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

Philanthropy, as we can see

attracts a wealthy crowd

Debonair in evening wear

Some gracious, others proud.

Libris, she is dressed to kill

no matter the attire

Talks out both sides of her mouth

both honest and a liar.

Who might this be? She turns to see

a face known far and wide

Her hand now itches for the blade

She cannot run or hide.

Here’s today’s

“Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)

to help you survive the latest episode of;“As the Worm Inches Along!”

Q. What do you call a goat that knows martial arts?

A. The Karate Kid!

Tune in tomorrow,

Same goat time, same goat channel!

I’m not going to offer any criticism of the story today.

What’s the sense, there’s nothing more to say.

Everyone have a great Sunday.

Look back to November 10 to see a person I deem highly suspicious.

Gee. Now he thinks Goldilocks is obvious suspect?

Good morning™, work assignments !

“Libby” knows that sound and she is not liking it. I see uncomfortable probing questions coming up.

If looks could kill there’d be a dead body on the floor at the War Memorial Library Drive.

It really explains why she showed no fear of the killer when Tracy first met her, lol

Who’s next ?

After she gets past that annoyed look, the individual could have a word and then some. Ms. Libris has a vast selection of them at her place. The questioner might end up having a nightcap among the stacks. Humming “there must a morning after, if I can just get through the night”. Prior to attending the war memorial library drive, questioner watched The Poseidon Adventure. Item was obtained through Net Flix.

Good morning™, everyone!

I have a feeling that, thanks to Tracy and his team, Xaviera Libris will eventually end up in a place where there are no posh parties like the one she’s attending now.

With the MCU headed off on four different investigatory avenues, proof of her guilt is bound to turn up somewhere.

I believe we may actually be introduced to the killer, most likely be wrong, even though I wouldn’t mind it be ogle eyed Owen.

BTW I couldn’t remember his name and looked and also found that this story started just over two months ago on Sunday Sept’ 17th.

It’ll be a famous last word.

The last panel, that face would stop an 8-day clock!

Boy she’s got a sour look on her face. Is it ‘pigpen’ wanting an audience with Libris? Or did she step into it, to her knees?

She was hoping to score a rare edition of World War One soldier poetry.

“Okay, gang, let’s start trying to be detectives instead of relying on coincidence. We’ll start doing the things real detectives would have been doing since day one of the investigation!”

I’m pleased that the story actually acknowledges police work is more than drinking coffee and waiting for the crook to show terminal stupidity… Except, of course, that leaving the bookplates in the books you ask to be rebound is yet another example of terminal stupidity.

Is it hi-pay or the hi-way? Is that like EZ Pass?

I think Tracy needs to borrow Lt Columbo to badger Ms Libris.

What is the dark (purplish?) rectangle on her right (our left) shoulder? It isn’t part of the dress?

Did Officer Ginn have to be drawn so goofy-looking?

That’s sure a sour look on her face . Is that pizz in her glass ?

(steps over the latest victim’s still-quivering form and simpers in an evil sort of way ) “Why of course, sir. How’s ‘SCRAMAROO’ strike you?”

Sam is going to slap that snooty Ms. Libris around like a rag doll and Lizz and Lee ain’t gonna lift a finger to stop him . They’ll like it .

It looks like Tracy will finally notice Libris’ name on the logbook for the day Manutius disappeared!

Xaveria looks like she just found something on the bottom of her shoe..

I searched for a gray dry-erase marker on Google and the best I could do is a gray eraser LOL

Obviously not happy to see this person by the expression on her face…WOW Wonder who it is…→⁠_⁠→

….oh. lawdy-LAWD, puh-leeeeez bring on that “slam-bang” thing ASAP……..

“Did they overdo the lemon juice in that drink, or are you really unhappy to see me?”

1-DT: Your eyeliner needs a touchup, Liz – here, I’ll get it.

2-…OK. I’ve solved this crime and you 3 were of no help whatsoever!

3-…I can’t even look at you. Hey – what’s this crapola on my whiteboard???

4-MR. MONEYBAGS: Wow! No bra – at your age? How do you keep them so perky??? My new wife here is half your age and she couldn’t pull off that dress! Speaking of “pull off that dress…”

5-VALET PARKING GUY: Uhhh…I’m sorry to report that we parked your car in a tow-away zone and…guess what happened?!?

What is a Hi-pay?

cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography

Cue “Mission : Impossible” theme song!

She isn’t a serial killer. A serial killers’ objective is the murder, and they target a certain type of victim. This killer is a thief first, who kills to take a document. The fact the killer deviated from their usual victim clearly shows a connection between the thief and the shop the latest victim worked. If I can see it, Tracy would have long before me. It’s all about the ownership history of the stolen documents.

This “action plan” is just another Nov 3 type of legwork.

What’s a Hi-pay?

Oh Ms. Libris…..yes?….stab-stab-stab.

At last, Tracy and team are on her trail! But the Ice Queen is going to walk on a technicality if Tracy can’t learn to spell her name correctly when warrant-time comes around. She is Xaviera, not “Xaveria”! It’s not that hard!

Meanwhile, at the swank philanthropic Event of the Day, the War Memorial Library Drive, the ever-bookish yet sexy Ice Queen turns upon the Commoner who dared interrupt her chit-chat, with a gaze far more bitter and frosty than the dry martini she holds. But who is this temerarious person? Apparently not Tracy, who’s headed back to the Pfister Library. Could it be Lizz, who was charged at the MCU with inter alia “tracking her movements”? Could Lizz have wrangled an invite to the WMLD and donned an evening gown so quickly? But, then, if not, who else?

Is there any way of contacting Lt. Walter Reimer?

Seeing “The Great Stone Face” all dressed up secy doesn’t exactly flatter her.With that expression she looks like she’s appearing in public at gunpoint.

I’llbet she eats whole lemons for breakfast

Some things I’m thankful for;

Life

God’s love

Family and Friends

Laughter

Comics

Each of you, friend and foe

And of course, Gilby and Olivia!

Have a safe, wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.

(For Canadians like Neil, carry on! LOL!)

Some things I’m thankful for;

Life

God’s love

Family and Friends

Laughter

Comics

Each of you, friend and foe

And of course, Gilby and Olivia!(For those who haven’t heard the songs I wrote for my grandchildren, use the links below.)

https://yosafeBe/u-GSVJMmVGo?si=DcA-PDbdCm3VfqFN

https://yosafeBe/56MyGefbTFE?si=46cQsamKbm7945Za

Have a safe, wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.

(For Canadians like Neil, carry on! LOL!)

https://youtu.Be/56MyGefbTFE?si=nmNYeS8J1Yo7SFnF

https://youtu.Be/u-GSVJMmVGo?si=gGwi4N0DJYo5HWtR

Some things I’m thankful for;

Life

God’s love

Family and Friends

Laughter

Comics

Each of you, friend and foe

And of course, Gilby and Olivia!(For those who haven’t heard the songs I wrote for my grandchildren, use the links below)

https://youtu.Be/56MyGefbTFE?si=nmNYeS8J1Yo7SFnF

https://youtu.Be/u-GSVJMmVGo?si=gGwi4N0DJYo5HWtR

Have a safe, wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.

(For Canadians like Neil, carry on! LOL!)

Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)

to help you survive the latest episode of; “As the Worm Inches Along!”

Q. What do you call a goat that is always cleaning up?

A. A room-baaa!

Tune in tomorrow,

Same goat time, same goat channel!