Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 15, 2022

When you break someone’s neck, doesn’t it usually go “SNAP!” instead of “BOOM!”?

Them’s your teammates?

I can buy a player talking about “one of them unforgiving milford winter nights” but no way is the phrase “them’s your teammates” ever coming out of Gil’s mouth. No way, nope, uh uh, not buying it.

Boom, boom, out go the lights

Is Willie Mays Tays still telling the same story he started on Monday? Get on with it, man. And while you’re at it, cue Crystal Gayle. Gil’s about to make those black eyes blue.

Say, in all reality , Vito in Central City just lost one of his leg breakers . Why don’t you go see him and apply for the vacancy ? Thanks Coach.

Earlier this week we experienced WEET! Friday is enhanced with FWEET!

P4- We havin’ a hayloft hoedown tonight son. Possum, grits and all the fixins. Y’all come ya here?

Who’s getting an award here, Gil or Tays?

This story is jumping all over the place. We started with a semi-final loss, and now they’re back at practice?

Well, I’ll give the new guy this much: the teen angst is dripping off the page.

P1 – Is his nickname Dynamite? If so, then boom went the Dynamite!

P2 – Gil doesn’t buy the best of equipment. Even his whistle is cheap. It can’t pronounce “TWEET!” correctly.

P3 – Ooh, I was kidding about Mom smacking the crap out of the kid yesterday. But I guess she really did.

And speaking of really did, I really did finish and publish today’s issue of Mopped Up Thorp: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Milford must have increased their sports budget quite a bit. They can afford a second color of uniforms and helmets to make it easier when dividing for teams at practice.

Hey, Tay, what about that dang conference championship clinching game? You tell us how you were down 6 to a crappy team? And how Gil called time out and gave some “inspirational” speech to fire you up? And then you don’t even mention if you won or lost? I guess we’ll assume it was a loss and yet another “Second in the Valley” season. And then you move on to getting punched by your mom? Someone needs to learn how to segue.

Only thing worse than a long drawn out boring speech? One with illustrations too! The new guy should fit right in….5 days and NOTHING IS HAPPENING!!

As a public school employee, Gil is a mandated reporter. These folks are going to jaaaaaail!

What talent, Gil can Fweet his whistle and talk at the same time. Gocomics still crediting Rubin, day 5.

P 3: the kid’s a cigarette smoker “…I’d rather fight than quit…”

Screw this story….get to the one where Gil & Mimi have marital problems

Ugh! I can feel my expectations falling

“Ugh!” Tays does not like the sound of snapping off his teammate’s neck…

Wouldn’t Gil be a mandated reporter?

The comic book published Oni Press / Lion Forge has this week laid off practically its entire staff, including marketing manager Henry Barajas. Here’s hoping that as one door closes, another one opens.