Ladies can have flattops too, by the way, there's a lady with a flattop IN THIS STRIPa

Dick Tracy, 4/8/24

In a lot of ways, it has to be a real pain in the ass to be a criminal in the Dick Tracy universe -- like, you have to have some kind of gimmick, and if someone in your family has already established a gimmick, you have to try to riff on it, even if the result is incredibly labored. What if this lady doesn't even like crop-tops? What if she dreams of wearing comfortable, loose-fitting blouses, but instead she has to do business with his belly showing, and then feels obligated to stick to a rigorous diet and workout regimen to keep her abs shapely and wear a navel ring to draw attention to it to boot? On the other hand, in other ways it's actually pretty easy to be a criminal in the Dick Tracy universe -- like, you can just walk into a bar and say "Hey, I'm doing some crimes, anyone else want to do crimes with me?" and a lot of people will cheerfully sign up.

Judge Parker, 4/8/24