Who wrote the confession, and when was the murder committed? It’s unlikely that any of the internees could have done it, given that they came from outside the region and were locked up upon their arrival. One of the guards would be an obvious suspect; the jailhouse murder could have been committed by a man who was later drafted and assigned to guard the camp.
As many have already noted, Baux and Box are probably one and the same. But if Stephen was slain while in the joint, who wrote the confession and hid it beneath Barracks One? “Sweat”? And who is Sweatbox, in relation to Stephen? Son of? Brother of? Murderer of?
For some reason, I always thought Dick Tracy and Company operated out of a city on the East Coast. If he’s investigating a matter concerning a WWII Japanese internment camp, he’d have to be operating from the West Coast…
this is getting more interesting every day. remind me again, WHO was it that said they wanted to see more DETECTIVE WORK from tracy and his co-workers? well, theyre getting it IN SPADES this time! i’m thinking stephen baux is probably sweatbox’s son, and if “sweaty” IS the pedophile, it’s probably due to the loss of his young son that he “preys” on younger children
Gotta think Stephen Baux was Sweatbox’s brother.But the question remains – who wrote the confession? And was it a real confession, or forced?There are so many possibilities…!
At this point in the story, it has not been revealed to the reader WHO was murdered. And WHERE, for that matter. The confession was found at the camp, but the murder itself could have been committed anywhere.
Having a dialogue box at the top of a panel which is depicting something significant happening in another part of the city is a very Gouldian story telling device. I used to really enjoy that, and am happy to see it here.
Not to be picky, but the sentence in panel one should read “To whom is this note connected.” The use of “whom” is correct; the sentence structure is not.
A few thoughts — hopefully, the strip’s pacing will pick-up as the week progresses. Although I’ve enjoyed the history lesson as it pertains to our treatment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, it’s time to reveal some more clues as to where we are heading with this storyline. IMO, Stephen Baux/Sweatbox is most likely one and the same (that “Tracy Time” can get confusing — we’ll have to wait and see, I guess). As for SDM “taking jabs at the current crew”, a few valid points were brought-up in yesterday’s comments by posters concerning the overall artwork/coloring of Brad’s hair (I know the coloring part is out of Team Tracy’s control). I will say this: I do admire what the new team has brought to the strip, but as with anything, there are going to be mistakes made from time to time (even the great Chet Gould made a few boo-boos here and there). And if mistakes are made, let’s identify them and discuss them…
Iron Eyes Cody was born as Espera Oscar de Corti in Kaplan, Louisiana, to Antonio de Corti and Francesca Salpietra, immigrants from Sicily. He was not a Native American but a Sicilian.
BASSMANBOB! I thought the tiding of Magpies that flew by was for the Balmer Rav’ns but now I know that special tip-o-the-wing was to note the return of BB!
Glad to know all is well and you’re along for the current Tracy incarnation.
I’m 1/8th Blackfoot, which is the reason that I brought up the fact that Tony “Iron Eyes” Cody was not a Native American. Otto was right that Cody claimed to be Cherokee-Cree while working in Hollywood.
Regarding Tracy’s City, and there having been an internment camp there:.The City is, basically, Chicago, but in the same sense that Ed McBain’s “Isola” is Manhattan, that Raymond Chandler’s “Bay City” is Santa Monica, or that Sue Grafton’s (and, before her, Ross Macdonald’s) “Santa Teresa” is Santa Barbara. Which is to say, it’s Chicago with fictional details..Remember that Superman’s Metropolis, Batman’s Gotham City, and the 87th Precinct’s Isola are all thinly fictionalized versions of New York City, but, at the same time, they’re all very different places..It is true that Chicago was not the site of any internment camps in real life, and that most of them were located in the West or Southwest..However, there were some located in the Midwest (e.g. Kansas, Wisconsin, and, as noted earlier, Arkansas), and Chicago (or at least Chicagoland) was the site of at least one P.O.W. camp, and there were others located elsewhere in Illinois. (I mention this because, in some places, P.O.W. camps and internment camps were combined at a single facility)..All things considered, I believe Camp Freedom is a reasonable fictionalization.
