Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 08, 2021

Oy, not the feared double addition of both of them? And who wouldn’t want both of those cheery candidates? They look like they’re in the waiting room at the vasectomy clinic and there’s a shortage of Novocain.

P1: What happened to Ed’s arms? Did he just have hooks installed for more efficient pie eating?

“You will note that I am extending my hand toward both of you. Now, which one of you is going to put a piece of pie in it?”

And they lived happily ever after. Now, on to ???

P3 So it is resolved in today’s modern way….. no winner and no loser…everybody gets a trophy!!!! “Come on Man”

Ok Ed , in all reality , Cut the BS shouts Corina . I told Thorp this solution weeks ago, pick them both and let’s get outta here , we’re wasting Summer.

P1 the citizens of Milford show up for the American Idol style announcement only to quickly realize this is going to be an hour of their lives they won’t get back

P2 “Frankly, we’re enjoying it” says Ed as he holds a slice of pie in one hand and makes a stroking gesture toward the audience

P3 Young Mr. Zane(y)’s hair is like nails on a chalkboard for the eyes and (Abomin)Abel Burrito’s abrasive personality gives loofahs a bad name

P3.5 (thought bubble from Zane(y)…a$$hole, (simultaneous thought bubble from (Indigest)Abel)…a$$hole

P4 “Thankfully, there can be only one winner, gentleman ready your swords, the one who jabs the most Capulets in the other wins!

Zane(y) gleefully thinks to himself, “I got this, I’ve been jabbing Katy since this lame story started, now I am going to jab you old man!”

I’ve heard of “Talk to the hand!”; but “Talking hand” in P3 ? In stereo, no less.

Time to announce Katy as the newest board member.

Pi r squared after all! Pie man exits, two come aboard.

P1, Now if only R&W would apologize for this ridiculous story and move on to Milford CC. . .

P2, But we haven’t had this much interest in yet another giant hand since, well, the last time we showed one.

P3, And speaking of giant hands or rather, giant speaking hands, dead men waiting. For pie!

Wow, this is really so……………….Sorry, I nodded off there. Never fell asleep reading a comic before!

P4- Herk the Mauler Talks about Zane’s fresh ingredients, err ideas. And Barely Abel’s fiscal responsibility. Does this geezer ever stop thing about delicious Subwich sandwiches? Burrito Man’s ideas aren’t exactly pie in the sky.

What sad, sad lives the members of the library board must lead.

Today we finally get some realism in this story arc. Specifically, we see in P1 that even the members of the Library Board aren’t paying any attention to this nonsense. Guy on the end: “Must… find… restroom…” Woman underneath the city seal: ""Quart of milk… carrots…chicken… maybe I’d better buy some detergent if it’s on sale…" Two women on the other end: “So, who’s cleaning your swimming pool this summer?”

Butter knives at five paces. Shank it out like bulldogs. They both look like they’re about to get on the bus to prison, so let’s move on to getting Gil’s handicap in single digits. Does CK play golf?

They’re ‘enjoying it’….that would make them the only ones ‘enjoying it’

P 4: “…plus, it’s been suggested that I’m nothing but an an old geezer who talks too much and only cares about pie…”

P2: “…but Mr. Vito from Goshen made us an offer of kidney pie we couldn’t refuse. The kidney part was kinda personal. We will soon be replacing all the computers with slot machines, and Mr. Abel will be renting out laptops and lap dances to the patrons, followed by the MILFord Hour of special aesthetic wardrobe removal.”

The two candidates are actually sitting side by side peacefully? Will this soon end? Will Katy still be Zaney if he wins? Will she move out if her dad wins? Will the Trorps adopt her? Inquiring minds want to know.

I wonder what % of Milford actually uses the Library and if they even know there is a Library Board???

I know this has been ridiculed enough, but for what possible reason is there townwide interest in who replaces Denver fleeing man on the Library Board? Just because Marje wrote a stupid article about how a high school boy and his girlfriend’s father both applied? And don’t try to distract us with not one, but two giant hands today. Needs coffee called it, Gil talked Pie Man into retiring after becoming aware of how much of his life he’s wasted on this dumb Board. So now both of these dipwads get to serve. Hopefully his retirement package includes a weekly pie delivery, to make it all worthwhile.

And speaking of worthwhile, reading Mopped Up Thorp is always worthwhile – https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

And what library has a setup like that? A massive desk/podium for the whole Board, along with microphones, under the seal of the city. Or does the library have its own seal? It looks like the same setup as the Supreme Court.

I hate this. Letting an anti-library guy on the board is stupid. Of course he will be out voted at every turn so he will probably resign in disgust so everybody does win! Ta-da!

“We need Mr. Clark’s fresh ideas and Mr. Brito’s financial insights. But we only have one open slot on the board. So we’re using the teleport pods from The Fly to fuse them into one entity.”

That’s a couple of dejected looking candidates in P3. I think they both are contemplating the poor choices in life that have led them to this point.

Hopefully R&W will keep the library action going beyond the board decision. Perhaps a week of strips every month dedicated to the libary board meetings. I can’t wait to see the look on Zane’s face when he realizes he has to pay for his own pie.

So, what ‘financial insights’ does a guy who can’t pay his internet bill on time bring to the table? All they’ve ever shown is him agreeing with Zane that spending even more money on snacks and drinks while ignoring common technology such as computers, software, and printers is a good idea.

P4- But we’ve chosen Donald Duck’s nephew after his presentation of an exiting new decimal classification system for the library. (apologies to Ellisburkes)

R&W take a page from ‘The Sting’ and don’t show us the 3rd candidate in this. And it’s not Dewey either.