Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for September 11, 2017

Free at last … free at last … thank God almighty! We are free at last!

Oh good lord

Uncle Gary looks like the sax player in some doofus jam band.

Just what this strip needs, another finger-pointer.

So is the uncle visiting, or is this still another Milford student without one or both parents?

Uncle Gary is barking, not communicating.

Let us pause and rejoice that the Jaquan saga has finally come to an end!!! At the same time we must buckle up for what already looks like another goofy story line. Spoiler alert…the Milford Elks Club has one of Lawerence Welk’s bubble machines lined up for the talent show but it will malfunction during Rick’s (don’t call me Ricky) performance. Can wait to see how all this unfolds…does Rick go to the National Elk talent show final or play for Milford against perennial rival Valley Tech??? Stay tuned.

In all reality , Look Rick, there’s going to be some tough acts to beat at the Elks’s talent show , Jack Daniels with his talking dummy Marty , the Great Pelwickie Master of Illusion , Double D and her Spinning Plates , etc . So be ready Rickey !

Stay away Ricky! I sense a Garden Party moment at the Elk’s Club.

I miss the lame summer storyline already. The doofus uncle and the Spock haircut talent boy signal instant loser.

Rick looks like the Son of Sam guy in P3.

Okay so now we have the new football star but what is his hidden talent and for that matter, what position is he starring at?

P2, Uncle Gary, the 90’s called. They want their clothes back.

P3, Everybody’s uncle does the old pull my finger trick. It never gets old but Little Rickey seems a bit old to keep falling for that one. He must be the straight man in Uncle Gary’s act at the Elks. I better get tickets for that.

Break out your Topo Gigio puppet. This is going to be huge. or you could do Senor Wences. Close de box!

Oh, the places we’ll go! We now have a kid whose expression makes Kevin look like an honor student.

What’s with Rickey’s slightly demonic look?

Heartsies all around! Even I gave one today to celebrate the end of the stupid summer story! I’m sure by the end of the week I’ll be hating this story though.

I predict with all the excitement of a new story that we easily break 60 comments today!

So why is Rick “Don’t Call Me Rickey” trying to hypnotize his uncle’s finger? Or is he trying to hypnotize Thing? At least that would makes sense.

Should we call him “Minny”?

His full name is Branch Rickey Soto.

@"MAX"….. the aliens have been found in today’s “FRANK AND ERNEST”.

Staying with the baseball theme, I say Rickey Mario Soto.

This intro to the new season has it all. Rickey, new Quinn Martin Production guest star Uncle Gary, who is Moonpie’s brother from another mother, fickle finger of fate and our new hero sporting a timeless Milford Monk with The Colony residing on his sweater.

Along the lines of Soapy’s comment, Milford seems to be the capital of bad haircuts, next story line Herk opens a SuperCuts franchise…

Might we get a Wildcat Maris sighting at the Elks Club? I think its time to scrutinize Gil’s record the past few years and what better way to do it than in an open forum, well lubricated with Hoo…

Isn’t this the opposite of the story line from High School Musical? South Park actually did an episode along these lines with a family called the Queermos.

Rick will prove he belongs on the Mudlark Varsity by finishing second.

I wonder what his talent is?

Now they are regurgitating stories too? Is this just a replay of Slim Chance and the Whatever’s?

I googled the Uncle, he played the bongos for Happy Keim and the Mirthmakers on the Fernwood Tonoght Show!