Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 06, 2023

He is there. There isn’t anyone else in the room. It’s unlikely he knocked for the clock radio.

QED, he is there for Pedro, whether Pedro likes it or not.

I think the song is saying “I don’t like to lose!… Tell me what I have to do!”

Gil Thorp – The Musical!

P1 Well, I must have come to that crazy age / Where ev’rything is hot ‘Cause I don’t know if the things I’m thinking / Are normal thoughts or not / Holy muscle of love / Well, I got a muscle of love / Yeah / OohL

P2 With thirteen lovers I hid beneath the covers / Got staples in my hands for my time / With the radio low so the folks don’t know / I proceed with my passion of crime… / And though somewhat obtuse, I’ve been told this abuse / Will more than likely make me go blind / But with a heart that’s aching, it’s a risk worth taking / ’cause true love, they say, is so hard to find..

P3 I’ll stop the world and melt with you / You’ve seen the difference / And it’s getting better all the time / There’s nothing you and I won’t do / I’ll stop the world and melt with you

P4 “Yas. Soooo…if you’re going to be at the Thorp’s bumping ugly with Keri, do you mind if I crash here for the night?”

P3 – He sure is sweating a lot for one-arm curling 5 lbs.

Who won the Valley Tech- Milford game?

You and I must make a pact

We must bring salvation back

Where there is love, I’ll be

there (I’ll be there)

I’ll reach out my hand to you

I’ll have faith in all you do

Just call my name and I’ll be there (I’ll be there)

According to the Google, that’s a song by someone called “Bad Bunny.”

I assume everybody knew that but me.

P 4 (Luke): “…you know how Thorp calls Keri by a pet name, ‘peanut’?…I should have one for you too….how about ‘little guy’? … or ‘mini me’?…how does that sound?…”

Pedro misses a golden opportunity to channel his inner Travis Bickle. “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? There’s nobody else here, you must be talkin’ to me.”

Let’s do half the dialogue in Spanish now so that the strip makes even less sense than usual.

Typhus comes to Milford. Towel off, mijo!

Between panels 2 and 3, Luke has gained 100 pounds. So at least he’s eating.

pedro needs some lume

gil and tays are thinking whos gonna dress as who for the final kiss show

playing music out of a clock radio is lame

In today’s strip: an outbreak of small pox brings father and son together.

P2: “Who’s there?”

Meanwhile Batavia has advanced to the quarterfinals.

P1- Pedro should have tried on those shorts before he bought them.

P2- Oops! Door handle should be on the right.

P3- Luke feels Pedro’s forehead to see if he has a temperature.

The cease-and-desist letter from T-Swift’s attorneys must’ve arrived over the weekend.

Oye cómo vaMi ritmoBueno pa’ gozar…

OH BOY! A new Dr. Suez Story! The Grudge that stole St. Swithin’s Day.

P 4 (Pedro): “…you punto…”

Is that Charlie Sheen in P1, working out while filming Major League? No? And speaking of working out, I’ve worked out something dumb for today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2023/11/06/so-his-tastes-are-a-bit-juvenile/

Hey, a callback to a week or two ago, but someone commented about the Blink-182 reference, and the band not being relevant for twenty years. I saw yesterday the list of top albums in the US and Blink-182 is currently #1!

Groundhog’s day?

Knock on door, gain 15 lbs.

Too bad today’s strip isn’t up…it’s actually pretty good

Still really don’t understand why Pedro is so mad at Luke? Because of Kwan? Or how he treats his Mom?

You would think that the kids who should be furious with a parent would be Jami and Keri.

Tuesday’s strip:

https://diversions.thestar.Com/comics.Html

Today is a rare 4 panel treat. The only thing missing is a few more panels of Pedro scoop slamming Luke and coming off the bed with a Macho Man elbow to straighten out the old man.

No toon today? Are you giving us extra time to find a Spanish-English dictionary?

the strip is on comics kingdom but i think henry told go comics he was voting today

henry is just jealous of mopped up thorp so he went on strike

I couldn’t find Peanuts Begins either. I’m out of time so I’ll see today’s tomorrow.

I don’t mind the Spanish. One of my favorite strips is Baldo.But a lot of papers run this on the Sports pages. I can’t imagine how well the new broom is going over with those readers.