Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 15, 2022

Anticipating complaints about plot jumping again, I think Henry’s doing a good job showing how 2022 youth are doing and that a younger audience will relate well to it.

If you’re one of those thinking it’s going too far or jumping around too much, I respectfully disagree. This is indeed how it seems to be, in far too many places.

My stepson’s best friend, age 19, OD’d and died from having taken a fentayl-laced Percocet about nine months ago. Why today’s drug dealers seemingly actively want to kill their customers by tricking them into ODs is a question for the psychiatrists, but it’s a real thing.

Back during the early days of the War on Drugs, dealers were way more likely to do it the other way around…sell powdered sugar to suckers and tell them it was cocaine.

meanwhile at valley tech

MGTGA, whatever that means in 2022.

Just what we needed ! Another nonsensical story line.

Goodbye, Gil Thorp. I’ve enjoyed you since I was growing up in the 80’s. But you’ve turned into 90210 in the comics and you don’t have any sports stories anymore. You’re just not an enjoyable part of my mornings anymore. Maybe I’ll pay you a Visit in July 2023. UNFOLLOWING TODAY.

Vito from Goshen has the over/under on a teen suicide at 8 days

What’s the deal with these socially conscious, “woke” kids and their single use water bottles? Don’t they know there’s a plastic island of that crap floating around in the ocean? Sheesh Henry, when are we going to jump on that bandwagon for at least a three day story arc?

HooDad will post that today is day 35 of Coach Meat being held hostage. Two #35s are vivid from my youth, Don Gullett and Dr. Dunkenstein Darrell Griffith.

And now we have yet another brand new story arc coming out of nowhere an unconnected to anything that’s come before. It’s like drinking from a firehose.

In all reality , Just say No to Drugs !

P 3: Ellis Burkes would say that Neil Young is a loner too

Bring back Coach Luke and Sophia Vergara

Allyson, we hardly knew ye.

Is this supposed to be the third overdose DEATH of the semester at Milford? The students seem pretty blasé about it.

P 3 (Keri thought bubble): “…time to round up Scooby, Shaggy, and the rest of the gang…”

Not trying to be insensitive, uh, but is that the autopsy photo of Allyson?

P-1: Now, we know why Keri wanted to avoid the Cafeteria.

P-2: How thoughtful, the school set up a memorial table just before the kids get in line and grab a tray!

P-3: Keri can’t believe this dialog, either.

I woke up this mornin with the sundown shinin in

That looks like Allyson in P1.

So, is this a result of the active shooter drill? Or another story line? Are we going to lose Keri so soon after getting her back?? So many questions.

day 5 without sports and counting.

I get Need Coffee’s comments on the strips’ relevancy to today but the writer has to ask, “who is my audience?” Is this style of writing geared to his biggest audience? I tend to think not. This is why I totally agree with Lawrence. This has become more of a one panel commentary than a narrative story. Waiting until the end of the year, or whenever, to tie it all together makes no sense to me. I’m quite OK exploring teen issues so lets stick with it for 5-8 strips, not hop all around like it does.

P 2 banner should be “We Loved You Allyson”

Coaches Held Hostage: Coach Kaz, Day 35. The Constitution requires the President to be 35 years old, which back in 1787 was pretty close to the average life span for a white male of 38. If you actually made it to 60, your life expectancy was 75. Interesting that today at age 72, my life expectancy is only 84.

I’m positive that at 35 I was incredibly unready for the responsibilities of being President since I was having enough trouble being a husband, father, and attorney at that age. Even now with all the experience an additional 37 years has brought me, there’s no way I’m prepared for a job like that. I honestly don’t understand how anyone ever thinks that he or she is prepared for the responsibility of that office. I guess some grow into it and I know some never do, but I doubt that many are ready on their first Inauguration Day.

Three overdoses, that’s not good. Unless they’re overdosing on Mopped Up Thorp. If so, what a way to go!

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Ah, so maybe what we missed was that it wasn’t three Milford students that OD’d this semester, but Allyson did three separate times. And the third was obviously the last. If so, sad she couldn’t get help or refused it after it happening twice.