Dick Tracy by Dick Locher

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  1. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Just another recap, sigh. Absolutely nothing new today.
    bassmanbob, HELP!!!!!

  2. zapboy

    zapboy said, about 1 year ago

    Does this remind anyone of bop’em sock’em robots. We need BO and Gertie back soon.

  3. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Heck, at this point, I’ll even take Moon Maid and the giant escargot.

  4. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 year ago

    Today’s strip is a fine lesson in the English language.

    I don’t understand how the robots can make totally closed fists. Oh that’s right, Locher can’t draw a decent hand if his life depended on it.

    “GOOD GRIEF!!” My thoughts exactly sir.

  5. itisme

    itismeGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    MF or Bf or whatever his name is today keeps dropping the tapes.

    http://unifour-ululation.blogspot.com

  6. Ray C

    Ray CGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    This is as good a place as any to bring this up…Comics.com has fixed its web site problem. The comics are up to date and I was able to register and log in; so now I can comment. However, the Li’l Abner strip has stripped gears once again and has started in a different place. Does anyone remember the approximate dates of the Fosdick episode? Life will not be worth living if I don’t find out what happened to Fosdick.

  7. Ray C

    Ray CGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Bassman, you have proved that Locher’s plot makes complete sense after all. Once you fill in between the lines, connect the dots, annotate the manuscript as it were, all is revealed. This is a rousing tale of lust, ambition, and hate after all; none of which make sense to the outside observer. Getting inside their heads as you do shines a bright light on everything.
    I would vote we promote you to lead guitar, but you would probably consider that a demotion. Please keep going and see us through this.

  8. Anthony 2816

    Anthony 2816Genius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Making up for lost time, Ray? :)

  9. ridenslide65

    ridenslide65 said, about 1 year ago

    Bassman Bob continues as my Hero! Locher …..well look at the obvious cry for help in the CrimeStumpers Flipnotes, someone needs to alert the authorities that something weird is going on with the old senile Locher since the strips continues to regress and tread water ( or oil in the case of the robutts). If I lived in his neighborhood, I’d giv’em a call NOW.

    Hey Ray C, glad to see you’re in FIVE TIMES!

  10. ridenslide65

    ridenslide65 said, about 1 year ago

    Just kidding Ray. Glad you could join the party! Locher’s a Boob!

  11. EatDickTracySandwiches

    EatDickTracySandwiches said, about 1 year ago

    Bassman…. hilarious(if not extremely long) commentatry on today’s strip! Golf clap!

    Ray C… this is as good of place as any to bring something up 4 times in a row. Nice! I think I got the point after the second post.

    I think it is funny that one minute MF is this bad robot who is going to turn on Braces, then he says the signals are just “NT SO GUD ONES”, turning into a barely coherent toddler, and giving up on getting away with the loot/donuts/hockey pucks. What gives?

    Crimenabers playbook: Keep an eye on the old guy next door!! He might be planning to run for president in the next election.

  12. Michael McMillan

    Michael McMillan said, about 1 year ago

    There’s no two ways about it– we’ve just got to figure a way to get Bassman Bob’s storyline accepted as the Dick Tracy line. At least Bassman has a clue how to write– and think about what he’s writing while he’s at it.

  13. morrow

    morrow said, about 1 year ago

    Now is as good a time as any to offer up a little “sidebar” on behalf of Bassmanbob. Earlier in the year at comicspage.com, BB (as we affectionately call him) wrote almost a book-length story spoofing the characters and included the “Boardmembers”, as we called ourselves. It was a masterpiece! It was a hundred-times more entertaining than Locher’s opus. There were sixteen or more chapters archived on that website until the website for DT’s discussion was eliminated. I promise you, it was the funniest reading you have ever undertaken, and we owe BB big-time for the entertainment. As you now see, BB is a gifted writer. Thanks for the entertainment, BB; we ALL miss it!

    Morrow

  14. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 year ago

    Morrow is right. BB’s story of Dr. Magpie was a grand epic. I’m glad to see that he’s sharing his writing talent with a larger audience.

    Morrow, how are things for you since the storm??

  15. dakota_jones

    dakota_jones said, about 1 year ago

    I’ve missed Fosdick as well!

  16. Ray C

    Ray CGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Apologies for the multiple submissions, folks. I kept getting a notice that the proxy was down, and so thinking it didn’t get through I kept re-trying. How dumb was that?
    Love the attention, though. ;-)

  17. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 year ago

    This might take our minds off this hideous storyline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JABgXwhMYY

  18. Eugeno

    EugenoGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    GOOD GRIEF! - ??!???
    Wha …??? - Has Tracy suddenly morphed into Charlie Brown? Where Lucy? She’d put a stop to this nonsense in a heartbeat.

  19. morrow

    morrow said, about 1 year ago

    Loved the link, Ludwig. I think I recognize one of the actors. He’s the thirty-something-year-old hiding in the bushes wearing frilly Dick Tracy underwear. Behind him is Nurse Tracy with a butterfly net and a hospital orderly with a straight jacket. Strange…….

  20. Newenglandah

    Newenglandah said, about 1 year ago

    Read today’s “Brewster Rockit” if you want to know where the two robots came from.

  21. Tukla Ratte

    Tukla Ratte said, about 1 year ago

    “don’t be so critical… it’s all good fun”

    So are our jokes, really.

  22. Michael McMillan

    Michael McMillan said, about 1 year ago

    I’ll give Locher the benefit of the doubt concerning the elderly. Speaking as a soon-to-be elderly person (I’ve received my AARP invite a couple of years ago) I know that some of them need help occasionally. “Keep an eye on them, report anything unusual” could simply refer to health issues, such as a sudden onset of acting as though he/she is lost.

  23. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Ray C says:

    Bassman, you have proved that Locher’s plot makes complete sense after all. Once you fill in between the lines, connect the dots, annotate the manuscript as it were, all is revealed. This is a rousing tale of lust, ambition, and hate after all; none of which make sense to the outside observer. Getting inside their heads as you do shines a bright light on everything.
    I would vote we promote you to lead guitar, but you would probably consider that a demotion. Please keep going and see us through this.

    What Ray C said! Thx, BB, if I may call you that.

  24. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 year ago

    “Tin Man?” Them’s fightin’ words!!!

  25. Maxine_Viller

    Maxine_Viller said, about 1 year ago

    Ray C: I wish I could help you as far as the interrupted “Fearless Fosdick” continuity goes – I know how it ends, but you’ve got to see it for yourself. All I can offer you is this link to where you can buy a copy of the book collection that has the complete “Chippendale Chair” story in it (plus four other violently hilarious FF stories).

    http://www.amazon.com/Fearless-Fosdick-Al-Capp/dp/0878161082/ref=sr12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225679602&sr=8-2

    I’m sorry the link doesn’t show you what the cover looks like or anything, but speaking as one who owns a copy of this book, I have a feeling you would not be disappointed if you got it.