Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 21, 2013

“It was good for us to think your brother might have been sending you signs. Now take off that stupid mask, Boo.”

P1 is that a tear drop tattoo under Boo’s left eye in memory of Jay-Bird?

Gil should complain to the referees. It must be illegal to put a lid on the visiting team’s basket.

I think Gil should turn in his whistle and let Ed Crankshaft be the coach. At least there would be some substance to this strip.

Wait – don’t fall for this trick! Isn’t it obvious? His teammates were jealous of him not sharing his magic peacock so they hired the town vagrant to pretend to be the owner of the bird so that it would halt Fowler’s run to All-State honors.

As Bobby Goldsboro sings “Watching Scotty Grow”, Moonpie takes another swig, Darby changes Jaxon’s giant Pamper, Mimi daydreams of Pedro migrating north for pool season and Rick Scott & Tod Andrews long to be included in this farce of a strip.

Whoa, did our artist need a day off? Seems to be a serious lack of background art in today’s strip. Not a fan in site at Goshen.

Someone needs a trip to the school mental health professional.

Looks like one of those carnival baskets…smaller diameter of rim.

Did little Billy from the Family Circus draw P2?

Did Milford’s gym get destroyed? Why have all of their games been on the road?

Sing for me, my angel of music… I mean, I’m devistated my brother isn’t a dirty bird.

Buddy Anselmo will soon emerge as the “shot doctor”. He will regale us with stories about his past work with guys like Billy Paultz and Shawn Bradley…

bearwku82, tip o’ the hat, laff of the day…

And why do the Mudlarks always wear home white on the road? And why do I keep tuning in to look at this never ending non-story?

Serious mustache issues today. Or is that Jimi Hendrix consoling Boo in P1?