Dick Tracy by Dick Locher

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  1. Flight Suit

    Flight SuitGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    Awesome alliteration!

  2. Flight Suit

    Flight SuitGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    Tracy and Della DO seem to be making eyes at each other.

    Once you go fat, you’ll never go back!

  3. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    Tracy likes them Cadillac rides….

  4. CyberV

    CyberV said, 26 days ago

    Yes, thanks to you, Della… and terrible writing! Bad characterization… AWAY!

  5. watcha

    watcha said, 26 days ago

    Hemel tog!

  6. Fer Lefer

    Fer Lefer said, 26 days ago

    Wouldn’t be lamer ‘the tail of the tiger’? I think Locher is out of his usual line of writing…

  7. Elexia

    Elexia said, 26 days ago

    Perhaps the first grade kids at the local elementary school spend 4 minutes at the start of every English lesson brainstorming ways of blending Dr. Seuss with Dick Tracy, then Locher thinks it’s Pulitzer-winning dialogue and uses it each day in his strips.

    That’s the only rational idea I can come up with as to why grown men can’t write comic strip dialogue without sounding like they watch too much poorly dubbed anime cartoons.

  8. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, 26 days ago

    So Tracy was “investigating” a murder, the cops WERE there and now they all left to be called back??? Yeah, this story makes sense. NOT!

  9. VistaBill

    VistaBill said, 26 days ago

    Now the clown’s voice appears to be coming from inside the tent and the tent is smaller again! I thought they were outside. How long does it take for the police to respond to the clown’s call?

  10. Fearless_Fosdick

    Fearless_Fosdick said, 26 days ago

    Tracy: Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

    Della: You’re welcome from the bottom of my chins.

  11. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    Tomorrow’s the big day ! Mrs Jones’ son FLATTOP is back !

    The No 1 Assassin from the Cookson Hills, returns in panel 3 tomorrow
    FLATTOP is back !

    … . .and yes, FLATTOP is black !

  12. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    LOCHER’S CRAZY “CONTRADICTION” CORMER !

    What are the “odds” of a Female Assassian having the skills, courage and know how to “impersonate” a trapeze artist ? A less demanding job to get near the victim seems far more logical

    It suggests a Writer “making-it-all-up” each morning as he goes along without any well thought master plot.

    As we have seen it’s a lazy and embarrassing metodology, one almost certain to throw up stupid contradictions, massive flaws and a reputation that the Author despite long side-by-side “exposure” to the best Writing talent doesn’t have a clue what he is doing.

    No new Author could get a new strip in with a flawed storyline like this Circus tale. Editors assesing it might well wonder if the Author had ALL his “marbles”! (?)

    And if he recognizes his shortfalls. powers on, apparently UNCARING about QUALITY output in a decrepit, unproductive manner !

    And you have to wonder if TMS is satisfied with the current “apology” called Dick Tracy (?)

  13. morrow

    morrow said, 26 days ago

    I think it would make for more interesting reading to see Macy having an affair with Della. Or, even the tiger.

  14. prrdh

    prrdh said, 26 days ago

    One thing you have to give DT credit for: his resilience. So soon (in real time, not Locher panel time) after being rescued, and he’s making pathetic puns already.

  15. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    I had an Unckle named Howard, thin as a swizzle stick and who’s idea in good looking women were females of a very FAT variety. The plumper the better ! He saw them as “comfort” zones.

    Perhaps Dick is a closet version of Howard (?) That may be part of the reason for sending Tess and Bonnie home ;-p.

  16. kreniigh

    kreniighGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    Panel 3: NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT! ARGH!

  17. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    As a new week begins we take our measure
    And indulge ourselves this guilty pleasure
    To Tracy we turn with bated breath
    Hoping the detective has met his death
    An honorable death for us to see
    Is better than this monstrosity
    That has trapped this comic strip hero
    And reduced him to a big fat zero
    Today we are treated to much the same
    Insipid artwork and the dialog’s inane
    The little things we see can be overlooked
    But the mistakes seen here would fill a book
    These are not errors of minor commission
    But the sins of ineptitude and endless repetition
    Other old strips have been retooled and been reborn
    But the chances of that happening here are very forlorn
    They say that old wrthgs never learn
    So come tomorrow I shall return

  18. kab2rb

    kab2rb said, 25 days ago

    DT is just releaved that Delia helped them and this will look good for her and Fee Fi.

