Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 10, 2024

I don’t know. Third base!

I love the subtle change in the third panel—and the perspective. I feel so lucky to have worked with Rod and now Rachel. Thank you to the folks that read and have been supportive and kind.

Good work. It’s over my head I guess. I only took one semester of English in college.

P2.5 — “Then came Act Two. You seemed to change, you acted strange. And why? I’ll never know. Henry, you LIED when you said you loved Gil. And I had no cause to doubt you. But I rather go on seeing your lies, than go on reading without you. Now the strip is bare and I’m standing there, with emptiness all around. And if Gil won’t come back to me, then they can bring the curtain down.”

Ah, I get it… the suggestion of ghosts in panel 1, so panel 2 and 3 must be Bud Abbott and Lou Costello coming back as football players, doing their “Who’s on First” routine. Sweet!

Why are there no lineman numbers (50-79) in the huddle? By rule has to be at least five.

What time?

What time What?

What time tomorrow you gonna tell me who’s pitching?

8-man football ??? With LSD-driven dialogue!!!! Putrid !!! Just putrid !!!!

Today is pitching and tomorrow is catching. Like Pedro and Peanut. She couldn’t handle the high hard one.

Is this football or are they shooting dice?

Milford’s using the confusion tactic on themselves I see.

What kind of idiotic snap count is that? Once again, proof positive that this moron knows nothing about sports. It’s time he did the world a favor and went away.

and the joke is supposed to be ???

Do I sense a nursery rhyme coming?

Panels 2 and 3 are dizzying.

Still getting your bonus check! As previously stated, you have no idea how a sports team actually functions. I have NEVER heard an announcer say how a Coach has seen a Ghost.

“Who’s on the bench? We only have eight guys out here!”

P 1: How tf can you tell from where you’re sitting what he looks like Marty? Do you watch the game? or do you just stare at the bench with binoculars…..

In today’s “Pearls Before Swine,” Rat threatens to move to another comic strip. I think “Gil Thorp” would be the perfect location for him.

#Day882ofGilThorpFansHeldHostagebyBadWriting

Here’s the thing with Henry’s comment. Both he and Rachel are your typical Millennial snowflakes. They need constant pats on the back and compliments; and any suggestions or constructive criticism are insults and hatred (usually tagged as being racist, sexist and/or homophobic). They both show a great amount of talent in their non-Thorp work but don’t care enough about a daily strip to bring their best (or even their mediocre) here to Gil Thorp. They both basically treat Thorp as a paycheck to support the work they actually do care about. That’s a sad thing and a shame that TCA allows it to continue as papers continue to drop Gil Thorp (despite Henry’s odd statements to the opposite).

What is everyone staring at on the ground? Wrong answers only. My answer is in today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/falling-apart/

Serious question: Has anyone ever said how Henry got this job?