Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 26, 2019

Ha ha ha ha, the writers actually have a great sense of humor. Today’s strip implies that the Milford paper is online. And the citizens have smartphones. Ha ha, good one! And speaking of online, well today’s issue of Mopped Up Thorp really is online!

Is it a thing in Milford to only paint your thumbnail (P3) and not the fingers (P2)?

Hands…. look how much it appears like the fingers of her right hand, on the other side of his glass, are actually some kind of mutated continuation of his left hand.

There is a lot to work with today. Dick Chaney appearance, Angel off Rockford after some tough guys have beat him half to death, etc.

Keys are being tapped all over Milford.

P1, We make fun of how far behind the times Milford is, but look The Milford Star in cooperation with AARP has developed the first talking newspaper especially for seniors.

P2, I think Chet will be punished plenty by the lovely Mrs. Ballard.

P3, This is all Charlie’s fault! If he had just called me “Dad” none of this would have happened.

Oh, Chet, you just keep making things worse for yourself.

P 3, Guest appearance today by Emmett Kelly the sad clown ,in all reality , the circus most be in Milford .

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P4: The townsfolk rise up in righteous wrath and give Ballard a sound beating, before he’s turned over to the shoat gelder!

I’m guessing Chet didn’t use a burner phone in addition to not deleting his browser history. Idiot. Charlie says, “you’re no dad of mine”

Chet opens mouth, in goes his foot.

P1- That’s a HUGE chocolate chip cookie Granny Macy has by her coffee. The old gal produces a grin with those chins.

So far, I count eight people reading the newspaper- who still gets the newspaper delivered in the morning? Oh- right, Milford. There’s promising careers in card catalogue assembly and microfiche production.

P 1.5: “…Ballard has also been implicated in the illegal enrollment of a star Milford high football player who does not live in the Milford school district. The student is not being named because the allegations are still unproven at this time. The unnamed student’s family attorney, Hadley V. Baxendale, had no comment on the allegations…”

Chet’s thought balloon in panel 3: “Can’t believe I turned down that role as Brister in ‘Tarzan’ for this lame gig”.

Somebody’s School Board Career just hit a wall,,, Not to mention what his son is going to say.

The villagers, armed with torches and pitchforks, chase Chet (ah alliteration) into the old windmill at the top of the hill and set it on fire…Hoops tomorrow

It looks like Chet can kiss goodbye ever being called Dad again……

We at the Star stopped an illegal attempt to smear a student. So now we are doing it legally.

Bombshell!! Marty scooped

P3: BUSTED!

Now Marty can take the high road and claim that Chet came to him with some questionable information about a Milford athlete, but it seemed fishy to Marty, so he refused to broadcast the information.

P 4: “…yeah, you old dish-rag…I’ll comment now….I’m outta’ here…no one appreciates me, especially your self-entitled kid who refuses to call me ‘Dad’….if it weren’t for me, he’d still be pickin’ splinters out of his a$$…”

Another one of those this is Thorpe’s fault. He’s done for now, but in a couple of years he’ll be back just like the washed up towel boy from a few months ago.

I’ll always remember where I was when the bombshell was dropped.

Chet appears to have Excedrin headache #99. (for you younger ones that is not ‘hash-tag’ either… it means ‘number’)

Turkey Bowl is going to be awkward this year…

Fourth graf: We cannot identify the student in question, but his name rhymes with Dance Racy.

P2 Can’t believe there is a digital version of the Milford paper!!!

We haven’t hit the century mark since Boo’s tragic demise. Unlike USC, Snark On!

I declare Executive Privilege, yeah, that’s it!