Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 04, 2017

Geez, is Gil trying not to laugh here?

How can you confess to someone else’s misdeeds? “Gil confesses to Mimi’s affair with the pool boy.”

Called it. Starving kids can’t hardly play ball.

Maybe bring in a barber too

Aaron’s thinking “how about a caterer?”

In all reality , too slow call Jimmy Johns

In all reality , Gil rattles on the DEA, DCFS, PTA, plus Milford Food Pantry, Meals on Wheels, Go Fund Me , Red Cross, Salvation Army, American Legion , VFW, and of course Sloppy Sophie the lunch room cook/ school dietitian and Mopman to deep clean that filthy hovel you live in.

How tall is this doctor? Can he score some points and hold his own in the middle?

I’ve heard of talk to the hand but the hand doing the talking?

Gil having a bout of acid reflux as he tries to hold down his huge breakfast in P1.

Umm, coach, shouldn’t the first stop be the cafeteria?

P3, This is going to take a little time. How about a quick shower while we wait.

Gil feels so bad they’ve put him on suicide watch, taken away his tie

I sure hope Gils vision of professional help is NOT those two stooges/knuckleheads that have been dogging him all season!

Of course, the problem with “calling people in” is that it’s a crime, and the person can get in real trouble. And it’s his mom.

Treating addicts like criminals instead of addicts causes of whole lot of problems, and PREVENTS them from seeking treatment.

Come on Gil…First priority…get Aaron on a steady diet before the play downs…then worry about his mother

P2- Since Coach Thorp is floored, how will that affect Luhm’s handywork? Big of GilPa committing the services of Dr. Marcus Welby, M.D., err, Dr. Certainly.

Yeah, yeah… Mom get into treatment, Aaron gets signed up for free school lunch but too late to make the playdowns, then… BASEBALL!

P-1: Gil uses his hand to hide his smirk. Even he can’t believe R&W’s story.

P-2: Can’t believe he had to deal with it by himself. As Monty Python would say: except for School Counselors, Friends, Team Mates, Coaches, Molly, Rave DJ’s, other kids you know, Social Services, the Police, and your Mom, herself, you had to handle this by yourself.

P-3: 1) How about the back-up Center? I’d call him in. or 2) Who ya gonna call: Ghost (writer) Busters.

If only one wave of a gigantic hand could make A Quad’s troubles disappear…

P-1: We need a Palm Reader to tell us which “line” in the huge hand is worried

Gil is stunned that for once, the giant hand of accusation is pointing at him, and not at the audience. And speaking of audiences, I’m hoping there’s a large audience viewing today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

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How did all of us miss that rat-tail haircut Gil has in panel three?