It does look to be a long way down. Tracy appears to be warning him about what’s on the other side. There are two lanes there. I don’t think that’s the ramp they were talking about. It’s probably the expressway.
Hmmm…let’s see….a random lightpost with a jazz festival banner located on what looks to be some type of on/off ramp from a highway situated beneath a wooden fence behind a dumpster down an alley between two buildings rather nearby what, the other day, a bustling “town center” type location that apparently lizz can circumvent quite quickly and “cut him off”……
The distance between panels 1 and 3 appear to be different but in either case there’s no way he’d be able to emerge from a fall that high without major injuries, if not fatal ones.
I am moved to say that today’s artwork is strong, except that, to me, the Spatial Relations in panel 3 are really unclear.
It does seem to me that Stokes has escaped from that alley where Tracy is in pursuit by 1) climbing onto a big dumpster, 2) jumping up to catch the Jazz Fest banner, and 3) swinging over the fence to the Other Side—pretty agile for a middle-aged (40s?) college professor.
But this is where it gets a bit confusing. Down below is the two-lane expressway on-ramp. Yet it appears to me to be significantly lower down than the alley from which Stokes is fleeing. Adding to my puzzlement is the upper right corner, which seems to be a high-rise tower rising from a yet lower level than the on-ramp.
It’s as though Stokes is at the edge of a Flat-Earther Tracyville!
1- DT: ABUSE OF COMMERCIAL MATERIAL DISPLAYED ON CITY PROPERTY! You’re in trouble now!
2- THE SHARP TOOTHED INSULT COMIC PROFESSOR: NOT IF I LET GO BEFORE YOU CAN PROVE THAT IT WAS DAMAGED…
3- …Uh oh. Maybe I should’ve just taken the Abuse rap… HELP!!!!! Wait! Is that a firetruck coming, maybe with one of those things that catch people when they jump from burning buildings?
Drac will soon be a ‘sail bat’. A bat that was run over by a truck, then bakes in the sun about 3 days. You can then pick them up and toss them like frisbees.
AnyFace almost 4 years ago
“Action~!!”
“Suspense~!!” ✨
Counterpoint almost 4 years ago
Holy flying vampires!
seanyj almost 4 years ago
Some vampire he is. He cant even turn into a bat! Blah Blah!
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray almost 4 years ago
Good morning™, vampires turned Tarzan !
This guy’s got more tricks in his cape than Carter’s got pills. Aaaaaaannd away he goes !
That looks like a long drop from here but it must not be too bad since he meant to let go the flag.
Cheapskate0 almost 4 years ago
Dick Tracy did appear in Dethany’s strip today. But it looks like their daily colorist messed it up – wrong color trench coat.
Same problem we’ve had over here in at least Dick Tracy and Luann.
jonahhex1 almost 4 years ago
Looks like a Sweatbox-style doom for the murderous Prof. Stokes…..in this case an 18-wheeler rather than a train.
Neil Wick almost 4 years ago
Good morning™, all!
It does look to be a long way down. Tracy appears to be warning him about what’s on the other side. There are two lanes there. I don’t think that’s the ramp they were talking about. It’s probably the expressway.
DaleMcNamee almost 4 years ago
Professor Stokes becomes “windshield bug splatter” or better yet, road kill…
fredville almost 4 years ago
Have a feeling Professor Stokes is not destined to be a recurring character, lol
fredville almost 4 years ago
And looks like this will set Abner up to make another Halloween appearance…….
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Insert Wile E Coyote slide whistle here.
flashdrive1988 almost 4 years ago
Wupps! Bad ideaaaaaaaaaa a a a a a a a . . . . . . . . !
blunebottle almost 4 years ago
Not the easy landing he was planning on.
artsyguy65 almost 4 years ago
And I’m hovering like a fly-yyyyy, waiting for the windshield on the freeway.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k9X2QtzCvBQ
Me_ almost 4 years ago
It’s gonna hurt!
