Dick Tracy by Dick Locher

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  1. ridenslide65

    ridenslide65 said, about 1 month ago

    Lame

  2. ridenslide65

    ridenslide65 said, about 1 month ago

    I keep my gun in my waistband. You never know when you are going to need to use it.

  3. barticle35

    barticle35Genius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Nice drawing today. Almost psychedelic. Really evil clown. I keep my gun in the baby’s playpen, where no one would think to look for it.

  4. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Aha!, an accomplice…..
    Tiger looks like Rudolph with his red nose.

  5. OzzieJohn

    OzzieJohnGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Aha, Pops has an an accomplice… looks like it was the tiger who shot “Lousie Trapeze” after all!

    BTW I don’t have a gun, I’m just pleased to see you.

  6. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    That tiger is a bi-ped. Look at the position of the head to the shoulders. It appears as a human head would on a body.

  7. drwatson

    drwatsonGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    ridenslide65 said,
    I keep my gun in my waistband. You never know when you are going to need to use it.

    Yeah, like shooting bad comics.

  8. Flight Suit

    Flight SuitGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Wonder Warthog, you’re right! Perhaps this tiger is an Egyptian God?

    Also, in Panel One, what is the meaning of “Laugh, clown, laugh?”

    It doesn’t seem to be the narrator’s voice, and it’s not exactly dialogue…

    I can see how “laugh” might be interpreted as a sound effect, kind of like “boom” or “pow,” but what about “clown?”

    Is that supposed to represent the sound of clowning taking place?

  9. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, about 1 month ago

    Zit Poppers Backpack
    Naahh…but my boy does.

  10. Elexia

    Elexia said, about 1 month ago

    Is it just me or does Ringo have a mullet in panel 3? It then proptly dissapears in panel 6

  11. Anthony 2816

    Anthony 2816Genius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Wait…”deserted circus grounds”???

    What happened to the backup? What happened to the SWAT team?

    Donut break?

    Take a look at panel 1 of 08/27/09…yeah, yeah, I know…and entire friggin’ MONTH ago…but Tracy says, while we’re given a picture of an armored guy with an M-16, “I’ve called for police security – you’re all safe for the time being.”

    So what happened? Police security figured that with nothing happening for a MONTH, it was okay to withdraw to the local donut place???

  12. Michael McMillan

    Michael McMillan said, about 1 month ago

    I’ve been thinking about this. DL could use some time with some real police detectives, learning what they do and how they do it. At least, watch a few episodes of “Cops” on TV.

    Alert: Off-topic rant.

    Has anybody else been getting as tired of some of the ads here as I have? Particularly the “Newspaper article” ads that open a new window while you’re trying to read these comics? I have gotten massively tired of “Britney Does A Troop Train!” or whatever that thing is, and for the sake of GoComics it would be a help if they’d stop it. I didn’t come here to read an article about Britney doing a troop train and how I can, too, and I’m reasonably sure nobody else comes here for that reason. I’m placing this here in the hope that the powers that be actually read this before banishing me forever to outer space.

    End off-topic rant.

  13. Carlo Coratelli

    Carlo Coratelli said, about 1 month ago

    From my european point of view, I think today we have the better crimestoppers of the last months. In Usa there’s a great problem: weapons, many weapons, guns and many violence. Good work, Locher.

  14. Flight Suit

    Flight SuitGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    What you don’t understand, Carlo, is that it’s the guns that keep us free. If you had guns in Italy, you’d be able to vote and you’d have freedom of religion and the right to peaceably assemble, just like we do!

    Michael McMillan, would you believe I’ve never seen the ads you’re describing? Just do what I do: Use a FireFox add-on that blocks ads.

  15. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    KNOWING where the GUNS ARE ! ??

    WOW ! What a timely reminder in today’s Crimestipper’s Textbook !

    Now Tracy WILL “remember”, he has a powerful TASER GUN right there on his Wrist Geene. Ready to fire !

    He could take out Mr.Pops in an instant - and
    Kitty the Tiger - no problem, only PETA !

    Reference: (7-13-2005) Shamman Indian story - -
    “These Wrist Geenees of ours come armed with TASER Guns ”
    (-Tracy)

  16. Kingoswald

    KingoswaldGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    I would never get a licence to have a gun in the States. I’m not crazy enough!

  17. canadaeh

    canadaeh said, about 1 month ago

    The accomplice is the midget in the tiger skin

  18. canadaeh

    canadaeh said, about 1 month ago

    I’m waiting for Oct 4 . The strip will be Dick in a rocking chair on the porch of Retired Comic Characters Home with Little Abner, Krazy Kat among others.

