P-2: Danger, Danger: asking for one date & she’s already talking commitment.
P-3: Sherlock for Henry’s fantasy obsession: “Take a Walk on the Wild Side”. What is the current term for a Non-Binary relationship with a Non-committed girl: Oh, I know…Nonsense!
Complementing what I wrote yesterday, I really like Barajas’ writing. It’s simple and solid. It suits a daily strip for nowadays: if you read any vintage strip, you’ll see that they had a LOT of words. Not that we can’t have that, but we live in a different era where everything is supposed to be fast. If a strip has multiple word balloons, I think most of the readers skip it.
And that’s why I said I agreed with the user that mentioned too much going on. A daily strip needs to be carefully written in order to make the reader (a) want to come back on the following day to see what else is gonna happen and (b) feel confortable enough to not forget what happened yesterday or the day before.
It’s risky to have multiple storylines going on since not all readers have access to previous strips and stories. I’d love to reach Barajas and see what he thinks of this.
Whew, already 75 comments. What can I add? Um, looks like the hockey team has a big a fan base as JV volleyball. Attendance may have hit double digits if they’re lucky. And speaking of lucky, you’re lucky that a new episode of Mopped Up Thorp is online.
Grunt 10 months ago
Technically, when you were kids I didn’t think two females could be married.
Klubble 10 months ago
Who is that with the spiked hair in P1? That can’t be Keri, can it?!?
Klubble 10 months ago
the extra bonus panel today is…more hands. wah wahhhhh
Klubble 10 months ago
How old was Jami as the priest, 2?!? That wasn’t holy water…
Klubble 10 months ago
And Tobe in P1 & 2 are the same person?
Charks 10 months ago
Oh no. It’s getting difficult for me to tell Leo and Tobe apart, more senior moments. Are they sitting in the bleachers?
Gil-doh! 10 months ago
Jami. A priest. JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA!
Gil-doh! 10 months ago
Keri at confession: “Bless me father, for I have sinned. I’m a Ho.”
jslabotnik 10 months ago
Today, instead of Hraak!, it’s Hurrrrlll!
bearwku82 10 months ago
ToBe becomes GT’s Mark Ratner and Keri as Stacy Hamilton. A passionate relationship but they haven’t gone all the way. Welcome to Bronco Burger.
Chaze Premium Member 10 months ago
Am I supposed to remember all these people? It was easier when they were in numbered uniforms.
tractorguy99 10 months ago
P2: There’s your profile pic ToBe.
tractorguy99 10 months ago
It’s not a pick!
mstgator 10 months ago
And no IUD needed… win win!
Irish53 10 months ago
P 1.5 (Tobe): “..it is!…even though the scuttlebutt in the school is that you’re ‘damaged goods’, I don’t care….I’ll try you out anyway…”
KazDojo 10 months ago
And…puck to the face. WHAK!
rpaul33 10 months ago
So now Keri’s going to try clam digging too?
artegal 10 months ago
Remember when this strip used to be about sports? I miss those days.
Twainrdr 10 months ago
P-1: Keri declares “misdirection”.
P-2: Danger, Danger: asking for one date & she’s already talking commitment.
P-3: Sherlock for Henry’s fantasy obsession: “Take a Walk on the Wild Side”. What is the current term for a Non-Binary relationship with a Non-committed girl: Oh, I know…Nonsense!
James St. John Smythe 10 months ago
Focus the camera back on the game, please.
jski14 10 months ago
What? No sound effects today?
lemonbaskt 10 months ago
its not gonna last tobe when peanut sees your peanut
lemonbaskt 10 months ago
tobe did i tell you besides pedro the hockey team did a hat trick on me
lemonbaskt 10 months ago
keri wants to get it on with tobe under the bleachers buts scared meemaw might be there
markwillman4 10 months ago
Will Dorothy become a jealous bad girl again?
tcayer 10 months ago
So technically, your fling with Pedro was adultery.
Lucas Cristovam 10 months ago
Complementing what I wrote yesterday, I really like Barajas’ writing. It’s simple and solid. It suits a daily strip for nowadays: if you read any vintage strip, you’ll see that they had a LOT of words. Not that we can’t have that, but we live in a different era where everything is supposed to be fast. If a strip has multiple word balloons, I think most of the readers skip it.
And that’s why I said I agreed with the user that mentioned too much going on. A daily strip needs to be carefully written in order to make the reader (a) want to come back on the following day to see what else is gonna happen and (b) feel confortable enough to not forget what happened yesterday or the day before.
It’s risky to have multiple storylines going on since not all readers have access to previous strips and stories. I’d love to reach Barajas and see what he thinks of this.
metals24 10 months ago
P3- Technically, the marriage was never consummated.
That kid with Marfan 10 months ago
I guess Keri getting knocked up won’t be a story arc for a while… unless ToBe and Rod share everything.
Klubble 10 months ago
Marty Feldman’s son in P2, or Cross-Eyed Mary.
Mopman 10 months ago
Whew, already 75 comments. What can I add? Um, looks like the hockey team has a big a fan base as JV volleyball. Attendance may have hit double digits if they’re lucky. And speaking of lucky, you’re lucky that a new episode of Mopped Up Thorp is online.
https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/01/19/grabby-hands/