P 2 In all reality , Did you have the sloppy Joe’s at lunch today ? Take your Magic Blast out of here , our bathroom is down the hall on the right. Open a window in there and use the lavender spray air freshener when you’re done . Hurry up I feel a bowl buster coming on.
Only one semi-closeup hand action today, and it’s just Jami’s wimpy fist. And speaking of action, the board game action is much better today at Mopped Up Thorp.
Some of you must be great fun to sit next to at the movies. There are multiple interconnected characters in a story. The main character is named “Gil Thorp”. He’s a high school coach. Your job, if you so choose, is to spend 30 seconds a day, 6 days a week watching the story unfold. This isn’t “Inception” or “Mulholland Drive”. Showing a scene with Keri one day and Jami the next (captioned “meanwhile…”) isn’t inherently confusing. You’re not supposed to know in advance where the story is headed or how all of the parts are connected. If the credits roll and plot lines are left unresolved, that is the time to complain.
Such as, “Hey, what ever happened to the girl’s tennis team?” “Did Scooter end up leading the league in ‘perfect bunts’”? And my favorite, “Why was Addison ‘Boo’ Radley’s nickname ‘Boo’?” And yes, I know Boo Radley is a character in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, that doesn’t explain it!
… Letting the days go by, every day the story changes… ……Letting the days go by, the plot is flowing underground… ……And you may ask yourself, “How do I follow this?”……And you may ask yourself, “What the heck is going on?”……And you may tell yourself, “This is not my beautiful comic”
Charks almost 2 years ago
I have no idea what this bored game is — HELP!
Klubble almost 2 years ago
The plan for the new shower room is unveiled.
BikeMike almost 2 years ago
P2 – Oh boy, Magic Blast? Is that what they call it these days? We had many other names for it.
bradjackman almost 2 years ago
This column sucks now. Barajas has ruined it.
That kid with Marfan almost 2 years ago
dUnJiNs An dRaGiNs iZ wOke!
huskiecoach almost 2 years ago
I came here looking for “Gil Thorp” comic strip…
bearwku82 almost 2 years ago
Sigh. Now I have to be a grown up and be productive today.
Gil-doh! almost 2 years ago
P2 Jami demonstrates the newly discovered technique for giving himself a “Magic Blast” to the Martinez boys(?) and invites them to join him.
lms1231 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
It seems there’s a checklist of “hot high school topics” to cover, and Barajas is trying to cover them all.
jslabotnik almost 2 years ago
Finally some sports action
w2ec Premium Member almost 2 years ago
How about they just revert to classic Gil Thorp and get rid of this new nonesense.
James St. John Smythe almost 2 years ago
Roman showed up to a sword fight with a butter knife.
Mr Reality almost 2 years ago
P 2 In all reality , Did you have the sloppy Joe’s at lunch today ? Take your Magic Blast out of here , our bathroom is down the hall on the right. Open a window in there and use the lavender spray air freshener when you’re done . Hurry up I feel a bowl buster coming on.
Irish53 almost 2 years ago
Finally! Sports action!….Nerd sports action!
lemonbaskt almost 2 years ago
is this like the tenth different storyline in two weeks
artegal almost 2 years ago
Didn’t this strip used to be about high school sports?
dodgeslant6 almost 2 years ago
Since Barajas has arrived, this has gone to crap. I’m gone!
rph9 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I’ve been reading Gil Thorp for years. For the 1st time ever, I don’t have a clue what the heck is going on……
hifirick1953 almost 2 years ago
KIds Week
Ignatz Premium Member almost 2 years ago
D&D doesn’t use a board.
dadjo almost 2 years ago
These last couple of weeks have been GREAT! Perfect for the thousands of 14-24 year-olds who read this strip.
HalStevens almost 2 years ago
What does this have to do with football????
Twainrdr almost 2 years ago
Will the die stop? Will it roll off the table? Is there a penalty if it does? Tune in a week before Thanksgiving and we’ll get back to the game.
Mopman almost 2 years ago
Only one semi-closeup hand action today, and it’s just Jami’s wimpy fist. And speaking of action, the board game action is much better today at Mopped Up Thorp.
https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/
bitsy twill almost 2 years ago
Some of you must be great fun to sit next to at the movies. There are multiple interconnected characters in a story. The main character is named “Gil Thorp”. He’s a high school coach. Your job, if you so choose, is to spend 30 seconds a day, 6 days a week watching the story unfold. This isn’t “Inception” or “Mulholland Drive”. Showing a scene with Keri one day and Jami the next (captioned “meanwhile…”) isn’t inherently confusing. You’re not supposed to know in advance where the story is headed or how all of the parts are connected. If the credits roll and plot lines are left unresolved, that is the time to complain.
Such as, “Hey, what ever happened to the girl’s tennis team?” “Did Scooter end up leading the league in ‘perfect bunts’”? And my favorite, “Why was Addison ‘Boo’ Radley’s nickname ‘Boo’?” And yes, I know Boo Radley is a character in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, that doesn’t explain it!
jtarz almost 2 years ago
there is no story line anymore, its all over the place going nowhere
mburn1995 almost 2 years ago
12th strip in a row without anything even resembling sports.
genez almost 2 years ago
Can we all agree that the new ultra-w*ke, down-with-the-kidz “Gil Thorp” is just as worthy of snark as the stodgy old “Gil Thorp”?
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member almost 2 years ago
… Letting the days go by, every day the story changes… ……Letting the days go by, the plot is flowing underground… ……And you may ask yourself, “How do I follow this?”……And you may ask yourself, “What the heck is going on?”……And you may tell yourself, “This is not my beautiful comic”
Twainrdr almost 2 years ago
I think you all missed a huge clue. Way back when "Keri"listed her likes, she mentioned Mr. Kool-Aid Acid Test, himself, Kurt Von eee gut.