Dick Tracy by Dick Locher

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  1. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    So who is laughing? Now Tracy wants a knife fight?

  2. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    LOL, WW! Tracy’d be fun to watch in a knife fight……or not.

  3. mrbribery

    mrbribery said, 3 months ago

    Cutting? Is Spacy gonna make his own death threat note?

  4. barticle35

    barticle35Genius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Ringo’s arms are too short to reach the note. Does anyone know what “get cutting” means? Maybe Cutting is the name of a forensics expert? Dr. Cutting. Yeah, that’s it.

  5. avatarjk137

    avatarjk137 said, 3 months ago

    Cutting refers to the fact that Tracy will quietly shank all the suspects, just to be sure.

    The person delivering the note is one of the carnival freaks - obviously, a blind one.

  6. Dirk_Gently

    Dirk_Gently said, 3 months ago

    Obviously Tracy is the culprit and is about to make the next note to send to Ringo. He’ll be quite safe though as Tracy won’t be able to work it out and catch himself.

  7. Fearless_Fosdick

    Fearless_Fosdick said, 3 months ago

    Ringo, please take this note and write something nice. It is for Louise’s funeral flowers.

  8. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, 3 months ago

    Why does Ringo continually turn his back to Tracy and spread his arms out? He keeps doing it…STOP!

  9. Lewreader

    LewreaderGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    What happened to Louise’s dancing limbs?. Don’t tell me “it happened”

  10. kab2rb

    kab2rb said, 3 months ago

    DT wants to cut to the chase get to business. Circus is over time to close. DT is very serious.:l

  11. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    “LET’S GET CUTTING” ?

    Same thing I said yesterday ! Glad you agree !

    Lets cut out and DUMP all the August strips that in effect say the SAME THING every day, every day, every day !
    They only serve to give Locher “thinking-time” to decide what will happpen next in the story. A little slow “dim-witted” stuff here. Imagine, a whole month to decide (?)

    It’s monsterous, monotenous REPETITION and dumber than Locher hugging Barb Els (who we will see again tomorrow).

    As the man said – “this is no laughing matter”!

    On target ! I wish Dick Locher would take his home-spun “homilies” seriously. in doing the strip

  12. CougarAllen

    CougarAllen said, 3 months ago

    “Could Tracy’s twin also be Ringo’s twin, constantly switching back and forth between the two disguises?”

    http://tinyurl.com/7hv9sc

    In Panel 1 the fellow with the short arms is impersonating Ringo. In Panel 3 is that Ringo or Tracy? We can’t see his arms. How can we tell??? He looks like Tracy, but the note bringer calls him Ringo….

    Have we ever seen both Ringo and Tracy with short arms in the same panel???

    -Cougar :{)

  13. CougarAllen

    CougarAllen said, 3 months ago

    What country are we in and what dialect are they speaking? “There’s a rub” … “Let’s get cutting” … it’s English, but those are not American idioms. Somewhere in Africa? Or the dialogue is being translated from some other language into English, leaving the foreign idioms intact.

    -Cougar :{)

  14. kreniigh

    kreniighGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Maybe he means, let’s make cutting remarks? He must not be reading the comments; we already do!

  15. Stuart Gathman

    Stuart Gathman said, 3 months ago

    You guys are missing the point. Tracy is so depressed over the situation (“no laughing matter”), he wants to begin “cutting” - cutting himself with a knife as an expression of emotional desperation.

  16. HectorPriam

    HectorPriam said, 3 months ago

    Macy’s full name is Dickyobi Macymoto and cutting refers to ritual suicide (Hara-Kiri) or Harry Carey.

  17. Struwwelpeter2

    Struwwelpeter2 said, 3 months ago

    What they should really do is call Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy. This is starting to look like an old ‘Scooby-Doo’ plot.

  18. N7326 Foxtrot

    N7326 Foxtrot said, 3 months ago

    This sure has turned into one looooong afternoon at the circuis.

  19. jtpozenel

    jtpozenel said, 3 months ago

    “If our performers won’t put on a show… I have no show!”

    What would ever make him think that?

  20. jumbobrain

    jumbobrainGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    I have given up on pointing out the many inadequacies on this strip and now am singularly focused on returning Dick Tracy to the moon, the setting of the last period in which this strip was mired in pointless stupidity (though still better written and drawn).

