People here have sometimes wondered what it would have been like if Gould had received feedback like we see here on GoComics. I can assure you that things haven’t changed as much as you might think.
A reader of The Minneapolis Star wrote to the editor in 1953 about her displeasure with the horror and violence in the Dick Tracy strip and the potential for nightmares for her children or herself. “It is for you to act, to remove this terrible feature from your pages and from our homes,” she requested.
The editor asked readers: “Do adult readers like or dislike Dick Tracy?” They received many replies. Here are two of them, publish on October 21, 1953:
To the editor: We don’t like Dick Tracy either. After days and weeks of murder, shooting, sadism, profanity, fighting, etc., the “bad man” he is trying to catch usually dies accidentally, so Dick isn’t even a “hero.” —Mrs. J. I. Hodnefield, Lakefield, Minn.
To the editor: Dick Tracy is the world’s dumbest cop, but I still like him. —Thomas D. Everts, Battle Lake, Minn.
So, two complaints: 1. Tracy doesn’t even catch the bad guys — they just die accidentally [usually by their own stupidity]. 2. Tracy is dumber than any other cop. Don’t those two complaints sound familiar from recent discussions here?
1-JAY BOGART: BRRRR! It’s so cold in here that your dress, red only moments ago, has turned blue!
2-FORTUNE: The cold helps keep the caterpillars I use for eyebrows and the butterflies I use for eye lashes docile.
3-JAY: Ggggood idea? And I guess all that stuffing in your bra helps keep you warm?
4-FORTUNE: That’s all me, big boy.
5-JAY: Well, there goes my plan to have you smuggle contraband into jail! No way you’d get past the guards if those things got any bigger. And while some of the boys have been successful getting cigarettes in via “Kardashian Booty”, they’re usually smashed to bits. But bless those Kardashian girls for making those gigantic booties so commonplace! Smashed smokes are better than no smokes…
@ Wick: Keep defending what’s going on Neil. But at the same time, check the stories and characters from the 50’s; TV Wiggles, Wormy, Blowtop, Empty, Rughead, no-crossovers, very original, seen any like this and their accompanying stories here lately? The strip was always under fire in the 50s by bluenoses or people thinking comics were corrupting our “youth”. the complaints here are totally different.Your comments are comparing apples and oranges
About Firefighter Tolentino, honour in today’s feature, the New Jersey Pension Board ruled it to be a death in the line of duty, granting his family full death benefits.
“Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. introduced a bill to give public servants like Tolentino and Paterson Police Officer Frank Scorpo, who also died from the disease, compensation similar to what is given to families of first responders who died on 9/11.” I think that a similar bill passed in the U.S. Senate before Pascrell’s bill, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
I’m not sure who’s coming on to whom here; “Breathless” Fortuna in the penultimate panel sure sounds like a tease, and Shaky Mk.2’s response in the ultimate panel is the expected reply, setting the stage for the theme music from The Benny Hill Show. Let the bacchanalia begin!
Everybody gets what they want! —Though I am still not sure what Fortuna is really after.
Anyway, after this is all over, can I have a souvenir “Breathless” eyelash?
Pequod almost 4 years ago
Tracy has a tale to tell: The Ballad of Mahoney
Just the facts. He sticks to that. Does not deal in baloney.
Breathless such a naughty gal, she loved the fifty grand
Curves so sweet, she brought the heat. No one did call her bland.
Something up Fortuna’s sleeve. Cards held close to her chest
Drops a dime for Shaky’s bail. Whoever would have guessed?
Shaky has one question: “What is in this game for me?”
Happy to help Dyer, yet his good will is not free.
Where would I be were I Shaky? Heading for my Lighthouse
Her kiss I’d miss. Sweet nights of bliss. Flames we would never douse.
Neil Wick almost 4 years ago
Good morning™, informants!
Yeah, he’ll think of something! I won’t give you many guesses as to what he might have in mind.
Brian Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Sunday Fortuna broke out the heavy-duty makeup.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray almost 4 years ago
Good morning™, “Lashes” !
Those things remind me of these…
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/3a/6e/753a6eb2ce1de5256ca44ce41a4bd51c.jpg
These remind me of another of her features.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwKu5F1WkAEIeia.jpg
Shaky II: Set Tracy up since he is the one who shot me I am revenging him directly. I’ll get back to Tess later.
Neil Wick almost 4 years ago
People here have sometimes wondered what it would have been like if Gould had received feedback like we see here on GoComics. I can assure you that things haven’t changed as much as you might think.
