To be a little fair to Mike, the depiction of violence in the strip in recent years may be the result of editorial dictates from the syndicate (although characters still die in the Minute Mysteries). But the villains increasingly getting away — that’s on Mike.
Speaking of burglaries, it appears somebody has broken into the Dick Tracy strip & stolen what was once a great mystery action strip & replaced it with a gag a day strip aimed at nine year olds.
To be a little fair to Mike, the depiction of violence in the strip in recent years may be the result of editorial dictates from the syndicate (although characters still die in the Minute Mysteries). But the villains increasingly getting away — that’s on Mike.