Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 07, 2025

“I don’t care if you miss! Keep making shots!” Henry, I think you meant taking. One letter makes a big difference.

Extremely technical sport explanation: if a player attempts a shot they are “taking a shot”. If the shot goes in they have “made a shot”. Therefore if you miss an attempt you have taken a shot but not made a shot. But I’m sure the author has studied up on this terminology.

“I will not lose to (insert opposing coach name) is never heard in a timeout huddle. Or if it is, the coach already lost.

The crawl is a good idea.

“I don’t care if your shot goes anywhere near the basket, just keep tossing the ball up in the air!”

Why are all the faces flat? Have they all been mashed by a 12" cast iron skillet?

More great background art.

Coach, there is no “I” in team.

P2: Is this the worst perm you’ve ever seen? Yes Coach.

P3: Lame announcing. Moon or whoever should identify the player who is going to the line, his free throw percentage, and/or the number of fouls Leo has now committed.

P1- I don’t care if you miss. Keep making shots. Sounds like a quote from Edgar Allen Diddle.

“Keep making shots!”

Great coaching right there.

When did Goshen change its team name from the Goshen Hapless Clowns to the Skunks?

Who will Henry blame for the “Making, Taking” screw up in P1? Or will he not even realize the mistake?

I appreciate the scoreboard. Here I was thinking it’s 3/7 Milford.

Hey, guys! Here’s a novel approach to playing basketball. Take shots! Because not taking shots isn’t working.

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And my expectations of poorly drawn human characters and blank backgrounds were met.

both coaches are idiots who says what they said after only two minutes ?

is unknown player in panel one wearing his mothers mink stole ?

panel 3 you sure thats a basketball looks like a cantaloupe ?

On this day in Gil Thorp history: 03/07/2006

Milford at North Bend in the playdowns…and some fans have targeted Ted Pearse!

Heckler: Hey Pearse! Got a dime?

Moon: And at the end of a sloopy 1st quarter, North Bend leads, 16 – 10!

On this day in Gil Thorp history: 03/07/1988: Double Shot

Thorp: Come on Baer…You’re sleep walking! Look alive!

Tod: He’s freaked because someone stole his bear, Gil!

LaterGil: Okay…WHoever took Baer’s bear…Return it to him…NOW!

Player 1: Awwwww…Can’t he pway basketball unless he has his wittle teddy bear?

Fight breaks outTod: Hey…Break it up…BREAK IT UP!

Gil: Good grief…he IS really upset.

It’s no secret that all you need to have a competitive HS team these days is a couple of kids who can shoot 3’s and make free throws. In 2023, I watched a small town downstate school with no D1 commits (Metamora IL) beat two schools with high-flying D1 commits (and probably a couple of future NBA players, better than Rod even), East St. Louis and Chicago Simeon, because they could do just that, as well as move the ball around until they found someone open. ‘Nads is an idiot and Gil ain’t much better.

Gil : “… I don’t care if you miss… you guys know how I welcome failure so go ahead and fail!…”

P3 That’s it, keep making those flagrant shots to Goshen player’s heads, Leo.

Gil is now a spokesperson for the CDC ala Anthony Fauci, keep taking those shots, lads.

Henry! I don’t care if you keep using the wrong letters! Keep writing!

“Ref is calling too many fouls against us. Leo, time for the Longest Yard strategy against the ref.”

how is tobe on the team last year shemp howard rankelson wanted him banned another story henry didnt finish

will the fourth quarter surprise be lucious comes out of nowhere and beats nads up again ?

if goshen wins will barneys pub be packed ?

My thoughts…Henry and Rachel are so busy writing about and drawing Pachucos for the only thing they really care about that they’re both using AI for the “writing” and “art”.

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