Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for August 15, 2019

P1: Ooo, tough guy, THAT’ll show that woman!!

Ed pulls the classic fake haymaker in P2 then smooths his hair in P3. Assume he called “Psyche” in between panels.

“We’ll go along with your scheme, but we will have to send school mail to where he’s pretending to live.”

R&W are still going to drag this “story” until at least Saturday

In all reality , Are we going to be subjected to a wedding planning , wedding storyline ?

P4: The Flemings are moving are moving to Central City.

P1, That’ll work, his parents will never see his report card.

P2, To the moon, Alice!

P3, Is Ed coming out?

I like it when guys with ties don’t care if the back is longer than the front. P4 I have decided to give them my blessing for the wedding since I now know she is an awesome lawyer and can carry Jaquan financially.

P4: “…uh, Jag-juan? ….I finally figured out that you are both a pain in the a$$ and truly meant for each other…”

I completely missed the mark yesterday. Upon further review and research, Easy Ed is a dead ringer for….wait for it….WILDCAT MARIS!!!

What is this Davey and Goliath? Yes, I learned to fight you don’t actually have to be violent. You only have to wear a suit that will make the Board physically ill to look at and they’ll crumble. I also learned that being a bully is perfectly alright if you’re a lawyer.

P-1: When was the last time you actually were able to see the lens line in bifocals?

I give up. What did Ed learn that would make him any more accepting of Hadley’s impending marriage to Jaquan— which I assume Mrs. Ed is referring to?

He learned what? That a kid can have a real residence and a fake one, so Hadley and Jaquan can live a lot of time in two places? That’s a reach. About as reasonable as anything in this strip though.

How he learned to accept his daughter’s fiance from this sham of a residency hearing is beyond me. Unless he’s going to make some stupid bizarre unethical argument that convinces the two to break up.

time for streak hair to upgrade her iphone….

P2: Fist bump…don’t leave me hanging…

P1 – Have you ever seen someone hold their phone like that? I guess she’s trying to let Tiki hear the conversation (which actually is dumb because it won’t be louder by holding it away from her ear if it’s not on speaker).

P2 – Mr. Ed is removing his jacket. But he’s doing it in the same motion as putting on a jacket! I think it’s virtually impossible to remove your jacket in that manner.

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Oh, and look at Mr. Ed in P3. Doesn’t his face look awfully close to Gil’s? Are they secretly related???

P-4: “Jaquan, I just spent part of the afternoon with her. If you can handle living with that woman, you have my blessing.”