Dick Tracy by Dick Locher

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  1. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 18 hours ago

    Love that blob of a face in panel three.

  2. ridenslide65

    ridenslide65 said, about 18 hours ago

    Fraud? Of what? Attempted Murder? Who?

    Looks like he’s melting away in Panel 3.

    SWAT guy has SWAT on his hat so he doesn’t forget from whence he came.

  3. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, about 18 hours ago

    Can I SWAT that guy on the head so he can feel whence he came ?

  4. ARF2

    ARF2 said, about 18 hours ago

    What? Big Ace wants Tracy to give away The Secret? That would break the Code of the Magician!

  5. charlie37133

    charlie37133 said, about 18 hours ago

    fraud == i dont understand.

  6. mrbribery

    mrbribery said, about 18 hours ago

    Wait! I gotta know what was the point of the double-or-nothing game!

  7. barticle35

    barticle35 said, about 17 hours ago

    Wasn’t it DT who just committed fraud? Another dirty cop.

  8. brine

    brineGenius_badge said, about 14 hours ago

    Well at least the end is in sight … wonder what the next case will be!!!

  9. Anthony 2816

    Anthony 2816Genius_badge said, about 13 hours ago

    Dunno, Brine, but we’ll find out the outcome of it in 2010 at the current rate.

  10. Grokenstein

    Grokenstein said, about 13 hours ago

    …And again, never mind the guy dying on the floor. Just step over him.

    Panel one: “We heard shots—-so I put the safety on, pointed the barrel at the ceiling, and strolled leisurely into the crime scene to…uh…secuuuuuuure it?”

    Panel two: It’s so sad. Tracy has dipped his chin in ink to sign autographs, but no one wants one anymore.

    Panel three: If you’ve ever wondered what an enraged manatee would look like with its face pressed against the glass…

  11. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, about 13 hours ago

    Big Ace’s face continually changes and morphs as we go along.

  12. NotNormanChubsyUbsy

    NotNormanChubsyUbsy said, about 11 hours ago

    So WTF was the purpose of the double-or-nothing bet???
    This just doesn’t make any sense at all.
    SWAT guy seems awfully casual about hearing shots.

  13. Ray C

    Ray C said, about 10 hours ago

    “I GOTTA KNOW HOW YOU ACED BIG ACE!”

    “Sorry, if I told you, I’d have to shoot you.”

  14. morrow

    morrow said, about 10 hours ago

    I haven’t quite figured out exactly how many procedures Tracy’s busted since Locher took over. Sydney would know. And, if I were B.O., while Tracy is busy at the casino, I’d move the money.

  15. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, about 9 hours ago

    Speaking of B.O., are those guys still stuck in the traps?

  16. nighthawks

    nighthawksGenius_badge said, about 8 hours ago

    don’t forget to read him his rights or he’ll soon be back on the street dealing mayhem

  17. EMET

    EMET said, about 8 hours ago

    A.

    Upon the theology of card suits, the diamonds in the hands are a sign of bribery and greed. The spade is the tool used to dig the grave, hence it is the death card.
    The ace of hearts is a blessing because it shows you have at least one. The Ace of clubs?
    Popcorn. Having food is always good, especially if you don’t have to trade your Ace of heart to get it.

    And the Ace of Maple leafs is called when you have a joker in the hand! It’s a wildcard scenario.

    We think we want to take that ‘play against the NHL guys’ in poker now. The A team is ready.

    (The new avatar represents the plurality of the A team, but in no way defines us as acknowledgers of Easter rabbits and pagan goddesses so named.)

  18. dstufff

    dstufff said, about 8 hours ago

    I you ask me, Big Arse is looking a lot like Prune Face from the good old days of Dick Tracy.

  19. JonD17

    JonD17 said, about 7 hours ago

    EMET said, 36 minutes ago……….
    ……………..
    And the Ace of Maple leafs is called when you have a joker in the hand! It’s a wildcard scenario…………..
    And the Red Maple tree is known by the name Acer Rubrum; which leads us back to the ace of hearts. So, what wisdom can we draw from that?

