Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for October 03, 2024

P1: Good news…these two players are in love.

P3: Bad news…new artist. I assume those are the coaches?!?

P4:

P5:

Whole team: “…¡JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA!”

Bad news: Luke-bot 9000 is crazier than I am.

Ha, ha! You see, it’s funny because they mixed up which was the good news and which the bad!

Wouldn’t Luke refer to Gil as “Coach Thorp” (P2) when talking to players who certainly don’t call him by his given name?

P1 – Where is the football?And why no helmets at practice?P3 – Yes, 50 pushups is great use of practice time (not).

Is it just me, or does the kid on the bottom right look like a beaver in P2?

Did everybody get hit with the same frying pan ? Or does new artist not know how to draw a face ?

P2- Roger Daltry and Curly Howard make cameos.

P3.5- Luke Nedermeyer riding a pony in full ROTC uniform. Dress that line mister. Daltry walks over to the Milford band practice and they break out in Who are you?

Luke’s been putting down one or two burritos by the look of it these days.

wigham come back ill let you draw a plane everyday

are you sure this is not the mark trail artist under another name

luke finds out tays has a freindly finger panal 3

[Cue incessasnt complaints about new artist, comparisons to predecessors, longing for days when it was ‘done right’…]

Luke: “…Good news… I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO…bad news, for you guys anyway, pansy-a$$ Gil won’t be here to pass out tampons to you guys for a while so get ready to run until you puke and get ready to hit… haahaaaaaa…”

Give me 50? Well, okay…

You just slip out the back, Jack / Make a new plan, Stan / You don’t need to be coy, Roy / Just get yourself free / Hop on the bus, Gus / You don’t need to discuss much / Just drop off the key, Lee / And get yourself free

And speaking of free, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is free, as always.

moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/hes-almost-back/

I think Gil should take his time. Go to the desert, vision quest, spirit animal, etc., etc.

Is it my imagination, or does everyone this artist draws look like a goofball?

Not that there’s anything wrong with it.

P1- “No, no, no! Tackle the guy with the ball.”

P2- “That’s great news!…Right?…Guys?”

P3- Luke hasn’t been to his barber in awhile.

“Give me 50!”

“All I’ve got is two $20s….”

Wow, a whole panel made sense for once. I like the artwork. Hire this guy!