  19. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Who shot Louise Trapeze ?

    PROBLEM IS, you’ll have to WAIT until next Friday to find out who shot Louise - - AND - why.

    WHY ? Because (Apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein) –

    HAPPY – TALKY, TALKING – TALK

    “Happy ….talky … talking …talk’
    Talk about, what Locher’d have you do.
    He’d rather have you wait,
    Friday is his date
    He’s had Dick Tracy waiting too”

    Talky … talking, talk attack
    Dipping forward … falling back
    Snoozing dreams of “Reubens”, Locher’s had a few
    You’re only writing “do-do” Dicky, you haven’t got a clue

    Slowly nudging, grudging that’s his Sin
    Lingering, lengthy, an incremental King,
    Two months late, you know your fate … your waiting just begin,
    Day for seething, night for peeing … in the Circus Ring

    Happy … talky … talking … talk.
    You can’t even budge his cart,
    A pace to make some f art
    So, take a running start
    And end December, just remember, your creepy “leaky” lark !

  20. Elexia

    Elexia said, about 1 month ago

    I thought Ringo had a pony tail or a mullet hairstyle or something, but the ‘tail’ seems to come and go, much like a lot of other inconsistencies in this strip

  21. morrow

    morrow said, about 1 month ago

    This is about the first Sunday that I can remember where the story actually advanced. As far as the Snotsmaker’s Notebook goes, if you know how many guns you have, you don’t have enough!

  22. Carlo Coratelli

    Carlo Coratelli said, about 1 month ago

    For Flightsuit: In Italy we don’t have tragic events like Columbine and the University of Delaware and many others, with children kill other children.

    guns=democracy? Sorry but it’s a stupid concept. In Italy we have democracy without guns.

  23. CougarAllen

    CougarAllen said, about 1 month ago

    Yes, I know where my guns are, and I know how to draw a revolver with the cylinder inside the frame, too.

    -Cougar :{)

  24. Michael McMillan

    Michael McMillan said, about 1 month ago

    I made a slight change in Opera, blocking all pop-ups, we’ll see how that works.

    Crimestoppers: Children and guns = bad juju. We have gunsafes for a reason, use them. At least use a trigger lock, many police departments around here will give you a trigger lock just for asking.

    Gun bans: Chicago has a nearly total gun ban. Read the news and see how well it works.

    edit: Guns and clowns look like bad juju too. Keep your guns locked away from your clowns.

  25. VistaBill

    VistaBill said, about 1 month ago

    Ringo’s stopped sweating bbs and appears to have lost weight. An accomplice? Let’s see… pig on wheels, elephant, tiger? Who made the “ransom notes”? This is all too much for my tired old brain to keep up with.

  26. Michael McMillan

    Michael McMillan said, about 1 month ago

    Reading the DT comic over the past month or so, I have to say Inspector Lestrade would be embarrassed to call Dick Tracy a fellow detective. DT used to be pretty good, but right now he couldn’t detect the presense of a ham sandwich on his kitchen table. This time, the crime happened right in front of him and I dare say DT knows less about it than we do. For shame, DL. Spend some time with a real detective and learn something about the job.

  27. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 month ago

    Good thing this kid knew where the gun was:

    http://www.youtube.com/v/EDWo6m5hbG4

    :^ D

  28. wsnaider

    wsnaider said, about 1 month ago

    DL may be more literate than you suspected. The phrase “laugh, clown” is very commonly associated with “Vesti la giubba” in the opera “Pagliacci.” The clown sings “ridi, pagliacco” (laugh, clown) as part of the aria.

    Or, DL could be referring to a 1928 silent film, “Laugh, Clown, Laugh.”

    Or it could be a totally accidental reference. Having been a lurker for some time here, I’m fairly certain how you all will vote. :-)

  29. boombang

    boombang said, about 1 month ago

    Hey M McMillan if you use Firefox you wont get those Ads that you were talking about..

