Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 19, 2015

yes, but the art is good one must admit.

Does “brand” mean boy or girl?

I think Bobby is about to become the “Brand X” of team managers. Still wondering where the plot is headed.

BStatWhiz wants to be the new Milford Marketing guru since Doyle Dane apparently has graduated.

So now what, are they going to morph all of the old storylines into one? The mismatched couple, the egotist athlete, the non-athlete marketing genius, the missing coaches…

Can’t we have just one gratuitous shot of Gil staring at his championship trophy like that Larry Culpepper character on the Dr. Pepper commercials. I can just see Gil staring at the trophy, “I wish I could take you out of the trophy cabinet so I could show you to my friends.”

She’s also thinking ’I’m way too pretty to be stuck in Milford too."

Suddenly out of character for Bobby — up to now he’s been all stats and basketball fundamentals, he hasn’t been worried about things such as branding. This could be an early sign of a storyline edging towards lamenosity …

Hey, what happened to today’s strip? This looks like a repeat.

I’m to lazy to dig into the archives, but I am confidant that this plotline has been kicked down the road before….most likely in the yuppie 90’s.J. McGuire

Yeah, Doyle Dane. I was trying to remember the name also. Where are they going with this? Only thing interesting today is the Winnie Cooper cameo in P2

Next game fans will be stomping their feet shouting “Baconator! Baconator!” every time he scores, like that “shamrock shake” thing. Yup, this is a repeat alright.

Yes, who is that delightful creature in P2?

Wait, was that creepy?

We don’t even have to go back to Doyle Dane for brand references. Art Standish insisted that True get No. 7 because it was part of his brand.

I see Maxwell Bacon’s brand as looking like the old Milton Bradley logo, except that the right side of the “M” will have the “B” extending from it.

…Bobby turning into street agent Sonny Vaccaro right before our eyes!

Mop, I was out of pocket Saturday, but it was a beautiful shout out…you have to admit I have been restrained so far this year!

“In your dreams, you dirty old janitor man.” — P2 Dreamgirl