So, I guess this is robbery #3. Boom or Bust was kind of a competitor for Monopoly with a lot of similarities, but maybe just different enough to avoid copyright problems.
Fun fact: In 1990 a Dick Tracy board game was produced, as a merchandise tie-in to the Warren Beatty movie. I wonder if this game exists in the Tracy comic strip-verse, or maybe a Derby Dugan equivalent, & if “Gameboy” goes after it.
Oh, nice to see Tracy decided to put his tie back on, after taking it off yesterday. ( An observation of mine that everyone ignored as opposed to his 6th finger that you all jumped on me about!)
Fight only the battles you think you can win I guess!
Before the Pandemic, Hermes Press proposed a new Dick Tracy graphic novel would be written and published by themselves. For numerous reasons, it never materialized.
Perhaps, we can revive the efforts and tell to Mr. H. that we hope he follows through with his proposal. Ciao!
ok, kiddies, here is today’s update with what’s up with me… today is the day that I FINALLY see the pain specialist at 330pm CST my time here… these last few days have been unbearable at times with breaks in the intense discomfort, but when the pain kicks into high gear, it soon goes into overload, driving me up a wall like Spider-Man in his ridiculous Spider-Mobile from years ago… I have been climbing the walls like Spidey to the point like I’m starting to think that I may be one of his clone creations… that’s how bad it has been… but today, hopefully, relief is on the horizon, as I can’t keep going through this… every day has been an exercise in pain and trying to go with it, as the meds have been only a short and temporary thing… during the breaks from pain, I have tried to maintain, but in all seriousness, it has been an extremely difficult thing to do as the pain returns in a very short time and can be sharp, sudden and without warning at any time… even when the pain subsides, I still have the sensation that it is still there, within me, under the surface, reminding me that is has not gone away… a smal portion of my lower back is an issue, along with my-ass-cheek, where I at times, I cannot sit properly, which is a good portion of the time… and it radiates to my thigh, where it is the most troublesome… my entire thigh, the upper, the side and the area near my groin… at times, I cannot even lightly brush my fingers over my thigh, as it goes into pain mode… and then my knee has a painful sensation that leads slightly past and it stops there… I can walk but after a short time, but leg seems to burn and the leg seems to not want to support my weight (188 pounds) and wants to buckle, but it doesn’t… and that’s when I MUST sit or I WILL buckle and collapse…
The merry game were the goal is to become a destitute Okie and have to flee the dust bow (dust)l then build up an empire (boom) which collapses after month, forcing you to go back and become a dust miner! Fun of the family pets! For the family? Just plan depressing.
Slightly OT: I DO remember the Oklahoma dust days, when the stuff would blow over the border, and I’d have to try to sweep the red dust off the porch that surrounded our house on three sides. What a pain for a kid.
1-SAM: Hey Tracy – I just made a fortune helping out a Nigerian Prince so consider this my two week notice.
2-DT: I wonder if that’s the same Prince I helped a month ago? His check bounced but I ran it through again. Probably just mistimed his deposit. It’ll be good this time I’m sure.
3-SAM: Here’s my written resignation. Is “I QUIT” signed at the bottom good enough? DT: Only if you spelled everything right.
SAM: Oops. I’ll redo it after lunch. C’mon, Tracy! It’s on me! I’M RICH, BICHE! DT: ME TOO, EYES OF BLUE! And may I point out, they’re especially vivid today.
SAM: Thank you. Let’s go before Lee and Liz try to horn in on our good fortune…
well, I JUST got back from the ‘pain specialist’ and let me begin by saying that when it comes to real-life stuffs, I have a low tolerance for stupidity and when professional people cannot get on the same page… it greases me to no end, as we are talking about ‘professionals’… let me relate to you how this day progressed since I spoke last with the class here… I made my way to Downer’s Grove, Illinois from Chicago, a short ride, I know… when I arrived at the facility, they asked me to sit and wait, which was only five minutes before my name was called… after a five minute wait, Dr. Darwish entered the room and asked me the pertinent questions that needed to be asked… it was after he finished with his questions that he informed me that he was a SPINE surgeon and NOT a pain specialist…“ffs, I said”… ‘ffs indeed" he replied… it turned out that he cannot help me in any way except to confirm to me what the hospital had told me that according to all tests, I’m good in every respect… in other words, the hospital referred me to the wrong person and I wasted my time and money getting to Downer’s Grove, it was all for nothing… what part of PAIN and SPINE can you not differentiate, except for the ‘S’ and the ‘A’?… so I had to eat the co-pay, which was non-refundable, as he asked me questions about my condition… that constitutes an official visit… and he KNEW this BEFORE he asked his questions, so HE’S a weasel for pulling that schitt…… so I’m still in pain and now I have to get a referral for a PAIN SPECIALIST from my primary, that Darwish recommended to me and set up an appointment for who knows when… so I’m back where I started… nothing gained, nothing lost, nothin’ from nothin’ leaves nothin’, and dam-ned if I do and dam-ned if I don’t… so I am NOT in a very nice and pleasant mood at the moment… it NEVER fails… you ALWAYS encounter at least one bit of stupidity in every day of your life… it’s inevitable and unavoidable… FFS
Whew! I thought for a moment they would go back to another early 60s TV game show for kids, it was called Kideo Village. It was a kids version of an adult game show called Video Village. I remember VV was hosted by Monty Hall in his pre-Let’s Make a Deal days.