Can ANYONE deny that there hasn’t been any action in the strip for weeks? It’s been all
ZZZzzz
SIGH^^I can deny it, SDM. To me, this is the best story by the new team yet! The way the story is being set up, the casual glimpses of the man who is no doubt, soon to be named the evil antagonist of the story (Sweatbox), the way the clues are being given out, slowly…ALL in the best Gouldian tradition! (Hopefully, the story will end in an exciting chase with an ending that won’t be completely anticlimactic, as was that of the Measles arc)
Does heap big chief use theater tear ?And is he a white man disguised as Indian the way they did on so many shows and movies ?^^This is a point of semantics, in reality, “Iron eyes Cody” was Espera Oscar de Corti , son of Sicilian-Italian immigrants to the USA. He began to play NAIs in movies from 1930 on, but, in his heart, he was more than an Italian playing an “indian”. in 1936, he married Bertha Parker, a NAI woman and they adopted several “indian” children. When he made the “Crying Indian” commercial, he was well thought of as a leader in the native community, in 1996, his actual origins were made public, he died 3 years later, in 1999, in his 95th year. So, yes, technically, he was a “White man playing an Indian”, but, spiritually, he wasn’t.
Oh heck, based on the liberties they take with time and ages in this strip, Sweatbox could be the killers grandfather for all we know, lol. I’ve also noticed there is one particular individual who seems to get the name calling rolling every day……and probably not the one that immediately comes to mind…..
BB, don’t pack away those red frillies yet! You know darn well he is alive and well! Both Otto and Sydney dusted off their Mattie Detectors (takes 2 AA batteries) and pegged the needle on the first alert that DL was posting here. I don’t want to spoil the plot for you, but sit and watch! He’s coming to a theater near you really soon! That’s a promise, BB. GREAT to see you here! We’ll have enough for a Magpie quorum to have a legitimate meeting now!
gee, 8 posts in a row today, Mikey…..so tell me something, how come you can reel off 8 decent ones in a row and a couple here can’t even do one, ha ha? BTW…….my guess, Sweatbox = confessor……..although it does seem too obvious, huh?
India isn’t even the locals name for their land. Hindustan, and Baharat are closer to correct. Silly Brits, after the Mongols ruled for centuries the English came for another 200 years or so.^^I wasn’t aware of that, but, it doesn’t surprise me… mind you, anyone of Indian ancestry that I know (like my Doctor) calls themselves Indian.
He referred to himself and his people as “Indians” even though we know that is technically incorrect. ^^At that time, there really wasn’t any other term you could use, though… personally, I would love to see all the native nations get together and agree on a term for themselves, then no one would have to feel uncomfortable with the whole thing
The only real uncomfortable thing is looking at how some of them live in such poverty when you realize how they were historically a self sufficient people despite looking like uncouth savages to the white man.^^Well said, and I agree
“Is the word “Indian” racist?"It probably depends on who you ask but on the whole I’d say no. All I know is that here in Saskatchewan we have the Federation of Saskatchewan INDIAN Nations, and the Saskatchewan INDIAN Gaming Agency which runs all but two of the casinos in the Province. Nationally we have the Assembly of First Nations but that group includes Inuit and Metis. My experience is that Indian is fine as a generic term but you have problems with specifics. The Sioux would probably prefer to have the Black Hills back but the Apache probably couldn’t give a damn.
margueritem over 11 years ago
What relationship is he to ol’ Sweat?
johnrussco over 11 years ago
slowly becoming a murder mystery and what does ole SB have to do with it?
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
So, Sweatbox is his son, perhaps?
blunebottle over 11 years ago
Stephen Baux [Box] = Sweatbox. I wonder if there was a switched idientity and this is the real Stephen Baux?
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
Maybe that’s it, Sweatbox killed someone, framed his twin brother, who was then “Conveniently” killed in jail…. at Sweatbox’s orders!!!!
Bill Thompson over 11 years ago
Who wrote the confession, and when was the murder committed? It’s unlikely that any of the internees could have done it, given that they came from outside the region and were locked up upon their arrival. One of the guards would be an obvious suspect; the jailhouse murder could have been committed by a man who was later drafted and assigned to guard the camp.
blunebottle over 11 years ago
Not an internee, by the look of it….he’s not Japanese.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
As many have already noted, Baux and Box are probably one and the same. But if Stephen was slain while in the joint, who wrote the confession and hid it beneath Barracks One? “Sweat”? And who is Sweatbox, in relation to Stephen? Son of? Brother of? Murderer of?
