Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for October 14, 2022

Keri and Mel have bonded over Iggy Pop fandom?

P3: Thankfully she used the correct pronoun…whew.

P3: That is one creepy panel.

What a sweet scene between a child and a happy, loving mother. Say, remember a couple weeks ago when Mel was weeping furiously about how Gil caused her unforgivable harm by talking her out of an abortion? (Probably not, because the daily typo made it seem like Gil had tried to push her to have the abortion.)

Yeah, Tobias’ breakfast is going to end up on the floor the way mom is holding the plate. And speaking of the plate, I hope you don’t have too much on your plate and have a minute or so to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Spider-Waffle, Spider-Waffle,

Tastes absolutely awful.

Hope this margarine is enough,

Mel forgot the syrup.

Look out! Here comes the Spider-Waffle!

Maybe it’s the paint and shingle colors, but does Tobias and his mom live in the “Christmas Story” house?

Volleyball MATCH! Volleyball MATCH!

Sh*t on a shingle – breakfast of champions…or maybe second in the Valley wannabes…

That WAS quite a game last night. You performed an illegal kick and scored on an illegal play.

Reminder to the writer. The average reader does not have a problem with LGBTQ+ people. But we are not drawn movies, tv shows, and (soon to be learned by Henry Barajas) comics that focus on them. Example, the movie “Bros” was a catastrophic failure despite millions poured into marketing and even featured on the CBS show “Big Brother”.

Hey Mom, in all reality , not only am I going to the girls volleyball game ,I’m playing in it. It’s time you Woke up!

P3: Is Tobias drinking a Red Bull or something out of a test tube?

Also P3: Are the Thorps and the Gordons the last 2 families with home phones? Do you think Keri used Gil’s rotary phone to dial Klondike5-1212 to get the Gordons’ phone number? Did the Gordons get a free phone line with their cable TV package?

Today Mel has a ‘Lust for Life.’ Second Gil-dohs! passionate correction. Volleyball match! Hank is either playing us or Whizzing us.

I guess we’re not checking in on the Oakwood game since we did an around the conference look in earlier.

When I was in OCS in the Army, our Senior TAC Officer told one candidate, “Your troops are gonna follow you out of morbid curiosity.” That’s how I’m starting to feel about this strip.

No one goes to a volleyball meet, because volleyball matches are not called meets.

As a former newspaper editor who dealt with a lot of crime stories, I can say that “they” as a single pronoun would be an absolute nightmare. There is no way to make sense of it.

P 2: “…uh, yeah sweetie….that was a dream…that illegal rainbow kick that you keep talking about never happened….”

Hey Kool-Aid! You’ve got great pouring grip form, mom! All you need now is to put a hold on a pitcher full of my icy, super sweet liquid joy to get jiggy (or does your t-shirt say iggy?) and start the day right! Oh yeah.

Keri called what?? The house phone?? The Mom?? Wouldn’t just text him. Teens don’t call. So many questions

P-1: Being an aware parent, Tobi’s mom knows her son is tired in the morning.

P-2: Turkey Bacon, one L’egg, and a pop-up waffle with “I can’t believe it’s not butter” on a disposable plate. A fitting Breakfast for her child.

P-3: Mom hopes Tobi has another iron leg.

Reminder to the commenters. The average reader does not have a problem with Kool-Aid drinking people. But we are not drawn movies, tv shows, and comics that focus on them

P 4: “…sniff…sniff…sniiiiffff…uh mom?…did you wash your hands after using the bathroom just now?…”

As for comments, I think that’s Henry’s the VIII, it is, it is.

Can’t we all just get along

I’ve been reading Gil Thorp since about 1970. Used to love the actual sporting side of the strip as a young boy…It’s disappointing now to read about a whole season elapsing in a week or two. I have enough actual news feeds to get educated on today’s human & social issues. Don’t need it here….I will give this strip a couple of months, but if it continues to try to be a torch bearer for truth, justice and the pursuit of addressing every single group in the country, I’m out. Wonder how Brenda Starr is working out these days.