Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 04, 2020

Someone must’ve said he had weed in it.

He’s got a regular pantry in his Knappesack, why doesn’t he eat breakfast at home?

P1, We want you to be the first to see Mopman’s first shiny floor of the week.

P2, Oh, you’re a prize alright!

P3, Let me guess, he’s got an old Pop-Tart in there he chewed into the shape of a gun.

The mayor brought a knife to school, to spread his peanut butter! He ate a bagel for breakfast, but now he’s toast!

P2 is the “M” on his hat for Mike or Milford?

P3 “Assuming you have probable cause, I would like to have my attorney present to witness this search”

In all reality , Look Dr Pearl , Teddy Demarco gave me some bags of herbs that he grew to add to my salad is that the problem ?

At least somebody gets it

All they should find is bananas and oranges, and quite possibly the Mayor’s Enemies List.

Hopefully he doesn’t look to Marion Barry’s career for guidance on being a mayor.

I don’t think you’d be very good at hitting a baseball if you were stoned.

That’s it, isn’t it? He likes weird food and he clowns a lot, so they think he must be stoned?

Has Mr. Dithers checked Dagwood’s backpack?

P3- Did Mayor Mike just call Dr. Pearl man?

“The knife, medical weed, fifth of gin are okay, but these two books from the library are on the banned list.”

I thought Kenny Rodgers complained about the Mayor disrupting his class; not his own personal safety?? Then why inspect his backpack?

He’s probably supposed to be on something for ADHD and didn’t take it; that’s what his mom was trying to ask him the other day

Sheesh. Do they not have knives and forks and such in the school cafeteria?

P1: The doorframe reflection on the floor is from an alternate universe in which the plot is moving.

P1 & P3: Like Gary Player, Gil and Doc Pearl are protesting apartheid in South Africa with two-tone pants. Unlike Gary Player, they’re about 30 years late.

P3: Gil, Doc Pearl and the Mayor walk into a bar.

P3: “…because we heard you had an unlicenced Milford logo on it, and now our endorsement contract is in danger.”

Having a knife in school is a serious, suspendable offense! Which is why Kenny Rogers, after witnessing it, didn’t mention it for the WHOLE DAY, and waited until after school ended to casually bring it up. Or maybe it’s the fact that he brought in Nutso brand. That would make one question the kid’s sanity.

And speaking of questioning one’s sanity, my latest Mopped Up Thorp is available: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

He looks like George Springer in panel two. (actually more so in the color version)

Wait a second – it could be the peanut butter – he could be at a nut free school?