Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 10, 2022

“Uhhh, can we just fast forward through the cuts and screens and get to the point where you impose your will on Hollis?”

P4 “Who’s the Captain now bee-otch? I own you Hollis!”

In all reality , Don’t let being Captain go to your head and no thanks we’re outta here !

Eating pizza right before practice can give a whole new meaning to throwing up a long shot.

Forget your homework, jobs, boyfriends and dinners with your family. Cuts and screens are more important.

The troops look like their all in for after practice work. Speaking of work, who called this practice? Where’s Mimi?

Good thinking- by the time spring comes around, their porch door business will be ready.

P 4: crickets chirping

After scoring just 39 points in their last game maybe they should forget about cuts and screens and try working on scoring more points. Right, coach? Oh, I almost forgot, Ms. Coach Thorp has already made her obligatory appearance this month.

Sorry, Hollis, Mopman is polishing the floor in five minutes. Everybody out.

P2.5 Player #5: “Ummm, are you the coach? Where have you been? We’re already three games into this train wreck of a season.”

P-1: With the reference to “O Captain” we learn this storyline should be titled “The Dead Pizzas Society”.

P-2: In reply: um, NO.

P-3: First question: What did you work on in practice and why isn’t anyone sweating (aside from artwork issues)?

Second question: Cuts and screens? What is this a Lab Credit because you’re reading “Oliver Twist” and you want your own Fagin gang of delinquents?

How do 2 people work on cuts and screens??

I rate this strip 1 out of ten today

I see the artist has rated this story 1/10. I concur. And speaking of concurring, I think you’ll concur that Mopped Up Thorp is much better than the original!

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