Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for August 04, 2022

But the sex was TERRIFIC!

It can’t be good that Mimi left a note on… what, exactly? A basket containing a bomb?

Looks like a pic-a-nic basket, Boo Boo! Watch out for Mr. Ranger!

She’s picking up the kids from the shipping container bringing them back from exile. Hope there were air holes.

Gil,

I’m taking the kids and leaving. We can no longer live in a house with someone who refuses to end their first name with the letter “i.” I know you said it was because you didn’t want people pronouncing it like that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez movie, but I just can’t go on like this anymore. Goodbye.

Mimi

P.S. Learn to shelve your books properly, for crying out loud.

No joy in Mudville. Whatever his faults, Gil does not deserve this. :( Both the airline pilot and bartender become trade deadline buyers willing to absorb Gil’s contract.

Did I accidently stumble into a Mary Worth strip?

No Gil, it can’t be good, one of the kids’ science projects went bad and the gene splicing between ants and jellyfish has gone terribly wrong as the mutant creatures adapt and thrive and begin taking over – first the Thorp kitchen, then the house, then Milford, then the world. BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!

In all reality , the note says,Gil , I’ve located the girls softball team and have gone to get them, tell your football players to quit calling here asking about when Summer practice starts. As for the kids, Dog the Bounty Hunter called and said he had no leads and you owe him $5000. Bye !

First Sam and now Gil? I can’t take much more of this!

P3- GilPa reacts with EES as he realizes he’s flying solo. Propping up his dear Gil letter are the last two cans of Hoo in the house. Undeterred, the platoon of ants remain in formation on Thorp’s desk awaiting marching orders.

Jami? Hey, that’s me! It’s true, I do still exist!

A dear Gil letter

Colorist working overtime today. The bushes looked nice. Pedro expands into landscaping??

P-1: Gil warms up before bursting into song.

P-2: We learn the kids were never missing. Like many Snowflakes, they’ve been living in their parents’ basement for decades.

P-3: So the snarkers can stop worrying, Mimi has left a note for Gil to read to us. They’ve…gone shopping. Dum, da, dum, dumb, DUMB.

Sherlock sings: ‘Without a song, the road would never bend, without a song this strip may never end. The readers snark. I’m proud of my friends. Without a song."

P 3.5 thought bubble: “… usually, there’s a gin martini and dinner waiting for me…”

This must be the house Gil last lived in about… 15 years ago (?)

“Leave $100,000 in unmarked bills at the location listed below. Don’t contact the police.”

P4: Gil bursts into song: … … “But today there is no day or night / Today there is no dark or light / Today there is no black or white / Only shades of gray”

I hate when new writers come in and go all scorched Earth on legacy characters! Judge Parker, Mark Trail, and now this.

Man, whoever did the landscaping didn’t plan ahead very well. You don’t plant what will turn out to be a 50’ oak tree one foot from the front door. And speaking of planning, you should be planning to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp in about 2 seconds.

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Mimi, Keri, Jami? How original. Who named these characters… Kris Jenner? (On second thought, if Jenner had named them, they would be Kimi, Keri and Kami).

I have a sudden desire to re-decorate my living room in forest green and mauve.

Fill me in, Thorp veterans. I almost never got to see the strip until the Internet age because neither paper in town carried it. Was Gil supposed to fly his own plane on a coach’s salary? If he was flying someone else’s, whose? And why was he doing a Sky King routine?

Say this for Mimi, she left the house as neat as a pin.

the strip is getting way too “woke” these days

We’re inside the freakin’ St. Elsewhere snowglobe.

This strip has taken a very odd direction!

P3- “I’m still on summer vacation so you’ll have to wear your red shirt for another month.”

Coaches Held Hostage: Mimi, Day 41. It’s a ransom note from the kidnappers of Gil’s family. :)

Gil is awfully young to be developing a hump on his back.

Gil realizes that Mimi hasn’t made him any food!

Cool. He’s got a built in bookcase. Has to be since there’s no 3D perspective in the drawing. Plus they sure keep a lot of junk under the coffee table.