Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 16, 2023

I don’t think that basketball will fit through that hoop…tough to aim very well with beach balls.

Aaaaaaagggh, he’s talking about his feelings!

“Lemme see how many plots I can cram in here before it explodes…”

P3- Very subtle. Pikachu giving a Fist Pump. Do kids have Pokémon cards and accessories these days?

P2: A career in masonry is in store given the fine bricklaying we have just witnessed.

P 4 (Gil): “…but not as much as I would love to be with your mom…giggidy…”

Looks like ABA basketballs, you have to try a Dr. J take off from the foul line slam dunk!

Hey, give Henry some credit. We’re back at the story line where Gil is messing with Luke’s kids to show them what a REAL dad is supposed to be like.

Everybody sing: “I love you, a bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck, and a hug around your neck.” Thank you, Miss Flora!

Hey gil open your eyes ! what could gilpa be thinking ?

P4- “Besides…..everyone in the valley loves Pedro for the way he cleans their…..pools. And maybe someday you’ll be a poolboy too!”

P1 “I want to be a coach like my dad, too. He just never plays catch, or tosses the football with me, or includes me in his youth golf classes with that feral pack of kids that roam Milford Country Club.”

P2 Sadly, Little Luke’s poor shooting form with the ABA style ball collides with the rim, causing the sudden, traumatic demise of the ants that occupied it.

P3 (Pregnant pause after Gil’s comment) Gill and Pikachu simultaneously: “Sure, your dad loves you. BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!”

P 3 (Little Luke): “…what is it about Pedro?…I think that even your mom, coach Mimi, loves him more than she loves your dad too…”

Gil doesn’t sound very convincing. He’s just trying to be nice, but barely making any effort. And speaking of making an effort, you don’t have to make much of an effort to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

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I can’t believe the lines they forced me to read today. My $%&#ing dad sent me overseas to a sweat factory for a decade! Yeah, he’s the “best”.