WilliamVollmer almost 4 years ago
How many days are we going to see Stokes falling, before we see what kind of landing he makes?
iggyman almost 4 years ago
Like I said a few days ago, if he got hit by the Bloodmobile how ironic that would be!
crobinson019 almost 4 years ago
Taken out by a Speeder?
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 4 years ago
oh, he’ll be fine
until that sudden stop
tsull2121 almost 4 years ago
Hmmm…let’s see….a random lightpost with a jazz festival banner located on what looks to be some type of on/off ramp from a highway situated beneath a wooden fence behind a dumpster down an alley between two buildings rather nearby what, the other day, a bustling “town center” type location that apparently lizz can circumvent quite quickly and “cut him off”……
Oh YAH this is TOTALLY FEASIBLE
avenger09 almost 4 years ago
The distance between panels 1 and 3 appear to be different but in either case there’s no way he’d be able to emerge from a fall that high without major injuries, if not fatal ones.
Ignatz Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Really good art. Almost no words, just cinematographic action. I had to look at it slowly to work out exactly what was happening. Nice.
WGillete almost 4 years ago
Maybe he’ll get his toy teeth stuck in his own throat, and drain his own blood. Sure, it’s stupid, but we’ve seen worse.
Sisyphos almost 4 years ago
I am moved to say that today’s artwork is strong, except that, to me, the Spatial Relations in panel 3 are really unclear.
It does seem to me that Stokes has escaped from that alley where Tracy is in pursuit by 1) climbing onto a big dumpster, 2) jumping up to catch the Jazz Fest banner, and 3) swinging over the fence to the Other Side—pretty agile for a middle-aged (40s?) college professor.
But this is where it gets a bit confusing. Down below is the two-lane expressway on-ramp. Yet it appears to me to be significantly lower down than the alley from which Stokes is fleeing. Adding to my puzzlement is the upper right corner, which seems to be a high-rise tower rising from a yet lower level than the on-ramp.
It’s as though Stokes is at the edge of a Flat-Earther Tracyville!
MuddyUSA Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Who knew Stokes was also an acroBAT.?
CynthiaLeigh almost 4 years ago
SPLAT!
trimguy almost 4 years ago
Is he about to be street pizza?
Ragnar13 almost 4 years ago
I see a Mac Truck heading down that street in the near future.
Another Take almost 4 years ago
1- DT: ABUSE OF COMMERCIAL MATERIAL DISPLAYED ON CITY PROPERTY! You’re in trouble now!
2- THE SHARP TOOTHED INSULT COMIC PROFESSOR: NOT IF I LET GO BEFORE YOU CAN PROVE THAT IT WAS DAMAGED…
3- …Uh oh. Maybe I should’ve just taken the Abuse rap… HELP!!!!! Wait! Is that a firetruck coming, maybe with one of those things that catch people when they jump from burning buildings?
I’M SAVED! IN YOUR FACE, TRA…
tcayer almost 4 years ago
That fence can’t be more than 8 feet. Why does it look like a 20 foot drop to the highway?
tcayer almost 4 years ago
So Stokes is the only one among us who doesn’t see the car coming?
chromosome Premium Member almost 4 years ago
He’s quite athletic… too bad he couldn’t make a legitimate living performing stunts.
scpandich almost 4 years ago
[singing] “I believe I can fly…”
“Oh, no! My beliefs are totally unjustified! AAAAHHHH!!!!”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 4 years ago
How he drops will tell us how far he will get.
ScottHolman almost 4 years ago
sprout bat wings!
ScottHolman almost 4 years ago
Drac will soon be a ‘sail bat’. A bat that was run over by a truck, then bakes in the sun about 3 days. You can then pick them up and toss them like frisbees.
Eric S almost 4 years ago
SPLAT!
buckman-j almost 4 years ago
He’s gonna get hit by a truck carrying Omaha STAKES
frequency270 almost 4 years ago
Dick Tracy out to prove me all wrong. :{
Civanfan about 3 years ago
How often will unchecked Jazz Festivals keep allowing our criminals to get away?