I wish we could still “Like” comments! Y’all are on fire today!Love, love, love this strip, esp. panel 2. But why are there the shadows of bars on Calvin in Panel 1? I’m probably being dense…Mom will certainly put him on house arrest when he takes the hat off.
My hero. Just love those old film noirs, and parodies thereof, like Leslie Nielsen in the first “Naked Gun”. . .“She was the kind of woman who’d make you drop down to your knees and thank God you were a man.”
This is not from any Noir, but one of the most memorable comments about a woman I’ve ever heard is “Her parents should have won the Nobel Prize for Architecture!”
BE THIS GUY almost 7 years ago
“The stuff that dreams are made of.”
erik.vanthienen almost 7 years ago
“It was a brunette. A brunette to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.”
Robin Harwood almost 7 years ago
Fans of the classics here, I see.
laughingkitty almost 7 years ago
You’ll be sorry Mom, when he takes his hat off. You’ll want him to put it back on again.
Professor W almost 7 years ago
…of giving Calvin bad dinner.
orinoco womble almost 7 years ago
I wish we could still “Like” comments! Y’all are on fire today!Love, love, love this strip, esp. panel 2. But why are there the shadows of bars on Calvin in Panel 1? I’m probably being dense…Mom will certainly put him on house arrest when he takes the hat off.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 7 years ago
“Tracer Bullet”, private eye. Somehow I managed to completely miss this version of Calvin before today. Love it. And the patter.
archiewilburn almost 7 years ago
Priceless. Love it.
tracerbullet almost 7 years ago
My hero. Just love those old film noirs, and parodies thereof, like Leslie Nielsen in the first “Naked Gun”. . .“She was the kind of woman who’d make you drop down to your knees and thank God you were a man.”
Phred Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Very funny.
JohnFarson19 almost 7 years ago
One of the few regrets I ever had with C&H was that he never used Tracer Bullet as much as Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff.
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 7 years ago
Calvin is about to find out how pushy this dame can get.
Kristiaan almost 7 years ago
This is simply brilliant
sandpiper almost 7 years ago
Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett LIVE!!!
jimsulis almost 7 years ago
Best one yet
BiggerNate91 almost 7 years ago
Tomorrow: “Here comes the hurricane.”
MEPace almost 7 years ago
One of the most common areas of etiquette completely forgotten by people of today (young and old alike): hat etiquette.
jamestipton222 almost 7 years ago
Wow, great comments.
Ermine Notyours almost 7 years ago
No one seems to be complaining about a kid talking about smoking and drinking.
Mema Jean almost 7 years ago
TMC is now doing these movies on Sunday at 10:00a Can’t wait.
Mema Jean almost 7 years ago
Fedoras, love fedoras.
ChessPirate almost 7 years ago
This is not from any Noir, but one of the most memorable comments about a woman I’ve ever heard is “Her parents should have won the Nobel Prize for Architecture!”
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 7 years ago
Moms are known to be pushy, especially concerning Manners!
Luanaphile almost 7 years ago
Remember when movie dialog was pure unadulterated fun. Now we have Spaceman Spiff without the humor.
Number Three almost 7 years ago
Hmm. I don’t like this persona of Calvin. Just doesn’t suit him.
xxx
Stephen Gilberg almost 7 years ago
This was the first appearance of Tracer Bullet. I loved it even before I had any idea of its status as a parody.
Jabroniville Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Man, the Tracer Bullet segments were so great. Any time he talked about “dames” was amazing- “brunette, as usual”.
skepii almost 4 years ago
OMG