Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 05, 2016

Notta’s BUSTED!

It’s so wrong, seeing Kleen work for Tracy.

Putty Puss confirmed, so it will be off to Happydale next. (… assuming they know that’s where he’s been living.)

Putty is likely MIA.

Solved pretty quick & easy- now to catch him.

One other thing….Mr. Kleen is EXACTLY the type of lawyer you want if Tracy decides to do what he should do – sue the pants off Wichel, her network AND the mayor.

One step at a time. Tracy (and the Asp? Remember shudder him?) have to locate Harvey “Putty Puss” Niav; capture him; bring him in to the cops (or get Sam to arrest him legally); get Tracy re-instated; get a conviction of Putty Puss at least and preferably of Notta Fallar also; and do all this while contending behind the scenes with Mayor Armstrong. Maybe “T-Bolt” (Lee Ebony undercover) can get some useful testimony from Blaze Rise. A lot of things still need to come together even though Tracy has identified Putty Puss from the video in the presence of Sam and Mr. Kleen (“I’ve got the chops if you’ve got the [War]bucks”)….

Folks, remember back on 4/26 we saw that Notta gave Screwball, Putty Puss’s info so he could avenge the death of his brother!

So there is a tattoo on the shoulder, which means his shirt is off, which makes me wonder how “graphic” this video is supposed to be.

.Good morning guys!.I suspect that Putty Puss is no longer in the asylum.

“By the by, Mr. Tracy – I’m running a ‘two-fer’ special on additional libel lawsuits for Wendy Wichel and SBN News…”

Some good detective work on Tracy’s part.

oh yah, cuz when putty puss took of his shirt blaze just HAPPENED to overlook that GLARING detail!

once again, unrealistic….and seems like tracy saved warbucks some cash since mr kleen did absolutely NOTHING to find evidence to clear tracy

One can’t help but ‘think’ - that with that unique “ability” to change his Nose, Chin, etc *… to look LIKE Dick Tracy that it would be ‘small potatoes’ to hide that tattoo mark ! ?;-)

I suspect this was a special case – that the tattoo was so Putty Puss could be identified, regardless of what face he used. He may have agreed to it as part of a plea deal.

I have an idea for a spinoff strip – “Better Call Kleen” lol

Blaze is not happy with this caper. Perhaps she purposely allowed the tattoo on Putty Puss’ shoulder to appear in the video.

Blaze is not happy with this caper. Perhaps she purposely allowed the tattoo on Putty Puss’ shoulder to appear in the video.

One more thing – I believe that is a Flintstones-style tie that Barney is wearing in the first two panels :)

Perhaps Don Bagert is right – this was a special case only because, by his very nature, Putty Puss is otherwise impossible to keep track of. But a few extra words of explanation in today’s strip would certainly have been useful to make that clear. Otherwise, my first thought was similar to gleeb’s – since when did the correctional facilities in this country start tattooing inmates?Also tsull2121 and avenger09 have real good points – This was a scam that depended on making everyone think the man in the video was Tracy. Yet, cold, calculating Notta never thought that a tattoo might just possibly give the show away? Unless, from her position, she never saw it, and Blaze was smart enough to just keep quite about it, because she didn’t approve of this whole idea in the first place.You know, it does seem sometimes as if we on this board spend lots of time each day filling in the blanks. We read the strip and then write comments trying to settle what exactly Mike meant when he wrote it. We would not want to get bogged down in endless exposition, but a few more carefully chosen words each day might help clarify what the writer meant to tell us.

Notta’s BUSTED!-———-In more ways than one! ;o)-———-LOL! Good one!

Get arrested in Tracy’s Chicago, get tattooed like cattle.-———————————Not likely.Putty Puss probably did what many people do, and got it himself.I thought some time ago that he’d likely have some kind of mark (tattoo or scar) that Tracy didn’t.

Its all making sense now??

“It certainly is slander by way of a hoax.”True, but does that add up to a criminal charge? Perhaps Notta could be charged with criminal mischief of some type, but I think it would be difficult stick, especially if she claimed it was just a fantasy video, not intended to harm anyone. Slander and libel are issues that would be handled in a civil suit, not a criminal case.

What he needs to be defended from is the unfair suspension without pay. In that way, Mayor Armstrong is more guilty than anyone else.

Putty Puss was scheduled to return to the facility he was at because he was given a pass only for work purposes. If he didn’t return there I’m sure they would send someone to look for him because he is still considered a dangerous felon regardless of state of mind. I’m sure the police have a record of where he is. The only question is did Screwball get to him first? Finding Notta is a more difficult problem.