Dick Tracy by Dick Locher
- September 03, 2008
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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
Haven’t we seen the picture of Tracy and his malformed hand before? Geez…between that and Jabba the Smith lounging about, LET’S GET THIS STORY STARTED!!!
morrow said, about 1 year ago
Diet’s invented finger prosthetics. Boy, did he hit the nail on the head!
geeknerd said, about 1 year ago
Always harping about how bad the hands are drawn. At least he draws all 5 fingers, All the other cartoonists only draw 4, if they draw them at all.
BTW, it’s a CARTOON, not fine art
Maxine_Viller said, about 1 year ago
Yay!! Welcome home, BB!
LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 year ago
BB, Welcome to our little group!
morrow said, about 1 year ago
BB! Man, we had a funeral dirge goin’, thinking you got lost! You made my week!
Morrow
francisthetalkinmule said, about 1 year ago
Goodness, I am so happy to find ol’ Dick Tracy still going–I hadn’t seen it in any paper for years! I grew up with this, and many others no longer in existence.(I was born in 1936.) Believe me, the wrist-radio, and then wrist-tv were pure science fiction when I was seven and eight and nine years old!!!! There was B. O. Plenty who married Gravel Gerty and they had Sparkle Plenty—and there was Tess Trueheart whom Tracy finally married, and Junior Tracy (adopted), and all the rest. How nice to see old friends of my childhood again! Thanks to Dick Locher for carrying on for Chester Gould.