Robert Nowall Premium Member over 11 years ago
For some reason, I always thought Dick Tracy and Company operated out of a city on the East Coast. If he’s investigating a matter concerning a WWII Japanese internment camp, he’d have to be operating from the West Coast…
tsull2121 over 11 years ago
this is getting more interesting every day. remind me again, WHO was it that said they wanted to see more DETECTIVE WORK from tracy and his co-workers? well, theyre getting it IN SPADES this time! i’m thinking stephen baux is probably sweatbox’s son, and if “sweaty” IS the pedophile, it’s probably due to the loss of his young son that he “preys” on younger children
Can't Sleep over 11 years ago
Gotta think Stephen Baux was Sweatbox’s brother.But the question remains – who wrote the confession? And was it a real confession, or forced?There are so many possibilities…!
Ken in Ohio over 11 years ago
At this point in the story, it has not been revealed to the reader WHO was murdered. And WHERE, for that matter. The confession was found at the camp, but the murder itself could have been committed anywhere.
Ken in Ohio over 11 years ago
Having a dialogue box at the top of a panel which is depicting something significant happening in another part of the city is a very Gouldian story telling device. I used to really enjoy that, and am happy to see it here.
djword.1 over 11 years ago
Not to be picky, but the sentence in panel one should read “To whom is this note connected.” The use of “whom” is correct; the sentence structure is not.
JB2K over 11 years ago
A few thoughts — hopefully, the strip’s pacing will pick-up as the week progresses. Although I’ve enjoyed the history lesson as it pertains to our treatment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, it’s time to reveal some more clues as to where we are heading with this storyline. IMO, Stephen Baux/Sweatbox is most likely one and the same (that “Tracy Time” can get confusing — we’ll have to wait and see, I guess). As for SDM “taking jabs at the current crew”, a few valid points were brought-up in yesterday’s comments by posters concerning the overall artwork/coloring of Brad’s hair (I know the coloring part is out of Team Tracy’s control). I will say this: I do admire what the new team has brought to the strip, but as with anything, there are going to be mistakes made from time to time (even the great Chet Gould made a few boo-boos here and there). And if mistakes are made, let’s identify them and discuss them…
marvee over 11 years ago
I miss wndrwrthg and bassman bob,
Morrow Cummings over 11 years ago
Gweedo – it’s “Grammar”. You’ve been hanging out at SDM’s house too long.
punslinger over 11 years ago
Well, when the investigation proceeds, it will be interesting to see how Tracy ‘sweats’ this guy in interrogation!
Stagger Lee over 11 years ago
Iron Eyes Cody was born as Espera Oscar de Corti in Kaplan, Louisiana, to Antonio de Corti and Francesca Salpietra, immigrants from Sicily. He was not a Native American but a Sicilian.
I Go Pogo over 11 years ago
BASSMANBOB! I thought the tiding of Magpies that flew by was for the Balmer Rav’ns but now I know that special tip-o-the-wing was to note the return of BB!
Glad to know all is well and you’re along for the current Tracy incarnation.
Stagger Lee over 11 years ago
I’m 1/8th Blackfoot, which is the reason that I brought up the fact that Tony “Iron Eyes” Cody was not a Native American. Otto was right that Cody claimed to be Cherokee-Cree while working in Hollywood.
Weegel over 11 years ago
Regarding Tracy’s City, and there having been an internment camp there:.The City is, basically, Chicago, but in the same sense that Ed McBain’s “Isola” is Manhattan, that Raymond Chandler’s “Bay City” is Santa Monica, or that Sue Grafton’s (and, before her, Ross Macdonald’s) “Santa Teresa” is Santa Barbara. Which is to say, it’s Chicago with fictional details..Remember that Superman’s Metropolis, Batman’s Gotham City, and the 87th Precinct’s Isola are all thinly fictionalized versions of New York City, but, at the same time, they’re all very different places..It is true that Chicago was not the site of any internment camps in real life, and that most of them were located in the West or Southwest..However, there were some located in the Midwest (e.g. Kansas, Wisconsin, and, as noted earlier, Arkansas), and Chicago (or at least Chicagoland) was the site of at least one P.O.W. camp, and there were others located elsewhere in Illinois. (I mention this because, in some places, P.O.W. camps and internment camps were combined at a single facility)..All things considered, I believe Camp Freedom is a reasonable fictionalization.
