Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 24, 2024

Jumior Totten stayed behind to perform the dirty deed upon Strokemoff…

The man is quite capable of duplicitous {candy} chi"cane"ry.

Good morning™, Stewed Jailbirds !

And I bet he has been in plenty. Public drunkeness and acts derived thereof can do that to a guy. If that is Lee she appears to have grown her hair out a LOT since her days of body guarding Bribery.

Some tough-looking customers in that joint. Puts me in mind of the seedy bar Art Carney was hanging out in, blowing off his job as a department store Santa in that classic Twilight Zone episode, “Night of the Meek.”

So our Surfer Bomber Dude did have “Legit” I.D. so he could get in and do what he needed to do, assumingly given to him by Jr.

All too convenient eh. But thems is investigate this too late when this they shoulda done thees earlier itself.

Carlos done a good evil biker guy and a grizzled drunk.

Good morning™, everyone!

The guy doesn’t like jails — I can’t blame him — but Junior doesn’t seem to mind hanging around the jail.

What’s Popeye doing in a joint like that? Did Olive leave him for Bluto? Is he plotting his revenge?

Now THAT would be interesting!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

,,,,,,it’s the big lug to the right side of Lee that I don’t like: looks like the guy you always heard was gonna burgle yer house ’n run off with the family dog/cat/canary, back when I was this creepy ’lil kid…..only thing missing is the ’lil black eye mask!

MOVIE QUOTE—-“When you see him, give him my recipe for turnip fritters. Tell him to try it without the turnips”

Estelle Winwood—-THE GLASS SLIPPER—1955

Happy Birthday to me . I’m 69 but won’t be getting that .

Lots of seedy atmosphere here. Don’t be shocked if we take a break for a special Christmas strip tomorrow.

In honor of past Tracy Christmases, would you rather be locked in a room with a man-eating plant or have dinner with Flyface and his family?

Looks like Superman’s Pal, Bibbo sitting at the end of the bar. Haven’t seen him in ages. Buy him a Soder for me, will ya?

To everyone on the board:

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“And to all a good night!” —until I return two or three days hence.

1- TOTTEN STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: I can’t remember when an attractive, black, lesbian cop last plied me with booze to implant false memories about a crime. I forgot how nice it is…

2- LEE PRESSONNAILS: Yeah, well I gotta solve this before Christmas Day or I’ll have to work. So tell me the story again.

3- TOTTEN STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Uhhh…let’s see…Fred Senior… LEE JEANS: JUNIOR! TOTTEN STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Oh. Yeah. Junior. He stabbed… LEE VI’S: STRANGLED! TOTTEN STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Oh. Yeah. Strangled Springsprong. In the restroom. With a rope! LEE VISTRAUSS: DAD GUMIT! NO “CLUE” ADLIBS!!! TOTTEN STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Maybe another little drinkee will help me get it straight. Speaking of – I wish you were… LEE SURWEAR: Were what?

DRUNKARD: Straight. You’re hot! BARTENDER! Another Hard Shirley Temple here! On her tab! HEY! WHERE’D SHE GO???

As usual great art work Charles……Happy Holidays to you!!

- The Tottens needed Springsprong dead for some reason with that reason being so desperate that they were 1) willing to do it themselves 2) IN A “POLICE” STATION!

- AND as luck would have it, their drunk employee needed bailed out presenting them with the PERFECT OPPORTUNITY!

OK. Sure. Why not? (Wonder what Mary Worth’s up to today…)

See you on the 26th.Everybody have a cheerful Holidayand remember to ask what’s in t he eggnog

To those of you who won’t be here manana, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Is that Bibbo Bibbowski in the background of panel 2?

Merry Christmas to all the southern hemisphere kiddies.

Merry Christmas to all.

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Merry Christmas, guys!

Happy Hogswatch everyone.