Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 11, 2019

They need to make “NTC” medallions to give to the kids they reject.

Well it doesn’t stand for “Teen Comedy” that’s for sure.

It will soon stand for The Clique and cause all sorts of dissension.

Top Cat! 

The most effectual!

Top Cat! 

Who’s intellectual!

Close friends get to call her “T.C.,” 

Providing it’s with dignity!

P1, Marty Moon just ordered another drink.

P2, And the Tat Slap returns in button form.

P3, Elvis gave out TCB buttons.

Great…we have 48 “TC” moments to go, that of course assumes no reorders. This stuff is killing me with its sappiness!!!

In all reality , Y S buttons begin to show up at Milford High and are pointed at anyone wearing a TC button or teeshirt . ÝS stands for You Suck , great idea Milo, in all reality .

Here I thought we were getting T-shirts and it’s these crappy medallions. Surrender yours, Molly, this is not too cool

If the team wore caps as part of their uniforms, they could glue/pin them to the caps, ala the stars Willie “Pops” Stargell gave to players during the Chuck Tanner era of the Pittsburgh Pirates… and their last World Series title, 40 years ago. ( Oy! )

This is going to be confusing when they play Traverse City

Did anyone clear the use of this “TC” with the Minnesota Twins organization?

T.C. is terribly confusing, lest too corny, Hoss Cartwright made these turd chips that double as banjo picks? Will someone take charge and get Fonzie back up on the skis?

It started as an amusing exercise in team bonding.

It became a watchword for cliquish subordination of the perceived “other”.

It grew into a cult, then a movement.

And, after long and tragic struggle, President for Life Molly Hatcher came to live in the Waycool Whitehouse.

And they said it couldn’t happen here.

So it means….Take Care? Triple Cream? Thorp Club? Tomorrow’s Cougar? I give.

How about Top Commenter? Hey, we should award those buttons daily to one of ourselves.

Get ready for Sylvester McMonkey McBean (the Fix-It-Up Chappie) to start selling knockoffs to Milo and Linda.

I’m really cool ….see? I got this medallion to prove it!

So a weekend cliffhanger while we wait to see what TC means. It better not simply be “Too Cool”. And speaking of cool, a two cool new editions of Mopped Up Thorp are right here:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

I’m going to go with “Total Crap”.

Molly “Moms” Hatcher and her “Family” to learn that “TC” stands for “Trouble Coming”.

So Molly decides who gets the buttons? Sounds like a constitutional crisis to me…too much power concentrated under one person.

Wow, that some button that Rocki designed.

Oh, PLEASE tell me this storyline’s over…

They’re Bible Belters it means Ten….something or other

Who’s flying the drone for the aerial shot in the first panel?

With one swipe of her arm Linda could send the entire bag of cut-rate tin clattering to the floor.

About time for a Linda-BF scene at The Bucket

But, wait, shouldn’t Jamila get hers not for pitching but for the awesome rally hippo? And Nancy doesn’t get one for her blog and Molly herself doesn’t get one, despite her team-skating talents? And what about Jocelynn and her hats—that now means nothing?! Where are we going with this?

Ouch! Sorry Bitsy!