Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 30, 2021

What if we could find an asylum for your mom?

What language is she typing in in P3?

And what happened to Mimi’s office in P1? Are they just floating in space? And why does Mimi’s chair have a height adjuster and CK’s not? Looks like a power move by Mimi.

Oh No! A trip to the Swifti Mart? At least Del Bader is still locked up.

P1 Mimi’s office floating in a white void, no floor? R&W are still really hacked off with Mopman’s pyrotechnical display, they have rarely if ever included a floor in panel illustrations since

@HooDad with the dearth of shiny floors in Milford since the great fire, could Mopman be considered a “Character Held Hostage”?

Where are we going with all of this story other than in circles?

P3 Is the Burrito Man currently putting yard sings out in the hood for his campaign for the Library Board? They do background checks I hope he is documented or this could be another twist to this saga!!!

In all reality , Mom you’re loaded, you’re got a drinking problem that’s getting out of control ! I know sweetie but living with your father has driven me to this. I need help . Okay I’ll call Corina and ask her to come over.

Why not just go ahead and rename this strip CK. She is far more interesting (and snarky) than any of the Thorps.

Extremely comfortable body language by the person sitting in the chair in P1 which tells us…..P2 another hand shot or is the message to eat cupcakes slowly? P3 has the symbolic Italian hand gesture for expressing less than pleasant message; let’s leave the analysis of the response be for right now.

P2 is CK sporting a well cultivated mustache or is that just a heavy chocolate ring from jamming the vending machine cupcakes into her pie hole?

P1, Or mine.

P2, Good, then we’ll just keep you here at Milford for as long or longer than Big Ken Brown.

P3, It took a few readings before I kinda understood this panel. Mom looks sh*tfaced so she’s handing the keys over to Katy before she becomes the next Del Bader. Or she’s turning Japanese.

Zorro has gotten to CK’s cupcake

Since the Burritos can’t get their wifi working they give their computer to Zane and his family. Dad gets blow top mad.

CK is diplomatically telling Mimi to MYOB but it won’t matter. Her and Gil are gonna start scheming to help CK and whack job mom pronto

I nominate the Hostess looking cupcake as prop of the week. It has the staying power of 3 days, 12 panels. Fishes & Loaves night was miraculous. Can you imagine how much better it would have been with this dessert?

It takes a couple of hours to buy baseball cards?

The phone on Mimi’s desk looks like something out of the ‘50s, perhaps a rotary dial. And where does the cord go to? Speaking of cords, Mimi’s laptop is going to run out of power if she doesn’t connect it to some source of electricity. Of course there’s nothing in the office to connect to, so never mind.

Is the daughter giving the mother a curfew???

Well at least Mrs. Burrito kept her hair color constant for two days. Although she appears to be morphing back into Karl Malden again.

And speaking of appearing, it appears that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

We belong to the light, we belong to the thunderWe belong to the sound of the words, we’ve both fallen underWhatever we deny or embrace, for worse or for betterWe belong, we belong, we belong together

I say Mimi, Mimi, we’re al crazy now