Sayed Bassam Pacha was a very brave and dedicated man. How many people would have done what he did to save those people he didn’t know at the expense of his own life? Truly commendable.
So now we learn that Polar Vortex is out on bail on drug trafficking charges. So that means the writers skipped over the part about Tracy arresting him for drug trafficking. I hate when the writers skip large chunks of story. No wonder this has been had to follow.
Piotr Volkov (or Vorkov, as he sometimes calls himself and as Tracy does here), a.k.a. Polar Vortex, is out on bail. We didn’t even know he had been arrested! Oh, well; carry on, lads!
Today’s strip is mostly a Visual Pun, helping explain how some receptionists could confuse Tracy with J. Straightedge Trustworthy. The throw-away panel right of the Roll of Honor panel) showing Trustworthy is itself deliberately reiterated or parodied in the strip’s last panel, where Tracy looks back over his shoulder and resembles Trustworthy, even as he ends his exceedingly brief (almost pointless) visit to Peter Pitchblende’s studio….
avenger09 over 5 years ago
Search for truth
Sound aloof
Corny joke
Finger poke
Saying much
Words a bunch
Nothing new
Sacre bleu
Boring time
To read and rhyme
Let it be
It’s time to Z
Pequod over 5 years ago
Lizz digs down way deep
To research the creep
Vortex, he does not play.
The comic spinner
May ink a winner
A killer still may slay.
Forewarned is forearmed
Vortex shall do harm
Ink slinger, have a care.
Between J. Straightedge
And Sawdust, I pledge
Foul Vortex is not fair.
Yet Pitchblende was paid
Thus Tracy’s words fade
True danger seems unreal.
Sly Devil she will
Take orders to kill
Compassion she won’t feel.
Cheapskate0 over 5 years ago
Guess Mike and Joe don’t think we’ve had enough of the Straightedge joke.
Neil Wick over 5 years ago
Good morning™, warning bearers!
Peter needs to heed this advice or he’ll be sorry.
DaJellyBelly over 5 years ago
Hmm, is Polar intending to use the film festival to launder dirty money??
finkd over 5 years ago
Tracy does NOT look amused by Pitchblende’s humor.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Sayed Bassam Pacha was a very brave and dedicated man. How many people would have done what he did to save those people he didn’t know at the expense of his own life? Truly commendable.
HarryCK over 5 years ago
Good morning™, disturbed detectives !
Tracy’s internal red alert alarm is fast approaching a fever pitch !
AnyFace over 5 years ago
Is there a reason why the two-way wrist TV is flashing here? ✨
avenger09 over 5 years ago
Tracy’s use of Touche’ really doesn’t make any sense at this point in the conversation. There’s no hint of any verbal exchange between them.
sixam over 5 years ago
So now we learn that Polar Vortex is out on bail on drug trafficking charges. So that means the writers skipped over the part about Tracy arresting him for drug trafficking. I hate when the writers skip large chunks of story. No wonder this has been had to follow.
iggyman over 5 years ago
I like the profile picture and now I get it, Straightedge is a parody of Detective Tracy
WilliamVollmer over 5 years ago
Why is Tracy checking his wrist genie, while giving Pitchblende some advice?
Donnie Pitchford Premium Member over 5 years ago
And he inks with a pen too!
Don Bagert Premium Member over 5 years ago
This week’s Lum & Abner: http://www.lumandabnersociety.org/Comic-Strip-Home.html I especially liked the pictures hung in the background.
Sportymonk over 5 years ago
Why didn’t Tracy ask what’s going on and get more details?
HarryCK over 5 years ago
For space story writer guy, N-G49.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlPfHV36G-g
mysterysciencefreezer over 5 years ago
You needed a face-to-face for THAT? Really?
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
Piotr Volkov (or Vorkov, as he sometimes calls himself and as Tracy does here), a.k.a. Polar Vortex, is out on bail. We didn’t even know he had been arrested! Oh, well; carry on, lads!
Today’s strip is mostly a Visual Pun, helping explain how some receptionists could confuse Tracy with J. Straightedge Trustworthy. The throw-away panel right of the Roll of Honor panel) showing Trustworthy is itself deliberately reiterated or parodied in the strip’s last panel, where Tracy looks back over his shoulder and resembles Trustworthy, even as he ends his exceedingly brief (almost pointless) visit to Peter Pitchblende’s studio….
IvanB.Cohen over 5 years ago
Two-way wrist radio making a comeback? What happened to the Geenie or the model which had a screen?