A reader of The Minneapolis Star wrote to the editor in 1953 about her displeasure with the horror and violence in the Dick Tracy strip and the potential for nightmares for her children or herself. “It is for you to act, to remove this terrible feature from your pages and from our homes,” she requested.
The editor asked readers: “Do adult readers like or dislike Dick Tracy?” They received many replies. Here are two of them, publish on October 21, 1953:
To the editor: We don’t like Dick Tracy either. After days and weeks of murder, shooting, sadism, profanity, fighting, etc., the “bad man” he is trying to catch usually dies accidentally, so Dick isn’t even a “hero.” —Mrs. J. I. Hodnefield, Lakefield, Minn.
To the editor: Dick Tracy is the world’s dumbest cop, but I still like him. —Thomas D. Everts, Battle Lake, Minn.
So, two complaints: 1. Tracy doesn’t even catch the bad guys — they just die accidentally [usually by their own stupidity]. 2. Tracy is dumber than any other cop. Don’t those two complaints sound familiar from recent discussions here?
Cheapskate0 almost 4 years ago
“I’ll think of something.”
If that ain’t about the dumbest line yet in this arc.
Donnie Pitchford! Groovy Kinda! Please! Can you guys help us out?
iggyman almost 4 years ago
Really love the art today, awesome!
iggyman almost 4 years ago
Edison getting kicked to the curb?
crobinson019 almost 4 years ago
If she bats her eyes, does she fly?
Ignatz Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“I’ll think of something. Did you know I vibrate without batteries?”
Knightman Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Maybe he wants a part in the movie???
Aladar30 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
She has a pretty great Evil Smile.
Another Take almost 4 years ago
1-JAY BOGART: BRRRR! It’s so cold in here that your dress, red only moments ago, has turned blue!
2-FORTUNE: The cold helps keep the caterpillars I use for eyebrows and the butterflies I use for eye lashes docile.
3-JAY: Ggggood idea? And I guess all that stuffing in your bra helps keep you warm?
4-FORTUNE: That’s all me, big boy.
5-JAY: Well, there goes my plan to have you smuggle contraband into jail! No way you’d get past the guards if those things got any bigger. And while some of the boys have been successful getting cigarettes in via “Kardashian Booty”, they’re usually smashed to bits. But bless those Kardashian girls for making those gigantic booties so commonplace! Smashed smokes are better than no smokes…
tripwire45 almost 4 years ago
I’m sure he will, but will she respond?
buckman-j almost 4 years ago
@ Wick: Keep defending what’s going on Neil. But at the same time, check the stories and characters from the 50’s; TV Wiggles, Wormy, Blowtop, Empty, Rughead, no-crossovers, very original, seen any like this and their accompanying stories here lately? The strip was always under fire in the 50s by bluenoses or people thinking comics were corrupting our “youth”. the complaints here are totally different.Your comments are comparing apples and oranges
ScottHolman almost 4 years ago
Interesting looking woman. A mouth like the Joker, eyebrows like Groucho Marx, and those eyelashes……please.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray almost 4 years ago
Additional Batanalia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girfu1IyHrg&list=PLi4yblxAjVZgc4mZj7u5hwFWSIk2EamN9&index=0
ScottHolman almost 4 years ago
I love Fortuna’s outfits, but come on! The last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it.
Neil Wick almost 4 years ago
About Firefighter Tolentino, honour in today’s feature, the New Jersey Pension Board ruled it to be a death in the line of duty, granting his family full death benefits.
“Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. introduced a bill to give public servants like Tolentino and Paterson Police Officer Frank Scorpo, who also died from the disease, compensation similar to what is given to families of first responders who died on 9/11.” I think that a similar bill passed in the U.S. Senate before Pascrell’s bill, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/passaic-city/2020/05/13/nj-rules-passaic-firefighters-coronavirus-death-was-in-the-line-of-duty/3114929001/
Sisyphos almost 4 years ago
I’m not sure who’s coming on to whom here; “Breathless” Fortuna in the penultimate panel sure sounds like a tease, and Shaky Mk.2’s response in the ultimate panel is the expected reply, setting the stage for the theme music from The Benny Hill Show. Let the bacchanalia begin!
Everybody gets what they want! —Though I am still not sure what Fortuna is really after.
Anyway, after this is all over, can I have a souvenir “Breathless” eyelash?
mysterysciencefreezer almost 4 years ago
And we see Shaky Jr. has learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING from his last shakedown attempt.