  19. nighthawks

    nighthawksGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    kreniigh, what do you mean no one talks like that?….
    check out the end of every lone ranger episode

    ‘thanks to you and your indian companion tonto,…etc etc)

  20. Carlo Coratelli

    Carlo Coratelli said, 25 days ago

    http://shockdom.com/open/carl/2009/10/26/strip-2/

    2nd strip in english. :)

  21. Flight Suit

    Flight SuitGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Thank you, Carlo! Lookin’ good…

  22. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Carlo:

    Looks GREAT! Love it.

    MPH

  23. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Sydney:

    I, for one, would GREATLY appreciate you NOT SPOILING upcoming storylines by announcing WHAT you’ve seen by reading ahead.

    There are still a few of us who want to SEE it for ourselves everyday and not have some spoiler come here and ruin it.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

    Sincerely,

    MPH

  24. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Morrow:

    I’m still waiting for you to identify the issue, story and year of the Batman story you claim that I’m ripping off.

    MPH

    www.apollocomicstrip.com
    www.waterworld2151.com

  25. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, 25 days ago

    Liam, charge Mr. Hansel advertising rates.

  26. BASSMANB0B

    BASSMANB0B said, 25 days ago

    Sydney, I’m in agreement with Matthew on this one. I want to be surprised, even if it causes me to groan in agony over the foolishness of the strip. I also have no problem with Matthew providing a link to his comic. Others provide links to their personal sites and no one complains. Let’s all try to be fair.

    Peace.

    BB

  27. jumbobrain

    jumbobrainGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Carlo: Good stuff! The car drawing in particular is excellent. Your English syntax is a little off (though it’s much better than my Italian, so don’t feel bad). If you’d like to contact me offline I can make translation suggestions (my fiancee speaks a bit of Italian and so could help).

    Sydney: as far as I’m concerned you can spoil away. The only suspense in this strip any more is how impossibly stupid it’s going to get. And now I’m all excited to know a classic villain is going to get put in another boring, pointless, illogical story. YAAAY

    Matthew: Again, lighten up, huh? Morrow never accused you of ripping off a specific Batman story, he just poked you about the very obvious resemblance between Apollo and Dick Sprang’s Batman. If you’re denying any such resemblance, well, that’s just silly.

    wndrwrthog: I appreciate that you are spending so much more time and care on these poems than Locher is in writing the strips that inspire them.

  28. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    jumbobrain:

    This is morrow’s exact quote:

    “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?”

    I would suggest that you get your facts straight before leaping into the fray.

    MPH

  29. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    LudwigVonDrake:

    I would suggest that we charge ALL the others who have posted their own strips to the site then, too…including dear Carlos, FlightSuit and others who have done the same.

    MPH

  30. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    NotNormanChubsyUbsy:

    I had toyed with the idea of “honoring” your request, but your PS line has changed my mind.

    And, I’d be curious to know what aspect of my behavior would cause you to deduce exactly that phrase that you use.

    MPH

  31. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Bassmanbob:

    We agree!

    Mark the date and time! LOL!

    MPH

  32. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    wndrwrtg,
    In sooth
    The man doth speak the truth.

    I’m not spoiling anything ! Obviously, It’s not Flattop ! Locher can’t even light up a “creative” BULB, like say, the idea of using the “Pouch” (once a Circus fat man, 1971 - never caught) in the current story. The boredom in the tale almost begs for something, a twist to fan up a little interest and douse that “apology” for a villan - Mr.Pops !

    It’s all so bad, Mattie should take time off from drawing what looks like *Batman” and organize a “Retreat” in Naperville for Locher, where he and Jeff, could invite DLisagenius and Trapper John). They could ALL huddle together in misery and WEEPING, Even saying some prayers for the cruel destruction that has been (carelessly) allowed to descend on Dick Tracy these past several years !


    • I did the very same thing as a kid of 12 on Dick Tracy, (India ink/art course and all) when I fantasized about being a comic strip artist

  33. Llewellenbruce

    Llewellenbruce said, 25 days ago

    More cushion for the pushin Dick.

  34. jumbobrain

    jumbobrainGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Matthew,
    You are absolutely correct and my most humble apologies for not having gone back to find Morrow’s exact words. It was unfair of him to accuse you of swiping old Batman storylines when in fact you’re only swiping the character design and art style.

