Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 26, 2023

The pace of an arthritic snail continues…

“Get to work and say nothing!”

Sounds like the advice team Tracy got!

No way Debbie Downer should let this psycho put his sticky hand on her shoulder!

Someone, call HR!

Stuff’s gonna happen. Madsen, cops, who knows? Sprocket is one who thinks fast on her feet, I like her chances. She’ll soon be meeting up with Adam, clothes slightly torn, a smudge of ash on one cheek. “Ready to head home, sweetie?” Adam won’t ask questions.

“The good Ship Tracy be sinking!”

Gosh, why can’t I sleep???Might as well read today’s Dick Tracy comic stri,,,ZZZZzzzz,,,

I wish I could read the strip through Wick colored glasses!!!

Good morning™, all!

Does Audie actually have the money for Madsen, I wonder? Even if he does, I don’t think he wants to pay it out. Indeed, Sabrina is pretty busy.

well, it’s obvious to see that when the schitt goes down there at the call center between Audie and Mad Maddy, Sprocket may get in the crossfire SOMEHOW, leading Dick to recognize her, but having to deal with any gunplay in the center OR with him mopping up after the showdown between Aud and Mads and then going after Sprocket… Sprocket will be in the uncomfortable position of realizing her cover has been blown and Dick has ID’ed her… she will either be apprehended by Dick or if there is any gunplay between Dick and Aud and Mads, her best bet would have to be to try and escape under the cover of all the gunfire… if she DOES, Dick will put out an all points out for her within a certain perimeter and there can be no way that she can go back to Adam… but Dick still doen’t know that Adam and Sprocket are a couple… so it’s possible that Sprocket may meet up with Adam and concoct some lie to avoid coming into contact with Dick and they will return home… but Sprocket and Dick will each know that the other is possibly nearby, so Sprocket will have to think up an excuse so as to never set foot in Tracyville again… or the heat may be too much for her and she will go off on her own accord, not wanting to take any chances, leaving Adam wondering… it could STILL backfire on Sprocket, with Adam not wanting to give up on Sprocket and he files a missing persons report on her, which will require an artist’s rendering of her by Junior (if he still works for the Tracyville PD) with Dick seeing it and realizing finally that Sprocket is the woman that Adam told Dick is the lady in his life… it’s at that point that Dick will reveal her past to Adam… unless he already knows everything from Sprocket and does not care, as he is stupid in love…

I think too much about the possibilities… LOL…

Good morning™, emergency anticipaters !

The schitt is about to go down …….. in another week or so. fireball’s used-to-be best lady will get caught up in a sweep unless she gets an inkling that something is going down. Coworker is oblivious while Susan has a look of concern; hard to be sure with the specs on but if Sabs is always reliably present with today being a deviation then Sprocky is right to feel an oncoming ‘red alert’.

Sabrina must be the equivalent of sergeant-at-arms in the call center. At least he listens to her.

So they’re going to stretch this to Sunday?

I’m assuming we’re going to be getting a side step in the next couple of days, per the norm to stretch it to Sunday?

As fate would have it, Tracy and company raid the center while Sprocket is there. However, she looks like the kind of woman who can think fast on her feet. Yet, I could be wrong.

Call center personell get in trouble for their illicit activities and for wearing hot merchandise on their heads.

“A quota to fill” … Who sets this quota? What happens if Audie’s operation fails to make it? Who enforces it? Is it the bigger villain behind all this that there have been hints about in the comments section? Or is it just another throw-away line of dialogue? Do the writers themselves even know?

Sabrina knows Audie meant what he said and said what he meant, because an elephant nose is faithful one hundred percent!

Sabrina WAS busy, but not in a good way, using what ever one thinks off, when using the phrase “she’s busy.”

It looks like Sprocket is going to have an inside seat to the firing squad.

Incredible! A PhD in Dick Tracey!

For those thinking this story is moving too slowly, count your blessings: you could be reading The Phantom.

Who is the big boss who sets the quota?

MOVIE QUOTE

“You’re just the right size. I’m afraid I’ll have to shoot you”

Victor Moore—AIN’T THAT DUCKY—1945

Remember,Sprocket and her bro were KIDNAPPED from police custody by Public Domain—-they didn’t escape;technically.

When it’s all over,we find out Adam has been quietly paying back the p eople Sprocket swindled and that nobody wants her anymore.

Sprocket doesn’t know whether to be relieved or insulted.

Well,the current ghostwriter left a “Cabot Cove,Maine” postmark on the last letter….

1-AUDIE: Why don’t you take the day off – give the Midol I gave you a chance to work. SABRA: Right…

2-AUDIE: Good. You’re not big enough to stop a bullet aimed at me anyway.

3-PRINCESS: Did you hear that? Mr. Audie is sending Sabra home just cause she has some bad cramps! Ain’t that some sh#t! CHAINRING: Yeah! I’m wearing so many pads right now it feels like I got a pillow in my pants but you don’t hear me whining!

PRINCESS: Pads? Well ain’t you old fashioned! Wait. Are you a virgin? CHAINRING: Yes and I’m not taking any chances that some internal feminine protection product jeopardizes that! Austin would never marry me if that happened.

PRINCESS: You do you, girl. Weirdo

How do you explain to the “troops” the gunshots from behind a closed door in the main office?

Am I missing something or wasn’t Sprocket leaving to go home with Adam? What’s she still doing at the boiler room?

I think Sabs misses Madsen. After all, he is a stylin’ guy. Women just love his hair.

So…are all the phone workers (except Sabrina) temps like Sprocket? It seems like Audie and Madsen would be moving this operation to another deserted location each time a “quota” is reached, to help avoid being caught.

oh, I forgot to mention what happened yesterday…I was eating twizzlers at work, and a piece got stuck in my tooth (this particular tooth had been broken for years now…less than an inch was left “outside” the gum line and only the back part of it was left) so I tried to remove the twizzler from the tooth when I felt it move…so I jammed my thumb into the tooth…and pushed it out of my mouth lol (the remnants of the tooth, not the twizzler) so…now I just have a hole in my upper left gumline where the literal chip of a tooth was left…it will close up on it’s own (like the one on the right side did years ago lol) and force whatever, if anything, is left beneath the gum outward…I was amazed how small it was because it felt so sharp against my tongue all the time, so..now I no longer have anymore broken teeth in my mouth and only TWO of the missing spaces are due to that..the other 5 empty spots were all removed by a dentist (and I have one fake tooth..left of the front tooth…your right if you’re looking at me) I only chipped that one a few years back and apparently the dentist couldn’t just fix it, so he filed the tooth down and put a cap on it

“But be ready for anything.”

The ambience through the final panel positively reeks of dark portents and ominous horizons.

Audie feels completely confident, recklessly.

Sabrina “has the trembles,” warranted but exaggerated (get a grip, Girl!).

“Susan” (Sprocket) and her nameless companion seem out of the loop, clueless, and yet may turn out to be best set for survival if and when the police or Madsen cause upset in the boiler room and front office (i.e, Audie’s office)….