Dick Tracy by Dick Locher

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wndrwrthg said, about 1 month ago

Mr. Pops served his time and was released. There was no way Ringo could extort him. Unless they intend to shoot Ringo also, he, as the chief suspect could very well testify against the entire bunch. This story has more holes in it than Bonnie and Clyde.
jjff said, about 1 month ago

Wouldn’t the tiger be tame and not really interested in killing people?
Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

No wild animal is ever truly tame.. ask Roy of Siefried and Roy….
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

That is the most hard-hitting Crimestopper’s Textbook yet!
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

WATCH THIS SPACE ON OCTO…

ER, I MEAN…

WATCH THIS SPACE TODAY!!!
Llewellenbruce said, about 1 month ago

Tracy’s neck tie turned from red to black in the last panel.
Roberto Macedo Alves said, about 1 month ago

I am not sure about the relative proportions of Tracy and that tiger! - And the tiger looks slightly different than the usual depiction! Oh, joy!
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

Matt’s first installment is up there:

http://www.apollocomicstrip.com/

I don’t think commenting is enabled on his blog, so I’ll say it right here:

Well done, Matt!
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

I think that coming here every day, some folks are primed to criticize, and it appears some of you may very well be inclined to hold on to whatever issues you and Matt have had with each-other. If that’s the case, I’m sure you’ll find plenty of things to nit-pick his comic to death over.

If you keep an open mind, however, and just take the comic on its own merits, from a neutral starting point, I think you’ll agree with me that there’s something to like there. Heck, we’ve even got one panel with the “Iron-Man” face in silhouette, which is right outta the DT style book.

Regarding Water World, I’m not sure what to make of it so far. It appears there’s a plot synopsis/prologue up there, but I’m guessing it’s not yet ready to be officially unveiled. Presumably tomorrow (when it really is October 4) there will be more stuff up there.

Back to the subject of Apollo:

The mythological figure of Apollo has great significance to such esoteric mystery schools as the Illuminati, the Free Masons, and the Rosicrucians.

In light of that, I find it especially interesting that the stylized letter A he wears on his chest is actually a triangle, i.e., a pyramid, which is also tremendously important in the symbology of the above-mentioned secret societies.

Is it possible that Dick Locher is the Grand Master of a Masonic lodge, and Matt is one of his initiates?

I’m going to have to put on my tin foil cap and begin scanning both DT and Apollo for hidden Masonic messages.

Heh, heh…
jjff said, about 1 month ago

I know it would not be truly tame but it is used to people. Maybe Macy has a hidden whip he can use to keep it in check. Its time DT did something.
barticle35 said, about 1 month ago

Fortunately, that tiger’s legs are so short it can’t run very fast.
avatarjk137 said, about 1 month ago

Cribswapper’s Textmessage: Go steal this Dick Tracy Bronze Statue, IF YOU CAN LIFT IT!

Sorry.

Pops seems to be working through a purple haze, while Barb is lit from within by the golden corona of steroid use.

Drugs are bad, kids, like sensible character motivations!

In other news, that is a BFT - Big Furry Tiger. It has to be the size of a rhinoceros!
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

Let’s be fair: The tiger only looks bigger because he’s in the foreground.
436rge said, about 1 month ago

So that was the October 4th surprise eh? A big statue of DT. I hope it wasn’t designed by Locher!
Roberto Macedo Alves said, about 1 month ago

436rge, I think the big October 4th surprise was the beginning of two new online strips by Matthew Hansel:

http://www.apollocomicstrip.com/
Roberto Macedo Alves said, about 1 month ago

And now, 24 Hour comics day is finished. And I did my love story to Dick Tracy - I wanted to make my peace with Dick Tracy to conclude some of the “dangling” storylines in my mind, and stop reading this strip, until they change the writer/artist team - because the current storylines have been getting worse and worse every day!

But first, I am going to bed, as I spent 24 consecutive hours drawing the 24 strips I placed on the blog:

http://24hourdicktracycomic.robertomacedoalves.net/

This was not a professional drawing or story or whatever, just a fan who wanted to have fun and “close” several open points, dismissing all what has been done in the last years, without dismissing it totally.
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

That’s a heck of a nice job you did there, Roberto. I love that Rogue’s Gallery portrait of Mumbles with the hypodermic needle! Did you choose an especially difficult-to-draw pose just to prove that you can draw hands realistically?

;-)
Michael McMillan said, about 1 month ago

Roberto, I’ll give you a “Thumbs-up” on that one. Your comic would go a long way to explain what we see here today.

I’ll give Matthew a “Thumbs-Up” on his comic too. Not bad, kinda reminds me of “Batman”.
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

Oh, DUH:

According to yesterday’s posts, Methuseleh’s Water World doesn’t officially “boot up” until Monday, October 5. That would explain why there isn’t too much on that page at the moment.