  35. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, 25 days ago

    Liam, charge EVERYONE advertising rates. The upcoming artwork is, in my opnion, VERY poor.

  36. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    A headline in DRUDGE REPORT today says - “Black students denied entry into Chicago Bar” (i.e. “Mothers”)

    I wonder if Mattie knows that establishment and IF, they’d deny entry to “BLACK” FLATTOPS too ? ;-)

  37. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Mattie,

    Aren’t you being a tad hypocrical cozying up to BASSMANBOB, when it may well have been YOUR complaints that got old hand “bassmanbob” expunged from the Board a couple months

  38. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Jumbobrain:

    Perhaps you missed it when I OPENLY admitted that APOLLO is my love letter to the Dick Sprang Batman era, to Chester Gould and to Dick Locher. If you believe that my artwork comes even within hailing distance of Sprang, Gould or Locher’s…colour me flattered (and, at this point in my career, I’d say that my art has more in common with Locher than Sprang, but…)

    Keep in mind, too, that I set out to do a “Golden Age” style strip, so like so many Golden Age characters, I borrowed a little from here and there and came up with my creation. I’m glad that, at least to your eyes, I’ve been successful!

    Sydney:

    I didn’t hear that story and I have no idea where that establishment is located. Let me go on the record to say that denying ANYBODY ANYTHING based on the colour of their skin, their race, their ethnicity, their sex, their religion, their sexual preference, their politics, or for basically any reason, is totally and completely WRONG and those that do such things should be terminated.

    Sydney (again):

    NO. re: bassmanbob

    MPH

  39. morrow

    morrow said, 25 days ago

    Mattie, be a good little boy and go take your meds. Then, loosen up those DT frillies. They must be too tight, or you’ve grown into the next size.

  40. Matthew Hansel

    Matthew HanselGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    morrow:

    What the heck, man? Why so negative all the time?

    And–I do not appreciate the charge of plagiarism. I have not, and did not copy old Batman storylines. What you say has serious ramifications. Libel is no laughing matter. You are publicly attempting to defame me. I suggest you stop.

    AND–I’m still waiting for the exact story and issue and year of the BATMAN story you claim I’m ripping off.

    MPH

  41. neonleon59

    neonleon59Genius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Good gosh.

  42. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    I notice he hasn’t denied using those silly DT frillies. (?)
    Art by Locher no doubt (?)

    And Mattie I’m not implying or accusing you of anything. As a “man about town” in Chicago, I thought you’d be familiar with all the High Spots. Named in the Drudce Report this one was -“MOTHERS” !

  43. Flight Suit

    Flight SuitGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    If Matt was a complete stranger here, linking to something completely unrelated to comics, or completely unrelated to Dick Tracy, that would be spamming.

    Like him or not, he’s somebody who is a well-known regular here, and his strip definitely falls in the category of “DT-related.”

    So, the inclusion of two URLs after his “MPH” signature, in my mind, does not constitute spamming, especially since one of his two strips is an ongoing topic of conversation here. That makes the URLs relevant to the topic at hand, you see, and the more relevant something is, the lower its spam quotient.

    Just my two cents’ worth.

  44. jumbobrain

    jumbobrainGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    Yeah, plus Matthew takes the time to respond indignantly to every perceived slight here. Whereas Locher, Brozman and everyone at TMS never even acknowledge the truckloads of criticism ladled upon their wares every single day. That’s gotta count for something.

  45. Araldite

    Araldite said, 25 days ago

    Meanwhile, Tracy is chit chatting with Della. Far be it from him to call for backup knowing his attempted murderers are lurking around. This whole scene is bass ackwards.

  46. nighthawks

    nighthawksGenius_badge said, 24 days ago

    Matthew, just curious, but how do you put your strips together…do you use stylus & computer program or the old style ,ink on paper, wait to dry and watercolor (or colour ) I can’t imagine you are doing it the old way …drawing and painting on computer is so forgiving.
    If I was doing a strip I would use two programs, one to draw up the contents of the panels and color them and then load them into ‘comic life’ to arrange them in order and put in the lettering and word balloons and color the backgrounds….really fun stuff….
    so , how do YOU do it?

  47. jdubach

    jdubach said, 19 days ago

    Did anybody notice Della Contessa sounds a lot like delicatessen? And she’s really big as if she ate at a delicatessen a lot. Seriously these guys are too clever for their own good.