Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 19, 2023

“My ventriloquism lessons have been going well!”

P4: I saved 15% by switching to Geico!

Don’t sugarcoat it implies he was treading softly, but then she says my son is innocent to defend him against the sugarcoated facts he ’splained to her? Makes no sense.

Kid’s lucky he’s still in school, let alone on the team. Mom don’t know Jack.

P2.5 “Your ToBe may not jaywalk, but there is photographic evidence that says he is an underaged vape stick pusher. Now let’s talk about the lewd things he’s been caught doing with Jaybird.”

Mel’s looking a little rough around the edges today. What tour bus was she crawl forced to crawl out of after a month or two on the road to deal with this mess?

In all reality , the good news is Summer is almost here and we can forget this storyline and Henry has got a great Summer storyline planned. You’ll love it !

P 4 (Gil): “… a lot of guys in juvie can’t wait to meet ‘him’…(snicker)…”

At least Mel is not wearing an AC/DC or Megadeath tee shirt to Gil’s "intervention. And, maybe she should send Hamlet to the same barber that cut her bangs between P1 and P2.

P 4: “….Valley Modified needs a student coach, now that Mike Knappe left…”

P-1: The perfect host, Gil has a cup of coffee, while offering mom sugar to go with her cup of pencils.

P-2: Mom opens with the standard Sicilian Defense.

P-3.5: I know a great Dentist who can fix that overbite.

Wait, how come Gil has a standard Milford pencil cup and not a State Champion Coach Gil Thorp pencil mug? This looks bad for ToBe, but there is some good news, as you can see in today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2023/06/19/silver-lining-4/

17 more strips until golf?

There are too few rows of keys on the laptop and too many columns of buttons on the phone. I’m surprised Gil knows how to use a laptop; I’m not surprised he has a corded, touch-tone phone.

Gil looks like he is hunched over in Mr. Potter’s wheelchair..

Mel needs a retainer. Annddd I’m not referring to her overbite that would make Bugs Bunny envious.

The good news is, we made the playoffs without him!

Why is she meeting with the coach over an obvious administrative action?

P1- Due to budget cuts Gil is using 6×6 sheets of paper.

P2- “I know my Tabitha, I mean Tobias.”

P3- “Do you remember Coach Kaz?”

Tomorrow’s P-1: Vape was the answer to 23 down. I beat today’s crossword puzzle.

Bah ha ha. Someone who never comments here replied to me on Saturday’s Nancy strip asking me what happened to Valley Tech.

Awesome job today with the hilarious comments today. Congratulations to all of you.

Did she get her haircut with a cereal bowl or salad bowl on her head ?