  20. NyukNyuk2000

    NyukNyuk2000 said, about 6 hours ago

    Is it just me, or does Big Ace kind of look like Rush Limbaugh in the third panel?

  21. Jeff Kersten

    Jeff KerstenGenius_badge said, about 5 hours ago

    Tracy is no “dirty” cop, folks. Big Ace was going to take the money he brought undercover as a bag man. That money, as you all know, was connected to Jack’s thugs at B.O. & Gravel’s house. That’s a criminal conspiracy, ladies and gentlemen.

  22. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, about 5 hours ago

    The Swat team member presence reminds me that they have been called in for ALL stories authored by Dick Locher except the two cases that took Tracy to Washington DC. Prior to that, in the Red Hawk story Sam Catchem was right there arriving with them. Now San is a forgotten entity. After doing ‘nada’ for three and a half years is Locher slowly phasing him his out of the strip ?

    It’s noticable, not one SWAT team member has been seen to fire or take a shot after all these calls. It’s his strip so he is expected to ‘hog’ eighty percent of the law and order activity not 110%. His name is Tracy not Jor El the father of Superman. Heck Locher ! Lets have some interesting variety, give others a break !

    Every story seems to come in an Al Gore “Locked Box”. New things are introduced and at the end locked away for all time. That’s why we won’t see the Robots again (it’s as if they never happened), and we won’t see this new “body heat” Thermal technology ever repeated.

    The point here IS, there is little or NO “continuity”, from story to story. It’s just that if today you “mentioned” the word “Robot” to Tracy. He may look puzzled and ask you Robot WHO ? By the next story, Thermal “body heat” may mean something more like being “intimate” with Tess in the bedroom. Perhaps that’s why increasingly our Detectives “BASE” of operation seems cuddly more out of home.

    Mama ! Is this just “P-P” story structuring ? And before the Censors get excited and over hyper, “P-P” means “perfunctory poor”!

    That’s possibly why we don’t see Big Boss “Desert Bob” (the behind the scenes owner) of the big Diamond Casino (Queenie story) in evidence now, replaced by a “cocotte” dressed King of Clubs. While the “Taser” IN his Wrist Geenee, (Shaman story – 7-13-2005) which could easily have taken down Mr. Ammonia (ALIVE, as it did “Little Rabbit”), must have been something Figment Froid’s Mind Machine erased from Dick’s noggin.

    Which Dick ?? Take your pick !

  23. Jeff Kersten

    Jeff KerstenGenius_badge said, about 4 hours ago

    Sydney said:

    “The point here IS, there is little or NO “continuity”, from story to story.”

    No surprise whatsoever here for Gould fans, friend Sydney – Tracy always goes from one case to the next, very rarely looking back. In LIFE Magazine in 1944, Chet describes VERY SUCCINCTLY that what appears in the strip are “highlights” of Tracy’s adventures…not EVERY little detail.

    As for the “police procedure” issue which you will inevitably fall back on, friend Sydney–I would just ask that you do your homework on what that means in context of the American judicial system before you place labels. Had Chet made Tracy stick to the letter of every law (at the time the cases appeared), all those criminals would have never been brought to justice. Just a friendly word of caution, here, my friend.

  24. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, about 4 hours ago

    Jeff, I think you should get royalties for rewriting the facts in DL’s storyline.

    How do “readers all know” the money was ‘connected’ (?) In fact, precisely what words from the text, clearly informs you ? How do YOU know? It seems more a “mental jump” of understanding that you have chosen to make.to find the TRUTH. It’s an assumption that others simply haven’t SEEN in black and white

    At worst the Author should thank you for trying to steer his leaking Dingy through his self imposed terbulent rapids.

