Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 26, 2016

Time for Kenzie Hanley to come in and be the enforcer.

That doesn’t even look like a rebound elbow swing. That is just a straight up elbow to the jaw. Should warrant a flagrant.

I agree, that’s more like assault than a foul. This could turn ugly.

Mop Man, great job on the Christmas retrospective! I have a few observations.

1. In 2002 Mimi was looking particularly slutty and Gil’s head seems oddly small.

2.In 2003 Keri looks older than Mimi and Gil looks a lot like Herman Munster.

3. 2004 Mimi looks even sluttier than 2002 and in every case when Jami is being held by Gil, he looks like he’s being held hostage.

Again in 2007 Keri looks older than her mother and with Mimi looking like a 12 year old Gil looks like some kind of creepy uncle.

In 2008, that must be the entire population of Milford. Even Marty’s there!.

2009, now with even less kids and Gil and Mimi have pretty much settled into what they look like today.

Mimi looks even drunker than Marty in 2010. No wonder Gil went out with his team.

2011, Mimi still mad at Gil about 2010 skips the strip altogether. Must have been in Cancun with Pedro.

Mop Man, this was a fantastic gift and I for one, salute you!

In all reality , nothing like an elbow to the chops to open the season . Is Gil off the bench yelling at the referees , no way not his style . Big Ken Brown steps up and says It’s clobberin time , I pity the Fool !

That should wake him up for the game! & Get A Quad out of his rave-over stupor.

Watch out! A-aron is about to retaliate with a von Erich-style iron claw!

They need Menzie to take care of the kid with the elbows

Hey, what are you guys complaining about? You said you wanted Hockey. C’mon AQuad! Drop the gloves!

Binghampton? They named a school by merging a crooner and a marimba player? Man! I’d come out with an attitude too. What the heck is their mascot? A giant Rudy Valley?

Who’s coaching Binghamton? The great Joe Flynn with assistance from Tim Conway. Kudos to Mop for the Christmas MUT. 2001 Toto looks like he got into the pot brownies.

What kid reads an actual newspaper in the locker room.

And why would a fictional US Navy captain in the South Pacific during WWII be intimidated by what The Star says?

Yes, great job on the Christmas strips Mop! At least we can be thankful we’re not still in the horrible art years.

I know when you have a talented team coaches will schedule tough non-conference games to push their team and be ready for the post-season, but playing The State University of New York at Binghamton seems a bit much. Is that even legal? And when will Gil learn his lesson about providing his opponents with bulletin board material. Just talk in clichés when being interviewed, you’d think he’d know this by now. And speaking of knowing things, you should know by now that you can read today’s Mopped Up Thorp here: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Also, if you missed it, scroll down from today’s posting to see yesterday’s summary of the Gil Thorp Christmas greetings.

Binghamton is where the kids from my town in PA used to go to get drunk before NY raised the drinking age to 21. Nanny Twill lived there also. Yup…buncha thugs.

They must actually be playing Bedford Falls High School. The kid throwing the elbow looks just like Alfalfa did just before he opened the swimming pool under George Bailey and Mary Hatch.

Since when have HS sports turned into NFL, NBA,MLB NHL refs should be all over that

Just getting caught up on two days worth of comics. Yesterday’s “OVER THE HEDGE” has a tie to an on going Gil Thorp ‘joke’ some of you make here.

Aaron Aagard, meet Eddie Elbowthrow.

@MUT: Mimi was seriously into collagen in those years. @tcar: I noticed the Alfalfa look as well. Apparently, Gil needs to retaliate with Butch and the Woim.@Bitsy and Ellisburkes: Thugs? What team will Sam Jaffe play for? I hear he’s a Beastie.