Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 09, 2024

Man, those guys in the parking lot must have hit him harder than we thought.

Somebody must have kicked him in the gerads.

Is that Cami in P1? If so, the only way I could tell is by the hair.

Vape ‘em if ya got ‘em!

I can remember when Gil Thorp was a continuity strip.

And if anyone should know what losing their backbone feels like, it’s Gil.

Breath is P1 is a nice touch. Breadth in strip?

P3: That’s pretty funny coming from a man whose wife switched teams, divorced him and abandoned her family, without a hint of pushback from him.

Someone should give Cami the Gerard treatment the next time she pulls that nursery rhyme BS too

They would probably rename this strip “Non-Sequitur” is that wasn’t already taken.

Coach Perm Nonads is Goshen’s Coach eh? The backbone isn’t the only thing he has lost. Like Mimi, Cami may have a couple of clackers in her purse.

A basic lesson of storytelling in comics and graphic novels is that the action happens in the gutter – between the panels. In other words, in a good story the reader is engaged by filling in the gaps from panel to panel with their own curiosity, assumptions and conclusions.

Apparently the author of this strip took that lesson to mean that the ENTIRE STORY happens off stage, and the panels themselves are only used to hint at the story instead of, you know, actually telling it.

P2: Just stay by me if Martin shows up.

P1.5 Not my problem. I think Fistpump Man is missing.

He’s the hockey AND basketball coach? Maybe he switched to hockey to get away from the violence of basketball.

Goshen deserves better than Sid Eudy as coach. I wonder if there’s any organization that may try and persuade him to seek employment elsewhere.

Who is that other coach and why do we care?

P 2.5 ( kid): “…. Oh, you got that right, skippy…”

P-1.5:“I heard he met these female golfers and…”

P-2: This cell proves they are Vaping in 1 & 3.

P-4: “You gotta admire a guy who can stand upright after something like that.”

Alex, May I have what the Heck is the story going on for $1,000?

P-2: Wasn’t that the Police? I don’t care enough to look it up.

Wow. Are we really getting back to a plot point? In the next sport season? How did the rest of basketball season come out? What happened to a student who attacks a coach?

That punch in the gut must’ve knock his backbone out of place.

hmmm is that kid next to the goshen coach suppose to be alfred e neuman jr is that why he said no worrys ?

the coach of the oakwood owls should drive the team bus on the ice to protest there lost

the man has lost his backbone i bet his wife makes him wash the dishes every night

P 1.5 (Gil): “…he’s probably been up all night studying his nursery rhymes to be ready for you Cami… (snicker)..”

P1- Gil and Cami step to the side to have a smoke.

P2- Will we ever find out why he said that? Probably not.

P3- Just two hits and Gil thinks he has x-ray vision. I want some of that.

Cue the song: Two Hits And The Joint Turned Brown. By John Hartford.

Man, all the coaches in The Valley are run ragged. This guy is coaching basketball and hockey simultaneously. Not sure how he can manage. Unless he has a Geradsbot-9000 so that he can handle both jobs. And speaking of jobs, my job for the day is complete, with the publication of the newest Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/02/09/gilbot-or-killbot/