Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 18, 2014

Gasp! Is that a trophy on Gil’s desk? Did the Mudlarks actually win something or did True bring it along to try to impress?

My prediction is that Tru(e)‘s Dad is testing the coaches and will go with Gil when it turns out he’s the only one who wouldn’t sell out to get his kid. Then they’ll lose the championship when Gil dresses the tuba player at WR.

Not Gil, maybe at St. Fabian’s. Worst office ever. Child’s homework desk. And the guy is trapped behind it.

Poor kid. He will get a rude awakening one day when he has to deal with reality on his own.

As for Dad? Maybe it’s a stretch to say his behaviour is abusive, but he is damaging his son.

Tender moment with Gil and Mimi sharing a carafe of Yoo Hoo in P 1-2!Seems every summer Gil drags an over bearing father into the strip to carry them through the dog days!

Is that a playbook Tru’s dad is holding. I hope Gil takes it. It will make it easier to scheme the defense when they play against Tru in the fall. (I feel like an idiot even typing the name “Tru.”)

In all reality, why would the coach have an eternal flame on his desk ?

In all reality , when Dog the Bounty Hunter shows up in Milford , Art and True Value will beat a hasty retreat never to be heard from again.

P1 looks like the beginning of a cialis commercial.

Quarterback, tuba player, hair gel model…is there anything True can’t do?

Shouldn’t Gil have emphasized “won’t” and not “bargain?”

RGIII is back in school?

Is it a bad thing to hate a comic strip character? Should I seek counseling?

That can’t be Gil’s office. There are 2 picture windows. Gil’s broom closet has none.

I’m guessing that panel 3 is just vaguely drawn and it is NOT Gil in his office.

You can tell it’s not Gil’s office. If you zoom in on the coffee mug, you can read “Not ThorP” on the side.

Carl Peake, check. Wildcat Maris, check check. Art Standish resembles the long lost brother of Wildcat. Mimi sent Pedro to the wine celler, ERRR!!! ThorPa dungeon to retreive a bottle of Milford Wineries finest so Gil could “bow up” with some liquid courage. Pedro waits patiently for Gil to pass out so he can resume the Mimi foot massage.

Gil sounds like he’s trying to convince Mimi he’s not a pushover. Or maybe he’s trying to convince himself — “Damn it, I won’t bargain! I won’t do it! Well, a little compromise might be OK.”

I think that is another coach at another school that Tru and his dad are bargaining with. Thorp has no trophies other than his wife.

OK, my bad, not Gil. I guess I’ll have to revise my formula of Coach + Male + Short Dark Hair = Gil.

OK, Gil offered a counselor and a chance to compete and that earned him a second meeting. Tilden and St. Fabian must not offer counselors. Gil Thorp, GM negotiator in the making

Stellar as usual Moppy. Perhaps Team Stand-Off-Ish should approach Oakwood. Tod Andrews has a lousy record verses Gilford.

Mop, maybe it’s a latent non-hetero streak in me that I’ll have to discuss with my wife of 27 years, but God help me, the shower references always get a huge laff out of me! Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

If Team Standish is at Fabian, there better me a full ride thrown in as well….tuition at our parochial HS was $10K two years ago!

Tuba players? Is there a scholarship to Stanford included?

For some reason can’t get the reply button to work but to MOP…………. one of your best ones so far.