Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 31, 2020

Not a crime to shake all the time

‘Cos when out on a date

To vibrate so, shift to and fro

Will make a date be great.

Such shaky stuff can play so rough

‘Tis not a crime to sigh

Leaving your date quite breathless

Means more dates by and by.

Now look to see sad and lonely

Our lovely gal, sweet Lighthouse

Her man’s not near. She sheds a tear

The finest flame he did douse.

She’s been stood up. Her loving cup

Now emptied out at last

Selfish Shaky shall rue the day

Her presence becomes the past.

Poor lonely Edison. Cheated by the one she love.

I find it hard to believe that Pequod’s poem is the only post of the day, yet when I click on “Show All comments” it (and sixam’s reply) are all I get!

As may be. Edison is callously ignored by Shaky Mk.2, who is caught up in Dyer Fandom.

The “woke” Edison will be dire for him….

A sad scene. Edison really seems to be a girl of conscious, but wants that pond scum.

The comely and delectable Edison kinda looks like a character from “Pooch Cafe” in the second last panel.

By gar, by gar…

Is there an untimely end as they used to say awaiting somebody? One possibility Edison learns about Shaky’s rendezvous with Fortuna. Edison kills Fortuna, Shaky is accused of murder. Tracy saying to himself this goes against I believe in given this guy’s record but I don’t believe he did it. Possibility number two Shaky kills Edison due to her nagging. Fortuna does not know about her. Shaky charms his way onto the movie and when the picture ends he and Fortuna become an item and leave town. Tracy and company go out to Hollywood and arrest Shaky just when he is about to go onstage and accept his Oscar for best supporting role in a murder. It’s been more than a New York minute since somebody got bumped off or wasted in this strip.

Has anyone noticed that today’s page seems to be a bit smaller than in the past? Have they shrunk the size of strips yet again? Enough of this!

Poor Edison’s heartbroken.

She’s an idiot

I like panel 7 with the clock reflected in her glasses. Really brings out the idea of staring at the clock as time draaaags on.

So far, Edison Lighthouse has only associated with criminals.

Maybe this will be the incident which gets her off the Hades Express and on to a more fulfilling existence……

I like her in the 5th panel, she looks normal, not in a cartoony way.

Wow! the symbol that represents the six could be construed as a tear whelming up.

In the fifth panel, Edison’s become “clock-eyed”! d;o)

That’s been renamed to COVID-45, for the person responsible for doing nothing about it.