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Dick Tracy
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<p><i>Dick Tracy</i> is an American comic strip featuring <a href="/facts/Dick_Tracy_(character)/MsMVrcxV">Dick Tracy</a>, a tough and intelligent police detective created by <a href="/facts/Chester_Gould/7CBQVMNU">Chester Gould</a>. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the <i><a href="/facts/Detroit_Mirror/0h7oFxj4">Detroit Mirror</a></i>, and was distributed by the <a href="/facts/Tribune_Media_Services/yKK6nq0d">Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate</a>. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977, and various artists and writers have continued it. </p><p>Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, including <a href="/facts/Dick_Tracy_(1990_film)/vlMfzFY0"><i>Dick Tracy</i></a> (1990) in which <a href="/facts/Warren_Beatty/3RAa44Kn">Warren Beatty</a> played the lead. </p><p><a href="/facts/Tom_De_Haven/RgcWB6Q4">Tom De Haven</a> praised Gould's <i>Dick Tracy</i> as an "outrageously funny <a href="/facts/American_Gothic/qYqelVH9">American Gothic</a>", while Brian Walker described it as a "ghoulishly entertaining creation" which had "gripping stories filled with violence and pathos". </p>