As long as it’s nothing like Kevin Costner’s Waterworld, I’m sure it will be a great success!
LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 month ago

I like Tracy’s black jumpsuit in the last panel.

That drawing of Mumbles in Roberto’s blog shows what a great artist Rick Fletcher was and how poor things have been lately.
Newenglandah said, about 1 month ago

How is viewing a 9’ statue of Dick Tracy going to help stop crime?
BASSMANB0B said, about 1 month ago

Not to shabby Matthew, although I’m not sure what to make of that fist in the last panel.

Peace.

BB
Roberto Macedo Alves said, about 1 month ago

Hi, Flight Suit

The Rogue’s Gallery portrait of Mumbles with the hypodermic needle! was not drawn by me, but by RIck Fletcher. I wish I could draw hands like that!!!

After 24 consecutive hours, I couldn’t manage to draw a pose like that, so I used an existing Crimestoppers drawn by Fletcher (that sort of gets credited in the “title” panel).

… because I can’t draw hands realistically, LOL!
Fer Lefer said, about 1 month ago

Heh, Ricardo’s death was going to look like an accident.

If the tiger is in front of all, Are Ricardo and FBI agent coming out from the cage? or just from the perspective?

And it happened: Ringo stopped the sweat!!!!!

Good job Matt and Beto!!!
Sydney Phillips said, about 1 month ago

Newenglandah,

It’s really (robot), Traze-R pretending to be a statue and policing the Naperville River. it can grab and hold offenders under statute 9 ;-)

Originally desiged by Locher for Woodstock ILL. intended for the Town Square opposite the D.T. Museum. It was rejected by the town elders after the Museum closed last year.

The orphan creation finally found a home in Naperville where Dick Locher lives.
neonleon59 said, about 1 month ago

Llewellenbruce said, about 8 hours ago, “Tracy’s neck tie turned from red to black in the last panel.”

Just wait until you see what the MAGIC COLOR-CHANGING TIGER does tomorrow!
Dypak said, about 1 month ago

Todays Crime Stoppers is outstanding. A very appropriate place to honor the great detective. If the statue is carved half as well as the panel was drawn it should be worthy of Detective Tracy.

I am highly impressed with the overall quality of todays comic. Everyone is well drawn. There are lots of background details. Even the weapons Mr. Pops and Barb are holding look good. They all give a new perspective on the same old views we’ve been seeing during this story arc. Todays recap is done in a way which is actually interesting to those of us who follow the comic every day. I’ll even compare it in quality the work the Benders do on Alley Oop. Well done!

PS And, thank goodness, Mr. Pops never laughed, not once!
Fearless_Fosdick said, about 1 month ago

I don’t want to be there when somebody has to take Tracy’s remains back to Tess. One small box of Tiger Turds.
jakebb2 said, about 1 month ago

Moving this story right along…… Please!
Joe Allen Doty said, about 1 month ago

So, every member of this circus has a grudge against Ringo and it is really a front for criminals created to get rid of the man pretending to be a circus ringmaster?
Joe Allen Doty said, about 1 month ago

From the dialog way back when there were panels at the FBI HQ in DC, one of the people in this “circus” is an undercover FBI agent.
LudwigVonDrake said, about 1 month ago

I read ahead and 1) this story is still going on Halloween and 2) later this month the art gets downright embarrassing.
Matthew Hansel said, about 1 month ago

Hi Gang:

My REAL big announcement today was going to be that the Dick Tracy statue was going to be unveiled today on the 78th anniversary of the strip! Happy Birthday DICK TRACY!

That “official” announcement has been pushed back a few weeks.

Otherwise, YES, APOLLO and MG: WW were my other two announcements.

I’m glad that many of you like Apollo so far…if comments are not enabled there, I’ll fix that momentarily.

MPH
Matthew Hansel said, about 1 month ago

Flight Suit:

You deserve a VERY special shout out for your research on “APOLLO”. That is something of which I am very aware.

Glad you like the strip!

Best,

MPH
Sydney Phillips said, about 1 month ago

Flight Suit,

Must congratulate you on that perceptive speculation on triangular symbols and secret societies (Free Masons?) in Mattie’s strip, and a possibly lead back to Dick Locher. Sounds good but of course I just don’t know.

Locher does know the art of keeping “secrets”. It’s a year now and he won’t tell us where he’s hidden Sam Catchem or Sunday’s yellow rubber duckie or even why Tracy now seems to work out of home rather than from HQ ?

Don’t want to nit pick on Mattie’s work but a few things puzzle me. Does the arm in the last panel belong to Crandall ? There is no box that indicates “meanwhile” or “elsewhere” to suggest it’s someone else. He refers to the girl (first panel?) but there is no certainty where she IS or what she screams for (we have to “guess”, it’s near the dead body (?) as she isn’t depicted there again). If the arm is not Crandall’s WHERE is it, and who is he ? The clothig does appear similar (?)

