Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 31, 2023

Gil just saw himself in the mirror and is wondering where his butt went.

Coach Thorp , in all reality, Are you having a Mitch McConnell Moment ?

He’s been vaping… Not the plain nicotine. The “good stuff.”

P4 “What? Oh. Your mom is looking hot over there today, ToBe.”

“Oh yeah E(mimi)ly, just blast me down the middle. Yas! Yas! Ohhhhhhhh YAS!”

Uhhh, digging your heels in the turf is a sure way to get knocked on your rear end. Hey Kaz! Tell the Juvies to stand up with their hands behind their back.

So this is what happens when Gil has to be in person for a game.

I love the look on Gil’s face and the implied thought bubble. “I can’t believe I gave up my cushy summer gig at MCC for this. Kaz is gonna pay for this.”

So we have a state of the art athletic facility, but we can’t afford football pants with knee pads?

Digging your heels in the turf is fine if you’re engaged in a tug-of-war. Not so much for stopping a run.

Gil contemplating his marriage..

Gil’s attention on coaching the game wavers as he distractedly wonders when the pizza delivery guy and ice cream truck are going to show up.

Gilpa is once again outdoing Luke, he’s even more cool, calm, and collected.

P1- The drugs finally kick in.

P2- Is he talking about the ants?

P3- “Yes, Bobby, I’m here.”

Gil thinking about that 3-way when he gets home.

P2- Gil looks terrible. Frail, wearing a heavy duty back brace, a$$ all chewed off. No wonder the lights are on and no one’s home in P3. GilPa needs an Ensure, STAT!

“Iiiiiiiiiiii have become Comfortably Numb…”

POOOOOFFFFFFFF!!!!!!

“What was that? Oh, it was just a dream. Oops, forgot to turn off the Floyd record.”

Gil is thinking did I just see clambake walk in the building

Gil thought bubble: “Wow, Luke is an OK coach if his team can’t walk out on him…”

Gil realizes the same funding bill supplies Milford schools, and Dr. Pearl has been brilliantly skimming off the top.

How come Gil gets to wear his Milford red coaching polo and Luke is forced to wear that barf yellow juvie shirt color? Perk of being Coach of the Year a few dozen times I guess. And speaking of perks, one of the perks of reading this strip is that you get to read Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2023/07/31/wait-now-luke-is-the-competent-one/