Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 19, 2018

Try saying “laxative.” You seem uptight.

Yup! You got it right, Chip.

The rice and beans scuffling is over at Popeyes.

P1, Cheeburger, cheeburger, Coke, no Pepsi!

P2, We can tell by that ant-covered sweater. About time you washed that thing.

P3, Hey, you tryin’ to be some kind of wise glass?!?

Isn’t it about time for Barry Bader’s father to get out of the slammer? I think Paloma needs to make a little trip to the Swifty Mart.

And many places don’t have rice and beans, and many never had electricity to reconnect.

So Paloma. In addition to the daily dose of teenage angst we are served, you are going to share your guilt with us whether we like it or not. How soon before you get boxed out in a Valley Conference game and get the beans and rice knocked out of you scuffling for the ball? P3- Young Diane Sawyer practicing her craft for The Daily Milfordian.

Yeah, they bring you the cheeseburger. AND THEN THEY BRING YOU A CHECK

P4: " ….because you are sick of rice and beans and the resulting flatulence? Well, the cheeseburgers from this place will give you gas too""

I’d like to see her teammates agree with her — “How can you play basketball when people back in Puerto Rico don’t have basic necessities? What’s wrong with you?”

P-1: Yes, I’m on a Power Trip

P-2: I wistfully long for the simple life of a 19th Century Pioneer

P-3: Wait till I tell them about Succotash

Great Comeback, Blondie! Good for you.

Is that where the song came from? “Everyday I’m scuffling, scuffling…”

After being on hiatus in 2017, the teenage girl moustache makes a subtle return to The Valley. P2- Doesn’t Paloma look smashing doing her Kelly Le Brock don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful pose in her antgora sweater?

Where is Saturday’s comic?

What happened to Saturday’s comic?

This is it! The writers got fed up with us and went on strike until the comments improve.

Its the government shutdown. Finally affecting the little people.

Its the government shutdown. Finally affecting the little people.

You can see todays color version at seattlepi.com

You can see todays color version at seattlepi.com

This story is going to have to carry on without me for the next month as I’ll be meandering around a s***hole country trying to improve my Spanish. Stay snarky, mis amigos.

Here is today’s strip:

http://comics.azcentral.com/slideshow?comic=Gil_Thorp&feature_id=Gil_Thorp

During this time of crisis, I used my spare time to almost catch up on Mopped Up Thorp. Five new strips have been added, only a couple behind now.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/