Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 19, 2023

Apparently Dick and FosDick are quick-change artists.

Good morning™, spooktacular entrances !

I like how the crowd in P.2. is shaded. Very readable while highlighting a drastic appearance.

This fantasy rerun is;

Entertaining

Marvelous

Bold

Astonishing

Rad

Refreshing

Airtight

Stupendous

Smooth

Inspiring

Noteworthy

Great

.

Oh Joy!!!

Superlatives run amok wouldn’t you say? /s

Good morning™, deja-viewers!

I find it a bit hard to get excited about a strip that I already commented on seven years ago. Sunday will be the last of this dream on repeat, then we’ll get something new (no doubt with old characters, but hopefully new ones, too).

Well, whoever he is, he’s no Al Capp.

What did Tracy and Fosdick do? Run into an empty room and change into their regular clothes? They were wearing movie usher uniforms the day before.

Maybe he has a ticket to the Movie?

Here’s an interesting bit of information…

Al Nesor played Evil Eye Fleegle in “Lil Abner” on Broadway in 1956…Al closely resembles Fleegle…

Tchoupitoulas is a rather well-known street near the French Quarter of New Orleans. It’s named for the Tchoupitoulas Indians. Why he’s the “Terror of the Tchoupitoulas” is beyond me.

Shoot out those eyes Frostdick !!!

As a native of New Orleans, I love seeing Curtis using the word “Tchoupitoulas”, as I did when the strip was first printed in 2016. (Or did Al Capp use it in an earlier Fleegle appearance?)

ain’t this a bit too easy… eh, it’s a dream. :J

You eye ballin’ me boy ?

The blemish of Brownsville, the Bela of Lugosi, IT’S….. nevermind,

“Every time I see you, you got a new name.” — Rocky Balboa, to Apollo Creed

The background disappeared on today’s comparison with 2016. The inking is there, but the colors are a wash.

https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2016/07/01

Also, Fleegle is pained very green. Is he supposed to be dead now? Otherwise, no textual changes and nothing else really to note in the comparison.

Truly…it is!

Looks like Lamont Cranston with a hangover.

And only dweebs wear chain watches

MOVIE QUOTE

“My only regret is that I have but one life to melt for my country”

Jackie Vernon—RUDOLPH AND FROSTY’S CHRISTMAS IN JULY—1980

Fleegle is about to put the whammy on Fuddonna. (hee)

I like him already.

ka-grimace

Don’t know if this has been discussed before — I don’t check the comments every day — but it feels like Dick Tracy is the designated strip to keep copyrighted characters and trademarks from other sources alive. (The “Shenanigans” TV show? So weirdly oddball, although I enjoyed it.)

Well, there he is, folks! The beast with the Evil Eye, himself! Whatever you do, don’t make eye contact with him!

What?

Too late?

You already did?

My condolences.

(Relax, though; we’ll wake up soon….)

Anything new happen today?

Evil Eye has come.

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Our heroic pair ready.

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The fateful battle.

The past is gone

Time to carry on

And start anew

Together we’ll get through

Another trip

Down the Tracy strip

Who knows what we’ll get

Will our expectations be met

Only time will tell

If the story’s done well

Either case I’ll be here

Of that you can raise a cheer

Or feel free to release some gas

Whatever helps the discomfort to pass