Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 01, 2022

He’s not a villain exactly, but Mr. Hamm somehow manages to be unlikable every single time he appears.

Hammmm is a natural born jack*ss

P4 “Yes, and your nobody now, thank you for your time, have a nice day Mr. Hammmm.”

Look Hamster ,in all reality , you’re yesterday’s news a has been . Nobody gives a darn about you and your past. Thanks pal I never thought about that.

And, truth be known, he’s thrilled at the recognition. Now he get’s to tell Gil, “See, I was right! someone still recognized me…” Except he thought you were Pierce Brosnan.

P3: “Those are mighty big gloves you’re wearing.” Old Hamm: “The better to strangle you with my dear.” Time to hasten the end of this arc by putting a runner on second base.

P3.5- Yes! I’m a Hoo bootlegger, selling it to rural areas in The Valley.

Challenge: how many hands can we get in a three panel comic strip?

I thought Gil said nobody cared anymore.

This is Channel 6 in Milford with a worldwide exclusive. Mason Hamstetter has been found!

Go ahead; it’ll get cut anyway back at the station, because no one west of the Hudson cares about New York journalism scandals. They think those guys make it all up anyway.

What the heck kind of camera is that with that little arm thing that seems to be holding or connected to nothing?

Wow! Gil has his own “Channel G” TV channel

P2: Ed Asner motions to the camera man to cut it off, telling everyone in Channel G land that the Hammmmster is old news and nobody gives a fine rat’s azz about what he has to say.

It looks like another week of this crap. No way they wrap this all up on Saturday. With luck, we’ll be poolside next Saturday.

P-1: Mr. Hamm makes a pitch. Just a little late for a better Fathers’ Day gift.

P-2: We learn Ed Asner is a big fan of a plagerist.

P-3: The comic syndicate does as he asks, fires R&W and brings in some WOKE graphic comic artist from LA to audition for a job with Disney.

What, I thought Lou Grant, despite his gruffness, had journalistic integrity. Now we find out he’s a fan of unethical reporting? Mary Richards would not be happy.

Lou Grant tries, but fails to connect with the Star Trek fans that are watching. How come nobody in this strip can ever do the “live long and prosper” hand thing correctly?

So tomorrow we get to hear Lou say, “I’m not going to mention your past, that was long ago, you’ve served your punishment, blah blah blah”, and the Hammster realizes he’s been a putz all this time. Then we get a lead in to preparing for the big choke job in the possible title clinching game next week.

And speaking of choke, I hope you won’t choke while laughing at today’s installment of Mopped Up Thorp: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Good thing Mr. Hamm did not go to prison with that attitude

Kudos to R&W for coming back to Mr. Hamm’s history. This is the kind of detail that has mysteriously been dropped in previous stories.

P3- Mr Hamm is coming out? On TV? Does his wife know?

Ah ha! More proof that this artist stinks. Granted, pretty good detail capturing what’s being filmed in the viewfinder in P2, BUT, check out Lou Grant’s hand. It is rotated about 30° in the viewfinder picture. EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!! Huge embarrassment.

Vito from Goshen is getting heavy, heavy action for a Mudlark victory. Before the game, Gil will stroll the stands with a microphone and acknowledge all the many heroes and butter-knife thugs of the Rubin era in attendance. Rick Soto and Jose Feliciano will be doing the anthem, and the peacock will throw out the first pitch.