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1. about 5 hours ago on Gil Thorp

   Disruptive being the key word in what I said. It is a misdemeanor offense virtually everywhere, but the state laws I’ve read you will only be charged if you are disturbing the peace or the police decide you are a potential danger to yourself or others. If your speech isn’t slurred and you aren’t staggering you can be legally drunk and not face arrest despite your BAC being far above the limit. Disturbing the peace was hinted at, but not shown explicitly.

2. about 7 hours ago on Dick Tracy

   Ah, but thanks to The Miracle of Imagination™ (available now on Amazon) you can construct your own theory of what is happening. And, should you chose, you can make more sense of the narration than you will get from reading the strip!

3. about 7 hours ago on Dick Tracy

   I’m working on the theory there is some idea behind the story and not simply random events. I mean, for all we really know the TA cop killed Springy in a fit of madness, and there is nothing criminal in the clock tower whatsoever. I’m simply trying to piece random events together in some way that I can image someone might think meaningful. But I feel like we’ve been handed eight random pieces of four different jigsaw puzzles and asked to make five pictures from them.

4. about 9 hours ago on Gil Thorp

   Sadly, there is no laws on the books against broadcasting stupid opinions, or a number of television programs would lose commentators and at least one network would shut down.

5. about 11 hours ago on Gil Thorp

   You’re right, we were shown nothing that would get him picked up. No law against simply being intoxicated in public. Maybe he was pounding on the door of the Bucket demanding a drink after it was closed (and they don’t sell liquor), so disturbing the peace is the likely charge.

6. about 16 hours ago on Baldo

   They make cardboard fireplaces for kids to hang stockings on… Don’t know what the kids are told in regard to the lack of a chimney to go with it.

7. about 17 hours ago on Baldo

   I’m assuming a fake fireplace – whether cardboard or an electric one. A real fireplace won’t have a mantle that low.

8. about 17 hours ago on Ink Pen

   I’ve had days of chasing my own tail… Know someone who’s been doing it for years.

9. about 17 hours ago on Gil Thorp

   Dialog makes sense. Best art in a strip we’ve seen so far with the new artist (not a single backless panel). Frankly I’m not a fan of Moon-centric stories but it’s an almost, if not quite, promising start to the new arc. (If I liked Marty more I might even muster some enthusiasm.)

10. about 17 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    A couple other theories I proposed were that the real employee had been paid to show up, so that Totten would have a reason to meet Springy – and their meeting went horribly wrong (and I described why that wasn’t a good idea) or that, by Tracy-level coincidence, Totten recognized Springy at the TA building and intuitively knew he was danger (using his Tracy-level ESP) and took the opportunity to kill him.

    The first is more likely, since the fake ID would be the sign Springy was now in TA custody so Totten could head down. The reasons I cited for being a bad plan still hold.