Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 15, 2019

ALL reporters and DJs MUST have beards in this strip!! They are evil…NOT the men. It’s the beards. Have you noticed how they have been taking over men’s faces all over the world? No comments to Italian women as I am married to one. ;)

So why must they disclose the player’s name? Simply say the player was a minor at the time and school policy prohibits revealing his identity. Howry is entitled to no such protection because he’s lying about why he left the team.

P1, I’m gonna check with my local paper to see if I can get one like Gil has that reads the story to him.

P2, I would think being in this strip would be embarrassment enough.

P3, This news is nearly Happy Hour to Marty.

Told ya Marty would be on it, he is going to make Gil’s life miserable.

P2 What is Gil smoking….I am thinking this story line goes well into the baseball season-so many different angles to work.

Marty isn’t a very good reporter. He’s just now seeing this. Revolk his press credentials.

Glad that Marty is finally over me.

Don’t flatter yourself Holly. Marty locks in on the next subject of interest. He has Wile E. Coyote like focus.

Marty Moon is getting ideas in his head that may jeopardize his career even farther.

Spoiler alert: Marty’s reading the birth announcements.

I always just thought that Gil was a doofus but today he opened his mouth and removed all doubt.

So the billboards were just a ploy to set up another Gil-Marty confrontation??

Howry is about to “disappear” like an unwanted Thorp child. Notice Gil flashing a gang sign in P-2.

Gil, you are so wrong. We are going to stretch this out until April!

P 2.5: “…unless Marty sees it, but he’s usually too hammered to pay attention to the paper…”

Looks like Marty is going to get himself a color commentator on Mudlark broadcasts

WDIG…. another of the powerful midwestern stations owned by “Big Mama” Carlson.

I must admit that Marty’s my favorite GIL THORP character! (Not in spite of his being a jerk, but because of it, of course.)