Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 27, 2022

and now, Ro’s plan unfolds…

Kinda provocative talk for a first date. ✨

WHAT???

NO INTERNET???

NO STREAMING SERVICE??

“WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE Say no more!”

Good morning™, everyone!

I have a feeling the Mysta is not really interested in “emerging together.” We’ll see, I guess.

So, he says that they watch so much TV to prepare for the invasion? I’m not sure how well that would work. TV is not the real world.

This story is moving slower than Gweedo’s famous Moonville Molasses!

Mad Mindy looks ready to go back to her chill box!

what he REALLY means is that he wants to MERGE with Mysta…

I’d sure hate to have to pay their cable bill.

The thot plickens.

Looks like Mysta may be getting a proposal? They move fast in this colony !!!

Will Mysta be his ambassador to the outside world?

Mysta’s surprised look says it all!

On an aside I think they would get a lot of bad information from the television!

I get the feeling something’s about to “emerge.”

Merging Traffic?

…FROM OUR COCOONS!

ka-quick

Why is RoZan suddenly so interested in Mysta? Was it so long ago he compared her to Frankenstein’s monster?

What is his game?

Interesting that it’s all television. I’ll chalk it up to the anachronistic aspects of the Tracyverse, but I wonder that they aren’t accessing social media.

Black, female Flattop on TV, quick, get Tracy! Tgat’s the real story! Flattops secret love child!

https://youtu.be/exl0oSfTSoY

Mike had to know that this strip would elicit a lot of ribald humor. (An accepted form of humor for decades now, Neil). And note: NONE of it was from me!

OK. So you all beat me to it.

…..mmph…..just a coupla earth-looking kids sporting head antennae who watch too much TV, just like the non-antennaed outside N.M.C. do………..

1-BRO-ZAN: We watch a lot of TV here and have learned so much from it. Please – hurry and drink your Bill Cosby

MYSTA: No thanks. I don’t drink alcohol.

2-BRO-ZAN: Time for Plan B I’m betting that you’ve never played the Moon’s National Past Time game – HOME RUN. It’s like baseball in that a bat is used but instead hitting a ball, each player takes a smack to the back of the head. Let’s return to my place and I’ll bat first…

MYSTA: I don’t like sports.

3-BRO-ZAN: DAG! I’ve never had to go to Plan C! Uhhh. In the powers vested in me by the Moon Council of Horn Heads, I now pronounce us MAN AND WIFE! ON TO THE HONEYMOON SUITE!*

MYSTA: I always imagined my wedding would be more romantic but it is what it is I guess. Let’s go.

BRO-ZAN: FINALLY! I’ll use those made-up powers to divorce her tomorrow morning. SUCKA-AAAA!

“Emerge”? Is that what kids are calling it these days?

It’s love.

I’ve been very critical of the strip in recent years, but for some reason I like this story. This is the first time in awhile that I’ve enjoyed reading Dick Tracy.

‘Merge’. Is that what the kids call it today?

Ro-Zan is acting like this is an episode of The Bachelor!

Ro-Zan is acting like this is an episode of The Bachelor!

MYSTA: “Been there, done that. I’ve been in public in the outside world for some time now."

RO-ZAN: “No, Mysta by ‘emerge’ I meant that we…um…Never mind.” :)

Ro-Zan, you animal! Back off! Mysta knows enough about the Mating Game to recognize your silly come-on. She may not know about your xenophobic plan for world conquest, but be assured, you will not be “emerging together”!

Oh gosh! If they keep abreast of world news and trends via television, then they know about: Dog the Bounty Hunter, Mama June, Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty. Add to the mix all those real housewives shows and The Kardashians.

There is no telling as to how long Moon Valley residents have been getting their impressions of planet earth via television. I wish I had some flies on the wall as to they thought about the ice bucket challenge.