Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for May 17, 2024

I admit, I’m kinda surprised to see casual smoking from a mom in a modern strip (although I’m not saying it’s unrealistic, but just the fact that TV and movies now up their ratings when there’s smoking…)

My head is spinning but I can’t get enough

Got this feelin’

Must be love

P1 You’re having a really bad week, aren’t you, Mr Reality?

P2 Mel is just having a…errrrr…being blunt with ToBe.

P3 Happiness is a warm gun, bang, bang, shoot, shoot.

Face it ToBe, what peanut loves, you just don’t have enough of.

Mom, wanna try a vape?

It’s Only LOVE and that’s all , why should I feel the way I do …

So Leo is in “love” with Dorothy, and Tobias is in “love” with Keri? Man, Milford is cray-cray town.

His mama told him, you better Shop Around.

Love. Exciting and new. Climb aboard. We’re expecting you.

Mel looks like life is grand, working at that new age art store in the hipster part of Milford.

There are other L words to describe this strip. Lame. Lunacy.

Nah, don’t tell her. Why ruin the surprise? Let her find out when you’re bumping uglies.

Milford must be in a state where cannabis is legal.

P-1.5: Mom replies, if you’re attracted to girls, the bloggers will have a field day!

P-2: Alternative to Meatloaf’s: I would do anything for love.

P-3: Don’t break her heart by telling her how you feel about Leo!

There have been a lot of questionable moments in this strip over the last couple of years, but SMOKING IN THE CAR WITH A TEENAGER?! EVEN WITH THE WINDOW ROLLED DOWN?! I am outraged! Outraged I tell you!

P 4 (Mel): “… the sex transition drugs still have a long way to go…”

i wonder if milford is one of those towns that banned menthols get the chips patrol after her

love in a elevator we know dorf smells good but is she going down

tobe is thickskinned if rod didnt laugh at his package keri wont right ?

Did Milford win that baseball game?

Starring Warren Zevon as Mel. Send lawyers, guns and money…

That car is like Dr Who’s phonebooth. I bet the whole team could fit in that thing.

Whiplash

Shltty. I know it doesn’ t start with L. But it is a shltty comic anymore.

Mel smoke Kools between her shifts at the strip club out by the airport

Sure is a lot of purple in the air today. Tribute to Prince? And speaking of purple, you’ll be seeing purple if you realize you forgot to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

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How can that be Mel? She doesn’t have a metal band T-shirt.

Mel keeps her smokes rolled up in the unseen sleeve.

“Don’t jump the gun, son.”

Mom is Rhymin’ Simon all of a sudden.