Dick Tracy by Dick Locher
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About Dick Tracy
Chester Gould, a veteran cartoonist, began drawing his most legendary character, the dashing and daring Dick Tracy for the newspaper comics page in 1931. Modeled in the image of the innovative Sherlock Holmes, Gould was inspired to create new crime-fighting technology, including the two-way wrist TV, closed circuit TV police line-up and the engineless car that took Dick Tracy to the moon (both literally and figuratively).
Although many remember him with fond nostalgia, Dick Tracy, now written and illustrated by Dick Locher, continues to be relevant as he combines old-fashioned values with 21st century innovation to capture corporate crooks, computer pirates, polluters, skyjackers, gang members and terrorists.
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LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 year ago
Buh-bye Shirl(ey)!
morrow said, about 1 year ago
She’s mean enough that they’ll spit her out! Welcome over, Ludwig!
Gweedo Murray said, about 1 year ago
Ahriiightt !!! Bleeep’s got some meat in his pen after all.
g6793
said,
about 1 year ago
Hi Ludwig! I’ve missed your comments! Looks like Shirl is dog chow, doesn’t it? (Hey Morrow…this is better than Queenie’s demise ;) )
barticle35
said,
about 1 year ago
Those pups aren’t eating her, they’re just tearing off her clothes. Can hardly wait for the next panel.
geeknerd said, about 1 year ago
They bleeep’ed the artist’s first name! Poor Richard, can’t get no respect from a dumb computer program!
alex71 said, about 1 year ago
Right in the Chester Gould tradition, to have a wrongdoer reap the fruits of his/her sins. He’d love to see someone torn to pieces like this. But the whole sequence is stupid, with the dogs always poised to attack but in suspension until Shirl shows up.
EatDickTracySandwiches said, about 1 year ago
Wow, it appears that the comic is close to the end now that Shirl showed up. So what does that mean, another two months to wrap this one up? Maybe for Christmas we will have the gift of a new comic. Lets hope there is not another Halloween “side mission” with DT sleeping over with strange men again this year. Happy Monday DickTracy, have a nice salami and peanut butter sandwich (on burnt bread!).
RichardT said, about 1 year ago
Well Sandwiches. Some of us appreciate driving the speed limit, listening to songs by Bun B, and not getting involved in tomfoolery. I think the speed of DT comics is just fine. It’s nice to have a comic strip that doesn’t go too fast for me the way all these movies, books, and regular sized school buses do.
Maxine_Viller said, about 1 year ago
BWAHAHA! When I clicked to view yesterday’s strip, I noticed that today’s “Featured Sponsor” reads: Mighty Dog® - A Mighty™ Meal. The bold, meaty meal your dog deserves!
LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 year ago
Hello to my fellow Magpies!!!
If the dogs go far enough with the clothes ripping, we may have our first XXX Tracy STRIP! :)
morrow said, about 1 year ago
If Locher goes that route (and we ALL know how old men are), P-U-L-E-E-Z-E get a better-looking subject!
LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 year ago
If he goes that route, he should get the mid 70s Sparkle Plenty.
ItchyOliver said, about 1 year ago
Or Lizz circa 1978. Or Texie Garcia. Not now, of course (is she still alive?) but the 1933 Texie.
I am pleasantly surprised that the dogs were shown making contact with any part of Miss Shirl Locke. I am also glad that Mr. Locher didn’t see fit to have Baskerville controlling a constricting serpent instead of mean dogs. Can you imagine how the “Speckled Band of Bohemia” would have worked as a plot device?
ItchyOliver said, about 1 year ago
Oh, yeah, and I can’t help admitting that the third panel makes me think of Patsy Cline.
dakota_jones said, about 1 year ago
are we missing anyonefrom the old days?