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
Is the word “Indian” racist ?< Indian no, “redskin” yes… indian, not racist, but, completely wrong, Indians come from India
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
Frankly, Takei looks better now at 75, than he did back then.
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
You’re replying to Still Da Man!’s comment:
Can ANYONE deny that there hasn’t been any action in the strip for weeks? It’s been all
ZZZzzz
SIGH^^I can deny it, SDM. To me, this is the best story by the new team yet! The way the story is being set up, the casual glimpses of the man who is no doubt, soon to be named the evil antagonist of the story (Sweatbox), the way the clues are being given out, slowly…ALL in the best Gouldian tradition! (Hopefully, the story will end in an exciting chase with an ending that won’t be completely anticlimactic, as was that of the Measles arc)
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
You’re replying to Gweedo Murray’s comment:
You’re replying to Still Da Man!’s comment:
Does heap big chief use theater tear ?And is he a white man disguised as Indian the way they did on so many shows and movies ?^^This is a point of semantics, in reality, “Iron eyes Cody” was Espera Oscar de Corti , son of Sicilian-Italian immigrants to the USA. He began to play NAIs in movies from 1930 on, but, in his heart, he was more than an Italian playing an “indian”. in 1936, he married Bertha Parker, a NAI woman and they adopted several “indian” children. When he made the “Crying Indian” commercial, he was well thought of as a leader in the native community, in 1996, his actual origins were made public, he died 3 years later, in 1999, in his 95th year. So, yes, technically, he was a “White man playing an Indian”, but, spiritually, he wasn’t.
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
Me Paleface playing Indian Chief in greatest show ever!!! LOL!!!^^
Shame on you SDM, you may only be funning here but, these pics ARE racist, in this context
fredville over 11 years ago
Oh heck, based on the liberties they take with time and ages in this strip, Sweatbox could be the killers grandfather for all we know, lol. I’ve also noticed there is one particular individual who seems to get the name calling rolling every day……and probably not the one that immediately comes to mind…..
Morrow Cummings over 11 years ago
BB, don’t pack away those red frillies yet! You know darn well he is alive and well! Both Otto and Sydney dusted off their Mattie Detectors (takes 2 AA batteries) and pegged the needle on the first alert that DL was posting here. I don’t want to spoil the plot for you, but sit and watch! He’s coming to a theater near you really soon! That’s a promise, BB. GREAT to see you here! We’ll have enough for a Magpie quorum to have a legitimate meeting now!
fredville over 11 years ago
gee, 8 posts in a row today, Mikey…..so tell me something, how come you can reel off 8 decent ones in a row and a couple here can’t even do one, ha ha? BTW…….my guess, Sweatbox = confessor……..although it does seem too obvious, huh?
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
You’re replying to Night-Gaunt49’s comment:
India isn’t even the locals name for their land. Hindustan, and Baharat are closer to correct. Silly Brits, after the Mongols ruled for centuries the English came for another 200 years or so.^^I wasn’t aware of that, but, it doesn’t surprise me… mind you, anyone of Indian ancestry that I know (like my Doctor) calls themselves Indian.
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
He referred to himself and his people as “Indians” even though we know that is technically incorrect. ^^At that time, there really wasn’t any other term you could use, though… personally, I would love to see all the native nations get together and agree on a term for themselves, then no one would have to feel uncomfortable with the whole thing
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
The only real uncomfortable thing is looking at how some of them live in such poverty when you realize how they were historically a self sufficient people despite looking like uncouth savages to the white man.^^Well said, and I agree
bmckee over 11 years ago
“Is the word “Indian” racist?"It probably depends on who you ask but on the whole I’d say no. All I know is that here in Saskatchewan we have the Federation of Saskatchewan INDIAN Nations, and the Saskatchewan INDIAN Gaming Agency which runs all but two of the casinos in the Province. Nationally we have the Assembly of First Nations but that group includes Inuit and Metis. My experience is that Indian is fine as a generic term but you have problems with specifics. The Sioux would probably prefer to have the Black Hills back but the Apache probably couldn’t give a damn.