Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for January 28, 2021

(covers his eyes with his hands)

P4: "Why don’t you bring your “A” game over to Milton’s Paradise Regained for some 1-on-1? Experience my lack of defense. Flagrant foul me."

Someone please explain the P2 dialogue to me. Stripe shirt guy redundantly telling Vic he walks slowly? What?

P1 Vic’s popularity continues to rise, even the ants are gravitating to him. Can someone show Disracted Driver Doug (I think that’s him) how to do the Spock Vulcan peace sign already? This subplot is only adding to the noise of this already meandering story arc

P2 Dummy up about my speed or I’ll use my crutch to plant a loofah where the sun doesn’t shine

P3 Tessi makes her move on Vic, another bout of EES is triggered as she puts 2 in his eyes. Silently Vic is elated when he realizes that his limited mobility becomes a super power, if only for one brief, shining moment, as he takes the flop and Tessi to the floor with him

P1- Will Thayer. Looks like Will. Is as impressive as Vic’s wing man as he was on the gridiron.

P2- For decades sheesh has been a staple of Milford kids expressing theirselves. Mix in Jeepers once in awhile.

P3- Vic is swooned by Tessi’s freshly shampooed Breck mane as Hall & Oates “Maneater” plays over the MHS Muzak system.

Or her hand has a buzzer producing electric shock on the boy; some like it like that

In all reality , when does Corina step in and tell Tessi to quit playing up to Vic ,inquiring minds want to know !

Who’s that breaking the third wall in P1

P 4: “….great!….now I can’t walk at all…”

P1, Is that one of the teachers talking to Vic or one of Gil’s 6th-year senior athletes?

P2, Even for this strip this panel makes no sense.

P3, Tessi cops a feel.

P3: Must be from all those cigarettes this guy smokes.

Does this mean I missed last nights game??

P-3: Tessi is going to use her martial arts skills. She’s about to “dis-arm” him.

This is kind of reminiscent of my son. He had Muscular Dystrophy. In 3rd grade before he was wheelchair bound, he was still really slow at getting around. I went with the class on a field trip so I could help him, and during the day they had a picnic lunch and some free time to play. All of the boys were playing kickball, and when Max finished, he said “O/done! Who wants to play with ME now!” One of the boys left the game and came over and they set off looking for bugs. I could have hugged that boy. I wish I could have told his parents what a great kid they raised. It makes me cry just to tell the story. I won’t even try to tell you about his 8th grade dance!

When are the girls going to get called into Mimi’s office to get counselled for not sitting together at the Bucket?

So piecing the timeline together, we last saw Tessi suggesting getting Vic to do PA duty at their game. But then she waited at least 2 days to approach Vic, since the boys played “last night”. Which makes me think, what’s with the kids going to The Bucket after games on a school night? It would be at least 10pm when they even first get there. The girls never play on Friday night, so realistically, they rarely should be going out after their games. If they do, they must be falling asleep in class and failing to finish homework and study for tests.

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P1: When did Vic turn into a young Woody Allen?!?!

Who is that guy leering in P3? Is that Gil? If so, who let him near a classroom?