Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 25, 2024

Oh. My. God…what has happened to this strip????

This comic is getting a little too sketchy for me…

Marley was dead.

Wonder what Luke was smoking… Wonder if this would make better sense if I had some to smoke too.

It’s not Howard Schnellenberger. Coach never wore a hat and had cooler looking pipes.

I don’t know what Martinez is drawing in P1 but it isn’t a football play.

“Coff”? Really? Everyone knows it’s spelled “Koff”!

Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

If I woke up from a 20 year coma today and saw what Gil Thorpe has become I think I’d go back to bed .

WTF is going on!!!

When will Henry’s “graphic novel” be done? Maybe then we can get a real writer and artist to take back the strip.

P4 “I’m not smoking. Are you eating a clam Coach Toe?”

Shark, meet jump.

What a sorry excuse for a comic strip this has become.

What the actual hell?

“A little " ???

Bring in the Scooby gang.

I was hoping someone here might have an idea of who that ghost is supposed to be, some character from the past. Looks like I’m back to Thanksgiving Pilgrim though. Hello Miles Standish?

They do look like they can easily catch fire.

#Day867ofGilFansHeldHostagebyBadWriting

I reckon it’s time for Henry to get outta his comfort zone and actually write well.

Anyone still wondering how bad it can get?

Study up, forth place in the conference is still available.

great caesers ghost luke is up to like his fifth look

who let sir walter raleigh out of the can ?

as brownsville station said everybody knows smoking isnt allowed in school that means you too ghost

Luke’s head seems to have shrunk… and he lost his neck

This is getting to be like Crankshaft where the title character is rarely seen. Maybe Hank should rename it “The Hubris of Tobias Gordon”, or “Peanut Lives Large”, or “Rhymin’ Luke and Cami”. It would make more sense at this point.

P 1.5 (Caspar the Ghost): “…yeah, dumb a$$….just like every other coach that you go against does…”

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

Big news! With Gil steadfastly refusing to return to work and the Mudlarks doing even worse than usual in his absence, Coach Hernandez is consulting … a pipe-smoking ghost??? Who doesn’t really seem to have any specific football knowledge? More on this important story as it develops.

P1- Composing fiddle music?

P2- Henry smoking his crack pipe.

P3- Luke’s hair turns black.

P4- Luke shaves, puts on a t-shirt and switches to a black collar shirt. WTF?

What is the story for this art change? It certainly wasn’t about IMPROVING the art style.

If the art weren’t so awful, I’d mention the ghost has absolutely no resemblance to Patrick Swayze, though Luke is a close match for the artist’s take on Demi Moore.

P-1:When the Doctor told you to take a physics and work it out, that isn’t what he meant.

P-2: Special guest appearance by Capt. January. Shirley Temple couldn’t make it.

P-3: Cami tries to strangle herself after seeing where this is going.

Stupid Luke relies on a ghost of vapes past. Gil would’ve tapped into Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift to draw up some plays. Hasn’t he learned anything?

Does Milford have an NIL deal with Milford Cannabis Dispensary?

Is that Pop Clutch, who Crankshaft killed with his slow driving? He moved over to this strip, looking for someone who does an even worse job than Ed? Actually, my guess is that’s Gil’s mentor who we “met” a while back in a flashback or something. Except how would Luke know of that guy? Maybe it’s someone who coached Luke when he was young. And speaking of young, we’re not getting any younger so get on over to Mopped Up Thorp, now!

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