Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 30, 2023

Batman called…he wants his sound effects back.

Already all over Twitter.

KICK, POW, BAM the glory days of action comics. Is this the first bench clearing brawl for a girls’ team? There were a few for the boys. (And how long was the strip around before girls athletics were really mentioned, and how much longer before they were featured in an arc? Did the women get an arc where one of their teams was featured before Bitsy Twill?)

In all reality , ladies we must keep our hands to ouselves !

I guess they figured they had to have the girl in the hijab throw a punch, because (due to the poor graphic style), she’s one of the few recognizable characters.

P 4 ( Keri): “… yeah!… for them it did…”

CATFIGHT! YAS!

Panel 3 seems to depict the first of four spankings in Dr. Pearl’s office. I’m ready for that Gil Thorp graphic novel now.

There goes the 69 in New Haven, or whatever.

P1 As mayhem ensues, Dotty Dubbs takes a moment of inspiration from Indy 500 winners and kisses the rubber,

P2 “Hello, my name is Inma, as in Inma face. Well not Inma face, but I’m in yours!” POW!

P3 Captain Obvious speaks. Bold prediction: No girls softball JV victory celebration at The Bucket today.

SPALT! OOOFF! BOINK! KAPOW! Keri’s 2nd dust up this school year. Dr. Pearl publicly denounces the deviant behavior. Privately meeting with the girls, she channels her Lou Holtz before Catholics vs The Convicts and tells Keri and the misfits they could have saved the Madison headmaster’s a$$ for her.

I was hoping for a third day of violence…

Imma Rimshot has certainly bulked up since we last saw her a couple of weeks ago. And quite the left cross! Gotta be the ’roid rage.

The rumbling sound under your feet is Jack Berril spinning in his grave.

Tune in tomorrow! Same Bat time! Same Bat channel.

Funny thing happened to me today….. I went to the Gil Thorp strip, but Batman broke out instead.

and yet, I think we all enjoyed today’s strip

Based on that bruise under her eye, even Cami got in on the action

P 2: Rosie the Riveter

This one’s for Mopman – apparently he has disciples?

https://www.gocomics.com/inthebleachers/2023/05/30

It is all Ham’s fault. He is such a great coach the other team didn’t get a hit.

Gil is in trouble…brawls at the end of softball games?…a blind pitching coach?… Gil not present when blind coach trains pitchers?… players movin vapes while moon gets video evidence? … I can’t wait to see how he wiggles out of this mess

Unsports(wo)man like conduct. There goes the season.

And quietly through all the action, Meemaw lingers on.

Why is Keri on the girls team if she’s not a she?

That punch in P2 reminds me of the shot Keri gave Dorothy way back. The same recoil. That girl ain’t getting up after that hit. DOWN GOES MADISON! DOWN GOES MADISON!

And speaking of down, you don’t have to go down very far to see the link to today’s episode of Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2023/05/30/soft-brawl/

Group cat fight! Did Keri stick up for Dorothy? That’s a switch.

Meanwhile, Dorthy does pushups while the rest of her teammates brawl

Some of you snarkers let @henryjbarajas live rent-free in your heads and it shows.