tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87822438839018080002024-03-05T02:48:30.157-08:00Ye Gods! He Collects Dick Tracy!In a world filled with gangsters and petty criminals preying on the innocent, Chester Gould's comic strip detective Dick Tracy was the hard-boiled smackdown.
This is my collection of Tracy stuff and items of interest, in one place.
The place where Tracy hangs his hat.Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-87995225304942079662010-05-04T15:52:00.000-07:002013-06-04T19:48:18.110-07:00Tracy Timeline...
1931: Chester Gould’s detective strip Dick Tracy debuts 1944: First appearances of Gravel Gertie and Vitamin Flintheart 1945: First appearance of B.O. Plenty. He and Gravel Gertie are wed the same year. 1946: Debut of Diet Smith, Tracy’s wealthy industrialist friend who provides Dick with his newest technical innovations, beginning with the two-way wrist Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-64546044633104729912010-02-24T10:11:00.000-08:002010-02-24T10:12:24.717-08:00Dick Tracy Folds!Now you can zen out by practicing a little cube art in the privacy of your own cubicle with the number one character find of 1931!Just go hereand get started!Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-61000422735274024212010-02-23T15:26:00.001-08:002010-02-23T16:05:15.124-08:00Dick Tracy meets Sin City...I'm not 100% on board with the story here, but the custom work is worth posting it all. It's fanfic to go along with the custom this guy did. I cannot get in touch with the author but if you are he (or she) please let me know and I'll give credit (or take it down if you like).Dick Tracy enters his home to find it in shambles. It looks as if a struggle had just taken place. He frantically runs Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-27727787403400573932010-02-18T07:44:00.000-08:002010-02-18T07:51:21.899-08:00New Dick Tracy Movie prospects look grim...Don't get your hopes up for a new Tracy movie anytime soon as this WENN.COM article suggests:'Dick Tracy' lawsuit to go onBy WENN.COMA federal judge has given the green light for Warren Beatty's legal battle over the rights to Dick Tracy to continue after refusing to dismiss the star's suit against the franchise's former owner.In 2006, bosses at Tribune Media Services, a unit of bankrupt Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-54070452039784011882010-02-02T17:16:00.000-08:002010-02-02T17:37:06.847-08:00Black and White and Red with envy...Alright, here's the deal.First, you need to go visit the Shocker Toys websitehere.Then you need to collect your hard-earned quids (I know you work hard. Really, I do) and purchase one or more of the awesome Dick Tracy figures they have had the kindness to offer us. All new Dick Tracy merch needs to be backed by fans everywhere so they'll make more!Support Tracy and he supports you! (which Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-54741444650404383612010-01-21T07:14:00.000-08:002010-02-02T16:28:56.117-08:00Of iPhones and Wrist Radios...I may be the last guy on my block to visit the Apple shrine in Waterside Shops and buy my own 16 billion bytes of technology that will boost me, if just barely, into the 21st century.For a year or so, friends who already were initiated into the iPhone fraternity would dazzle me by casually waving a hand over their iPhone screens and instantly producing a fact sheet on the Federal Reserve System Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-90634984316839651332010-01-03T15:29:00.000-08:002010-01-03T15:35:20.175-08:00Tracy Painting...Nice painting of Dick Tracy by Daniel James Cox of Sydney Australia. He has a blog called " A Little Golden Blog". Go check it out!Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-81088332619040828982009-12-09T16:14:00.000-08:002009-12-09T16:26:41.593-08:00DICK TRACY- DADDY OF ALL COPS AND ROBBERS COMICS(plus a couple of Christmas Tracy pix to get you in the mood!)By Rosemary McKittrick:Dick Tracy didn’t daydream about becoming a big time detective. In fact, the dashing 34-year-old saw himself as a basic family man. Unfortunately, his girlfriend, Tess Trueheart gets kidnapped during the first week of the comic strip in 1931 and her father ends up being murdered by a mobster. What’s a guy to do? Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-90554716197544049322009-12-01T07:30:00.000-08:002009-12-01T07:32:57.844-08:00Apropos...Very fitting Halloween Jack O' Lantern using the image of Pruneface.I like this a lot!Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-3722694002092881162009-12-01T06:42:00.001-08:002009-12-01T06:44:07.317-08:00Art imitates Art...Andy Warhol - Dick Tracycasein/crayon 48" x 32 1/2" 1960Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-42595860429310362382009-06-08T06:49:00.000-07:002009-06-08T06:51:21.876-07:00The Undertaker...Chet oversees the villians he's had to send to the Big House in the sky.Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-81047270669849866572009-06-03T18:27:00.000-07:002009-06-03T18:30:46.954-07:00At least it matched his eyes...Always avant-garde, Chet introduces another round of cross-dressing gents in his strip.Junior is not amused.Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-25292011135671110312009-06-03T05:45:00.000-07:002009-06-03T05:52:11.411-07:00Christmas in June part 2!More Christmas fun!Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-38123377895256518522009-06-02T07:33:00.000-07:002009-06-02T07:34:50.621-07:00Christmas in June!Nice Chester Gould Christmas card!Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-57189373567852157002009-05-29T10:17:00.000-07:002009-05-29T10:35:01.016-07:00Dick Tracy Monthly #2!Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-37952115915239460722009-05-04T11:51:00.000-07:002009-05-04T11:55:53.663-07:00Dick Tracy vs Batman!Yep.That's right.Fellas over at Positive Brand have created a 'What if' featuring 2 of my favorite characters.http://www.positivebrand.net/serials/bmdt01/01.htmlAll is well in the world.I especially love seeing Flattop on the Batcomputer!Alfred's a fan? Who knew?Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-51231698533853260932009-05-04T07:59:00.000-07:002009-05-04T08:11:04.945-07:00I Remember...something....Worried? Yes.I seem to recall being drawn better. Livelier. More...opinionated.I don't under...stand. Chestnut?Chest...something.Damn.Yes, livelier. It's just so hard...It seems life was simpler, but better. It was golden.Even B.O. looked better.I mean really. He, and all of us...look...so...bad.Sniff.I didn't used to cry, did I honey?Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-70444280402374816372009-04-30T10:19:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:31:36.536-07:00Dick Tracy Monthly#1 (1948)Like the last one? Good!Howzabout we go a bit further back?Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-80793732098585127652009-04-27T07:51:00.000-07:002009-04-27T08:10:03.153-07:00Dick Tracy Monthly 25 Harvey Comics 1950...Title says it all. This reprints Flattop scenes from the early '40s. Classic stuff!Enjoy!Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-53551602519809971162009-04-23T09:59:00.001-07:002009-04-23T10:00:41.241-07:00This'll cheer you up...I like the reference on this cover to Strip Scene 18 from 1981.Heh.Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-6312366319527976812009-04-23T07:49:00.000-07:002009-04-23T07:54:36.770-07:00So sad...Regarding this post:"You might have noticed... that Jim Brozman name was inked into the Dick Tracy comic strip. Mary Elson, Managing Editor at Tribune Media Syndicate, tells me that Jim has been collaborating with Dick Locher on the strip. Mary adds that the two are longtime associates and live in the Chicago area. Jim graduated with a Fine Arts Degree in Illustration and worked in the comic bookCaptain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-88692522320575823042009-04-10T18:07:00.000-07:002009-04-10T18:09:31.421-07:00Should have posted this earlier...Great set of stamps.Of course, our slew-foot is among the pack.Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-91567917205346450382009-04-10T17:53:00.001-07:002009-04-10T17:53:22.086-07:00Unabashed Plug Department...Yes, it's commercial time!Well, not exactly but I'd like everyone to know I have three super-duper special blogs that cover at least SOME of the things I have an interest in.Drop by and sit a spell:http://hecollectsdicktracy.blogspot.com/http://themisadventuresofcaptainblog.blogspot.com/http://chainlettersfordisturbedchildren.blogspot.com/Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-60330243267828143212009-03-27T11:17:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:23:17.965-07:00Argosy 1974 article...Here's something different:a complete article on our fav gumshoe from 1974.Enjoy!Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-37867364263773390472009-03-23T11:00:00.000-07:002009-03-23T11:02:36.660-07:00Autolite ads Part 5...And we're done!Anyone have more they'd like to share?Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.com0