Dick Tracy by Dick Locher

Dick Tracy

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  1. leakysqueaky712

    leakysqueaky712 said, 2 months ago

    I’m not sure who looks more vicious, the tiger or the agent in panel 2

  2. Llewellenbruce

    Llewellenbruce said, 2 months ago

    “Why Mr. Pops, you’re not smiling now”.

  3. VistaBill

    VistaBill said, 2 months ago

    Tracy declares, “We’re helpless.” We already knew that! The tiger has reached gigantic proportions now, but it appears that Barb Els will be able to calm him down. I’m glad Ennen’s back to assist Tracy in doing absolutely nothing! Well, he does offer play-by-play commentary sometimes. It appears that the end of this tale is nowhere in sight. Come back, Pig on Wheels! All is forgiven!

  4. margueritem

    margueritemGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Hi,* Rhoda*! Ithink that you should get in that cage, and show the tiger how it’s done!

    MISSING: One Pig on Wheels. Large reward for its safe return.

  5. VistaBill

    VistaBill said, 2 months ago

    Margueritem said, “MISSING: One Pig on Wheels. Large reward for its safe return.”

    He’s the star of the show!

  6. barticle35

    barticle35 said, 2 months ago

    I’m helpless to comment on this.

  7. Fer Lefer

    Fer Lefer said, 2 months ago

    … so let’s all say together: WE WANT THE PIG ON WHEELS!!!!!

  8. achtungkitten

    achtungkitten said, 2 months ago

    So, Barb Els was going to let Cyber eat Tracy and whatshername, a plan that almost certainly would have ended with her beloved pet tiger being killed and cut open for the collection of Tracy-scraps. Makes loads of sense.

    Sigh. fffffffffffffff.

  9. watcha

    watcha said, 2 months ago

    You are not helpless - YOU ARE USELESS!

  10. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    While we ponder on Tracy’s need for additional “back up” we get some fresh insight into a bunch of importers who started a Circus and an Owner/Ringmaster who knows that the Tiger hasn’t been fed, yet is somehow blithly unaware that his strongman lady was also the Tiger trainer.

    And the Pig on wheels who is also a member of PETA is keeping a close eye on these silly developments which will somehow continue for another TWO weeks !

  11. Michael McMillan

    Michael McMillan said, 2 months ago

    Note to police department: Fire Dick Tracy. Do it now. You need a detective who does something other than wet his pants and sob helplessly while criminals have their way around him.

    Dick Locher needs to go too. His obvious dislike of police has ruined this once great strip (I remember the old days).

    Bring back the Pig on Wheels. Maybe it can solve the crime and arrest the bad guys. Certainly it won’t be any worse at it than DT is, and probably won’t be as big an embarrassment to the force.

  12. Fearless_Fosdick

    Fearless_Fosdick said, 2 months ago

    Shoot them both. Feed the tiger.

  13. OzzieJohn

    OzzieJohnGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    So, armed coppers aren’t going to shoot a tiger if it attacks a human?

    Michael McMillan said, about 1 hour ago
    …His obvious dislike of police…

    You know, I never thought of it before, but Michael you may be right!

  14. LudwigVonDrake

    LudwigVonDrake said, 2 months ago

    Sigh…

  15. drdiscount

    drdiscount said, 2 months ago

    Bring back Harry Hardcase. This is, by far, the worst Dick Tracy episode in history. Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it does.

  16. morrow

    morrow said, 2 months ago

    Michael, you hit the nail on the head! Anyone who makes fools of the police 24/7 MUST hate them deep down! Tell you what, Locher- next time your home gets burglarized, or your life is threatened, call ACORN.

  17. Flight Suit

    Flight Suit said, 2 months ago

    Question:

    “Barb, what are you doing?”

    Answer:

    “Cyber, baby!”

    Ah, hah, hah, hah!

    From Urbandictionary.com:

    cyber (verb)

    Cyber-sex. Online roleplaying mimicking sexual intercourse.
    “She wants to cyber with that loner.”

  18. donaldo

    donaldo said, 2 months ago

    Tracy completely lost his usual hard-bitten composure. His been bug-eyed from fear for weeks now while desperately commenting on what is going on around him. He’s an emotional wreck.