  21. Josh 1360

    Josh 1360 said, 3 months ago

    You want a circus? Try “Under The Big Top”! Every day’s a circus with those clowns! Trust me!

  22. OldHipster

    OldHipster said, 3 months ago

    Tracy is ready to CUT.
    Watch the big Dick strut
    The other Dick who drew this stuff
    Has been using too much puff

    “nother dumb story line like Jeff and Mutt

  23. HectorPriam

    HectorPriam said, 3 months ago

    Ringo said, “If our performers won’t put on a show…I have no show!”

    OMG!! This guy is a brilliant businessman to be able to draw that conclusion so quickly!

    Somebody that shrewd will keep the show going by charging admission for the crowds to watch the workers pull up the tent pegs and eat the leftover concession food!

  24. Joe Allen Doty

    Joe Allen Doty said, 3 months ago

    The “note” for Dick Tracy is probably like the one that the circus owner received earlier and telling him to stay out of the case.

  25. whardin1960

    whardin1960 said, 3 months ago

    A circus came to our town and charged people to watch the elephants help raise the tent. Must’ve been Ringo and the gang.

  26. MrBriberysShrunkenHeads

    MrBriberysShrunkenHeadsGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Do all the characters have Angelorious Disease?

    Was the “CUTTING” a reference to the “cut-and-paste” are the team deploys with laughable results?

    Should have been “Let’s CUT-AND-PASTE this adventure! Who is with me, Mr Morphing RIngo/Ringmaster/old/young/ponytail/no ponytail/mustache/no mustache guy!”

    HE WHO CONTROLS CUT AND PASTE CONTROLS THE WORLD!

  27. idarke

    idarke said, 3 months ago

    I did a quick google of the idiom “cutting”. I came up with:

    “Cutting the cackle”
    “Cutting your losses”
    “Cutting edge”
    “Cutting to the chase”
    “Cutting the mustard”
    “Cutting your teeth”

    Which apply? Which don’t? Discuss.

  28. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    My Mom always used the the expression, “Let’s get cuttin’”. It meant ‘Hurry it up!’.

  29. RichardT

    RichardT said, 3 months ago

    DT seems delirious today. Although I am not a medical doctor, I have seen enough snickers commercials to be able to identify a case of hunger when I see one. It seems that skipping that pizza and only having a little bit of popcorn is affecting DT’s vision, hearing, motor skills, lucidity, mojo, personal odor, balance, and sexual orientation. I recommend snickers.

  30. HectorPriam

    HectorPriam said, 3 months ago

    When I was kid my family was so poor that all we could afford was Daryl’s Circus. He featured giant midgets (some nearly 6’0” tall), bearded men, and headless chickens running around.

    The 10 cent admission saved us a lot of money!

  31. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    idarke,

    All seem to apply aptly to Dick Locher except “cutting edge”

    Note also that the staunch Defenders and their alter egos have all dissapeared, as fast as Teevo ! . The weight of the embarrassment is too great..

  32. Tigger

    TiggerGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    When did Tracy decide to become Ringo?

  33. countoftowergrove

    countoftowergrove said, 3 months ago

    Tracy is grmacing in panels one and three. He must have popcorn hulls stuck in his teeth.

  34. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, 3 months ago

    After seeing Mr. Pops I joined this Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Houston-TX/Not-Being-Murdered-by-Clowns/77066524131?ref=ts

    Maybe Louise should have joined as well!

  35. SQUIDBREAKER

    SQUIDBREAKER said, 3 months ago

    Cutting: Slicing into the ice with the double edged blades of hockey skates

    Its a great day for hockey, as usual.

    A.

    I was sent to a ‘cutting’ way back when I was a rookie. When I arrived, the husband complained that they were arguing and his wife was ‘cuttin’ on him. We asked to see his injuries, and he said she was only cuttin on him, as in ‘insulting’ him.

    True anecdote.

  36. Dypak

    DypakGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    I think Dick wants to cut one and have a fart contest. My money is on Tess.

  37. SQUIDBREAKER

    SQUIDBREAKER said, 3 months ago

    Should ‘a checked the stage, coach Tatunka.