Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for September 01, 2016

That middle-aged student in the back row is a future industrial solvents salesman if ever I’ve seen one.

And in closing, I’d like to thank you for attending this wake….oh snap, speaking of attending Wake I better get going – end of storyline!

So the school district actually has the right to tell Mrs. Radley whether or not she can put a little library in her yard? I assumed that type of decision would be made by the local high school athletic director.

Only two days left. I guess tomorrow will be the day Barry and Mrs. Boo hug it out.

Invent the idea? I don’t think True has mastered AP English after all.

I imagine all of us look a lot like Mrs. Radley today, crying tears of frustration as this story lumbers along with no end in sight.

John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever explaining one of his “A game” disco moves —

“First I saw it on TV, then I invented it.”

P1- True proudly wears his Powerful Mach 5 tee shirt. He will need Speed Racer’s ride to make it to Winston-Salem in time for the 7 PM kickoff tonight. How many games before the Wake student section chants, “We want True”?

I hope Gil volunteers to put one of these little boxes up at the Milford Country Club so he can make at least one visit there this summer.

So Tru(e) becomes the leader off the gridiron Gil wanted him to become, let’s move to forgiving Barry and onto some GOLF.

Is Tru(e) breaking the fourth wall in P1?

Well, as lame as it is, at least R&W make a new strip 6x a week. Mark Trail does like one a month.

Why is Tru(e) answering a question from Ms. Ducey? She just started yelling things out during the dedication? I guess putting the first one in the Radley’s yard is symbolic or whatever, but I don’t know how much use it will get unless people are randomly wandering through the Radley’s yard.

So after all this time, the whole plot was about a Milford High School Junior Achievement project? Tru continues: OK, who wants to order one? Mrs. Thorp, you can store the Mimosa mixes and towels by your pool. Mrs. Radley is going to turn this into a Purple Martin house. There’s a fan out there who wants to store soap and other shower supplies. C’mon, who wants to order one?

Tru: Tulane at Wake 7P tonight.

True in p4: “Thank you Milford, you’ve been a great audience! We’ll see you next time!”

I don’t see the purpose in this. Around here all the books would be stolen in one night.

Day 146: So what happens when it rains? Are these mini-libraries water proof?

@ Ellisburkes: One of the Baseball players will spend hours standing at one of these displays, telling jokes. What a card?

@Mr. Spridget: In the event of rain, they play Go Fish.

Mark Twain once observed; Any Library without a Jane Austin book was an excellent start.

So the press showed up for this dedication of the 3 foot tall free backyard library? How did they know since it was a BIG SECRET? And I’m still questioning why Marjie is yelling out questions during the dedication. And speaking of dedication, I appreciate the dedication of those of you that read Mopped Up Thorp every day.

Pshew, an awful lot of work for a cartoonist, just to introduce a website.