Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 08, 2022

Yawn OK Mr. Hamster get back in your cage and turn that wheel, next!

P1: Mr. Hammmm is heading out to stabbb someone.

Should I be worried that Hamstetter is looking for absolution from a high school coach?

In all reality , Thanks , Mr HAMMSANDWICH now get out of my office I’ve got work to do and don’t let the door hit your you know what on the way out

P3.5 “While I’m here, can you pull this pocket knife out of the back of my neck that seems to have gotten lodged when I tried to cut my jugular?”

P4 “By the way, did I mention the new writer that starts on Monday also has a beard? Just sayin’…”

….and the only thing greater than Marty’s ego is his thirst

How does Hamm just wander into Gil’s office unannounced?

Jeezy peezy, this is the wrap up to one of the lamest story arcs in GT lore? And yes, I was around for tat slaps, driving to Hawaii, peacocks and much more. A washed-up writer gets his comeuppance from a washed-up former state champ high school coach? Talk about setting a low bar for Mr. Barajas.

Snore….zzzzzzzzz….

P 4 (Gil): “….yeah…I know….everyone has already told you this multiple times…What do you want? …a medal or something?….now go on and git son, and take your blind-a$$ kid with you….last time I checked, he was headed for that broom closet out in the hall…he thought it was the school exit, so he’s probably still there…”

I’m glad they resolved this. The tension was killing me.

He was planning to be gone for hours for this big in-depth interview. Why is he calling home to tell whichever wife he’s talking to that he’s making a stop when he wasn’t going to be home for hours anyway? And since he just realized the convenience of calling people instead of driving there in person, just call Gillll!

P-1: Mr. Hammm is unclear on the concept of the video game involving auto theft.

P-2: Gil’s caught reading chapter 2 in his Knute Rockne’s “How to play Football” book.

P-3.5: So, you’re only 6’9"?

P1 – Who did he buy this car from, The Joker? Orange exterior and purple interior? Bleagh!

P2 – What is that purple thing on Gillll’s desk? Clock radio? Mr. Hammmm’s manpurse?

P3 – Ah, it’s been awhile since we’ve seen this traditional Milford affliction – the sore neck syndrome!

And speaking of afflictions, whatever affliction you may have can be cured by simply reading today’s Mopped Up Thorp – https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Now off to the Thorp’s back porch with a (blind) pitcher of lemonade???

Tomorrow we get closure (ha!) on Scooooter and Gregggg and some kind of farewell to Rubin. Then the exciting 48 hours waiting for the new writer’s debut.

On Monday Gil will be offering us “Valley Conference Champion Gil Thorp” merchandise.

Good to see the old writer is signing off with a deeply moving sports lesson

You know what they say about the shirt matching the upholstery

P1- Is he going to see Stuart Smalley?

P4 – sure. Now why don’t you go apply for a job at the Central City Chronicle and see about your stature

Does the pinching of the nerves in the sore neck syndrome cause pressure to build up and the eyeball to explode, or does the recoil from an exploding eyeball lead to sore neck syndrome?

Gil, P4: “Speaking of stature being smaller than ego, I want to bid a farewell to Neal Rubin…”

Oh wow, I didn’t realize the new writer has been commenting here occasionally over the past week. Assuming it’s really him (appears so, but it’s pretty easy to fake people here. In fact, I might not really be Steve Luhm. Shocker, I know.)

Anyway, I’d like to say welcome and good luck! And I hope you have a thick skin because we will nitpick the big and the small. But it’s mostly just for laughs, so don’t take stuff personally. Myself, if I was putting a comic out on here it would kill me to read the comments. Especially some of the cráp I post, lol.