Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 08, 2017

Who are the two robots sitting near Van Auken? They look like they’re about to cry.

Oh man. This one is going to be hard to get through.

What’s with all the bald spots among high school boys in Milford?

Sounds like a hurricane is about to blow in panel 3.

The 2 drones in p.2 look like they don’t want to be there. I don’t blame them! Wonder if Cane is friends with the Bader lad?

I hope, for Pete’s sake, that nobody yells out Niagara Falls right now.

Pete, I’m not sure you can screw that helmet on tight enough to save you from getting Caned. Back slowly away from the crazy person while you still can.

The other 2 players on the bench are about to evacuate the area before this volcano explodes.

In all reality, it will later be disclosed in a hard hitting article by Double D that the Milford Mental Hospital performed an extreme amount of frontal lobotomies on their patients . B K Brown will wonder if the cured Cane was one of them.

No student with anger issues in any Milford High School team would make this a pretty dull comic strip.

Mike “Get it, Got it, Good” Granger, I assume, is still the catcher since he caught last year so he should have a role in this season’s Milford Masterpiece Theatre. What teenage topical issue dominates RVA’s emotional state periodically? We know the shortstop is big on rhythm, BKB is a junior social worker and Max Ortiz remains incensed he didn’t get the damn ball enough last Fall.

Pete: go tell Gil. Gil: Talk it out with Mimi. Mimi: Say something Dafne overhears. Dafne: Run a story in the paper. Gil: Visit his parents and work it out. Barry: Stay out of the story. Done. Time for some lemonade and golf.

Please don’t make me angry. You are not going to like it if I get angry.

Great, another unlikable character.

P4…yeah emmer effer, I’m calling you a liar….

Will Cane control his temper as long as he is ‘able’???

Flip.

You couldn’t handle a curve!! (either could Billie Martin).

Let’s see, there seems to be more Football players on this team than transfer students. In real life, Pete wouldn’t worry very long and the Hurricane would sport a Black Eye.

I can hear Ryan Van Auken becoming the John McEnroe of the Valley Conference: “YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!”

We have to wait 2 days for the surprise twist that he’s just joking. But how long before he erupts for real? I give it 2 weeks. And speaking of giving, I’m giving you the last 2 days of Mopped Up Thorp right here: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Today’s special guest appearance is Sean Penn as ‘Cane’……… only thing is he’s not ‘acting’.

Bitsy; you need to ready today’s “DOG’s OF C-KENNEL”.

I believe I’m going to call him Citizen Cane

I used to be called “Ric.” Short for Hurricane.