Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 03, 2025

What in the hell is Tex from the Manson Family doing in Milford?

Whiskey

Tango

Foxtrot?

Rachel drew Marty in P3 as if she remembered on the bus ride to school Monday morning that her art project was due first hour and she hadn’t started it yet.

How many hanging storylines do we have now?

Keri’s anorexia.

Equine therapy.

Wrestling finals between Brittany and Iman or whatever her name is.

Basketball team drama with Rodney.

Is Meemaw dead or not.

The drunk Goshen football coach.

Add to it from here.

Gotta say I like panels 3 and 4.

I thought I saw that signal in the sky for me.

Subtract 17 and you’ve got a deal, Beth.

Marty looks homeless. He’s no longer the cool beatnick of years gone by.

Marty still ticked off about the whole Geico ad campaign.

P3- Marty ‘s been ridin’ that train. Better watch your speed.

What is up with Beth’s eyebrows? Does one eyebrow cover the entire eyelid?

Well, so much for the art improving, as someone recently noted (their belief, not mine).

i guess marty failed his audition for CAVEMAN AFTER DARK and wants to get loaded

beth should be dating big foot not gil

Gil feels sorry for Marty, for some reason? P3 is all the reason he needs. Son of Bigfoot, the wild man.

I saw a werewolf with Gil’s old fashioned in his handWalking through the streets of Milford in the rainHe was looking for the place where Gil’s girlfriend works,Gonna get a big dish of Hoo root beer.Ah-hoo, werewolves of Milford

You hear him howlin’ around the high school gymYou better not let him inAnother long time character got mutilated late last nightNew artist and writer in Milford againAh-hoo, werewolves of Milford

He’s the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in CentralLately he’s been overheard in ValleyYou better stay away from him, he’ll broadcast wrestling on the radio JimHuh, I’d like to meet him at the weight lift off contestAh-hoo, werewolves of Milford

Well, I saw Jack Berrill walkin’ with the QueenDoin’ the werewolves of MilfordI saw Carina Karenna walkin’ with the QueenDoin’ the werewolves of MilfordI saw a werewolf drinkin’ a whiskey at Barney’sAnd his hair was not perfectAh ooo, werewolves of MilfordDraw better

P3 – So easy, even a caveman can do it

Barney’s Pub obviously didn’t hire Sign Man!

P3 reminds me of the old EC Comics — Vault of Horror, Tales from the Crypt, etc. — when something truly terrible happens. What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Milford to be born? Spoiler alert: It’s MeeMaw.

Soooo…is Beth telling Moon that she isn’t going to serve him, or is she saying that she’ll contribute to his self-destructive behavior and take his money (and perhaps a lowball tip) as long as he only opens his pie hole to toss back a few because Gil likes him? This AI generated dialogue is so confusing.

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

Hey, were you wondering how Marty’s drinking binge was going? Well, panel three has it all wrapped up in a nutshell: wild eyes, his hair long and greasy, his goatee subsumed into a shaggy beard, his usual polo shirts traded for some kind of vintage fur-lined coat. Honestly, he looks great. This is the coolest he’s looked in years. This is not the lesson we should be teaching our kids.

P 3: Rachel was inspired by watching Nosferatu

So we’re left hanging: Will or won’t Marty get a drink?

So he fell off the wagon, went to jail, and he’s not even trying to reform? Even after meeting with his daughter? Doesn’t he have an AA sponsor?

Even when the art is amusing, it looks like P-3 & P-4 were transposed. I thought putting reels in the wrong order only happened in the 1960’s Theaters.

On the other hand, the Teeth Whitening Strips are doing a great job.

P3: This man need alcohol, stat!

P 2.5 (Marty): “…so quit hitting on me, ska-ank…..”

WHERE HAVE ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE GONE IN THIS STRIP? THE ART IS SO SORRY IT IS HARD TO TELL WHO IS WHO ANYMORE.

She’s going to get Maxwell Smart after him?

Bring back Sign Man and Fist Pump Family!

P1- “I’m not here to start no trouble.

I’m just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle.”

P3- Aaron Rodgers after his agent tells him nobody called yet.