Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 19, 2018

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    Neil Wick  almost 6 years ago

    Good morning™, newspaper readers!

    Mike Curtis has called Ken Elig his “mentor.” After Selig hired Curtis for the revived Harvey Comics:

    He taught me how to write a comic book from an idea to a finished storyline (remember this was very pre-internet) and credits there gave me the chance to do scripts for three unproduced CASPER TV pilots, and then later on to do my own comic book SHANDA THE PANDA.

    If you don’t like the way Mike writes, Mr. Selig probably deserve some of the blame.

    By the way, that would be Haf-and-Haf’s estranged wife The Great Zelda. He left her and later tried to kill her.

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    HarryCK  almost 6 years ago

    Good morning, “lost” wanderers !

    I’m thinking high diver lady’s placement is not consequential as he says his line while having the paper open to a possibly revealing page, a page which may be a continuation of her page 1 story. I Wonder if he is angry because Lum’s “Believe it er Don’t” isn’t mentioned and is prolly a bit older than this “pop star favorite” of a single panel daily.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 6 years ago

    He is free to roam. I wonder if it is the same night as his escape? Or maybe it is the end of the night and the false dawn is a glimmer. He is like a wandering hero only he isn’t a hero at all. He is a monster with some kind of need to right wrongs as he has had them. Of course to him he is doing right, except for that one voice that refuses to. An inversion of the hero’s journey. I love it!

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    jonahhex1  almost 6 years ago

    A madman on the loose…..not good……..

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    Kim Metzger Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    I don’t believe it! (Well, someone had to say it!)

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    BigDaveGlass  almost 6 years ago

    Thin Lizzie ~ Killer on the loose…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTtXqDjNP4

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    therese_callahan2002  almost 6 years ago

    Where are those other guys?

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    Knightman Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Good Morning Neil and All you Serial Killers!!!

    This guy is not a happy camper!!!

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    iggyman  almost 6 years ago

    An interesting beginning…

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    jrankin1959  almost 6 years ago

    Little tribute to Ripley’s creation?

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    Ray Toler  almost 6 years ago

    That diver’s name wouldn’t be Zelda, would it?

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    tsull2121  almost 6 years ago

    AAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDD ZELDA IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

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    AnyFace  almost 6 years ago

    Will someone be “Taking a Dive?” ✨

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    …Professor Fate has intervened? I thought he and Max were still in Paris…

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    kantuck-nadie  almost 6 years ago

    HafnHaf?

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    paul brians  almost 6 years ago

    For what it’s worth, “selig” is German for “blessed.” Not to be confused with Woody Allen’s “Zelig.” (Or is it?)

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 6 years ago

    Zelig:a person who is able to change their appearance, behavior, or attitudes, so as to be comfortable in any situation. (A human chameleon.)

    Helig is “holy”. Do you live in a helig stat? “Holy State”

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    BreathlessMahoney77  almost 6 years ago

    If I understand today’s strip, the protagonist is riding a bus, gets off in the middle of nowhere, but that spot has a newsstand.

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    Sisyphos  almost 6 years ago

    The three of him are having a jolly good revenge-high about the high-diver (ex-wife The Great Zelda) after the bus ride from Wertham Woods to Selig Street (outskirts of Tracyville, I’d guess)….

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    oakie817  almost 6 years ago

    cue the ominous music

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    oakie817  almost 6 years ago

    why do I think the high diver may be in the storyline?

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    oakie817  almost 6 years ago

    and really liked the “believe it or not…”

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    clayface9 Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Happy 100th Anniversary to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!

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