Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 26, 2024

now I’m intrigued…

and that is one seriously pis-sed-off Loony Moony…

Ray-lene Ray-lene Ray-lene Raaaay-lene!

Good morning™, everybody!

So, they “tricked” him. I wonder what is actually in the folder. We only know it’s not what Ro-Zan expected.

How I wish I could sleep.

Let me read today’s Dick Tracy strip.

ZZZZZZZzzzzz,,,,,,

Fuzzy dice for the space coupe!

It says: “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”

Everybody gets their hopes up over a reboot when all they get is a new set of color choices (Ro-Zan wanted a sun roof!)

Antennae do not a “profit” make.

It’s just a picture of a raised middle finger.

Sparks on overload!

Today’s instalment is the “Gotcha moment”. Prepare to see soon, lights on and Mysta, Diet, The Moon Governor and security personnel (Both Earth and Moon police) confront Ro-Zan with his hands in the “cookie jar”. Ro-Zan breaking into the files was just too easy.

You. YOU’VE been tricked. The other Lunarians and Terrans are cool with each other. You, on the other hand…

Must have switched them with the Little Deuce Coup plans!

Are you surprised, Ro-zan? Your not facing a bunch of thugs who isn’t much more evolved than insects. Your facing one of the most brilliant minds on the planet. I wouldn’t be surprised too, that it was planted /just for your arrogance/. An informal fallacy, we humans call a Red herring.

In the immortal words of Bob Segar

No matter what you think you pull you’ll find it’s not enough

No matter who you think you know you won’t get throughIt’s a given L.A. lawSomeone’s faster on the drawNo matter where you hide I’m comin’ after you yeah

(Dick Tracy)

Is that the royal “we”?

“These upgrades are for the Space Couple! Barbie and Ken Luna! Hm… I do like the new Malibu Dreamhouse, though—looks way better than mine!”

And now another surprise.

Hulk smash!

Bummer being a thief .

“It was all a scam to bilk investors! Argh!”

I really love the 4-panel days. Less dialogue and more story progress. Charles’ artwork is the icing on the cake. I’m a big fan of showing more than telling.

Waa, Waa, Waaaaaah

when it’s too easy, there’s usually a reason why. :j

“An 8-TRACK PLAYER!!!! THIS IS SHEER MADNESS (though I do like the fins and fuzzy dice)!!!!!”

My internet is wonky today. I suppose it is because I am in the path of Hurricane Helene.

….“Diet” likely knew Rosy-Anne was coming, and substituted a slightly dog-eared copy of The Little Golden Book “The Pokey Little Puppy” for the stuff Ro thought he was going to see………

MOVIE QUOTE—

OLLIE—“Now what did she have to go to the mountains for?”

STAN—“Well,if she didn’t go to the mountains,Muhammad would have to come here!”

SONS OF THE DESERT—1934

Okay,NOW what? Can he explain to his Earth accomplices that he can’t deliver without getting “punished”?

Can he even get back to his own room without being surrounded?

Go back to 1967 when The Chin Chillars were being chased all over the globe in Space Coupes. Some coupes had room for food and water supply and some didn’t.

Did they forget about the mummy Ro-Zan brought? What is its purpose?

1- ROX-OFF: UGH! These weird circles indicate that I’m either drunk or ill. Maybe both…

2-: Now where was I? Oh yeah. The Hardy Boys were … URP …both stuck in Chet…URP …’s sedan and…

3-: GRRRRRR! THAT MAKES ME SO MAD!

4-: TO BE CONTINUED?!? I HATE SERIALS!!!

“Smith’s let Boeing design them!”

Could be a photo of Diet “MOONING” Rozy??

Ro-Zone is going to need some Ro-Laids. He’s looking a mite stressed here. I didn’t think Diet was being duped in any way.

Diet Smith’s great idea: slap fins and headlights on a space coupe, so it looks like a 1950s roadster.

What was in the folder that Rozan found? Certainly not plans for an improved Space Coupe, and, not cheesecake pictures of Mysta, either. Though considering RozAn’s seeming leering obession with Nysta…