Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 04, 2021

Such an odd turn … ✨

Good morning™, everyone!

Well, it seems that Oscar Grubbard is not the most welcome sight for Peggy, but “any port in a storm.” At least he does promise not to press them on selling the property, but I don’t know how long that promise will last.

We don’t see the “bubbles” on Cheesecake’s speech balloon anymore, but apparently, Oscar can still detect that she’s been recently “medicated.” (We saw her opening her bag yesterday in preparation for gathering up Auntie Bellum’s prescription bottles.)

Oscar is obviously from the Eddie Haskell™ School of Two-Faced Weaseliness.

Good morning™, snide asiders !

What is this all knowing glance Oscar is giving and why is Cheesy returning it in kind ?  Will we ever find out ?

? WHAT ? Is going on here ? Is it just me or is this going way too far away from the " BLUE Balloon " issue ? Images great again and ? what medicine ? Is she taking and for what ?

And how about that look on Oscars face in the last panel . : )

Another layer on the onion of a plot.

This man has something really unpleasant.

Pouch has to be out in the driveway wondering who this guy is. Oscar seems oblivious to Pouch’s sitting there. And where’s Tracy? And Tiger Lily? And Alex? And Jimmy Hoffa?

I guess I’m not sure exactly why, but that last name – “Grubbard” – suggests someone who is an opportunist, not really too concerned about the welfare of those around him.

Look at them having a giggle over Cheesecake’s substance abuse problem. Isn’t that just so cute!

@ERBEN2 – Yes, what is going on here! All I remember is a blue balloon!

I can absolutely see John Slattery playing Oscar in a live action adaptation.

Is Oscar related to Old Mother Grubbard? (rimshot)

Oscar Grubbard….Uber driver among other duties as assigned.

1-BIGG JR: PEEK A BOO! GUESS WHO?

2-POWDER: Thanks for coming, big brother! See if you can drag this old bag out while I grab the goodies, errrmmm, essential medications that keep her easy to control, errrrmmmm, healthy.

3-BIGG JR: So how’ve you been? Mom says she hasn’t heard from you in quite a while. Maybe we should take a minute to plan a family get together. Where’s your calendar?

POWDER: Ummm, do you not smell that gas? Maybe we should continue this reunion outside of the potential blast zone.

BIGG JR: Oh Sis! Always such a worry wart! Fine. Let’s each grab a leg and drag her downstairs. Then when we’re outside, we’ll play wishbone!

When do Amy Shumer and LeBron James show up? This wandering minstrel of a story is a Trainwreck.

I get the feeling Oscar is pulling the strings here. Is Oscar here to see the medicine gets out safely?

I see a big collision between Tracy’s wellness check, Pouch’s blue balloon quest, and Oscar’s rescue of the medicine any time now. There’s excitement in the air Mabel!

is that Cupid behind them?

Sardonic Mr. Oscar Grubbard, flunky/representative for “Big” Bellum, has no doubt been involved previously in negotiations trying to get Peggy to give up her property and not stand in the way of the proposed new industrial park. And it seems likely also to be the case that he has witnessed Cheesecake on some occasions when she was high as a kite on coke. Hence, here the bizarre little repartee between him and Cheesecake, rather too quickly scooping Auntie’s prescription meds (notice that all are in prescription-type bottles) into her bag for the evacuation, even as the “gas” fumes permeate the atmosphere of Auntie’s hideaway-room. Somehow, chilling Oscar sees that Cheesey has had her bobolobo (enlarged pupils?)….