Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for October 15, 2014

Did anyone see this coming?

How come the window in Gil’s office is about 30 feet wide on the outside, and the whole office is about 10 feet wide on the inside?

Is Gil drinking a mug of chlorine?? Is he a big 101 dalmatians fan? Has he changed is name to “Cil”?

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Jarrod will have a chance to win the big game on a pass from True and will drop it on purpose.

In all reality , J Rod says I d rather not discuss this until I talk to my Mom who has some interesting pictures to show you and the school board , if you know what I mean .

I’m still looking at a potential romance between Jarrod’s divorced/widowed mother and True’s dad, setting up a classic tension that will bury yet another Mudlarks’ football season

Yeah, Gil is now a talking shrunken head, but that’s a cool new Cialis mug he is using! Must be a gift from Dr. Wally Lamb?

When Jarrod is angry, his freckles increase. Gil should remind Jarrod there is no I in TEAM. HRRRACKKK!

Seriously…….where has Art been all this time? Perhaps in the Thorp(e) dungeon? “He went to Jarrod” might wind up there too if he keeps the attitude he appears to have in panel three’s facial expresssion.

Or maybe after all the Beverly Hillbillie’s comparisons yesterday we change the dungeon to the ‘root cellar’.

Wait—when did Howdy Doody start competing with Jarrod and True for playing time? I had no idea he played qb at all, let alone since he was 9. At this point, Howdy would have more experience than the entire NFL, so maybe he should start.

J-Rod looks like he’s gonna snap (and I don’t mean playing center)!

Help the team? HELP THE TEAM?!? Screw the team, I wanna play quarterback.

Emotionally, J-Rod is still 9.

True hits Jerrod with a pass in the final seconds of a tight game to win it, and Marty Moon screams, “He went to Jerrod! He went to Jerrod!”

J-Rod kinda looks like the villain Syndrome from the animated movie “The Incredibles.” Gil is about to tell him, “I work alone.”

In all reality ,what other players will J Rod try to recruit for his consperiacy against True ?

Yes, J-Rod. We’re 2 and 1. You built up huge leads in both wins that let Tru play clean up. After an off game in the second week you led us to a romp. So we’re benching you.

The bad thing about re-checking the comments to see the latest “wit and wisdom” is you’ll notice something you missed before. .Panel two makes it look like Gil (or Cil) has a pointy Van-Dyke. I missed it the first time becaus of noticing the ‘C’ on the coffee cup. He looks more like a Maynard G. Crebbs beatnik than the kid on the bus the other day.

tcar-1, that’s Flash Gordon’s nemesis Ming the Merciless.

“You can be a valuable receiver…if you can run after the catch like you run your mouth.

Looks like Jarrod(e) is happy to do whatever is necessary for the team in P3. But what does Gil want from him in Mopped Up Thorp?

You’re gonna get another earful from my mommy.

After a couple of wins on the bench, J-Rod accepts his fate and in the final game, for a chance at the play downs, throws a bomb to one of the many stone fingered Milford receivers and. . . 2nd in the Valley!