Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for March 02, 2021

The Doug whisperer does it again!

P1: I wonder what Tom’s answer was?

P1 I dunno, if I were Muench I’d want to do both if the opportunity presented itself and would give full effort without a thought of being injured, besides that always happens to the other guy anyway

P2 Effort? Effort? You are talking about effort GilPa? Do you know how to spell the word or know what it means? HAA HAA HAA HAA HAA HAA HAA, you’re killing me

P3 Hmmmm other than emphasizing syllables in their names, the only player on the girls team with a nick from Vic appears to be Tessie Tease, I’m feeling a discrimination lawsuit coming Vic’s way

Who needs Gil or Kaz when the teams have Vic and Corrina?

Vito from Goshen is getting very, very concerned about this influential Vic kid. He’s turning Doug from the dark side, and now he’s ruining the easy money on the girls’ games. There’s going to be a big meeting at The Diner to make some decisions. Thorp has to wake up and stop this.

P1: “Ask Gil if he can walk and chew gum.”

In all reality , Vic never learned that it’s very disrespectful to purposely mispronounce someone’s name.

Hadley BAX-endale checking in to bring political correctness to Milford. VD now reporting from circuit courtside — RaMEERez v. Milford School Board.

Gil’s hand breaking out of the panel… During 3D craze in the 1950s ME comic books couldn’t print the real 3D comics, so they encouraged artists to violate panel boundaries.

Day 87 of Moon Held Hostage. Perhaps a call from the Wildcat will be the ticket to get him freed from his own personal Elba.

One of Gil’s superiors must have had a talk with him. He seems engaged, chewing out players and offering encouragement. He even shows up for practice. Wait. Gil doesn’t have superiors. What’s his motivation? Is Holly Dobbs in town to film the autobiography of GilPa?

Where is Doug in P 2? Seems like the game is behind Gil…is Doug makin’ a play on a girl in the stands?

P3: Is there a point?

P1 makes no sense. Can’t wait for him to get creative with CK and the pummeling that ensues

Sadly, we have not moved onto baseball yet.

P1, Um, Vic what the hell are you going on about?

P2, Gil hasn’t been seen in his namesake strip this often since the ’60s.

P3, Number 2 looks directly into the camera knowing full well this will be her one and only appearance in this strip.

Coaches Held Hostage: Mimi, Day 41; Kaz, Day 31. Their absence does not seem to be having an adverse effect on their teams.

I just arrived on your planet from a galaxy far, far away. What’s going on here?

A two-eleven in progress…that was always bad on Adam-12!

Tomorrow, CK roughs up Vic in the hallway, throws up against a locker and tells him “..hey kid…it’s ‘Ramirez’….not ‘Raaa -MEER-rez’ ….OK?…” and a budding romance ensues

P2 – Now change it back to blonde. Perfect!

P1- Vic infiltrates The Fist Pump Family. Run to the shadows in these golden years. Is it any wonder?

Does Gil have any kids named Octo? https://www.gocomics.com/glasbergen-cartoons/2021/03/02

P1 – I. Do. Not. Get. It. This logic worked? Or lack of logic? Doug is worried about getting injured playing basketball and having it affect his racing. So Vic wants him to consider if Tom would rather run around the gym or drive a race car really fast. AND THAT MOTIVATED DOUG TO GO ALL OUT AT BASKETBALL? WHAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT??

P2 – Ah, a clever way to avoid the hair changing problem. Have Doug be the feature, but don’t actually show him, or if you do, have him be in the shadows (P1). Brilliant!

P3 – #2 is thinking, “Oh man, how come our announcer doesn’t pronounce our names weird when we score? That would be so cool!”

And speaking of cool, what’s cool is that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online,

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/