Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 13, 2012

Cartoonists love making golf strips for some reason. The artist, though, is infatuated with Molly Kinsella. This will be her fourth year on this strip.

The guy in P1 is about to go on stage with Devo. Great to see the fabulous Molly back.

…and Molly just ripped off Boone by grabbing the biggest tipper, NOT cheap Dr. Scavuzzo.

Scavuzzo? Where do they come up with these names? A friend? By how some people have been drawn in several “guest spots,” you can tell they are “real” people included as a tribute or a joke. I think I’ll google “Scavuzzo.”

OK, there are eight professionals in the Chicago area alone with that name and a couple were/are doctors.

Glad to see Molly Kinsella is back. It’ll be interesting to see where she’ll fit in on this story line.

Ah, cool! Thanks for that info. Yes, I get the feeling that they do that a LOT.

A Kalamazoo Christian softball coach was in the strip for a long time a couple of years ago. Marty DeJong or something like that I believe.

The fittest shall survive yet the unfit may live. D-E-V-O!

Rick played third base for Gil.

JACKPOT! I love Fridays. Kinsella? Steve thinks she owes him money. Molly will whip Dr. Scavuzzo into shape, shape it up, get it straight, go forward, move ahead, not to detect it, it’s not to late, so WHIP IT! WHIP IT GOOD! Sorry fellow readers, it brought back fuzzy college memories.

This is the most obvious case of post-football concussion we’re ever going to see! Gil had him running the Oklahoma drill without a helmet! Had him listening to Devo every day as rehab. Steve is forced to hire a side-of-the-bus lawyer, and they are going for Gil’s pension. ( Did you see the size of the check JoePa’s family got for his 60 years at PSU. Gil’s got some serious time on the job. Can you imagine his vacation hours?)

Molly has, sadly, been infected with giant hand syndrome during her time away from the strip.

Lemme see, what’s the word for young Boone? Oh yeahhhh, I remember. The word is “gullible.” Two bags, drops a doctor, …. yep, gullible. A synonym? How about “easy”?

What’s Molly’s history?

You should remember that name Kinsella. Molly is the little girl that fell off the bleachers at her fathers “Field of Dreams” ball park

Bring back the cardboard bikini!

I’m not sure what the kid is holding in P3, but it don’t look right.

P1 – Surprised nobody mentioned Brian Doyle-Murray reprising his caddyshack role as Lou.

So Steve is modeled off of a pre-goatee Kenny Rogers. How old are the Boone’s that their sons are this far apart in age?

Yo, Molly, pick up that blood!

P1……you buy a hat like that you get a free bowl of soup! It looks good on you though….

If I am not mistaken the hat on panel 1 is a spot on match for Brian Doyle Murray’s on Caddyshack. Wonder if Molly is up for the caddy scholarship?

The Dude: “Yeah, I know that name Kinsella, man, like, from somewhere, man.”

Boone and Molly are through being cool. Together they’re going to eliminate the ninnies and the twits.

At lease Steve remembers something. Maybe. Looks like he has suffered from exploding brain syndrome EBS

Molly returns!!