TSBMR/0003 :: THE ORIGINAL DICK TRACY, No. 4 (Chester Gould, 1945/1991)

Each week, I make a blind pull from Siri's (randomized) choice of one of the 32 alphabetically-organized shortboxes that constitute my comics collection, (re-)read it, talk about it, and, on (or about) Wednesday, post whatever emerges; you can subscribe via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or your preferred podcast delivery system. This week: "plain boiled turnips!" / RIP cow / smurf ice cream…

THE “POP-UP” DICK TRACY (1935)

Excellent trip around and about to a new local(ish) comics shop, His and Hers Comics - will definitely be supporting (and not only because they had Beatty’s DICK TRACY film playing on the store TV) - and to The Toys That Time Forgot, for more treasure hunting. Came home with a big one: this gorgeous 1935 pop-up book:

A gorgeous addition to the collection – bee’s knees and all that.