Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 18, 2017

And he couldn’t have told this to Gil four days ago because …?

And of COURSE she had to have a blatantly Irish surname too. Molly Koritsky would’ve killed them?

I figured out Rubin & Whigham’s method for keeping dummies in suspense – I will reveal it in a week. P.S. Molly isn’t a drug, it’s people!!https://youtu.be/9IKVj4l5GU4

Remember (through my ignorance of the slang term) I said it was his girl. ;) Luck counts, LOL. So if Sonic isn’t a druggie, what’s his excuse for his erratic play?

I guess I was wrong about the drugs. But something isn’t right here to me at least. This story arc is too short and too nice to end now. What about his mother? What’s he doing out so late? I guess Molly is in the band?

Gil looks like a plumber in panel 2.

Gil shows up just in time to take the credit for the win. Nice job coach.

I know it’s a reflection from the shiny floor in P2 (Mop are you moonlighting?) but it sure looks like Gil is wearing platform shoes in P2. To prove this theory, in P3 he appears to be a couple of inches taller than the 6’7" A Quad. My how you’ve grown, coach.

Its about all his partying and no rest!!!

Well, I’m glad they cleared that up. Not! Is Molly able to suck so much life out of him at these raves that he craps out in the 2nd half all the time. Not likely, I was 17 once. Maybe Molly has been planted by Tilden to slow down Milford’s star player. Didn’t work in this game, but maybe the evil plot is to keep Milford out of the playdowns since it’s pretty obvious Tilden isn’t good enough to get there. These arch rivals will do anything to hurt the enemy.

Gil: So now you’ve explained Molly. Now tell me why you play like such a slug in half our games?

Is it coincidence that that this lass strongly resembles Heartbreaker Holly Dobbs? Blarney! In P3, GilPa looks so happy he could do an Irish jig. Or The Shamrock Shake.

Wow. Nobody saw that coming.

I figured Molly had to be girlfriend or sister he had to take care of. But I figured Molly went to college or a different school.

A few cranky comments…

Overall, did we come all this way for this payoff? Where are the salacious details of Mrs. AAgard?

P1,P2- Since when does Gil wear a suit on the bench? Is he coming back from a wake?

Last, I hate this new format…I like to see the smart-ass responses at a glance, I don’t want to have to click to see our collective genius

Now get off my lawn!

I’m going to go out on a limb and say there’s a connection between Aaaron’s erratic play and his mother’s mysterious condition.

With that concluded, let’s move onto Menzie and the girl’s team.

and he cast a shadow over the land causing no potatoes to grow

Yes, I got that from “Bored of the Rings”.

Okay. That’s settled. Now let’s figure out who gave number ten the black eye.

What a twist!!!!!! :O

Yeah, what a stunner. O Henry, these guys ain’t.

…And here’s Molly’s cousin Patty: Patty O’Furniture.

Wait, wait how does this explain his erratic play in practice?

Wow, what a coincidence, Aaaaron’s girlfriend has the same name as his favorite illegal drug. And speaking of illegal, Mopped Up Thorp is so good it should be illegal.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

And no one on the team knew he had a girlfriend at the same school named Molly or did he spend the last 4 days finding a girl named Molly at MHS to pass off as his girlfriend.

Alien sighting at “IN THE BLEACHERS” today.

Second pass………. is her father The Joker’ off of “Batman”? Check out the up turned lips in panel three.