dinero!

Wolverine???

So, what does “DJ” stand for, if anything?

<You remember my guest shot in Disney’s “Fantasia,” don’t you?>

And, Dick’s in a yellow Panama Hat! (Detective Tracy’s wardrobe by yellowhats.com)

JPuzzleWhiz implied,That’s because you two are hugging? ☺-——————————————————————-.Who knows what goes on in a closed coffin?

Still no sign of Spicy.

I read of a guy who wanted “blood and guts” in Japanese on his arm.There’s no similar phrase in Japanese, so the tattooist came as close as he could. And now the guy’s arm reads “intestines.”

With bad guys like DJ around, Tracy should feel right at home in Havana.

A very interesting “Hall of Fame” today on Canada’s Minister of National Defense. Thanks, Lt. Reimer!

Very nice shadow in panel 2. DJ = Devil, Jr. ?

I like it. Right into the nitty-gritty of Havana. This spot is unknown to tourists, yet they know Wunbrow here. Tracy loosens up, letting Wunbrow take the lead on his home turf. DJ is a fine fun fellow and an AC/DC fan, as fhofmann says. Tracy tossed Bardoll off of the roof when push came to shove. Bardoll, a head taller than Tracy, could have stood in DJ’s shade. It would take a fork-lift to move DJ from his stance. Wunbrow buys cooperation, ending perspiration.

An interesting Hall of Fame entry. Thanks, Lt. Reimer! Thanks to blunebottle, Chris Sherlock, Willy007, Charlie (sorry to have missed your kind comments yesterday), Neil Wick, fhofmann, Vista Bill & Comet, JPuzzleWhiz and Jonathan K. for the kudos. Very much appreciated!

Love how Tracy changed his hat to be local but kept the same color.

< He can get mad, but I can arrest you. >

< You can arrest me, but he can make me disappear! >

Pequod explains it in his opening line. DJ got it at the “AC/DC Tattoo Parlor”!

Never trust a tattoo parlour to do your translations. Tattoos are kind of permanent. You’re likely to be stuck with them for life, even if they’re wrong.

To clear up a couple of things about Harjit Sajjan that might not be clear from this brief biography, at least some of his military service was concurrent with his time with the Vancouver Police Department. He was a member of the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own) having enlisted at age 19. The British Columbia Regiment is a primary reserve or militia regiment. His deployments in Bosnia Hercegovina and three deployments in Afghanistan were done while he was a reservist. He took a leave of absence from the Vancouver Police in 2006 for that deployment. (He is also one of the few Canadian soldiers permitted to wear a full beard. As a baptized Sikh he is required to not cut his hair including his beard.)

As to what DJ stands for, ask yourself where AC/DC for that slogan from.

Gweedo warned,But if one of you gets a cold, you’ll be coughin’ mates, Bill, and Good Morning !-—————————————————————————.Shudder! If one of us goes down, the other is certain to follow..GoComics was “off the air” for awhile in the middle of the night.

Seeing our boys lined up in their signature headwear …

… reminded me of this short-lived series from 1992.

Odd bit of comics-related trivia about the above …

When Roger Corman and Oley Sassone were looking for someone to cast as The Invisible Woman in their ultra-low-budget Fantastic Four movie, one or the other – Oley, I believe – thought of an actress they’d seen guest-starring on an episode of The Hat Squad by the name of Rebecca Staab …

Had a huge crush on her at the time.

My pleasure NG49. See, I’m not totally bad, just very opinionated! LOL!

Thank you to everyone who commented that you liked my poem. And a Super Dee Duper THANK YOU to everyone who hated it and didn’t comment!

LOL!

As for the rest of what you said, it’s a part of the reason I don’t want tattoos, aside from “if I was meant to have such marks on my body, God would have given them to me upon my birth”.____________________

Asides from the physical pain and toxicity involved (… seems to me I’d read that one can’t, for example, donate blood for a certain time afterwards) they’re also difficult to erase.

See also, “Sorry. I was eating a Milky Way.”

Glad to hear the Canadians on this Board happy with Mr. Sajjan’s work so far. Guess there wasn’t enough space in the Hall of Fame panel to mention he had to get elected as a Member of Parliament representing Vancouver South before his Minister of National Defense selection. My neighborhood!

So, Wunbrow’s rather simple secret-speak in Spanish-speaking Havana’s seedier section is to speak French? And the rather ominous-looking giant DJ also speaks French (as well as money) by coincidence? I think it is wise of Tracy and Ivanov to stay in the background as Francesco quizzes Alberto and then confronts Alberto’s superior (in more ways than one), DJ….

As for the rest of what you said, it’s a part of the reason I don’t want tattoos, aside from “if I was meant to have such marks on my body, God would have given them to me upon my birth”.-——————————————————————————-Exactly my reason for not indulging.

So far, everybody seems to think that “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” means DJ is an AC/DC fan.But I think he’s really a fan of Beany & Cecil!DJ = Dishonest John. And guess who’s silhouette that is on the business card in the top right panel…? https://beanyandcecil.com/a-certain-rock-and-roll-band/

Judge for yourselves though …

A Bob Clampett Cartoon!

DJ YOU DIRTY GUY!!!

More Beany & Cecil …

Here’s the short-lived 80’s remake by John Kricfalusi

I just noticed the address on the building: 222B. Wasn’t Sherlock Holmes’ address 221B Baker Street? Joe having a little extra fun with the artwork, perhaps?

… or possibly these guys.

Dirty deeds are done dirt cheap, the DJ plays his song

Well off of the beaten path, whatever could go wrong?

Wunbrow knows Alberto, puts his business in the street

Threatened with a prison cell, he sings a song so sweet.

Tracy pockets his red tie, seeks to keep his profile low

DJ makes his entrance, savvy behemoth in the know.

Towers over Wunbrow, DJ’s mass being prodigious

Foes fear to testify in court should matters grow litigious.

This DJ is bilingual, in many tongues he speaks

Foes tend to stay so silent when fluid quickly leaks.

At their feet a growing puddle, DJ doth laugh to see

His victims sending up a prayer, such is their quandary.

So if you meet him on the street don’t cross this man of stone

To raise a hand against DJ is to die fast and alone.

Dirty deeds are done dirt cheap, the DJ speaks in French

A lust for life and money that he never can quite quench.