Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 25, 2021

P2: I’m not sure how they get that from CK’s comment.

As a defender who tended to lead with my face on double-teams, black eyes don’t really get going til the next day.

Gee CK what do you really think?

Tessi “No D”. Larkettes now like some football teams — offensive and defensive cliques eating together. Where’s Coach Boone when you need him?

“Are you suggesting that Tessi is… less than accomplished defensively?”

“No, I saying she sucks.”

“Reeeeooooowrrrr” (I’m trying to imply they’re being catty)

If she acts like she’s trying, wouldn’t that seem that she’s interested?

P3: I thought she was also talking about State Champion Gil.

P3- I tried positioning my fingers like CK to no avail. Is that a Valley Modified gang sign?

Know what Ms Smarty Pants ,in all reality , I bet my fist in Tessi’s face would teach her how to play defense .

She’s frustrated because Tessi isn’t interested in HER

P1, Which is more than you’ve done in this strip.

P2, But she makes up for it by bragging about how much she scores.

P3, And what annoys me is that you’re less than interesting but for some reason, everybody thinks you’re great even though you hate them all.

So CK is saying that she would no longer be annoyed, if only Tessi would just stop acting like she’s trying? I suppose that makes some sense. If a player doesn’t care about defense, then instead of going through the motions she should make a point of explicitly just standing around on the court until her team gets the ball back. It’s the Valley Modified approach to team sports!

Why play defense when it gets you a black eye?

P-4: G. Marx – "Now she’s trying, very trying.

Vito from Goshen’s in-depth scouting report (everything affects the point spread!): Tessi’s loose hair= no defense.

Judging by CK’s drawing in P1; it was the artists take your kid to work day. At least he drew CK in P3

Well that sure is a weird sentence by CK. Why would she say “Tessi over there”, how many Tessi’s are there in the place? And based on what she’s replying to, what is she suggesting Tessi sign? Her eye? The opponent’s elbow? Who signs a bruise? And then the reaction to that is “Ouch?” Instead of, “I don’t get it”, or “What the hell are you talking about?”

And speaking of talking about, everyone is talking about Mopped Up Thorp: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

P 4 ( Tessi slugs CK in her good eye): “… hey Corina!… what do you tell a woman with two black eyes?…. nothing…. you’ve already told her…. twice….”

Corina virus? Aye.