Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for August 18, 2022

… aha. The plot thickens. (Heck, it’s not as if we can cavil about it: half the board’s been complaining about GilPa’s ego for many years!)

OK, so is that old tale about how to treat a jellyfish sting true or not?

“You can’t wait to hear about the Coach of the Year ceremony? Well, it all started out when Emmett Tays’ parents wouldn’t come to watch him play football, and they used to punch him out at home, and Tays took it out on his teammates, and…”

Yay, blue hair!

P3 – Mimi a snarker?

Apparently, Mr. Barajas is a graduate of the Rubin School of Literature. Today’s strip in Story Development 101 demonstrates the art of (allegedly) “moving the plot along.” Not!

P4 “There’s not much to tell Mimi. Tays presented in a language I didn’t understand, said thanks, wished you and the kids were here, then left. I went to the afterparty at the hotel bar, tried to pick up the lady bartender but got c*** blocked and into a fight with new a-hole Valley Tech coach who wants me dead, all an honest mistake. Next day I flew a mile high with my co-pilot and got home to an empty house. Marty Moon called and we got together to toss a few back at Milford CC. How was your day?”

I know there’s a new writer, but this seems like a whole different comic strip.

So Mimi has a Moto Razor and GilPa a flip phone. Jami got into a bottle of peroxide and like Pony Boy Curtis, is a fugitive of the law. Keri lost her naturally curly hair and the life guard channeled his inner Dick Morris to suck the toxins out of her toes. This is all a lot to do about nothing. Two a days in 2 weeks.

Gil is a dumb as* she left because he loves football more than her and the first thing he wants to talk about is the ceremony she ditched…C’mon Man!

Meanwhile Coach Kaz calls an All Athletes meeting to announce he’s the new Athletic Director and in all reality he is firing both Gil and MimI Thorp ! After the cheering stops. Kaz tells the teams Fall practices begin tomorrow .

So, what, Gil didn’t have Keri’s number? Or vice-versa?

Yeah, that’s all touching and heart warming, but I’M STILL FLOATING OUT HERE! And getting the worst sunburn. Fistpump Man not happy.

She wouldn’t answer the phone for days, and now she can’t wait to hear about the ceremony. Coulda fooled me.

I wonder if this was a planned vacation, and Gil chose not to go because he didn’t want to miss the Coach of the Year ceremony. That puts an entirely new perspective on the situation.

P 2.5 (Jami’s voice): “…and how do you like my thicker eyelashes?….Keri helped me pick out some new make-up…”

Say, who’s the new one in P2 with the luxurious eyelashes?

Geez Mimi, don’t let the kids talk for more than 3 seconds. Are you in a hurry to meet someone or something? And speaking of something, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is really something.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

If Gil wants to see his kids he should learn about facetime

Wow! So I was out in the ocean, training for my upcoming triathlon. I got out pretty far from shore when I spotted this guy pumping his sunburned fist at me, yelling for help. I dragged him and the amazingly buoyant rally hippo he was laying on back to shore. He was in pretty bad shape but the paramedics think he’ll make it.

In panel 1, I think Jamie should have said “Hello Kaz” and Keri should have said “Hello Pedro”.

Coaches Held Hostage: Kaz, Day 55. Drive 55 and stay alive.

It’s a “smack” of jellyfish, not a bunch. “Bloom” or “swarm” would also be acceptable.