Well, we can’t let Gameboy rob museums at his leisure, but on the other hand I don’t give a fig about some esoteric pseudo-Monopoly board game called “Boom or Bust” that I never heard of (nor care to).
So, are we going to spend a week, or two, or more, hearing about Gameboy’s robberies and delving into fanboy geek-outs over whatever his spoils of the day turn out to be?!
And, isn’t it sad to see the MCU’s ace detectives just sitting at and reading their computers for whatever someone has posted rather than going out and gumshoeing to gather actual clues rather than virtual maybes?
Brian Premium Member over 1 year ago
Uh-oh. Portending something? BOOM
Neil Wick over 1 year ago
Good morning™, everyone!
So, I guess this is robbery #3. Boom or Bust was kind of a competitor for Monopoly with a lot of similarities, but maybe just different enough to avoid copyright problems.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12294/game-boom-or-bust
Here is one that was sold on Etsy in 2021, factory sealed, for $703.93 Canadian dollars: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12294/game-boom-or-bust
BreathlessMahoney77 over 1 year ago
Fun fact: In 1990 a Dick Tracy board game was produced, as a merchandise tie-in to the Warren Beatty movie. I wonder if this game exists in the Tracy comic strip-verse, or maybe a Derby Dugan equivalent, & if “Gameboy” goes after it.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray over 1 year ago
Good morning™, parlour game stealers !
Ray’s “talking heads” are going hot and heavy.
All three of the faces look good, Shelley. Both men’s features are well defined.
GoComicsGo! over 1 year ago
I wonder what games and toys played with as a kid?
WelshRat Premium Member over 1 year ago
Snake Eyes? Are we talking dice or Ninja Joe Action Figures?
avenger09 over 1 year ago
Oh, nice to see Tracy decided to put his tie back on, after taking it off yesterday. ( An observation of mine that everyone ignored as opposed to his 6th finger that you all jumped on me about!)
Fight only the battles you think you can win I guess!
LOL!
jonahhex1 over 1 year ago
Looks like “GameBoy” is becoming a one-man crime wave…..
Phantomfire 01 over 1 year ago
Before the Pandemic, Hermes Press proposed a new Dick Tracy graphic novel would be written and published by themselves. For numerous reasons, it never materialized.
Perhaps, we can revive the efforts and tell to Mr. H. that we hope he follows through with his proposal. Ciao!
therese_callahan2002 over 1 year ago
Boom Or Bust? Never saw TV ads for that one.
CarrollJr over 1 year ago
Nice bit of foreshadowing.
crobinson019 over 1 year ago
I still say he’s related to Uncle Pennybags
firestrike1 over 1 year ago
ok, kiddies, here is today’s update with what’s up with me… today is the day that I FINALLY see the pain specialist at 330pm CST my time here… these last few days have been unbearable at times with breaks in the intense discomfort, but when the pain kicks into high gear, it soon goes into overload, driving me up a wall like Spider-Man in his ridiculous Spider-Mobile from years ago… I have been climbing the walls like Spidey to the point like I’m starting to think that I may be one of his clone creations… that’s how bad it has been… but today, hopefully, relief is on the horizon, as I can’t keep going through this… every day has been an exercise in pain and trying to go with it, as the meds have been only a short and temporary thing… during the breaks from pain, I have tried to maintain, but in all seriousness, it has been an extremely difficult thing to do as the pain returns in a very short time and can be sharp, sudden and without warning at any time… even when the pain subsides, I still have the sensation that it is still there, within me, under the surface, reminding me that is has not gone away… a smal portion of my lower back is an issue, along with my-ass-cheek, where I at times, I cannot sit properly, which is a good portion of the time… and it radiates to my thigh, where it is the most troublesome… my entire thigh, the upper, the side and the area near my groin… at times, I cannot even lightly brush my fingers over my thigh, as it goes into pain mode… and then my knee has a painful sensation that leads slightly past and it stops there… I can walk but after a short time, but leg seems to burn and the leg seems to not want to support my weight (188 pounds) and wants to buckle, but it doesn’t… and that’s when I MUST sit or I WILL buckle and collapse…
to be continued in a moment…
oakie817 over 1 year ago
cue the ominous music
Chris over 1 year ago
good thing he’s got dice to play with the board game. :J
Wichita1.0 over 1 year ago
The merry game were the goal is to become a destitute Okie and have to flee the dust bow (dust)l then build up an empire (boom) which collapses after month, forcing you to go back and become a dust miner! Fun of the family pets! For the family? Just plan depressing.
