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1. 

   VistaBill said, about 1 month ago

   What!? Now they’re on the ground. Where’s the cage? When are the police that Mr. Pops called going to arrive? Is that Fee Fi’s hand in the shadows behind Della in panel 2? So much activity now!

2. 

   Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

   “We won’t be a party to murder?”

   Interesting…

   So that implies that Della and Fee Fi would not have approved of Louise’s killing? How foolish of Mr. Pops to assume, then, that they were his allies.

   But…

   Della and Fee Fi WERE involved in illegal arms sales. Did they, like Ringo, also do time?

   Remind me again, why is it that all the employees of the illegal arms-dealing company wound up in a circus together?

   This is so Fellini-esque, with Frank Zappa’s “200 Motels” and the Monkees’ “Head” thrown in for good measure.

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   Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

   Just too bizarre for me….. or lame….

4. 

   VistaBill said, about 1 month ago

   Flight Suit said, “Remind me again, why is it that all the employees of the illegal arms-dealing company wound up in a circus together?”

   Amazing, isn’t it. And, they apparantly were not trained as circus performers.

5. 

   barticle35 said, about 1 month ago

   These days many major corporations such as banks require their ceo’s to be clowns. Or contortionists.

6. 

   jumbobrain said, about 1 month ago

   I posted this yesterday, but late in the day…if anyone wants to express an opinion to Tribune Media Services about this strip:

   Mary Elson, Managing Editor
   melson@tribune.com
   435 N. Michigan Avenue
   Suite 1500
   Chicago, IL 60611 USA

7. 

   donaldo said, about 1 month ago

   now that the action is over (phew) we can resume the standing around and talking positions.

8. 

   Flight Suit said, about 1 month ago

   Hah, hah!

9. 

   Fearless_Fosdick said, about 1 month ago

   Always trust fat women

10. 

    neonleon59 said, about 1 month ago

    Panel 1: Is it snowing inside the tent?

11. 

    Joe Allen Doty said, about 1 month ago

    Mr. Pops has framed himself because when the police do show up again, he will be the one arrested.

    While the “gun” Mr. Pops had did not kill Louise Trapeze, he had someone else do her in.

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    Sydney Phillips said, about 1 month ago

    The big stretch (bad as it appears) is not the coincidence of all the crooked importers ending up working in a Circus, and were somehow a suitable set of “freaks” to just fit in.

    But the “Big Boner”, with Obamacare odds (Trillion to one), IS the FBI hiding Ringo for his “SAFETY” in the SAME place, where as ALL the crooks looking to KILL him were hiding !

    How on earth could an Author (other contradictions aside) have such a palpably INFANTILE plot ??

    No “donaldo” ! Before Locher hits the “reset button” to resume the standing around “talky,.talking talk” performance - he loves so well, Mr.Pops has to make a little effort to escape !

    This story has redefined - “talking heads” for comic strips !

13. 

    morrow said, about 1 month ago

    This is so far beyond logic that I’ll save the effort to comment. I think Macy needs to take Della over to Papa Johns and fill ‘er up.

    Where he heck is Mattie, or is he too embarassed to show up and defend his hero? Or is he too busy copying old Batman storylines for his newest venture?

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    Michael McMillan said, about 1 month ago

    Speaking of “Batman”…. Notice how this is getting more like the old series starring Adam West? Crook hatches diabolical scheme to do in hero, then walks away and doesn’t see to it that it works. (Yes, I know this has already been mentioned, but if our illustrious author can have endless repeats so can we.) Now, all DT and NN have to do is set a diabolical trap for the criminal and the circle will be complete.

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    wndrwrthg said, about 1 month ago

    Robert “Pops” Brown was a merry old soul
    Though there are those who swore he was a real…
    He had a good job with pay and bennies
    Moving illegal arms and selling to our enemies
    Then the feds found out and they shut him down
    The smile he was wearing turned into a frown
    He did a little time and returned the money
    So they released him early, now that’s kinda funny
    The money wasn’t stolen, but came from arms sales
    So how could returning it win him a release from jail
    His co-conspirators must not have been found
    Because here they are in a circus running around
    Where each one is a specific type of freak
    Another plot point that makes this story weak
    At this point in my narrative I would like to inject
    A little thing that Locher seems to neglect
    A smuggling operation under cover of the big tent
    Makes more sense than where this story has went
    If the circus had been used to cover the smuggling
    Then our credulity would not have to be struggling
    But on that one little point I fear I digress
    And now over to Ringo and his roll in this mess
    He was the rat that shut down the operation
    So the FBI chose to give him a new situation
    By starting a new life through witness protection
    He would be safe and free from detection
    Little did they know or even could foresee
    That the one place they chose was with the enemy
    Pops had sworn to revenge his incarceration
    By touring with the circus across this nation
    He would seek out that rotten no-goodnik
    And give his butt a really good swift kick
    With Ringo being delivered safely into their laps
    All that remained for them was just to play taps
    The one who would kill him was done in instead
    By a jealous rival who shot her stone dead
    The reason behind this to us was explained
    The other one wanted to kill him, man that’s just lame
    The murder was done for everyone to see
    And sitting in the audience was Dick Tracy
    From notes that threaten becoming notes of ransom
    We are treated to a story filled with flotsam and jetsam
    From ludicrous plot twists and tedious repetition
    This story is a long way from its final fruition
    Tracy was threatened and was able to escape
    From a situation that near drove us ape
    Saved by two freaks that won’t be a party to murder
    But who have no qualms selling arms across the border
    What will now transpire we do not know
    But whatever it is the telling will be slow

