Tomorrow, October 6, 2024, has Matthew K. Manning and Howie (H.C.) Noel start a short stint on Dick Tracy.
Everyone grows up with the goal of fulfilling a childhood dream, and for DuBoistown native Howie Noel, that dream has come true as Sunday marks the debut of a three-week run of an official Dick Tracy comic strip that he drew himself.
The Williamsport (PA) Sun-Gazette talks to Howie Noel about the Dick Tracy short story he has drawn.
In August 2023, Noel learned that current syndicate Tribune Content Agency allows for guest artists to draw for the strip and contacted them, voicing his interest in the spot. In May, he received confirmation that he was chosen.
Sweetening the deal for Noel, is the fact that his run comes during the month that saw the comic strip’s entrance, debuting Oct. 4, 1931.
The Dick Tracy Minute Mysteries usually run two weeks, this new Manning/Noel story is said to be a three week sequence and no where in the course of the article is Minute Mysteries mentioned. So the mystery is: will this be a Minute Mysteries installment?
UPDATE:
The October 6, 2024 Dick Tracy top tier (below) informs that it will be a two-week Minit Mysteries sequence.
The images presented here (other than the one directly above) are NOT from the forthcoming syndicated comic strip story, rather from H.C. Noel’s website where his attraction to Dick Tracy is on full display prior to being awarded this prime new gig.
Matthew K. Manning is not interviewed but his Good Reads resume shows a previous interest in Dick Tracy.
