Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 20, 2024

Dating was never easy, but it must be really tough these days!

Leo’s gramma: Valid.

Bad time for a Korean War flashback.

P1 “But you are starting to sprout hair uncontrollably and your face is melting, Gil.“

“A single girl needs a single man to lean on” — Sandy Posey (1966)

P4 “Besides, I don’t recall you ever going all ‘Count Thorpula’ all over my pretty smelling @ss recently.”

P2- Put your head on my shoulder.

Hold me in your arms, baby.

Squeeze me oh-so-tight.

Show me that you love me too. NOT.

Frannie isn’t pleased with Lukey passing a SBD.

What is the purple thing that Luke is laying on? Wrong answers only.

Where’s Beth? Did she stay behind to get some things together or is she in the car with Luke? She’s certainly not in the plane.

P1.5 HAND CHECK! Where’s that left hand, Hillary? Is it making little Gilly happy?

How does Hillary get the plane back if she always co-pilots on a one way flight?

Who the heck is Hillary?

did gils arms get a hair transplant from luke ?

whens hilary gonna pass out the complimentry peanuts ?

i guess toe and tays are taking the greyhound back to milford

The number of days I say “Wait, what the hell is going on in this strip now?” is staggering.

What’s with the clouds? In P1 we have the extremely rare rainbow shaped cloud. Or did Gil slide open his window at 30,000 feet? And in P3 we have the equally rare paint sample collection in light blue. The sky blue cloud makes it look like there aren’t any clouds at all.

Wait — Gil actually has a pilot’s license? WHEN IN THE BLUE BLAZES DID THAT HAPPEN?!?!

2024? What about all the previous years, Missy? And speaking of previous, hopefully you haven’t missed reading the previous Mopped Up Thorp strips, that lead up to this one.

moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/clean-getaway/

I wonder if Gil is listening to the new Linda Lindas song All in my Head on those headphones??

What does Miss Hillary mean in today’s MUT? Oh, "don’t remind me because she knows she has to wait at least 7 years for me? That must be it.