Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 30, 2023

OK, now we know which family Keri meant that she would be spending NYE with. But how is Gil ringing in the New Year? Re-arranging the Coach of the Year plaques on the living room wall? Reviewing his New Year resolutions for 2023 and realizing that he forgot to field a girls’ basketball team this year? Or is he out of town, celebrating in a bar by being served drinks by a particular bartender?

Hi moms! We’re home!

Mercifully, 2023 ends.

E(MeMe)ly and Ericka throwing back champagne with Keri and Jami. Cool moms!

3-2-1? Who else realizes that tomorrow (12-31-23) will be “123-123”. Won’t happen again for another 100 years. Where will this strip be then — Gil meets The Phantom? Happy New Year everyone.

An extra big bowl of gruel for Jami since it’s a holiday. More than he got in the sweatshop.

Jami spending NYE with all his friends.

Careful, Ericka, your shoes are gouging the couch. Gil used to do that, and he’s gone . .

So they’re gonna sit there for 2 days waiting?

Ericka’s moustache would make Clark Gable proud. Hairlips have been scarce since Hank took over. Mimi over did it with the flat iron. She looks downright dorkish.

How cute. Jami and the Mimster have matching socks. How long before he starts “playing for the other team?” Probably before she gets her LPGA card.

More importantly, I’d like to wish everyone in the Snarkosphere a very happy, healthy and safe new year.

Gil’s free of the kids. Time for one of the best Old Fashioneds this side of Central City.

what in the world could jami be eating out of that old football helmet

is this foreshadowing a story for next year of keri being a teenage drunk

hopefully luke sneaked a flask into the mueseum he guards every night

At midnight who’s going to kiss who?

Is Mopman there? That shiny tray looks like his work.

In all reality, Gil heads to the Do Drop Inn for a couple of stiff drinks to ponder why his life fell apart with the other losers who have no family or friends to celebrate New Years with.

Maybe by then we will have answers to: Mee Mae 2. The Hockey Game 3 Cami’s secret play 4 Mimi’s meeting with Kari in the hospital 5. Etc etc

I wonder how Mimi’s pro career is going?? But then again, I wonder about the outcome of most sports in this strip.

Who’s the new high school chick on Jami’s left? Not his girlfriend I assume. He couldn’t land someone that hot. And Ericka is there, but not Mimi? And speaking of hot, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is ready, come and get it while it’s hot.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2023/12/30/to-the-bleak-future/

Jami will be coach and Gil will be dead

My New Years resolution will be to stop reading this weirdo comic strip.

Speaking of train wrecks. Sorry to all. The train wreck t shirts sold out for Christmas so did the HHRRRAAAKKK! bumper stickers. Hopefully they’ll be available soon for New Years. But feel free to browse the Gil Thorp COTY website for other items for sale. The site still has Jami 2024 bumper stickers and t shirts. The Jami shine boxes are 75% off due to slow sales. The Another Meaningless Story Arc t shirts are selling great, get one before they sell out. The Ericka and Mimi cook book should be out soon. People have been wondering what they’ve been eating. So go to the Gil Thorp COTY website and check out all they’ve got in stock. Call 1-800-THIS-COMIC-SUCKS extension SH IT. A sweatshop worker will be available to take your call and order. So call now.

Episode 48 of Milford After Dark is now online.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/milford-after-dark-episode-48-playing-games

they would have gave jami champagne but there was no sippy cup

Happy 2024. Won’t take much for it to be better than 2023.

Check out the Seattle Times for the January 1 comic.

Who’s that next to Jami in his Batman t-shirt Dr. Pearl? Hey baby, I bet you were really something before electricity.

Pedro makes the cut, but not Luke. Interesting.

henry took today off to go sit in the dark with aaron rogers

Henry playing to the “immortal Gil” trope again?

“You’ve always been the caretaker, Mr. Thorp. Now go kill your wife and son.”

The January 1st Mopped Up Thorp is now online, in black and white. Once the GoComics site finally uploads it I’ll replace it with the color version. (Assuming it show up in color here.) If I do say so myself, today’s strip is undoubtedly the best MUT produced this year!

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/01/01/new-years-honor/

Today is probably just another lame one panel holiday strip so GC probably decided it wasn’t worth updating.

Ok, everyone, raise your glass…Jami, put your pants back on; I said raise your GLASS…

Brewster Rockit also hasn’t been updated yet. Someone at GC may have the mother of all hangovers.

No strip today (1-2-24) — end of the line?

Whose turn was it to pay the bill this month?

It might actually be interesting to see how Luke intervenes.

i guess henry didnt sign his contract no strip for two days

The Y2.0024K bug has struck the GoComics page.

GT has been updated regularly on comics kingdom. Did the contract with GoComics end on 12/30/23?

Is that Dorothy in P1 in the Jan 2 strip? She packed on some pounds over the holidays. Hopefully she still smells nice. And speaking of nice, it’s nice to know that today’s Mopped Up Thorp strip is being heralded as one of the top two MUT strips of 2024!

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/01/02/sliding-by/

we haven’t changed to new year, anybody else