Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 20, 2023

Good morning™, Wendy fans! (are there any?)

It’s nice to see that Tracy is not the only one who gets harassed by Wendy Witchel, but Xaviera doesn’t seem to be the patient type. If Wendy only knew how dangerous it is to get on Xaviera’s bad side.

it IS someone NO ONE wants to see, the WichBi-t-ch…

Now we understand the sour look. Personally, I think the story would have been improved if they’d kept X. looking more like she did back in the Choate days, and friendly demeanor. Her severe look and manner have screamed “suspect” from the get-go.

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Good morning™, a fate worse than Tracy !

Will this be Libby’s Spanish inquisition ?  Nice background coloring.

Here’s today’s

“Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)

to help you survive the latest episode of;“As the Worm Inches Along!”

Q. What reality show did the goat go on to find love?

A. The Baaaa-chelor!

Tune in tomorrow,

Same goat time, same goat channel!

Reminds me of the first time Gweedo met Firestrike!

Oh, the sparks that flew!!!

Wendy Wichel - A wanna B.

Xaviera Libris - An actual B

Wow….didn’t expect Wendy Wichel to pop up on this tale.

Wonder how long before she figures out there’s a serial killer on the loose and starts blabbing it all over town?

Wendy’s mic windscreen changed size.

Terrible job by Shelley! LOL!

Yeah, these two definitely have a past together.

Ms Wichel has met her match !!!

No interview, no exclusive, no story. Wendy Wichel…the proverbial bad penny. Turning up when least expected. It would behoove her to get ghost with the quickness. Miss Libris gets ticked off in a New York minute.

No means no! Is she getting into dictionaries now?

Not taking sides but some reporters are too pushy !

“Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh… now you tell me what you know.”

― Groucho Marx

Considering the trouble our Mad Letterer has been having with names in this story, I’m surprised to see ‘Wichel’ spelled correctly….

Oh…so THAT’S why Libris had that sour look on her face. — Justified.

I didn’t recognize Wendy without her hat. She still makes my skin crawl though

Guess hue? Typically, the MC failed to match the Sunday color of XL’s ensemble….

♪♪ But don’t it make her green gown grayyyy? ♪♪

“Xaveria looks like she just found something on the bottom of her shoe”……. I was Right!

z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z . . . . .

Oooo, Mizz Snootypants put Miss Nosypants in her place. Well, it’s been long overdo but I guess the killer had to do it.

just wondering Ms. Libris, did you used to be a guy?

“Unless you photograph me from my good side.”

This storyline has aged me overnight :)

but you didn’t even know what they wanted from you… even though the camera may have given away what they wanted but still.

I was just looking for my 1990’s camcorder the other day to video the paint drying and lo and behold, I see it’s missing. Looks just like the one that guy is holding in Panel 2.

Who cares?

Wendy say:……..sing a duet with you! “IIIIIIIIIII Just Want To Cell-eh-brate! CELL-EH-BRAY-YAY-YATE!!” (Rare Earth)……..

Meanwhile Sam is outside and just remembered he had his sap in his pocket and is itching to try it out on somebody – ANYBODY !

ka-sweetie

Was Wendy about to reveal her Social Security Number? DON’T DO IT, WENDY!

1-WINDY: The camera’s over here, darling. X: CAMERA…?

2-…Why didn’t you say so??? WINDY: Are you drunk enough to confess to the Letter Opener Murders?

3-X: No. I don’t even own a letter opener! WINDY: Well, then, how much are you donating to the Library Drive?

X: Now THAT’S much more appropriate. I’m not donating money per se but rather some valuable manuscripts that have gotten too hot…I mean too splendid not to share with the rest of the world! Anonymously of course. No one will be able to trace them back to me. I would just hate the adoration and prison sentence that would accompany anyone knowing. WINDY: Say again?

MOVIE QUOTE—-“I guess I’ll get Hitler the next time”

Nigel Bruce—SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SPIDER WOMAN—1944

Go on at that, Ms. Wichel – tee hee!!

Not-so-hot version of Wendy Wichel, everybody;s favorite journalistic pest.

That floppy hat apparently covers up a multitude of sins.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

My life is in upheaval right now. I am in a being forced to move situation and don’t have where we are going to yet.

Landlord, her lawyer and my emails have not been answered by the county as I am sure it is their desire to see this place razed. This property has a checkered past and Boulder County, Colorado is not willing to work with us, as to me and Whisperflicker staying here and doing improvements to bring it to current code. Neighbor Gary, retired contractor, who reupped his license recently, feels that the cost to do the proper amendments would be way much. We have a pre-approved loan limit to buy something; a place we looked at this weekend was a bust. Realtor rep, Jonathan, immediately found too many defects that would run much to fix. That place was a flip, in strictly a cosmetic sense.

I have been in the area for 43 years and at this location for 21. I like it here but it looks like I will be moving out of the area in order to “stay standing”. Carol’s son and DIL are coming this morning, for the holiday, so we will be busy. I will be on as time permits.

Despite some low opinions of her, Wendy Wichel is an honest reporter and when she gets an idea in her head she hangs on like a pit bull.

I’d like to think she’s here for more than show.

Oh,Ms.Libris,just one more thing……

Just hang this witch will you!? This episode has drug out far too long!

Ms. Libre seems a bit curt. That’s no way to make new friends.

How long before Wendy thinks—“What is th is woman trying to hide?”—-and starts shadowing her.

In her own way,she’s as nosy as any official detective

Panel 2 looks like a meeting of the Karen Carpenter impersonator club

Great looking cocktail dress and accessories, Wendy. Staion allow you to expense them out?

I thought she would say something like “We are not amused”!

That’s a cat fight waiting to happen! I think our Ms Wicel can out-scratch Ms Libris AND pull her blonde hair out by its mousey brown roots!

OT: If I suddenly vanish, it’s because the laptop died and I can’t afford to replace it. I spent the entire day getting it to even boot up so I could START backing files onto an external drive. 20,000 photos in one folder along, and of course the two books I’m trying to finish now. at least I managed to salvage a lot.Pretty mentally devastaing Monday. Monday. It figures.

“I just wanted to know your opinion of my eyelashes! Mutant spiders spin them.”

Well, well, well….

Wendy Wichel, with her trusty tuxedoed cameraman who kinda looks like Harold Sakata, “Oddjob” in Goldfinger, takes on Xaviera Libris, the Ice Queen, and gets the deep freeze, a.k.a. “no means no” for her trouble.

Interestingly, I had suggested the interloper might turn out to be Wendy Wichel in a Reply to Pequod’s opening post yesterday.

One wonders what tidbit of tawdry gossip Wendy is trying to tease out of Xaviera. Does Wendy have some dirt on missing manuscripts, pilfered rare books, or even stabby homicides?

If Wichel does have something, this could become a crucial turning point! Got that on video, Oddjob?

“Goat Joke of the Day!” THE REVIVAL!

to help you survive the latest episode of; “As the Worm Inches Along!”

Q. What farm animal is always in trouble?

A. The scapegoat!

Tune in tomorrow,Same goat time, same goat channel!