Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 25, 2012

Judging by the shirt, Marty Moon just knocked off from his security job at the Milford K-Mart. He is an intensely annoying secondary character, who adds a lot to the appeal of this strangely addictive comic.

I was thinking Marty looks like the Orkin man.

Didn’t get a chance to comment yesterday, but what high school coach would let a player with a fever suit up and compete? I tried that once when I played and got chewed out the next day for not saying I was sick. I really can’t imagine a coach who would knowingly put a sick kid in the lineup. This isn’t the NBA.

Marty is looking pretty rough – haggard, disheveled and probably reeking of BO, booze and stale cigarettes. In other words a very realistic portrayal of a sports journalist.

Yesterday, Moon’s microphone was on his left side.

P1 Marty’s points to the eye knowing after young Devore enters the game, he is exposed to the exploding eye epidemic (see P2). To clarify, Ric is not having a rocky night, but a shaky night. To davidblack… Marty’s a MALL SECURITY person, not a rent a snook at K Mart.

Why is that kid break dancing on the court?

Ric is just getting ready for soccer season.

grsh – - – Always change sides for the second half

If Ric Devore can kick a basketball like that, where was he during football season when we were trying to work with Brody Abro?

Marty awaiting instructions to land plane. “Roger, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor? What’s our clearance, Clarence?”

I guess this is the closest we get to seeing any soccer action despite Milford’s possible championship winning soccer team last fall.