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World-travelling country boy from the Appalachian foothills. I'm as comfortable digging ditches as I am rubbing elbows with foreign diplomats. Both can be satisfying and both can get you dirty, all at the same time.

Comics I Follow

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

By Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger
Andy Capp

Andy Capp

By Reg Smythe
F Minus

F Minus

By Tony Carrillo
Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes

By Bill Watterson
Savage Chickens

Savage Chickens

By Doug Savage
B.C.

B.C.

By Mastroianni and Hart
Back to B.C.

Back to B.C.

By Johnny Hart
Wizard of Id

Wizard of Id

By Parker and Hart
Peanuts

Peanuts

By Charles Schulz
Garfield

Garfield

By Jim Davis

Recent Comments

  1. about 23 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    Nice exchange here, Mike. We have a little movement to the plot. Carlos Magnifico is nailing the vibe here as well. Sam is looking menacing and I’m looking forward to seeing him put some pressure on Blowtop. Good day in the strip!

  2. about 23 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    That could make those green riding pants chafe.

  3. 1 day ago on Dick Tracy

    I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe there was something reeeaaallly important that all of us – every last one of us – were missing that might – juuuusstt might – advance the plot. Now, I didn’t see anything – not a doggone thing. But, HEY, I’m open. I’m leaning in to see if our friend here is on to something good.

    I mean, the plot holes are getting deep, but this could be a classic bank heist and chase and we got a lame day just this once (or maybe a few times), but it could be a rip-roarer for Tuesday. (Not that I’m holding my breath.)

  4. 2 days ago on Dick Tracy

    It’s a fine Tracy. Carlo Magnifico did well.

  5. 2 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Just out of curiosity, what new information or action do you see here? In order for it to advance the plot – any plot – it would need new information or action. Whether or not the information of action advances the plot depends on the plot development to come, but if there is no new information or action, there is not plot development at all.

  6. 2 days ago on Dick Tracy

    I wonder if they put a quarter in the meter.

  7. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Carlo Magnifico

    [trumpet fanfare]

  8. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Seriously though, my dad and the doctor he worked with when they were both working ran a free medical clinic up in bootleg country, the same area where NASCAR was born. (They would run from there to Charlotte and back with their “merchandise”.) The folks there were proud and wanted to pay something for their care. My dad would often come back with all manner of questionable home squeezin’s, including delicious fruits pickled in the stuff.

  9. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Wait. They knocked over a bank and the police are investigating? This is hopeful. We don’t always see that.

    It’s good to see Junior!

  10. 4 days ago on Dick Tracy

    No. Just call me Santiago.