Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 19, 2021

Oops.

Timing is everything!

Lizz is one tough cookie!

Who dyes their goatee flesh color?

With the absurdity of this story, I will be penning chapter two of “Trouble in Paradise?” tomorrow…I figure ya’ll deserve something that makes sense

Glad to see yesterday’s ridiculous drawing style was just a one and done.

It was terribly embarrassing!!

What’ll they charge him with?

Slowly but surely they’re nabbing the drug dealer gang one by one.

Next up – a hopefully long stretch in THE BIG HOUSE.

Good morning™, gang nabbers !

It’s true. You can never go home again. So far, it looks like Aquarius could make a clean getaway since he knows he is being hunted and will be wary of his surroundings. Tomorrow should be a look in on Auntie and company.

Good morning™, everybody!

Aquarius is evidently way too slow with his warnings! Anyway, that’s one more down.

To those who criticized Tracy for leaving the house, he did leave in the capable hands of Lizz who never gets enough “screen time” in this strip anyway.

With a reference to “Shinytop,” today’s Rex Morgan is even more obviously a Dick Tracy parody:

https://www.seattletimes.com/comics-king/?feature_id=Rex_Morgan&feature_date=2021-03-19

Eeny meeny miny mo. Catch this Tiger by the toe.

He walked into his home.No proof the drugs are his.He should tell Liz to get lost and file a lawsuit

It was afternoon when Aquarius saw the house surrounded by police cars. It is now night, and only now is he putting out the message? What’s up?

A: The colorist messed up.

B: It is night (as shown by pursuit of Tiger) but Aquarius waited six hours to give the alert.

C: Other, please explain.

This is what you get when you don’t read your horoscope, Aquarius….

a little late there buddy.

“On what charge?”

“I’ll make something up later. Right now, I’ve got the gun. You got a problem with that?”

He will be charged for dragging this story on and on….or he will disarm the police woman and the story will go on and on and on………

Bad coverage area?

BTW – I completely forgot that the US had gone off Daylight and was now an hour early in the change over. I’ve caught up.

In today’s episode, a deeper side of Moe is revealed…

1-MOTORHEAD MOE: What light through yon window breaks…

2-…It’s so quiet. Bergman could have filmed his classic The Silence here…

3-…Oh simple Aquarius. The actual quote from the Thomas Wolfe novel is You can never go home again And it certainly doesn’t include the word “COPS”.

4-DOLL FACE: One wrong move and I’ll shoot and claim that I thought that phone was a gun. MOE: Perception and Reality seldom meet.

BLAM BLAM BLAM!

A phone charger, obviously.

Thx for the text heads-up, Aquarius, you PoS! The cop chick’s got the drop on me, and I feel like singing!

In fact (meaning panel 4), Ty looks like he is thinking of challenging Lizz’s gun. Not smart. Explains why he was never more than a low-level enforcer and street dealer….

1312 Bedwell is getting a Spring cleaning!

Well, he got that one: Someone’s here!!………..

If memory serves, the two longest arcs in Gouldian history were the Mr. Crime story and Flattop Jr. This one is pushing those two for first place. One big difference, those were much more interesting, with some degree of continuity

Looks like the dominoes have begun to fall.

Or is that the Sweatbox Express that I’m hearing?

Well, that text – and the cash he’s carrying, and his prints likely matching those in the basement – should make for some entertaining explanations.

this could be pouche’s chance to get away. perimeter cops are chasing tigerlilly and inside the house just nabbed someone.

Why didn’t he check his phone for messages before arriving? Liz got you now Ty. You can explain it to a judge.

It seems like all the bad guys are getting caught except for the one still hiding in the house.