Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 29, 2022

Good morning™, everybody!

So, my initial reaction yesterday to the guy in the toque was not correct. It was Blackjack all along. He gets knocked down, but he gets up again. “We’ll be singin’” is indeed the first words in the intro to Blackjack’s signature tune, “Tubthumping.” Here are the lyrics:

https://youtu.be/egN8CjfQkxc

I wonder where he’s headed. Out of town, most likely.

Tracy’s umbrella may not be huge, but it does look cozy.

To me, this is a very satisfying conclusion to both the Sterling Eliot arc and the Mr. Bones arc which I see as two parts of the same thing. I wish I had more time this week to replect on everything, but I have other higher priorities at the moment.

BJ lives!

Yabba Dabba Doo!!!

Here’s to Blackjack! But we still don’t know who the Ace of Spade is.

Neil Wick about 1 hour ago@avenger09If you are not grumbling, that would mean you are contented with what you are calling filler. If so, I misunderstood your comment about filler.

I don’t know why you and others such as Kenny G. automatically think I hate the strip. Filler material is necessary in life. 2 days ago I said that day’s strip was a nice family portrait.

Fixing a Hole would be considered a filler song on Sgt. Pepper’s but it’s still a fantastic song.

Peace out!

Good morning™, beautiful endings !

This one finished up Real good !  I think now that BJ has tasted freedom he wont be going back and that’s a wrap.

So Blackjack did manage to come across a convenient escape girder at the last second….

Great drawing of Dick and Tess in the first panel. You can feel their tenderness towards each other.

For those who miss my nitpicking,,,

BJ has different shaped sunglasses from yesterday.

Very sloppy! ¯\(ツ)/¯

As much as I’m critical of Mike Curtis’ storytelling chops, I’ll give him praise when it’s due. That was the perfect ending to this story. Almost brought a tear to my eye, that’s how good it was. It did bring a huge smile to my face. What a big emotional impact, I’m so happy Blackjack is alive and that everything turned out okay. Kudos to 22ph for calling it yesterday. And I’m telling ya, Willem Defoe as BJ for the movie!

And credit to Shelley Pleger, that is beautiful artwork!

It looks like BJ got free and clear of the house before it exploded and burned and is “looking good” !

I honestly thought that he was killed and “charcoaled”… But, Tracy thought that BJ would have survived ( by popular vote ! )

And I love the Tracy’s in the first panel !

Yea! Blackjack survived! I thought that mystery man in black yesterday might have been him, and it was :) Nice conclusion

I bet we don’t see BJ again for at least a year. He needs time to figure out how to get his collection back.

Looks like Blackjack made good on his promise to Mr. Bones.

I look forward to his return somewhere down the road….

Superb draftsmanship by Shelley Pleger again, today…way to go!

l like that Curtis is wrapping up and moving forward to other narratives.

It’s still alive!

Oooh there was a find Blackjack yesterday.

….told ya I’ve met him!…..heh…….

Nice. But I wish they’d show how he got out of that.

Listening to “Tubthumping” in the link Neil posted, it does seem as if Shelley tried to draw “music” that matches the rhythm of those opening chords. Way to go, Shelley!

Blackjack…a dark cloud in Tracy’s future?

R

Like I was saying before I accidentally hit the Comment button – right on, Neil!!

Well, thanks for clearing that up…

So why leave? He’d done nothing to cause an arrest.

There he is! The old Tub Thumper is alive and well!

For those wondering how Blackstrap went from dire straits to his current circumstances – read on:

1-TESSLA: Truthfully – are you sharing the umbrella out of love of me or the $150 you’re saving on a new hair appointment?

DT: Do you even have to ask, my love? TESSLA: So the money. I might a knowed.

2-♪♪ WHISTLE ♪♪ HOLD UP GIANT TAXI! I NEED A RIDE!

3-BLACKSTRAP: Luckily, I ran into a Canadian couple after my ordeal. They had no problem with me being nude after I explained that paying for American healthcare had left me destitute. Then they gave me these cool Canadian clothes including a tuque, and some of their funny money that’s not worth much. Then I stole the rest of their stuff. Canadians are so nice! And trusting…

Yay! Wonder how he got away from that deathtrap…

glad he survived

somebody called this yesterday, I forgot who.

So, BlackJack is, like, a stalker too?

Unsatisfying that there is no explanation of how Blackjack survived, which seemed practically impossible last we saw him.

So in a way, the MC did a right by doing a wrong by colouring those sunglasses, which many thought was Blackjack.

Blackjack’s alive! Yay!

I said it before in a late reply on that long string appended to Neil’s first Comment. I’ll say it again. This is a most satisfying and perfect ending to this story!

BLACKJACK LIVES! My favorite anti-villain is alive and well and reunited with his collection: I don’t think I could ask for much more, other than some details on how he escaped the explosion that Richard Bonhomme, of ill memory, had intended to be the death of him.

Definitely Tubthumping!

https://tinyurl.com/2p8u535t

Okay,he made it.And he’s not one to interfere with romance.

Isn’t it a lovely day to be caught in the rain…Astaire&Rogers