Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for August 03, 2022

I don’t suppose this is the time to explain to GilPa what an “Uber” is, or why there aren’t black-and-white checkered taxis at Milford Intercontinental any more.

Did you try this newfangled feature called “voicemail”?

FWIW, a Cessna like that burns about $50/hour in fuel.

Try texting Gil, not only my kids, even my wife responds immediately to a message as opposed to answering a call, much less even listening to a voice mail and calling back.

P3.5 “This isn’t what I had in mind when I said I wanted you to go down, Gil.”

Not Flight 1203 — oh no. Mrs. Sully to the rescue?

As The Gil Turns……Nice nose dive in P3. Hope they pull up for the landing.

Gil practicing his stunt moves by seeing if he can get the propeller to shake all that ice. Pull up Gil!

P1- Gil gives Snark Nation a subtle reminder he remains a ladies man by wearing Hi Karate.

In all reality Gil when is the last time you’ve piloted an aircraft ?

Hmm, Gil wears jeans and a golf shirt to pilot the aircraft while his co-pilot Ms. Earhart wears the full uni, complete with her junior wings pin. What could go wrong here?

I’m confused. Did Holmes just arrive after piloting a commercial aircraft and is now accompanying Gil on his flight? Is that her plane that he’s flying? But she’s pulling her luggage with her which means she’s also going to Milford? Or going somewhere from there? And none of this is actually important to the story of course.

Gil flies his plane the same way Bugs Bunny does

P3: Gil hasn’t flown in decades, and it shows. Thanks for going out as COTY, Gil.

Tomorrow: a cryptic ransom note arrives. Will Gil pay to get her back?

But it is like her, Gil. You just said she’s been keeping to herself and things have been rocky.

The plane is losing power as it approaches Milford and must make a forced landing in an empty field. Quick, Gil – look for the golf course!

Hmmm…didn’t know planes don’t use gas…

“Good to see you flying again Gil.” … “I’ve found it’s a lot easier with an airplane.”

Lately the word balloons seem in the wrong order. Or does everyone just randomly ask Gi if there is trouble in paradise??

Holmes, you astound me! P-1: If Gil’s plane doesn’t use gas, it must fly on Fairy Dust and our previous reference to Never-never land was correct. Today’s clue is Mary Martin’s Peter Pan sining, I’m Flying.

P-2: With such low participation, the “new guy” offers a summer softball lob. The only question is whose version? I prefer The Crests to Al Jareau.

P-3: Either Gil-Doh is right and this is a metaphor, or Milford was only ten minutes away. Of course, Gil could just be playful, and they forgot to put in Gil’s dialog balloon, where he yells: WHEEEE! Oh, and song: The Steel Drivers (for our Blue Grass fans) "Long Way Down.

Don’t text and fly, Gil.

I’ve been gone a while, coming back to Gil Thorp. This doesn’t seem like the same comic strip. New writer?

Probably not meant this way because it’s Gil, but there’s something vaguely controlling in his expectation that Mimi should take his call NO MATTER WHAT.

Gas prices are plunging down, Gil, like your little airplane!

Ha, ha, jokes on us. They couldn’t fit the whole plane, flying level, into the cell, so the art department tilted it to fit

Question for our aviators: I’ve seen plastic religious statues on car dashboards, is a Gas Pump figurine common in Cessnas?

Someone get the tail number off that craft and report it to the FAA. Gil has a lot of nerve doing aerial stunts in a metropolitan area. And speaking of stunts, what stunts are happening in today’s issue of Mopped Up Thorp?

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In p2, why are we seeing the prop? That could explain why in P3 they are diving to the ground. Forget Mimi. Pay Attention!

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Should girls my age appear in ads for bikinis? That’s what I’m getting now, in addition to the adult women in bikinis.