Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 23, 2024

P3: Jami dreams of latkes.

P2: Gil forgets the kids are too old for his train imitation.

Ding Dong is appropriate for Mimi. She’s officially not Mom anymore? Not that she deserves to be.

Gil threatens the kids with a spatula if they don’t eat his “food.”

Gotta see the confrontation. Any chance Mimi wants to move back home — get away from the homewrecker?

Great. We get a bonus fourth panel today and what’s pictured? A slobbering, incoherent Jami. It’s going to be a long day in Snarkville.

Chew chew, Uh-huh, Mi mi. Tomorrow’s strip will just be grunts.

P4: Vito stopping by to collect.

P4: Coach Nogonads is at the door, looking for tickets to Inma’s sold-out state championship match. See, it all ties together.

…and Mimi tells Ericka “ eat …eat”

“Hmm? Uh-huh” is actually more understandable that “English, boy.”

WTH does “English boy” mean anyway?

P2 & P3- Clueless Gil. The kids are like animals trying to store up for the Winter. They know the pickings are slim wherever Mommy Mimi lives.

P4.5- Brylcreem applied. Check. Aqua Velva applied liberally. Check check. Get the cape, fake fangs and Beau Dandy top hat and it’s off to Beth’s apartment.

P3: Gil should go to the Hernandez/ Martinez household and try saying that.

Bringing home the bacon / Tender juicy steaks / Breast-fed baby dumpling / Gobbling up the cakes

P-4.5: Gil goes disco and starts humming: You can ring my Be-e-e-ll."

Looks like Gil’s at the end of his rope and he’s about to start wailing on the kids with that spatula. This ain’t the 60’s, Gil! Oh wait. this is Milford, so…

And speaking of wailing, if you’ve been wailing about the lack of Mopped Up Thorp dry your eyes and get to reading.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/02/23/time-to-hide/

What on those plates was cooked with a spatula?

P-1: Whigs needs someone to explain to him what “Windows” means, today.

P-2: Going senile, Gill addresses his “horses” and instructs them how to eat an oats based dinner that he’s apparently grilled.

P-3: Jami shows his dad that he’s ready for college and “Frat” life.

P-4: Only, Mimi would taunt him by playing “their” song on the doorbell.

Someone’s knockin’ at the door / Somebody’s ringin’ the bell / Someone’s knockin’ at the door / Somebody’s ringin’ the bell / Do me a favor / Open the door and tell Mimi to f#$*& off!

Not sure if those are the exact lyrics.

P4: The look of an ex-husband who has booby-trapped every door, window and ceiling in the house, “Home Alone” style.

Visitation with their mother?

I think I’ve figured it out! Mondays are one story line, Tuesdays another, and so on. That makes as much sense as anything else.

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

Say, how’s Gil’s divorce going? It’s going “the kids are eating as fast as humanly possible so they can leave when their mom picks them up,” you say? Interesting, interesting.

Call Social Services he is threatening them with a Spatul GilBot’s programs have been infected

uh huuuh huuh…he said ‘packed’….uh huuhhh

peanut always eats her meat first even though she says shes vegan

jami says dam i forgot to get my minature golf club out of the garage

Also a long day in this comic sucks day.

get meemaw out of the broom closet kids me and tays are gonna be making it rain all weekend

Gil in panel 4,doesn’t look to happy about about Mimi stopping by. Heck Gil. Go dump everybody out of the house. Take a good bath. Invite Beth by and take a good Beth.

P1- Gil wants all the neighbors to know that he made the kid’s dinner.

P2- That must be a really small table.

P3- “Buh yu toe me noh to taw wih my mowfu.”

P4- Ding Dong, the witch ain’t dead.

Riddle me this! What’s the difference between a teacher & a train?

The teacher says “Spit out your gum!” while the train says “Choo! Choo!”

P 3…disgusting enough to be in a Pluggers panel

No it is not Mimi, Mary Worth has been watching this comic/trainwreck from over in another panel and is coming to the rescue to ensure the children eat a balanced meal.

“Mimi attempting to teach Jami any social graces, let alone how to putt through the windmill at Milford Midget Links and the women who love her only on the next Geraldo, today at 4.”

maybe gil will slip on some hot spilled coffee and the spatula will turn him into the phantom of milford