Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 02, 2023

Yes…out king of petty Super villany has arrived!

. . prolly wearing the same shirt.

Are you ready for some lifting?

Luke Martinez have the character of Kyle Tatum (‘87-‘88). A big coward. He’ll cop-out one day.

P3- Austin Powers wants to know who does #2 work for?

Just hoping that Luke shows up all roided out and dressed in a “New Sheriff In Town” type of WWE costume complete with a 10 gallon hat, kissing his biceps as he degrades Gil along the way.

Years ago, Saturday Night Live did a segment on “Weekend Update” spoofing the “All-Drug Olympics.” Phil Hartman (I think) was a weightlifter lifting a ridiculous amount of weight, hopped up on steroids. I’m kind of hoping for the same outcome here.https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/update-all-drug-olympics/n9691

Luke’s going to take it too far and need his wife’s professional services

Is Henry a Seinfeld fan? Many parallels to The English Patient episode Izzy Mandelbaum plot, right down to the #1 Dad shirt*. “You think you can lift more than me?? It’s go time!”

Sheriff Luke strained so hard, his rectum prolapsed. Don’t worry, there’s already an ambulance en route for Gil’s two dislocated shoulders.

*"Well, I don’t know how official any of these rankings really are."

It’s going to be difficult to wait until tomorrow to find out who’s talking off panel to Gil.

P 4 (Gil): “…that’s Gil %#$&-ing Thorp to you buddy….”

Did MHS pay Cardi B. royalties for playing her song in P2?

“# 1 Dad” tank-top shirt is Gil’s Christmas present after he bought Mimi a $5 K diamond necklace, Keri a $2 K laptop computer, and Jami a $1 K gaming system for their presents.

P 4 (Gil): “…hey Luke!…you’re in the wrong venue….the doosh-a-thon is in the next building over….”

Where’s Mimi, Erika and Amelia’s ummmm…”swing clinic” going on? Are they selling pie?

We’ll see if Luke is chust a girly man…

You would have thought we would have heard Coach Hairy’s evil walk-up music before he arrived.

P1 “Great work, but you know you could have lifted more weight using both arms rather than your teeth, don’t you?”

P2 “Take a breather, Rod. Oh, and thanks for the cartridges, I’m going to take a vape break. Gil, you’re “up” if that’s what you call it hee-hee!”

P3 Gil thought bubble: “Mimi’s always calling me “Tiny”. I think I’m going to hang one of these weights on it to stretch it out and surprise her later.”

P3- Gil gets ready by taking weights off the barbell.

Shouldnt marty moon be covering this event

P-1: This lifter is taken to the hospital. Not only did he fail to breath, he’s also sitting at an angle to the weight and has just ripped every core muscle in his body.

P-2: The girl with the Middle Eastern Hair and the Black Kid named Rod make a major Micro-aggression against the Italian readers.

P-3: In typical GT fashion, Gil waits until it’s his turn to “get ready” or as normal fans call it “warm up”. Suddenly, an ominous voice is heard, piquing no one’s curiosity.

I see Gil is pulling the ol’ Styrofoam weights switcheroo.

My gosh, the spotter is behind the lifter. Or there is only one spotter on the right. If the lifter fails he is going to get hurt

Wait, so Emmett only raised $40? Does that mean he lifted a whopping 40 pounds? Guess he’s really let himself go since his professional athlete days.

Dad? Is Gil channeling Izzy Mandelbaum?

Wow, BHHL must be a genius. He is surprised to find Gil Thorp at a fair that is raising money for Milford Athletics. And speaking of genius, you don’t have to be a genius to get a kick out of Mopped Up Thorp. In fact the lower IQ the better.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Wait… continuity between yesterday’s and today’s strip? Now I’m confused…