Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 26, 2024

Okay when even GIL throws massive passive agressive shade at you, you know your borked. It’s also a big change from Luke, where Gil seemed to really love the back and forth, while here he can barely hide his contempt.

Arggg … again the storyline breaks and doesn’t make a bit of sense. Its almost like someone dropped a stack of daily comics and grabbed the next one from the pile.

Is that young Pedro, now a VT assistant due to his broken leg, who has vowed revenge on Luke?

P1: Flounder from Animal House is in attendance.

P2: They’re turning Japanese, I think their turning Japanese, I really think so…

N D S S …… New Day Same Shi t

Group grope?

I think all Gill is trying to explain is that consensual adult playtime should have no involvement in high school sports.

So just to make sure I haven’t missed anything (recap of the week):

1. Inma Opinion has a virus (though she did win her wrestling match)2. Gilbot 9000 has rejected a come on from a newly revitalized Dr. Pearl (maybe this is MUT)3. We have no idea who we are playing in basketball, who this coach is or why he is playing handsy with his players’ parents.

Anything else?

P3: You think Coach Hernandez’s spider sense is tingling now, wait until he finds out Gil hired the Georgia Satellites for a halftime show.

“… but my hands have been softened with Dawn Premium dish detergent …”

lost

Why do all the characters in this strip — even Coach Gil to some extent — look so much alike? It is hard most days to know who is who. Maybe have them wear prominent name tags, please? The “story lines” (and I use that term lightly) sure don’t help us any with the identifications, as they jump around randomly.

Pedro is Martinez. I think. Guessing. Not assuming.

Looks like this strip forgot to take is ADHD medicine again today.

?? …. %$##@!! …. ?? … *(&#!) … zzzzzzzzzzz

Glad Keith Hernandez found a new career after the MLB.

gil is glad he didnt brush his teeth or use a breath mint or that guy might have grabbed his onions

gil is only wearing a suit because the bar across the street from goshen high school has a dress code

Even #21 is confused, as he strikes his WTF pose in P1. I’ve hung on for a year and a half (mostly for the snarking) watching what was once my favorite strip go swirling down the drain. The loyal 21 is darn close to becoming the loyal 17.

how dare that pepper belly try to intimidate the mighty gil thorp

It’s like they pick one strip from every two weeks and just drop it in. Is it too much to ask to get a coherent story?

It is ON! Flagrant fouls to start this game.

Shucks no Nursey Rhymes today, that is definitely the best writing in this script

Okay we have the Assault and Battery

Mee maw

Going pro for a limited talented High schoolAthlete

Tobi and Kari

Nursery Rhymes for a Hockey Team

An athlete who violates all wrestling rules but is allowed to win

Dr Pearl transforming

Now a new Coach who Gil hates with no story

Not to mention all the other loose ends

Great Script. Readership must be skyrocketing

???!!!!!!!?????!!!

Could have at least thrown us a bone with putting someone in a powder blue uniform on the court with a giant letter so we have some chance of figuring what is going on.

Every day I am grateful Gil doesn’t have a 6-8 panel Sunday strip. I can’t imagine how many storylines could be introduced and left dangling.

I’m totally confused. I thought they were buddies now? Or is that someone else who looks just like those two.

Kid in P 1: “….WTF bro’…I’ve asked three times to get us out of this strip and he just keeps ignoring me…”

P 4 (Gil yelling): “…but maybe you want me to ask my friend Vito to keep things civilized instead…”

I hate to sound like a broken record, but what the literal hell?!? C’mon Henry, at least try to pretend you’re a writer!

Not sure what that is in P3. It’s not EES. Maybe EHS? Exploding Head Syndrome? And speaking of maybe, maybe it’s time to read today’s episode of Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/01/26/balls-to-the-face/

next week irma reveals she takes skyrizzi

quit gil thorp and go read luann comments youll beg to return

mimi is chewing gum as ericka uses her tongue