Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for September 19, 2020

“What do they do for the volleyball team?” They have a panty raid.

P1, I wonder who the rank amateur is who’s trying badly to steal Sign Man’s thunder?

P2, Stays home.

P3, No, I mean the guy she’s with.

P4: Hi beautiful. Come here often?

For the volleyball team, after the fire, we go out and loot the Min-i-Mart

Sign man letting us know MIMI GETS HIGH.

In all reality , Do you throw anyone into the bonfire , Becca ? No, well that sucks , maybe we can fix that and start a new tradition !

Does anyone think taking the traumatized daughter of an Arsonist to a Bonfire is a really good idea?

P-3: Product placement award: The Bonfire is being held at an Auto Dealership

Holy crap, that’s some awful exposition.

Is that Tru in the stands asking who that girl is?

Oh brother….now this guy in P3 is gonna have a thing for stumpy, boy-hair Corina

No Mayor, check. No Alexa The Rubberneck Giraffe, check check. That meddling Phoebe is nowhere to be found. Milford Motors masterfully marketing used modes of transportation since 1958. Pretty savvy, having a bonfire next to your inventory to ignite the town for the upcoming football season.

P3 “Who dat? I poked my eyes out!”

It would be super if they wrote her out of the story

Ah, my favorite time of year when I get to clean out my inventory!

Come on! We’ve been waiting all year for the bonfire, and now that it’s here, where’s the damn fire? BOOOOOOOOOOO!

And speaking of fire, I was able to fire off today’s issue of Mopped Up Thorp this afternoon. Enjoy.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

P-4: Who’s that who says who’s that when I say who’s that? (ah, Vaudeville, ah Burlesque)

No – the one TALKIN’ to Becca.

Guy in panel one flashing Milford gang sign: “We’re number two [in the Valley]!”

Look. Right in the near center of panel one! It’s Matthew Fisher. Original organist for Procol Harum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lk7iNphmXU