Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 31, 2012

He’s a potato peeler now.

I hear it’s raining cats and dogs in Idaho.

The sudden jump to Mimi in the third panel makes it sound like she’s suggesting Jaxon’s dad as a solution for Gil’s pitching problem. Speaking of that, why not give Beecher a start? He seems pretty effective coming out of the bullpen.

By establishing rapport and trust with Darby, Mimi is cultivating a relationship with Darby. As you can see in P3, Darby is still defensive by having her arms folded.

I think she’s just cold — shoulda worn that sweater this morning.

Mimi and Darby are trapped in a mysterious void by the aliens. Of course it’s cold.

P3 – Darby, if you’re cold, we can move back into the strip.

P1 – I’ll ignore the horrible swing by the batter who would never make contact with a pitch like that for now (well, I guess I didn’t ignore it after all), but isn’t that the oddest place to put player numbers on a uniform?

It looks like someone phoned in the artwork on P3 today.

He’s living in his own private Idaho.

The uniforms are the latest thing from Nike. As part of the deal, Gil will be bringing inTiger Woods to talk to the Golf team, and pairing him up with Marty Moon in a pro-am. Moon knows all the best waitresses in Milford.

Isn’t Darby Miss Idaho?

Advice to the batter in P1: that 18" bat gives you great bat speed, but you may want to go with something bigger .

Note to Darby: Mimi can’t take care of her kids, so don’t take any of her advice!

Put state child support on him. He will turn up.

Of course he ran to Idaho. She was 14. He’s looking at statutory rape and a dozen or so other charges depending on how creative the DA is. They’ll never find him. He’s probably living with a bunch of paranoid anti gummint gun nuts who believe he’s being persecuted for expressing his right to impregnate 14 year olds.

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