Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 03, 2023

So Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wasn’t available this week?

This strip is turning into a supermarket checkout tabloid.

Oh, come on!!! Gil is great friends with possibly the number one entertainer in the world and one of the most well-known football players?!? Sigh…

Which one is Rod swooning over?

Good Lord.

What…wh…what. How is count Thor pups not the weirdest thing this week

I thought she’d go with T-swizzle.

Stop. Just stop.

Time to dump this artist and get back to what made gil readable

So much whining.

P3: Which one are they smitten with?

Did the whole team go gay for Travis Kelce?

Travis Kelce AND Taylor Swift showing up in Milford, TZ to hang with Gil and the gang? Ummmm…yeah…right…

P4 (Sniff, sniff) “You even smell pretty T-Swift.”

Chumming the waters for new readers.

P4 (Alternate): “So Gil, will you and the be team coming to see me open for the. Linda Linda’s at the library after practice tonight?”

Kanye West shows up and pushes T-Swift out of way and says; “I’m the star you want to m-” Kelce hits him so hard on top of the head he breaks Kanye’s ankles. Luke laughs; “Now do it to Gil!”

Okay. I’m out.

Can we please get back to JUST jumping the shark?

Haha… Gil is a Swifty

Gil Thorp a Swiftie. Maybe she’ll perform “You Belong to Me” at half-time. If not, then “Why you gotta’ be so Mean.”

No, bay-bay.

List of phrases NEVER uttered by Taylor Swift:

1. “Please, call me T-Swift.”

2. …

Just call me the breeder.

I’ve been reading this comic pretty much my entire life and this is the dumbest thing I have seen in any comic strip ever.

Okay. This strip has officially ‘Jumped the Shark’. It’s gone beyond ridiculous.

P3.5- Please Gil. Call me Tay Tay. Who gets to throw the first pitch?

Ummm…..no. Just no.

Great, now the camera will be on them after every play on the broadcast.

Maybe she’s doing a concert in Milford and this is Travis bye week.

This is a less plausible dream sequence than Gil as a vampire.

Whodathunk there were this many sharks in Milford Lake.

That’s a BIG shark we just jumped over.

DUMB

Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Bizarro World!! I guess the MultiVerse was too expensive.

In real news, tomorrow, Whigs, HB, and the Tribune Content Agency LLC are contacted by legal representatives from the NFL, Taylor Swift, and Travis Kelce for the unauthorized use of their clients (and property in the NFL’s case) names and likenesses for forthcoming litigation.

Too bad Peanut is still hospitalized after her big procedure…her and the gang of mutts that she hangs with won’t get to meet “T-Swift”

Is anyone else as tired of Taylor Swift as I am?

I rather prefer the Eagles’ Kelce and Swift.

Now playing the part of Travis Kelce, a 1970s G.I. Joe with a Kung Fu Grip.

In all reality , Hank just say No To Drugs !!!

hey gil wheres your wife asks t swift i hear shes good at tongue twisters

travis already bored asks gil where he keeps his thermos of booze

luke wonders who are these two ham and eggers dont they know im freinds with the mexican comedian known as FLUFFY !!!!

jami was hoping it would be the guy who played ken in the barbie movie

Next week: Coach Count Thorpula enlists a witch to summon the specter of Fielding H. Yost.

Wonder what Swift and Kelce’s folks will think about the whole Name, Image, Likeness thing.

Anyone else having visions of shark tanks and motorcycle ramps?

VT is toast now!

P 4: Tobe faints at the sight of ‘T-Swift’

Ha, Valley Tech is now embarrassed. All they could get for their pep talk was retired kicker Scott Norwood and the drummer from The Go-Go’s. And speaking of Go-Go’s, be sure to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp before you go-go.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2023/11/03/way-to-not-draw-attention-gil/

I can hear the eyes rolling

Good lord. You’ve got to be kidding.

Breaking News: This just in… The reason Keri was crying in the clinic last week was that the sound of the arms and legs being ripped from their sockets and the skull collapsing sounded just like gun fire.

Meeting T-Swift? Now don’t you wish you had taken the time for that shower this morning, Gil?

This is painful to watch

Who knew that Luke has a famous twin brother.

I think the artists are laughing their a$$e$ off as they troll us without mercy. This has got to be the longest con/gag/shaggy dog story ever

“No problem, now where is Dr. Pearl with my eight-figure appearance fee?”

Oh dear god please shoot me now.

Unless HB has/had specific permission from the Kelce or Swift camps to use their names and likenesses, which I very much doubt. Swift, especially, is very, VERY protective of her brand….even though the TS image is a real stretch and doesn’t look anything like her. He may be about to discover there are consequences for unauthorized use of intellectual property. Seemed like such a little thing at the time, huh HB? What surprises me even more is why the editors or syndicate didn’t send up any red flags. Taylor Swift, according to Forbes latest issue, has a net worth of 1.7 Billion dollars. She didn’t achieve that status by being stupid. You really don’t her coming after you.

Gil is now an official Swifty, not to mention Travis. :)

“Pep” Talk? The old breakfast cereal is being revived and selling it will be our fund raiser this year. You’ve gotta sell 1,000 boxes each.

This strip really brought the comments out….123 and counting.

Well, if this doesn’t get the team going, nothing will.

I guess they couldn’t get Butch Patrick, TV’s Eddie Munster.

Boy, this strip has gone to Hell in a hand basket in a hurry

Are they trying to destroy the Gil Thorp strip?

Tomorrow, Louis XVI & Pope Clement IX appear

I think Paul McCartney is working with the school band.

Did Barajas convince Trib Syndicate he would bring in younger readers-demographics to get this gig?Is that what explains this week’s strips?Is it working?

Nah, they will do a seance and “The General” Bobby Knight will appear and give a pep talk. Matches up with the Count Dracula theme of the Un-Dead.

I’m only here for the post game concert with Rick Soto, Snoop Dogg and Senor Wences. Roll ’em if you got ’em.

What the heck is this crap? This is so sad – great comic which hs gone down the proverbial gutter. I. Cannot. Read. This. Anymore. Wow. Awful. Crap. Stupid. No follow through on previous story, omg – I just can’t anymore.

Just noticed this. Taylor was so creeped out by Gil fawning over her that her blouse grew more material between P2 and P3 to hide her cleavage.

Imagine a syndicate colorist so devoted to their craft that they don’t even know that the nation’s most famous blonde has blonde hair.