    We’ve never seen his eyes this clearly for 70 years. His trademark eyes are narrowed slits, even in the worst circumstances. Is this really the most terrifying adventure you’ve been in, Tracy? Tougher than battling Pruneface, Flattop and 88 keys, because then you didn’t lift as much as an eyebrow. Now it’s Garfield-eyes every day.

  19. N7326 Foxtrot

    N7326 Foxtrot said, 2 months ago

    I think the tiger is getting tired of all this nonsense.

  20. jumbobrain

    jumbobrain said, 2 months ago

    Locher has a consistent habit of having the hero of this strip be helpless. I am starting to believe those who maintain that TMS is out to destroy this strip. Reading this is like reading a Superman comic where he lies squirming in front of Kryptonite for 20 pages until some little leaguer rescues him. Actually come to think of it that happened in a Superman story once, but it was much better done.

  21. Flight Suit

    Flight Suit said, 2 months ago

    Austin Powers voice

    Cyber, baby!

    Yeah, yeah!

    Do I make you horny?

  22. OldTracy

    OldTracy said, 2 months ago

    I think it’s about time that we allow policemen to carry guns.

    If Tracy can’t figure out what to do, he’s too senile to be a cop anymore.

  23. avatarjk137

    avatarjk137 said, 2 months ago

    No. No! This is Dick Freaking Tracy, bleeep it! If there’s one thing I have come to expect from this new, horrible Dick Tracy, it’s a family unfriendly death at the end of each story arc! I DEMAND to see Cyber the Tiger (why Cyber?) eat Pops! Preferably not in one bite!

  24. Araldite

    AralditeGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    It’s true, Tracy has turned into a cowering, frightened character far from what anybody would consider a hero.

  25. jumbobrain

    jumbobrain said, 2 months ago

    It’s kind of interesting, isn’t it? How Locher has made Dick Tracy a passive, helpless observer rather than an action-oriented hero? This story is a particular low, having a clown put him in a tiger cage at a crime scene, he’s gone from squealing “we’re cat food” to whimpering “we’re helpless.” This character bears only superficial resemblance to the crimebusting detective of years past, and it’s a sad, sad comparison.

    What is going on here? I mean, the strip is poorly written and drawn, sure. But Tracy’s passivity goes beyond just sloppy continuity and art. It seems like a conscious decision to emasculate the guy.

    A psychologist could make much of this helpless-hero paradigm. But whatever it means, it makes for one lame, boring comic strip and I sure wish things would change.

  26. dstufff

    dstufff said, 2 months ago

    Panel 1 - We already know Mr Slops is in the cage with the tiger
    Panel 2 - We already know DT is outside the cage and is doing nothing about the situation
    Panel 3 - We already know Barb Els is entering the cage to deal with the tiger

    Why was this strip even published??!!?? What a waste!!!

  27. kab2rb

    kab2rb said, 2 months ago

    Better Barb Ellis the even me. I wouldn’t want to tangle with the tiger. FBI looks helpless along with DT.

  28. Joe-Allen "Joe" Doty

    Joe-Allen "Joe" DotyGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Cyber the tiger? Is Barb Els a computer geek?

    Was she an I.T. for Mr. Pops’ company that Ringo also worked for?

  29. R_Noonan63

    R_Noonan63Genius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Everything I was thinking about Dick’s coment “We’re Helpless” has been said. This is surely not the same Dick Tracy who faced down the Mob and other sorted crooks from the 30’s and 40’s. How sad. I need to dig out a book I picked up years ago with strips from back then when he faced Ms Pruneface.

  30. BASSMANB0B

    BASSMANB0B said, 2 months ago

    Sigh, I miss the good old days of mocking OCTOBER 4th 2009!!!

    **it has certainly happened!

  31. JPBecker

    JPBecker said, 2 months ago

    WE DEMAND THE PIG ON WHEELS

    WE WANT THE PIG ON WHEELS!!!

    PIG ON WHEELS!!!

    EVERYONE SHOUT IT NOW… PIG ON WHEELS!!!!

