Editing Dick Tracy (section)

=== 2000s ===
Dick Locher was both author and artist for over three years, beginning on January 9, 2006. On March 16, 2009, Jim Brozman began collaborating with Locher, taking over the drawing duties while Locher continued to write the strip.<ref>[http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/03/17/jim-brozman-working-with-locher-on-dick-tracy/ Jim Brozman working with Locher on Dick Tracy The Daily Cartoonist]</ref>

In 2005, Tracy was a guest at Blondie and Dagwood's 75th anniversary party in the comic strip ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]''. Later, Dick Tracy appeared in the comic strip ''[[Gasoline Alley (comic strip)|Gasoline Alley]]''.

On January 19, 2011, [[Tribune Media Services]] announced that Locher was retiring from the strip and handing the reins to artist [[Joe Staton]] and writer [[Mike Curtis (writer)|Mike Curtis]].<ref>[http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/01/dick-locher-passes-tms-dick-tracy-to-new-artist-writer.html Chicago Tribune: Dick Locher passes 'Dick Tracy' to new artist, writer]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025142512/http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/01/dick-locher-passes-tms-dick-tracy-to-new-artist-writer.html |date=October 25, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenthal |first=Phil |author-link=Phil Rosenthal |title=Dick Locher passes TMS' 'Dick Tracy' to new artist, writer |work=Tower Ticker |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=January 19, 2011 |url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/01/dick-locher-passes-tms-dick-tracy-to-new-artist-writer.html |access-date=January 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025142512/http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/01/dick-locher-passes-tms-dick-tracy-to-new-artist-writer.html |archive-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> The new creative team has previously worked together on ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'', and'' [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]''.<ref>[http://www.tcj.com/blog/dick-locher-hangs-up-his-fedora/ The Comics Journal: Dick Locher Hangs Up His Fedora]</ref> Their first Dick Tracy strip was published March 14, 2011. Until Staton's retirement in October 2021, Staton and Curtis were assisted by Shelley Pleger, who inked and lettered Staton's drawings, along with Shane Fisher, who provides the coloring on the Sunday strips.  After Staton's retirement, Pleger took over his artist duties, too, having previously substituted for him in 2017.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=[[Daily Cartoonist]]| title=Shelley Pleger now Dick Tracy art squad| author=Degg, D. D.| date=October 24, 2021| url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/10/24/shelley-pleger-now-dick-tracy-major-art-squad/| accessdate=2022-07-31}}</ref> Pleger was in turn succeeded by Charles Ettinger in February 2024. Chicago-area police sergeant Jim Doherty provided "Crimestopper" captions for the Sunday strips and acted as the feature's [[technical advisor]].  Doherty also introduced a new feature, "Tracy's Hall of Fame" (which replaces the "Crimestopper" panel approximately once each month), in which a real-life police officer is profiled and honored. Doherty was replaced in 2016 by police lieutenant Walter Reimer, who introduced the "First Responders Roll of Honor", which honors real-life police officers, firefighters, and paramedics who died on duty.

Staton and Curtis reintroduced many of the characters of the ‘40s through the ‘60s, including a second Mr. Crime and a reformed Mole, while introducing more deformed and grotesque villains such as Abner Kadaver, Panda, and the Jumbler. They also brought back all the gadgets and plot elements of the 1960s space era, starting in early 2013, although the reintroduced Moon Maid is not the same as the original; rather, she is a human genetically modified to resemble the original Moon Maid and, thus, is christened Mysta Chimera and placed under Diet Smith's care. They have also done crossovers, with cameos from ''[[Popeye]]'', ''[[Brenda Starr, Reporter]]'', ''[[Funky Winkerbean]]'',<ref>[http://comicsalliance.com/dick-tracy-funky-winterbean-crossove/ 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Dick Tracy' Are Crossing Over]</ref> ''[[Fearless Fosdick]]'',<ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/29917-dick-tracy-meets-his-hillbilly-match-in-unique-comic-strip-crossover.htmlDICK TRACY Meets His Hillbilly Match In Unique Comic Strip Crossover]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''[[Spirit (comics character)|The Spirit]]'',<ref>[http://comicsalliance.com/dick-tracy-spirit-crossover/ 'Dick Tracy' Is Hanging Out With The Spirit (And More)],</ref> ''[[The Green Hornet]]'',<ref>[http://dicktracy.info/2018-dick-tracy-green-hornet-crossover/ 2018 Dick Tracy / Green Hornet Crossover!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529130216/http://dicktracy.info/2018-dick-tracy-green-hornet-crossover/ |date=May 29, 2018 }},</ref> ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'', ''[[Friday Foster]]'', and several long sequences involving ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]''.