  30. Akenta

    Akenta said, about 1 month ago

    Also you want to add Ad Blocker (thanks to docT for that added advice), that combined with Firefox, makes me not hate this site as much. I still won’t recommend it to my friends.

    http://adblockplus.org/en/installation

  31. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 month ago

    How does Tracy go from “Did you murder her?” to “You had to have an accomplice!” Another silly hunch or just plain lazy writing? I’ll go with the latter…

  32. big G 3469

    big G 3469Genius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Gobstoppers textbook on kids & guns:

    There’s a P.S.A. airing on Mexican television ( saw it on the “telenet” broadcast on XEJ TV) about gun safety where a young boy who got up late at night going to the kitchen looking for a snack, while looking for the snack the boy discovered a gun, the gun falls to the floor,& discharges with the bullet flying out. & I don’t know what happen to the boy if he got injured or killed from the flying bullet, but that was a pretty strong message to keep guns far away from kids.

  33. mumbles

    mumbles said, about 1 month ago

    Just a reminder, Plaxico Burress kept his gun in his waistband. Forward his correspence for the next 2 years to Riker’s Island, where he’ll probably still be ready this story arc.

  34. jtpozenel

    jtpozenel said, about 1 month ago

    “Johnny! Go bring daddy his gun. It’s on the kitchen table.”

  35. achtungkitten

    achtungkitten said, about 1 month ago

    “Laugh Clown, Laugh,” – The panel kind of stops in mid-laugh there.

  36. Dypak

    DypakGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    I keep my gun tucked in the babies diaper, that way if it goes off I don’t get hurt.

    I just wish the whole story made sense. Even though the art is clunky sometimes, and the writing is odd I don’t care. That’s what makes it fun. But please, I’d really like it to make sense. Have some kind of purpose to its narrative oddness.

  37. Fer Lefer

    Fer Lefer said, about 1 month ago

    Mmmm… if the guns keep people in Amerika free, then why bother if drug dealers have military ones? It’s their right, right?

    And I always thought that USA was free thanks to the will of their inhabitants…

    By the way, if you don’t mind that your kids feel powerful,if they have guns, well it’s their right to use them if they feel free to,isn’t it?

  38. Saucy1121

    Saucy1121 said, about 1 month ago

    I’m having reasonable success keeping ads out of the way using IE8 and clicking on the little lock on the bottom task bar (for me it is next to the 100%/zoom icon).

  39. whardin1960

    whardin1960 said, about 1 month ago

    Flight Suit - re the tiger - must be a Kzin.

  40. avatarjk137

    avatarjk137 said, about 1 month ago

    How terrifying is the “laugh, clown, laugh” panel? I thought somebody had slipped me something for a moment there.

    I don’t subscribe to gun ownership - but I’m planning on buying a sword for home defense. I’ll keep that by my bed, where it belongs.

  41. Ronshua

    RonshuaGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Akenta said, about 5 hours ago

    Also you want to add Ad Blocker (thanks to docT for that added advice),

    Thanks , both of you . I’ll throw away the rusty razor blade .

  42. NyukNyuk2000

    NyukNyuk2000 said, about 1 month ago

    Hey Hey!!! It’s Krusty the Clown!!!

  43. OldHipster

    OldHipster said, about 1 month ago

    Sure I know where my guns are, and they are loaded, too. Do you think I am going to keep an empty gun around and throw it at some “clown” (pardon the pun) trying to break into my house?

    You must be on drugs!

  44. ridenslide65

    ridenslide65 said, about 1 month ago

    Hey mumbles, that was a joke. Like this strip.

  45. fishbulb

    fishbulbGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Barney Fife, Sledge Hammer, even Chief Wiggum wouldn’t believe the scenario the clown is trying to set up. Let’s see, the tiger opened the cage door and……

  46. kreniigh

    kreniighGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    sigh Panel 6: “Did you murder her?” Panel 7: “You had to have an accomplice!” So Tracy basically answers his own question without waiting for a reply.

  47. Araldite

    AralditeGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    The clown is on drugs.

  48. tracyfan92

    tracyfan92 said, about 1 month ago

    The backup must have travelled to Canada to get Tim Horton’s donuts that is why they have been gone so long. I wonder if Tigers get sick from bad odors. I guess we might just find out.

  49. Flight Suit

    Flight SuitGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Carlo, I was joking!

    Michael McMillan, it’s certainly good to disable pop-ups, but that only gets rid of pop-up ads.

    Let me tell you, Firefox + the right ad-blocker = a whole new Internet. Suddenly ALL the ads are gone, not just the pop-ups. Try it; you’ll be amazed at how much faster many pages load when your computer’s not having to use up valuable bandwidth, RAM, and processor cycles to display a bunch of graphically intensive advertisements.

  50. Flight Suit

    Flight SuitGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    whardin1960, maybe he’s one of the Thundercats?