Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 01, 2021

“Nope, nobody like that.”

Is it me or is that freckled fella look like he might be related to Flattop?

Happy New Year™, fellow readers!

Wow, Ty is a taller guy than I thought! Aquarius has supposedly never seen him, but I don’t see Aquarius inviting Tracy inside — I’ve never seen a more unhappy look on anyone’s face.

Good morning™, indignantly offended residents !

So big guy, what’s your next move ?  Those butterflies in your belly are letting you know that your way of life is in for a drastyic change. The dummy wont have sense to cut his losses and lay low or even just move away from his Auntie’s swell digs.

Watch out for them Hippies … they are obviously up to no good!

Good morning™, fans of incense and patchouli!

So to recap…

Two guys in ties drop by to ask a sky-high group in tie-dye if they can identify the guy we know as Ty. Why? He’s on the fly after catching Sam’s eye for having a drug supply. But they’re getting the stink eye for trying to pry so the folks will lie and tell them “We’d offer you some chai but the time is nigh to watch Kobra Kai so we’ll bid you buh-bye.” Our duo will sigh to leave high and dry but more effort they’ll apply because they won’t be denied.

“No.”

Well, yesterday, Neil said of me, “Well, I did ask why everything seems to be Batman with you. That’s true.”

My answer then and now still is: Repeat villains, guest villains, crossovers, and such, do tend to remind me of 1966 Batman – a lot.

Next he’ll meet Troy Donahue from Sweet Savior!!

Getting hassled by the man.

Everyone, try to have a “Fun 21” !

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius…

As someone who can sort of remember the age of love and flower power (and knows some people who never left it) I’m getting a distinctly un-hippy vibe from this story. I don’t know if the writer is simply going with a crude and inaccurate stereotype or if the ‘hippie’ facade is purely camouflage to try and keep people from getting too close to the drug operation.

Come back with a search warrant and really shake the place up.

Looks like Sam brought his Mommy to deal with the mean ole hippies.

1-DT: We’re here for the free love. NARKY MARK: Well, take those weird, full face, black Covid masks off and let me have a look at ya…

2-…YIKES! Try the commune down the street. They take enough LSD everyday to make even you two look normal.

DT: Awww, cut it out. That chick at the gate was giving me the eye a second ago.

3-NARKY: Yeah, that was Daisy. He’s already changed into his house clothes. HEY DAISY! YOU INTERESTED?

SAM: Commune down the street you say? Let’s go Tracy. Like, NOW!

Hey! Snitches get stitches around here!

Well, you know they say anyone who remembers the 60s wasn’t really there. This “arc” seems like Joe and Mike finally remembered the decade. Maybe recovered memories?

Happy New Year, everyone! Remember, despite this storyline, the year is 2021, not 1971!

I know this is a minor thing but surely one of the commentators can enlighten me. Yesterday’s strip had Tracy rolling up to the house in a marked police car. Maybe it’s just me but as head of the major crimes unit, shouldn’t the chief of detectives be driving an unmarked car? After all, Sam has one. Another thing, time for the police department in Tracy land to upgrade their fleet of vehicles to the SUV type.

Yes they could ask the others, odds are more are going to walk away from them. Will one of these characters be shown flipping the bird to Tracy and Sam?

Looks to me as though The Others don’t want to talk to The Man, man! And Aquarius, who looms larger (literally) than I originally envisioned him, is uncooperative and borderline surly.

Being Dick Tracy is not always easy….

Get a warrant, if you can, copper!

here’s hoping 2021 goes well!