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

VT?

“Athletic supporter”. Low-hanging fruit today… bro.

Mano a mano coming.

That giant sucking sound in the stands is Pedro hoover-ing down his popcorn in record time.

Boy, transgender, binary…on one hand this three way could could get complicated, on the other, the possibilities are endless.

Pedro sheds popcorn like his dad sheds hair.

So if “they” want to go to a movie after the athletic function, does everyone go Dutch (for you youngins’, that means everyone pays their own way)? Much like Men Without Hats and The Safety Dance, yutes today date in groups. Fear of rejection is minimized.

Nice to see that the Oakland Athletics have at least one fan.

Meanwhile, what happend to Jami? Should we be concerned about them?

Keri rainbow kicks the volleyball! She’s going for it! Spikes the ball, game, set, meet to Milford.

And now we’ve got woke pronouns in this strip. I remember when words conveyed specific meaning. Now you need a decoder ring to figure out what someone is talking about. I will forever refuse to use a plural pronoun to refer to a single individual.

It’s been quite a long time since Oakland’s baseball team played on 10/18…

P 2.5 (Pedro’s voice): “…what’s it to ya’,…sissy boy?…”

Why the intense look of suspicion from Pedro in p3? Looks like he’s about to pound Toby. They isn’t the only girl on the team.

OK, let’s pretend “they” is code for “her”. When Tobi speaks, Pedro is shocked because “athletics” is code for sports bras.

With Pedro I can safely assume that “they” means Keri and Mimi….

So in the Spanish-speaking world, what does a person do who wants to be known as “they”? Still have to choose between ellos and ellas, I guess, which leaves you back where you started. Or does it?

All the action is in the stands. Not on the court

P 4 (Pedro): “…hey Toby!…has anyone ever told you that you look like Amanda Bynes from that movie She’s the Man?, because that’s who you remind me of..”

Come on, Pedro! You know someone (ME) has to clean up all the crap you’re throwing all over the place. Do you see me going to VT and making a mess? And speaking of messes, how do you suppose Mopped Up Thorp managed to mess up the strip today? Well, check it out.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

“Hoping THEY wanna go out to a movie”. How woke.

He’s acting like Rip Taylor with the popcorn…good thing he brought a shopping bag full of it.

I agree with Mopman. Check out his site because I think he has a wicked sense of humor. He’s da Man.

Don’t encourage him!

P1&3- This looks like a baseball game on tv where half the people in the front row are looking at their phone, oblivious to the action on the field.

P-1: Pedro shows his inexperience by putting the whole in the bag on the bleacher seat.

P-2: Preview: Coming this Thanksgiving Season – Humpback Bleacher.

P-3: While the fans talk, everyone misses Keri using her mother’s golf swing technique to hit what appears to be a Korean Volley Ball (East of the Net and West of Sun Moon)

Lucky Keri is the first polyamorous cartoon character.

Trying to figure out why I still read this!?