Slightly OT: I DO remember the Oklahoma dust days, when the stuff would blow over the border, and I’d have to try to sweep the red dust off the porch that surrounded our house on three sides. What a pain for a kid.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member over 1 year ago
Make it stop !
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
MOVIE QUOTE—-
“Do I have any idea where we are?I don’t have the slightest idea!”
“Well,that’s very comforting”.
Raymond Massey&Gloria Stuart—THE OLD DARK HOUSE—1932
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
GameBoy is playing a game….
h.v.greenman over 1 year ago
Im beginning to wonder if Parker Brother’s is sponsoring this story arc
Gent over 1 year ago
He must be bored. So he rob bored game. Ha ha ha.
IvanB.Cohen over 1 year ago
Tracy and MCU have a challenge facing them…Gameboy is unpredictable. Not your average, garden variety bad guy.
Another Take over 1 year ago
1-SAM: Hey Tracy – I just made a fortune helping out a Nigerian Prince so consider this my two week notice.
2-DT: I wonder if that’s the same Prince I helped a month ago? His check bounced but I ran it through again. Probably just mistimed his deposit. It’ll be good this time I’m sure.
3-SAM: Here’s my written resignation. Is “I QUIT” signed at the bottom good enough? DT: Only if you spelled everything right.
SAM: Oops. I’ll redo it after lunch. C’mon, Tracy! It’s on me! I’M RICH, BICHE! DT: ME TOO, EYES OF BLUE! And may I point out, they’re especially vivid today.
SAM: Thank you. Let’s go before Lee and Liz try to horn in on our good fortune…
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Don’t snicker about a “Museum Of Toys”. There’s a real one in Rochester,New York that’s got EVERYTHING.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
And a big fat Menche Argeny Dicht Nicht to you all.
Ray Toler over 1 year ago
…they’ll find some prints?
Who will find prints, the MCU?
It would have been nice to have seen the robbery instead of talking heads telling us about it.
Eric S over 1 year ago
Did Milton Bradley sponsor this story?
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
You sunk my battleship! Will our villain sink a real one?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
Toyman! No that is DC.
firestrike1 over 1 year ago
well, I JUST got back from the ‘pain specialist’ and let me begin by saying that when it comes to real-life stuffs, I have a low tolerance for stupidity and when professional people cannot get on the same page… it greases me to no end, as we are talking about ‘professionals’… let me relate to you how this day progressed since I spoke last with the class here… I made my way to Downer’s Grove, Illinois from Chicago, a short ride, I know… when I arrived at the facility, they asked me to sit and wait, which was only five minutes before my name was called… after a five minute wait, Dr. Darwish entered the room and asked me the pertinent questions that needed to be asked… it was after he finished with his questions that he informed me that he was a SPINE surgeon and NOT a pain specialist…“ffs, I said”… ‘ffs indeed" he replied… it turned out that he cannot help me in any way except to confirm to me what the hospital had told me that according to all tests, I’m good in every respect… in other words, the hospital referred me to the wrong person and I wasted my time and money getting to Downer’s Grove, it was all for nothing… what part of PAIN and SPINE can you not differentiate, except for the ‘S’ and the ‘A’?… so I had to eat the co-pay, which was non-refundable, as he asked me questions about my condition… that constitutes an official visit… and he KNEW this BEFORE he asked his questions, so HE’S a weasel for pulling that schitt…… so I’m still in pain and now I have to get a referral for a PAIN SPECIALIST from my primary, that Darwish recommended to me and set up an appointment for who knows when… so I’m back where I started… nothing gained, nothing lost, nothin’ from nothin’ leaves nothin’, and dam-ned if I do and dam-ned if I don’t… so I am NOT in a very nice and pleasant mood at the moment… it NEVER fails… you ALWAYS encounter at least one bit of stupidity in every day of your life… it’s inevitable and unavoidable… FFS
Jonmouk over 1 year ago
Whew! I thought for a moment they would go back to another early 60s TV game show for kids, it was called Kideo Village. It was a kids version of an adult game show called Video Village. I remember VV was hosted by Monty Hall in his pre-Let’s Make a Deal days.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Well, we can’t let Gameboy rob museums at his leisure, but on the other hand I don’t give a fig about some esoteric pseudo-Monopoly board game called “Boom or Bust” that I never heard of (nor care to).
So, are we going to spend a week, or two, or more, hearing about Gameboy’s robberies and delving into fanboy geek-outs over whatever his spoils of the day turn out to be?!
And, isn’t it sad to see the MCU’s ace detectives just sitting at and reading their computers for whatever someone has posted rather than going out and gumshoeing to gather actual clues rather than virtual maybes?