16. 

    jtpozenel said, about 1 month ago

    Did I have a stroke and that’s why I can’t follow the logic of this story line? Or did Locher? Maybe that’s why the artwork has deteriorated as well.

17. 

    Michael McMillan said, about 1 month ago

    Where’s the beef? In order to set a trap for Pops, it would be a help to have some meat for the tiger to chew on. Then, when Pops does finally step in to see his handiwork and to see Ringo get nailed for it, Tracy and crew spring their trap. OK, I’m dreaming here but at least this would make some kind of sense. I fear we’re going to be served up something that only a tired artist who doesn’t care would dream up.

18. 

    Matthew Hansel said, about 1 month ago

    morrow:

    Since you want to throw out inaccuracies (or lies), I’d be curious to know EXACTLY which Batman story you believe that I’m copying.

    I want the issue number, the title, and year.

    I’m waiting.

    MPH

19. 

    Sydney Phillips said, about 1 month ago

    morrow,

    The great DEFENDERS have all “thrown in the towel”. Sevearly embarrassed to talk out - and then really look foolish !

    I was once told not to speak ill of Locher’s strip, something GREAT was on the way and I would be “sorry” and look rather stupid.

    Was this the CRACKER-JACK work that they KNEW was to come ?? ;-P

20. 

    morrow said, about 1 month ago

    Dunno, Sydney. Maybe this was the Big Kahuna. Fell flat, though.

21. 

    jumbobrain said, about 1 month ago

    Aw, the old Batman show remains a favorite of mine. It was SUPPOSED to be silly. Let’s not disparage it by comparing it to this pointless, banal dreck.

22. 

    jumbobrain said, about 1 month ago

    Matthew, I don’t think morrow’s comment was intended to say that you are ripping off any one particular Batman story. But let’s be honest, your design for Apollo is basically Batman as drawn by Dick Sprang with minor changes to the costume. It’s ridiculous to act self-righteously indignant when someone points out that obvious similarity, regardless of whether you meant it as an homage, a parody, or plagiarism.

23. 

    jjff said, about 1 month ago

    Let’s be glad that it seems to be almost over. But then another plot will come along and go on and on and on……

24. 

    Fer Lefer said, about 1 month ago

    Fat bottomed girls make the rocking world go round!

25. 

    CougarAllen said, about 1 month ago

    jtpozenel said, about 6 hours ago

    “Did I have a stroke and that’s why I can’t follow the logic of this story line?”
    ————————————————-
    Hmm, that’s a thought. Maybe I’m wrong about Tracy being brain-damaged. Maybe it’s the rest of us who are brain-damaged – all of us? It obviously isn’t just you. Did some super-villain do it sometime in the years I wasn’t reading Dick Tracy? Put a drug in the water supply or released a virus or something? And now we’re all too stupid to tell sense from nonsense?

    -Cougar :{)

26. 

    Sydney Phillips said, about 1 month ago

    margueritem,

    I’m puzzled. What’s the “significance” of the hyphenated name change (morgue-ritem) ? And then the bridal avatar ?

    Could that be subtle comment on where the strip is heading (?) or is the combination cynically suggesting that marriage somehow has an equivalency to death ? ;-p

27. 

    Michael McMillan said, about 1 month ago

    Sydney, I’m guessing that marg/morg has more to do with the upcoming holiday than anything else. Ten gets you one that after Halloween is over she reverts back to the name we know.

28. 

    OldHipster said, about 1 month ago

    Well? What will ya be a party to?
    Sex? Drugs? Rock and Roll?

    Ya know?

29. 

    Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

    Sydney, it’s a Halloween thing. Michael Mc Millan is correct. The corpse bride just goes along with the general theme.

30. 

    Fer Lefer said, about 1 month ago

    “I want to kiss the bride!”
    …
    …
    …
    … and kiss Locher and Brozman goodbye…