Then, led to expect an alternative version of Dick Tracy, Where is he ? Do we see the familiar face when the “caped crusader” goes home and takes off the familiar mask ?

I’ll be waiting for the next round of developments !
Matthew Hansel said, about 1 month ago

Sydney:

It’s fairly clear, to me anyway, that the fist in the last panel is NOT Crandall. The clothing isn’t really all that similar as Crandall’s clothing is black with white-strips and the jacket in the last panel clearly is not that.

The first story panel shows the woman being killed. She is dead in the next panel that begins “A Gravel Pit…”. Again, I”m fairly certain this is very clear.

And–with regard to your paragraph of questions about APOLLO–wait and see.

Fair warning, too, it’ll be a LONG time before ANYTHING about Apollo’s identity is revealed. On this single aspect I’m taking a “ZORRO” approach and there will be “hints” perhaps as to who he is, but I’m gonna let this one play out for a long time.

MPH
JanCinVV said, about 1 month ago

Matt: Very good job. I’ve bookmarked your blog to keep track of your strips.

Roberto: Also very good job. Enjoyed the 10 years in a coma idea. It explains a lot……
Owlsly Whistlepig said, about 1 month ago

Than_Q for the new comic Matthew Hansel
AKJeff said, about 1 month ago

Nice looking moustache on the lady in panel 5
EatDickTracySandwiches said, about 1 month ago

Wow, I stop following this strip for a month and now there is a giant statue of Dick Tracy in my hometown. Madness! Has anyone seen this thing yet??? I hear that the organization that funded the building of the 9 foot statue is going to sell minatures of the statue, which they expect to be popular with “law enforcement personnel around the country”. Now let’s be honest, how many of us in this board are going to buy one????
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

Matt, I was just being silly when I brought up all that stuff about the symbolic significance of Apollo and triangles and pyramids to secret societies. I figured it was just a funny coincidence that the Apollo character had a triangle on his chest.

But your comments, along with hints you’re dropping regarding Apollo’s identity…

Well, one might speculate that what you’re getting at is that this Apollo guy might possibly be the creation of some sort of secret organization. In that case, just as Alfred, Robin, and Azrael have on occasion worn Batman’s cowl, one might speculate that Apollo could even be more than one person.

Just speculating, of course.

Regarding Sydney’s question about expecting an alternative version of DT, I don’t know if that’s what we’ve been led to expect. Based on what we can see of Apollo’s facial morphology, he does kind of have that square-jawed, DT kinda look, but then, so do a lot of costumed heroes.
Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

Back on the topic of this strip, I think there is some nitpicking going on here. For example, in the last panel, I can see how one might think DT looks like he’s in a jump-suit, but so what? That’s not bad art; it’s just a guy in a suit-and-tie who’s mostly lit from behind.

Similarly, his tie’s apparent color change isn’t a continuity error: He’s wearing a red-and-black striped tie in Panel Five, and in Panel Seven, there’s no way such intricate detail could have been rendered in such a tiny scale.

I’m all for snarky comments, but snarkiness loses its meaning if you’re just seizing on any excuse, no matter how flimsy, to whip it out.
BIGCHRONO said, about 1 month ago

Don’t Tracy & Ennen carry backup guns? Were they frisked, or did Emmet Kelly overlook the possible extra weapons?
DonnieTevault said, about 1 month ago

Okay, so a few days ago having our heroes trapped in a tiger’s cage was supposed to look like an accident. Yeah, like, they were trying to find the restroom and just happened to open the wrong door.

Today though, there’s been a change of plan. The clown would just tell everyone that Ringo put them there. But, how would this be any more believable to the authorities?
VistaBill said, about 1 month ago

Has the tiger grown or are Tracy and Ennen shrinking? This story is becoming harder to understand every day.
Matthew Hansel said, about 1 month ago

Flight Suit:

We’ll see… ;-)

AND–I don’t know WHERE Sydney gets this idea about an “alternate” version of Dick Tracy. This strip is CLEARLY not an alternate DT strip. It is a superhero strip that will owe a LOT to Dick Tracy and the golden age Batman, but it is an alternate version of neither!

MPH
jorizaga said, about 1 month ago

I like this strip a lot… and the colors really add to it this weekend
jorizaga said, about 1 month ago

plus… I think I’m going to inquire about getting to this Naperville, Illinois statue… how sweet!
Maxine_Viller said, about 1 month ago

Roberto, I’ve been enjoying your strip, but what happened to the “October 17” installment? I saw it there last night, and now it’s gone…
puddleglum1066 said, about 1 month ago

Look at the tiger’s expression in the last panel–it looks like he’s recently eaten something (or someone) that seriously disagrees with him. A meal of Tracy and Agent Enema is probably the last thing he wants.

Of course, maybe he’s wincing because there’s a thorn in his paw… and Tracy knows this, so he’s stringing Mr. Pops along until he finishes confessing all (speak louder please, and into the Wrist Geenee…)

Hey, at least that ending would make some sense…