Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 27, 2024

So is Beth a biker chick?

So is the “Gee, thanks” in smaller letters a sarcastic thanks because she doesn’t like Dick?

Way to bribe the kids, Beth…real subtle.

Two expensive gifts on a bartender’s wage? Outfit, jewelry and hairdo also look very upscale. And does anyone else think Beth’s use of “pa” is unusual? Where are we, the Ponderosa?

P2.5 That’s Gilpa please.

Hey Beth – the 1950s called, they want the hairdo back.

Panel One: A callback to the time Peter Parker met Mary Jane Watson and she gave the memorable line: : “Face it Tiger…You jut hit the jackpot!”

Meet the kids? She doesn’t need to know their names?

Drag queen. Why not? We got everything else going on in this strip.

P1- Beth Beth. All you do to me is talk talk.

P2- Nancy Sinatra called. She wants her Go Go, errr walking boots back. Pa? Is Beth boinking Gil or Lucas McCain?

P3- Keri is being a little twit while Jami hasn’t had this much fun since Kaz’ Holiday Penthouse party.

When does Mimi find out and throw a jealous hissy fit?

“Your Pa?” What is this, Little House on the Prairie?

Pa is the sound she makes for him.

Typically oblivious, no one in Milford notices that Fort Dow down the road is blasting its sirens and the sky is the color of mustard gas.

Beth or Betty Brant circa 1964?

“Now go to your rooms and enjoy your new gifts, and put on some noise cancelling headphones. See you at breakfast!”

well im sure keri likes the first not sure about the tracy part

beth will put on the ears and mask on later so gil can fulfill his catwoman fetish

beth shes a cooking jami says put the eats on the table if the house has any furniture ?

Hot tramp, I love you so.

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

I’m not sure what the current consensus on how to win over the teenage kids of the divorced dad you’re currently [dating], but bribing them with video games and comics strikes me as pretty good. Kind of dubious that Dick Tracy should be the go-to comic here, but it seems to have worked, so I guess she did her research.

“Gee, thanks. Of course, we still hate you for replacing our Mom…”

Beth, what can I do? Apologies to KISS.

Today Beth doesn’t quite look like Beth, and Jami isn’t quite right either. Maybe Whigs needs a vacation.

I’m hearing a little Foghat it the backround “Slow ride,,,do do dump dump, de dump dump”

“This is my son Jami, who’s a gamer, and my daughter Keri, who’s had an abortion. She can give you the business card of that clinic just in case, well, you know.”

Looks like she hit a home run with Jami but struck out with Keri. One of the few people who strike out with Keri. And speaking of striking out, anyone who doesn’t read Mopped Up Thorp is effectively striking out.

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Apparently, Beth reads “Gil Thorp”. “pa” is short for “Gilpa”. Maybe ?

Another Saturday cliffhanger . Since Beth lives out of town, where is she going to spend the night ?? Sleepover with kids home !!!?

I’m sure that I can’t be alone in thinking this, but I believe that Henry Embarrass, I mean, Barajas, has not put together a cohesive story since taking over the writing of this strip. In fact, it seems that he rarely puts together two consecutive strips that have even the remotest relationship to each other. It seems like every day is a different scene. That isn’t good writing at all. Calling it hack writing would be an insult to hack writers.

What the syndicate should do is make Henry take a refresher course in creative writing and not be allowed to write one more strip until he can prove that he has successfully completed and passed such a course.

Monday: Coach Luke and Coach Nonads start a lacrosse team.

Either Keri’s being sooooo ironic, or it’s a BluRay of the Warren Beatty movie, which is so camp that it’s cool.

Jami: Dad says you’re dressed like a working girl. What job do you do?