Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 22, 2021

A lot of finger pointing going on.

This fool persists in reading this strip — sadder but no wiser. Today’s Before and After — _ _ _ _ _ _ _ xxxxx _ _ _ _ _ xxxxx _ _ _ _ _ _ _

If this were classic late night television then this would be followed by a Sermonette and a reading of “High Flight”.

One of the most frequently cited William Blake “quotes” cannot be found in any of his writings.

The same quote is also attributed to Aldous Huxley… but is likewise missing from his work.

“There are things known, and things unknown, and in between are the doors.”

The best guess, in my opinion, is that it was produced by an early anonymous publicist for Jim Morrison’s little band.

William Blake is the Doctor’s name!!!!

Should we put out an “APB” for the MoonMan, who I think must have dropped off the planet

P1 Picard! Get your hand out of Muench’s crotch, here, pull my finger in case someone walks in, they’ll think we are just horsing around

P2 No, who are you again? Anyway, it’s like this, finger out and then the ball of the fist is under, not on the side when offered for a pull

P3 The unpleasant stench you are smelling isn’t Picard’s and my flatulence, it is from this meandering, pointless story arc in which you are imprisoned

That would be the “Tyger Tyger, burning bright” guy, n’est ce pas?

P1, A lot of finger-pointing in today’s strip.

P2, “Butt” Muench is right, huh?

P3, Or was it Henry Blake.

That quote would actually seem to mean “It’s a stupid idea, but play him anyway.”

In all reality , P 4 Corina pops into the training room and says Hey Pull My Finger !

Which is more surprising, the Milford trainer quoting from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell or Gil recognizing Blake as the author?

buenched

Alfred Lord Tennyson, “’tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”, is what Marty Moon knows all too well with Holly Dobbs and Peaches McClure. By the way HooDad, does Moonpie merit an ABC News Nightline day held hostage count?

P 2: “huh?…so can I play?… grandpa…”

Funny, I was expecting him to say “Make it so, number one”.

Picard’s on his game. He also snuck an airhockey goal on Luke Skywalker, who “wasn’t ready”.

Why did Picard change his wrist watch from one arm to the other??

P2- Who’s hand is that? Nobody has long sleeves.

He looks sort of like Jean-Luc Picard.

P3: “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.” That was Robert Blake. Ask Doug if his dad watched Baretta.

Ah, the attention to detail in this strip is outstanding. Jean-Luc with a gold wristband on his left wrist in P1, with nothing on his right wrist, but a red wristband on his right wrist in P2. And the spelling error in P3, come on. At least in my strip if a typo gets through I fix it.

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