    It seems you would be a good choice to write an “appreciation” when he retires

  25. Grokenstein

    Grokenstein said, about 3 hours ago

    Quit smearing Gould in defense of Locher, Jeff. It’s disrespectful.

    “Just a friendly word of caution, here, my friend.”

    OOO, INTERNET TUFF GUY
    WEE WEE WEE ALL THE WAAAAAAY HOME

    Also, try looking up the definition of “continuity.” There will be continuity along a series of highlights as well as “every little detail” of a life; creating a development then ignoring it immediately afterwards remains lack of continuity whether it’s a daily diary or a highlight reel.

    Nobody expects occurrences from the 1940s to remain relevant to today’s strip (I’m all for a reboot so that Tracy’s thirty again and not flashing back to WWII), but recent developments shouldn’t disappear into a memory hole with the following storyline (or even the current one).

    And Tracy using technology to which the rest of the police force and FBI seem to not have access? That’s not even a continuity issue. It’s just sloppy writing.

    (Still waiting on the revelation of the super-secret brilliant significance of sending SWAT teams to two different addresses. How’s your own foot tasting there, fella?)

  26. Tigger

    TiggerGenius_badge said, about 3 hours ago

    He used the Mirros in the Ceiling of the Casino to Trick Big Ace into think he saw the Ace of Spades when he actually saw the 4 of Diamonds.

  27. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, about 3 hours ago

    I’ve done my homework. Others should do so too and in the process “revise” their answers, as a precaution. I’m not about to do someone else’s homework to “disprove” their glittered, ambitious opinion. They have the obligation to prove it with “specific” evidence. Otherwise readers will take it for what it IS. Flavored “Opinion”!

    I’ve laid out details of mistakes that Locher has made in massive abundance. Many were of course made by Gould and the others, but considerably less often. It’s QUANTITY that KILLS, and repeating the same goof “over and over”, without even realizing it (?). Yes ! Over the years he has done some commendable work, but has countered this with some awful choices. Error prone (too much on his plate?) he continues to “stumble” as he has done often in this story. These have not “enhanced” the strip nor have they served to burnish his reputation !

    I’ve given several examples of DL staggering (and can easily provide more). So the onus is now on you to pick and COMPARE, in black and white similar flaws by others. It’s an easy “breeze” to make “Wide Sweeping Claims”. But what is NEEDED are “dates” and of course, specific SUBSTANCE !

    I urge you to do it, and will thank you in the end for it will only prove my contentions. In the meantime, two or three dazzled minds sayng it isnt so does not change “reality”!

  28. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, about 2 hours ago

    Jeff Kersten said, about 3 hours ago

    “Tracy is no “dirty” cop, folks. Big Ace was going to take the money he brought undercover as a bag man. That money, as you all know, was connected to Jack’s thugs at B.O. & Gravel’s house. That’s a criminal conspiracy, ladies and gentlemen”.

    Oh Jeffy, Jeff, Jeff. Using your summation, there was no need for the Dicksters gambit. He easily could have gotten a warrant, walked right in and arrested the “Big Ace” with no problem. Why kill someone when no-one needs to die? This story line, as with all others that I have read in the past three years at least, lacks any semblance at coherency. Great gaping plot holes abound and red herrings are the official mascot of ol’ Dick. I don’t expect the plots to equal Christie, Queen or Conan Doyle, but would appreciate some form of consistency in even for the duration of a single week. There are no longer any defenses that can be mounted that suffice.

  29. EMET

    EMET said, about 2 hours ago

    @JohnDear -

    Its better to have a heart and popcorn than a spade and diamonds.

    The Joker won’t take you back the way of the spade and diamonds.

  30. morrow

    morrow said, 34 minutes ago

    Sydney, I lost count of the times Jeff called you “my friend”. For a while I was thinking he might start hitting on you. The phony sophistication and condescention insults my intelligence. Jeff didn’t used to be like that, but his association with Mattie is proof positive it spreads orally.