  32. N7326 Foxtrot

    N7326 Foxtrot said, 2 months ago

    PIG ON WHEELS!!

  33. N7326 Foxtrot

    N7326 Foxtrot said, 2 months ago

    PIG ON WHEELS!!

  34. VistaBill

    VistaBill said, 2 months ago

    PIG ON WHEELS!!!!

    There, I said it!

  35. oink

    oink said, 2 months ago

    CAN’T WAIT FOR TOMORROWS STRIP WHEN THE PIG ON WHEELS EATS CYBER THE TIGER

  36. BASSMANB0B

    BASSMANB0B said, 2 months ago

    PIG ON WHEELS!!!!

  37. jtpozenel

    jtpozenel said, 2 months ago

    ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz……………

  38. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    STUFF IT to them “destuff - -
    ’
    You’re dealing with Dick Locher, the master of unnecessary REPETETION

    And it’s clear AGAIN today, that “jtpozenel” agrees

  39. Newenglandah

    Newenglandah said, 2 months ago

    Are we to understand that Ringo was “protected” by putting him in the circus with a bunch of people who wanted to kill him?

    Bring back the giant robot. That story made more sense.

  40. VistaBill

    VistaBill said, 2 months ago

    Newenglandah said, “Are we to understand that Ringo was “protected” by putting him in the circus with a bunch of people who wanted to kill him?”

    And that the illegal arms company was composed of unusual people that would immediately become circus performers and all go to work for the same circus!

    Also notice that this circus has no workers other than a handful of performers, one elephant, one tiger, one pig on wheels… no behind-the-scenes maintenance personnel.

  41. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Some say his father was a Virginia ham
    And his mother was composed entirely of Spam
    Though the comments were hurtful and cruel
    He would show them all he was nobodies fool
    One morning the circus called his name
    So he left the sty to seek his fame
    His happiness was expressed as grunts and squeals
    When he found out he was getting a set of wheels
    Oh how sharp, bitchen and wicked he looked
    You could see right away he was no shnook
    Yet fame was to be an elusive star
    Even though he traveled near and far
    Down on his luck and stifling a sob
    He started working for a freaky mob
    Sideshow gigs and dealing cr ap
    Was this really where it was at
    Then came that fateful day
    When Louise Trapeze they did slay
    At first there was just a little mention
    But soon he was the center of attention
    There came calls for him to be a hero
    Because Tracy was nothing but a big fat zero
    A bright spot was he in the gathering gloom
    A precious flower with a fragrant bloom
    As the calls for him grew ever louder
    His parents just couldn’t be prouder
    The star of the circus the talk of the town
    People pointed and waved when he rolled around
    Glory was to be his in the days ahead
    Tracy was forgotten and left for dead

  42. Michael McMillan

    Michael McMillan said, 2 months ago

    I had to mention that stuff in my last post. Somebody else brought up the giant robot story, and in truth I’ve been thinking of that story half the day. That’s where I first saw Tracy cower and cry while criminals did what they liked.

    Now, if a guy like me behaves like that while dangerous criminals are about, you might disrespect me but you would half-way understand it. I’m a truck driver, not a trained officer. Tracy is a trained officer, and as such you expect him to show some bravery. Real cops never behave like this, at least any of the cops I’ve had to deal with.

    There was one character from the robot story you really had to respect. He knew what he had to do and he did it, though it was at the cost of his own life. Bring back the little robot— we need him. That guy had crust.

  43. VistaBill

    VistaBill said, 2 months ago

    wndrwrthg said, “Some say his father was a Virginia ham
    And his mother was composed entirely of Spam
    Though the comments were hurtful and cruel
    He would show them all he was nobodies fool * * *
    People pointed and waved when he rolled around
    Glory was to be his in the days ahead
    Tracy was forgotten and left for dead”

    Outstanding! I love it, wndrwrthg!

  44. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    I’ll second VistaBill, wndrwrthg !

  45. jumbobrain

    jumbobrain said, 2 months ago

    Pig on, wheels!

  46. Sydney Phillips

    Sydney PhillipsGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Tomorrow Locher’s main flaws

  47. R_Noonan63

    R_Noonan63Genius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Pig on Wheels.