Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 12, 2012

Good morning all…

That’s quite a scene . . .

Mornin’ VistaBill, Rod, and everyone!Looks like we were right – Tracy’s trying to recruit CK for the police academy!Nice artwork again – the Comics Kingdom version looks better. The fireplace doesn’t have blue flames. (And yes, Shadow fans, maybe they’re burning Blue Coal!)

Right choices, don’t we all need them…..

Another reason it doesn’t look like they plan to KILL Pirahna is….Belle could’ve done it right there. Hmmm…..how about they tinker with Cinnamon Knight’s weapon somehow, and make it lethal, and have him kill her? Now THAT would be nasty……

Have a feeling there just might be another “costumed” character showing up to save the day instead of Tracy, though….one you all like!

Again, this is crazy. I can’t imagine any cop, let alone Dick Tracy, having such a laissez faire attitude toward a costumed vigilante trying to fight crime without any background, training or qualifications in law enforcement.

And the idea that Dick would so casually invite this nut to join the police force? No, they have psychological evaluations to keep glory hounds like the Cinnamon Knight off the force.

At the very least, the guy would have to pass a civil service exam before Dick could even presume to offer him a job.

Someone asked me to do this last night, I didn’t have time to hand draw something but, I hope you like it anyway…..

Geezzz I wonder just how many of those ties he owns!

Tracy is in a somewhat preachy-sounding “daddy mode” here, but his remarks are valid. A point that may be overlooked, however, is that Cinnamon Knight has already become well enough known and admired to have become a pop-idol for kids like young Joe. This could have some bearing on Tracy’s decision on how to handle CK….

And then theres…. JOE TRACY!!!!! looks like “dear old dad” didnt quite urge CK to “do the right thing” after all…. tho with luck, his meeting with Tracy on Police HQ rooftop will have made enough of an impression on CK that he’ll inform tracy of the supposed armored car robbery that stephanie has gotten herself mixed up in

@fredville:From yesterday: Why don’t we ask why mice and ducks can talk and drive cars, etc.?Because those comic strips and cartoons are a different GENRE than Dick Tracy. There are things that are standard practise in some genres that would be way out of place in others

I’ve been reading these for a couple years now, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen that kid.

I don’t think this story is an indication of more stories to come with costumed vigilantes or criminals. If anything, I think it’s going to be the reverse. The one exception, I hope, will be Moon Maid! I never mind seeing her in costume.

Even as cool as good ole DT is he appreciates a nice fire. Sounds a little like an oxymoron, but it’s really not!

As long as I can remember, Dick Tracy has been a mix of semi-realistic police procedural and tongue-in-cheek use of oddball villains with recognizable physical characteristics and habits that mirror their names or noms-de-guerre. The fact that the whole mix is eminently spoofable was confirmed by Al Capp’s ongoing Fosdick spoofs within the Li’l Abner strip. I take none of it all that seriously—I’m just along for the ride.

@Night_Gaunt49 said “Technically they haven’t committed a crime”.

Go and try what they did and see what happens to you.

I have to agree. Tracy seems to have warned Cinn to get out of the vigilante business, but he should have cuffed him too. Now if Cinn goes out and gets himself or someone else killed, Tracy will be considered partly to blame.

I hope they make a collection of all the stories the new team has done.

this was posted by mike over on the yahoo group… i think we can all agree that it is VERY GOOD NEWS!!!

Since we now have a longer and more expanded time frame on Tracy’s adventures, we plan to bring back Phishface for a longer one.

Just so everyone knows, the decision was made AFTER several adventures in varying stages of progress. So they’ll be at least one more 6 week or so story before MM.

Mike

I’d just like to note that with most costumed heroes, they are actually very well trained. Batman and Captain America are the best examples of this. Is the Cinnamon Knight that well trained? We have no idea. But costumed heroes have always practiced their vocation at the sufferance of local law enforcement, with such factors as respect for due process, among others, being taken into account. But that does not mean that Dick Tracy’s department would be inclined to encourage or put up with such activities in their bailiwick.

I agree with the comments about the color in the DT strip sometimes being very strange. But if you read the dailys in B & W as they are intended to be (as on CSN or Houston Chronical, or other internet papers) then there isn’t any color problem and you see the true intent of the artist and your eye is directed where the artist wants it to go.Wow! Stagger Lee, your color choice for panel three is terrific!

I’m wondering if Broadway isn’t planning an armored car heist – with a twist.Lure the costumes to the site. Kill one, frame the other, and switch the cash in the armored car with counterfeit bills. (Remember? He told Belle he’s going to go back to counterfeiting.)All the attention will be on the costumes, and since the amount of money seems the same, no one will check the bills (until much later). Okay, I’ve neever been right so far, but what do you think Crimestoppers?

And this is what Bell wears for Broadway on Monday nights:

0.o~~!!!!!

She’s also wearing 2 genuine “City of Chicago Detective” badges