Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 10, 2024

I’m lost for words

“D@mmit, Walter! What have you gotten us into now?”

So we’re trading old fashioneds for White Russians now?

Dude, I can’t abide this.

Where’s Jesus?

You’re out of your element Henry.

The Day of the Dude is celebrated on March 6… which today is not.

Rolling right along…

Bowling’s so simple even a Caveman can do it. Is that the Geico guy’s brother in P1? And doesn’t the picture series look like the transformation from Ape thru Cro-Magnon to Modern Man?

Henry on LSD?

Pretty sure he stepped over the foul line there.

Money for nothing, get your checks for free. Henry has figured out how to work five days a week (“Hey Rod, just draw a party wishing ‘em all a Happy New Year” and “Hey Rod, we’re bowling and getting drunk this week, give ‘em the “Big Lebowski”) gets paid for six while Whigs has to show up every day without fail. Pure evil genius. Maybe Whigs can work out a deal with Mopman and Milford After Dark, Inc. to also provide illustrations once a week.

Gil almost looks robotic. Freeze frame!

Wake up, MeeMaw, you’re having another Haldol dream.

This strip has jumped the shark, but I do like The Big Lebowski reference

This is bush league rip-off stuff.

This is still better than the hockey team singing nursery rhymes in the middle of a game.

….what in the name of all that is holy….?

Gutter trash…

I see the drugs finally kicked in.

Three days from now, they all have too much to drink and Travis Bickle picks them up in a taxi.

Is there some point to this lack of narrative, meaningless panel? Maybe HB decided to quit writing dialog until he learns more about the sports for which he was hired to write. It does keep me from gritting my teeth a lot though.

Well, technically it’s sports. So we’ve got that going for us.

Question of the day: How did Gil get through three steps in his approach without taking a step with his right leg?

Big thanks to Keanu Reeves for stepping up to cover for Jeff Bridges today. And, just for the record, I called it yesterday. The dadjo abides.

Shut the f**k up, Donnie!

Just dropped in …to see what condition my condition was in….

gil should have used fred flintstones technique for bowling

meanwhile jami is building a couch pillow fort at home

tays has come back to the strike and asks luke if he has twenty ones for a twenty

cami had to go home after eating expired bowling ally pizza

No loft on the ball. Ya gotta have loft

What in the fresh heII is this?!

Tomorrow we get Jimmy Connors and the evolution of the two-handed backhand.

Does Gil roll on Shabbos?

In the current capital one ad, John Travolta looks more like Jeff Bridges than this depiction.

Is that a $1000 bill sticking outta Gil’s pocket??

This is a weird shared universe. I approve. I want til to see what its like when you … Well you know

Are those supposed to be Rod and Henry on the left and right panel borders?

I think I’m done with this comic strip until football season (if that) see y’all then!

And Esposito puts in the rebound.

“The Big Jami”-About a boy who has no life and when he isn’t bowling, he’s playing D & D with the babysitter which is how he lost one of his toes. Rated G. They excise the gross parts including the time when Jami is slobbering all over his latke.

Gil working on his fist pump imitation.

Looks like the rating is in. Ouch, only 1/10.

Days like this make it really rough on putting out a Mopped Up Thorp. But here’s something.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/01/10/cameo-punishment/

something happen that we need the Big Lebowski? (if I remember the movie name correctly