Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 21, 2021

P3: Gil, tone it down…this is a family comic strip!

P1: And what is he reading? Dune? He must have some girly mag stashed in there by the look on his face.

P2: Isn’t Copyright Cafe ticked that someone spray painted 5/21 on their window? Maybe Kramer did it when he went on strike: “No bagel no bagel no bagel no bagel no bagel…”

He may not understand budgets, but he understands the birds and the bees BurritoMan and he already read more books than you ever have.

P3.5 — “Oh My, Mimi. Look at Zane’s Ricky ‘Wild Thing’ Vaughn hairstyle. Who does his hair — Vegematic?” John Edwards $400 barber to the rescue before first debate broadcasts on Telemundo and “Zane’s World”.

Brito wins the election by one vote (Zane’s girlfriend’s, of course), but the next day another Library Board member dies in a bizarre gardening accident, and Zane is appointed in her place.

I’ve never seen a newspaper article about Library Board Elections in my whole life.

P1 awww look its a mini-Zane(y), sprouting a bad haircut and all

P2 ummm that he’s an (Insuffer)Abel, (Intoler)Abel, laugh(Abel), (Irrat)Abel horses a$$, did I miss anything?

P3 Clark goes on to say, “Burrito failed to pay his internet carrier bill on time, came to the library to do his porn surfing and was blocked, which set him in a rage about how it’s being run”

P1, I wonder if the little brother’s hair changes colors, too.

P2, How did you know it was a her, Katy?

P3, That should make the next big dinner at the Brito’s that Zane attends much more interesting.

Vito from Goshen hasn’t seen this much action since he made book on Herc the Mauler. There’s a rumor that Abe is bringing in the Chicago CPA cartel, and they all wear pocket protectors and carry fancy calculators. Heavy hitters.

In all reality , Why the Oh My, Gil ? I forgot we had a game yesterday and missed it. Oh Gil, I’m sure nobody missed you .

Riveting stuff! I can’t wait until they do an expose on the quilting bee scandal!

Where does this kid Katy get her money to enjoy the local eateries? Daddy Barely Able is unemployed and mad at Milford. First The Bucket, then Ricozzi’s and now The Copwrite Cafe. Next stop should be Subwich with a cameo by Herk The Mauler.

P3- GilPa is not listening to Mimi. Not with that leftover doughnut Chief Lind brought by from Milford PD.

“Brito said if Clark were a bulldog like this all the time, Milford would have a shot at second in the Valley. Clark countered with, ‘Your daughter says I’m plenty bulldog.’”

Anyone else getting ads for Winston cigarettes this morning?

So many questions arise: Who is the brown-haired woman with whom Gil is eating breakfast? Is Zane reading “Dome”, a book he checked out of the library about how to give yourself a better haircut? Are the two dozen people in Milford who are aware that the town has a library board the same two dozen who are aware that the town has a newspaper? And who is going to lose the big library board race? (Remember, the goal is always second place.)

P 4: “…there’s a hair in this bagel…”

P4: To which Brito replied, Zane(y)’s momma is so fat…

P 3: "…Clark countered with ‘…Brito only goes there to watch porn…’

This may get good.

Favor neither side and push both; old-school yellow journalism at its finest.

RIP Jack Berrill. Almost exactly 25 years after his passing and his artwork and story writing are sorely missed. R&W’s latest attempts pale in comparison. Inconsistent artwork, lame story lines and the Mudlark’s elusive quest for second in the Valley. Even CK is taking a break from the action. :(

Zane: “The debit card still fits in the machine, so the bank has to cover this payment.”

Who needs to follow base/softball when there’s an interesting Library Board election this (these) month(s)?

Katy and Gil use the same hair dye

As Zane lounges on the couch to read “Doomed, the Gil Thorp Story,” he had no idea he was about to receive a phone call that would change the course of his life.

“Zane countered that Brito patronizes those ladies that hang out by the bus stop.”“I hope Zane didn’t mention any other names,” Gil replied.

P 1.5: “….whaaat?….we still have a landline?….”

Why does today’s episode remind me of “The Music Man” & He doesn’t know the Territory song

P-2.5: “I told him you were your Mom and his love child and he had to marry her.”

P-3.5: Cameo of Groucho quipping: “Now he’s patronizing, very patronizing.”

I was worried that this story might not be realistic. But a high school student who doesn’t have time for sports but rejoins baseball while working two jobs and holding a Senior Class Officer position and having to drive to the library every night to do his homework, is running for Library Board against his girlfriend’s father, who is running because he doesn’t like the fact that the library has a lot of unused computers and thinks he can cut costs enough to lower his tax bill by $0.32 next year. And this riveting saga is being investigated by the newspaper’s sports reporter. Yep, that age old, clichéd plot we’ve seen a thousand times.

And speaking of clichés, Mopped Up Thorp is too bizarre to ever be filled with clichés.

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