Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 08, 2024

Dick in Black…

Sam with a smirk…

Good morning™, everyone!

They used to work for Boris Arson (1934 story) and they have a modern smartphone as well. That’s a pretty neat trick that you can only do in the comics.

A “longoing” investigation.

“Yep I’m into his phone. And his Amazon account is still logged in! Order time.”

Dick Tracy has been replaced by Mickey Mouse’s Phantom Blot?

“Yeah, the Scar brothers used to work for Boris Arson. Until he fired them.”

What do we got, Sam?

Uhmm… So he couldn’t decide between; “What have we got Sam?” and “What do we have Sam?”

Good morning™, Mr. Kleen Role Models !

So those are Tracyville’s original slippery shysters ?  I would make sure to keep my appendages away from Sam’s face as I think he has cannibalistic tendencies. Those choppers of his look menacing and his demented grin isn’t helping.

Did one of the Scarborough brother’s relatives have a fair?

I like this style of drawing. Kind of reminds me of the yellow submarine.

Hope Ray and his wife have evaced from their home, also to anyone else on here from Florida.

They’re saying that Milton is more than just the big one.

Hey, a lawyer’s job is not to bring about justice. It is to provide his or her client with the best defense they can afford.

As long as they themselves don’t break the law while doing that… Had quite a number recently who forgot that part of the Hypocritic Oath then swore on being admitted to the bar.

‘What do we got, Sam’? So this MM starts by DT forgetting how to speak? Not a strong start for a writer…

This looks like a combination of Trina Robbins and Gilbert Hernandez, artwise.

Sam looks like a ventriloquist’s dummy in that last panel. Maybe tomorrow he’ll drink a glass of water while Dick recites the alphabet.

YEEEE! Sam’s channeling Peter Lorre in a festive mood?!?!?! I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t ‘pop’ him himself. jut to get a look at his snazzy new UFone 67 3/4. Covet it, Sam, Steeeeeeeal it! You know you WANT to!

This is great ! The dialogue and the look are what I’ve been missing for a long time . Sam looks awesome ! We even have a couple of mob lawyers . Did I say that Sam looks awesome ? If I did it’s because he does .

Say is this one of em minute mysterys?

Judging from the way the wind is whipping around Dick’s coat in P1, the killer left the window open when he escaped through it.

And the plot is off and running! Sam’s coat is a thing of beauty in panel 1. Looking forward to the reveal of Tracy’s face, hopefully tomorrow.

MOVIE QUOTE

“You really need a car without a Cookie Logo on t he side”

Murderer to Alison Sweeney—A SPRINKLE OF DECEIT:A HANNAH SWENSON MYSTERY—2024

Tracy’s profile is more intimidating than the “Batman look” in Panel One—-and overdone Panel 3—Sam looks like one of the bad guys—-or maybe he’s just happy there’s one less crook in the world.

So a Mob Lawyer is bumped off—-and the list has been narrowed down to a thousand suspects

It seems that Mr. Noel is really teasing out the reveal of how he will draw Tracy’s famous profile. Let’s hope it lives up to our expectations!

I’m not too fond of the way Sam’s face is drawn in panel 3, it’s a bit too cartoonish.

I’ll write off the all black Dick Tracy as an ink mistake, since his coat,hat, and tie are in color

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

I like the final panel, where Sam Catchem is grotesquely leering over Jay Scarborough’s corpse. I’m assuming we can’t see most of the vic’s face because it’s been hamburgerized by one to several bullets, and Sam is contemplating the limits of facial recognition AI.