Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 03, 2021

Oscar wins the convergence race.

Aquarius, Cheesecake, and Auntie Bellum all use drugs to varying degrees. So who are the two “pillheads” he so despises? We’ll learn a lot about Oscar by the one left off his list…

Good morning™, babysitters!

When he says “it has its benefits,” what benefits could he be talking about? I suppose it’s likely just that he gets paid well for doing it.

Good morning™, bad career choice yuppie lackies !

Oscar looks like a man who wished he had made better life choices. In some way, he is no better off than those locked into chemical addiction. Auntie’s liable to go ballistic when she sees who Cheesecake summoned for help.

So I notice that Cheesecake hasn’t got any bubbles in her speech today, so maybe she’s come down off her high.

Who says; NOT anymore?

Team Tracy is trying to look so hip. Tune in tomorrow to see Oscar say, “Talk to the hand!”

Wait – he got there before Tracy?

Meanwhile……..

Maybe all we’ll ever see of Auntie are her hands, like the Spirit’s purple-gloved nemesis, the Octopus.

1-BIGG JR: Well, here I am again…

2-…a Harvard degreed errand boy. I remember when a Harvard degree was respected. Back before all those government lackeys tainted it with willingness to accept lies as the truth. Now the only Harvard grads who get respect are those in the comedy world – Conan, Collin Jost, Greg Jiraldo… I told a joke. Once. I remember! It was:

“Why do they print Yale Degrees on such soft paper? SO IT DOESN’T CHAFE WHEN YOU WIPE! Stupid Whiffenpoof singers…

3-POWDER: HURRY AUNTIE! Get in this bag! It.ll be easier to drag you downstairs.

AUNTIE: Not until I button every button and get every hair in place, dear. Ladies are expected to comport themselves in a certain manner and I for one do not wish to be found blown to bits looking like something the cat dragged in.

POWDER: You’ll look like the cat’s dinner if you don’t hurry it up, ya crazy old bag!

POWDER: Yeah, I know the title of your sex tape. NOW HURRY IT UP!

Apologies to any Yale grad readers

Cheerful looking fellow, isn’t he?………………

What happened to the gas that Cheesecake was so paranoid about? I mean, c’mon guys

Is Auntie supposed to put her valuables in Cheesecakes purse? How convenient.

Your body runs off of drugs it generates itself. Alcohol imbibe isn’t of any use except it damages the body. Same with tobacco. Why do we have a some Drug War, again?

Why is Auntie’s right hand on her left side?

So I guess Mark Trail had a product placement agreement with Jeep, and Dick Tracy has one with Hyundai. That’s a nice rendition of a Veloster. I have one, and can tell you t’s NOT the best car to try to transport an old, mobility impaired woman!

What I learned today:

Peggy may have mobility issues, but she is neither entirely helpless nor unaware of her (admitted limited) surroundings. She is buttoning up her own very clean, fresh blouse and asking Cheesecake rational questions.Her medications may fuddle her from time to time, but apparently not all the time (it’s like that quote attributed to Lincoln about fooling people).

Cheesecake may have feelings of inadequacy (a.k.a. low self-esteem), but she is able to function in an emergency, even while coming down from her coke high.

Dour Oscar is rather contemptuous of the two “pillhead” ladies, but has some tie requiring a degree of loyalty to them (or, maybe more accurately, to the Bellum estate). Cheesecake’s last remark suggests some pre-existing ill feelings between Oscar and the ladies. It could still turn out that he is not merely Mr. “Big” Bellum’s lackey but also Cheesecake’s brother….

For an invalid, Auntie Bellum always manages to get a good manicure. Maybe this is Cheesecake’s second skill when she is not making noise with the pots and pans.

What “benefits” does this non-baby sitting job have? Oh yeah…he gets to report what he found to his boss.

Did they really pull a “NOT” joke in 2021?