For today’s onstage lineup, and also backstage, the coloring at Comics Kingdom is strikingly different from here (and, IMO, better)—see at http://tinyurl.com/yaq5urgf
I am somewhat saddened to learn from our Anyface that A Chin to Die For has recycled a song from an earlier musical [or might the vague timeline be the other way around?!], but the practice is not unheard of. And, can anyone identify the characters in panel 1, if indeed they are characters we should know? I must say that the woman looks a lot like Sparkle Plenty Tracy (especially as colored over on the other site)….
Intro (skip if you’ve already read any of the previous intros):
Hello, greetings, casual readers of past Tracy stories. I’m here because I’m on 2 missions. The first is something I’ve never done before, read each Tracy story by Mike Curtis (or his occasional guest writer) in one sitting each. I feel his stories are worth it. IMHO, Curtis is by far the best post-Gould writer this strip has ever had, and we’re all lucky to have him.
My second mission is to provide an immediately useful Featured Comment whenever needed. My 3 friends below will reply to me. You can read their replies if you like, but their only real purpose is to bump up this comment to the Featured Comment.
There are 2 basic types of immediately useful Featured Comments: the first type is to provide you with a Mumblespeak translator when needed. The other type (this type) is anytime that day’s strip quotes a real song. I will provide an html to a recording to that song so you’ll know the tune even if you’ve never heard it before.
End Intro
In the opening panel, the cast is singing an actual song from a real musical, the 1966 Broadway show, “It’s a Bird It’s a Plane It’s Superman” and the song is “We Need Him”. Listen to it here:
AnyFace over 5 years ago
That’s a line from “It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! it’s Superman!” In Panel #1.
Gonna try to link to the song … ✨
Neil Wick over 5 years ago
Good morning™, musical chorus!
In answer to Vitamin’s question, I think that Flattop would have been horrified to have been portrayed in a musical.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
I would agree with @Neil on this and I am unanimous on it.
HarryCK over 5 years ago
Good morning™, back stage lovers !
Vitamin is just using the Flattop excuse to hide his unnerved concern for Zelda. The troupers are having a wonderful time.
artsyguy65 over 5 years ago
we missed it, but I think the musical opened with a number something like this:
Ohhhh… I’m Trustworthy and I’m okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day!
I’m in command of M.C.U., with
In-vest-i-gative powers.
I put on…
avenger09 over 5 years ago
Flattop was a comic strip character:
HE DIDN’T THINK!!!
LOL!
Crowmeus over 5 years ago
Where is the future Mrs Flintheart’s ever present stick of peppermint? (Or, to put it another way, Kandikane’s candy cane)
tsull2121 over 5 years ago
Just exactly how BIG is the anchor that’s tied to this story?
Ye Gods the polar ice cap moves quicker than this story has!
rickmac1937 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Flattop my favorite all time bad guy in Tracy would’ve been p—-ed.
vanisleson over 5 years ago
Right now, I’m more worried about what haf ‘n’ haf is planning !
Don Bagert Premium Member over 5 years ago
You mean they’re not singing about Flattop in panel 1? ROFL j/k!!
whiteaj over 5 years ago
That Kandykane’s a babe with a babe!
buckman-j over 5 years ago
Tomorrow’s Episode Act #2…Twerking with The Brow. Man, this crew sure puts the toon in cartoon
tsull2121 over 5 years ago
Im sorry but…. I JUST CAN’T STAND KANDIKANE!
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
For today’s onstage lineup, and also backstage, the coloring at Comics Kingdom is strikingly different from here (and, IMO, better)—see at http://tinyurl.com/yaq5urgf
I am somewhat saddened to learn from our Anyface that A Chin to Die For has recycled a song from an earlier musical [or might the vague timeline be the other way around?!], but the practice is not unheard of. And, can anyone identify the characters in panel 1, if indeed they are characters we should know? I must say that the woman looks a lot like Sparkle Plenty Tracy (especially as colored over on the other site)….
punchydugan over 5 years ago
It’s a Bird….
Civanfan over 2 years ago
Flattop would be too busy robbing the box office to care.
boboscar about 2 months ago
Intro (skip if you’ve already read any of the previous intros):
Hello, greetings, casual readers of past Tracy stories. I’m here because I’m on 2 missions. The first is something I’ve never done before, read each Tracy story by Mike Curtis (or his occasional guest writer) in one sitting each. I feel his stories are worth it. IMHO, Curtis is by far the best post-Gould writer this strip has ever had, and we’re all lucky to have him.
My second mission is to provide an immediately useful Featured Comment whenever needed. My 3 friends below will reply to me. You can read their replies if you like, but their only real purpose is to bump up this comment to the Featured Comment.
There are 2 basic types of immediately useful Featured Comments: the first type is to provide you with a Mumblespeak translator when needed. The other type (this type) is anytime that day’s strip quotes a real song. I will provide an html to a recording to that song so you’ll know the tune even if you’ve never heard it before.
End Intro
In the opening panel, the cast is singing an actual song from a real musical, the 1966 Broadway show, “It’s a Bird It’s a Plane It’s Superman” and the song is “We Need Him”. Listen to it here:
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