Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 20, 2021

P1: Purple in the back row looks like she should be one of Dick Tracy’s villains.

P1: Light blue letting everyone know who is the star of the team.

Will Talley(Ho) go blowtop mad because of all the expectations and recognition?

P2.5 “Ummm, sure Hollis, winners always demand a re-count.”

P1 the rag-tag pick-up game look of the team highlights Mimi’s lack of attention to organizational detail or indifference for truly forming any team unity by failing to at least tell the girls what color shirts they should wear if the school system is too broke to issue practice jerseys

P3: BFF theme begins.

P1- We haven’t been graced by The Milford Monk for some time. Star girl looks like Ed Ames’ character Mingo from The Daniel Boone TV series. Hence, The Milford Mullet.

I don’t think making Talley Ho the captain is going to make much of a difference with this squad unless they’re playing in the Prison League. P1 looks like a mug shot grouping for The Usual Suspects.

Her name is Congratulations Hollis? These unique first names are getting out of control.

Zzzzzzzz….

What’s an ‘intrepid manager’? Some sort of auto mechanic?

P 4: And as I always say “ who needs you?”

“Um..I demand a recount”. Now that’s the kind of bold, intrepid leadership that team needs. Good to see her overcoming her usual reticence.

P-3: So Greg Landry’s daughter goes to Milford?

News flash, Whigham: girls basketball are smaller than regular basketballs, not larger. The ones here won’t even fit through a hoop! Is that girl in the orange wearing one of those popular exclamation point shirts? We’ve also got the star shirt, but what happened to “meh” emoji shirt girl?

And nice of Mimi to pay no respect to the team manager. “I can’t be bothered to learn her name, she’s doing nothing to help my winning percentage.”

I think the only reason Hollis was voted captain was because everyone thought it would be HILARIOUS to call her Captain Hollis, with her going into the Air Force and everyone already doing the great joke of using ranks when talking to her.

And speaking of ranks, I’d hope you’d rank Mopped Up Thorp pretty high if you were ever polled: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

I really really really miss the Library story line!

Now I really wonder who is Captain on the boys team. Gomer Pyle? Major fracture? General Admission??

Anyone else see a comment that said BOGO: 50 percent off at Walgreens?

But what about the fantasy football?!

I nominate the Thorpe’s daughter. I think her name is Jamie…or was that the son’s name. I can’t remember.

The two players in the back whose faces we can’t see are resolutely making the point that this strip is not worth shaving their legs for.

What about Major Disaster

Beavis & Butthead on a military base: “…excuse me general…where’s the latrine? …I need to pee all I can pee…..”