Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for October 05, 2024

Who are these people? What type of program is being used to draw the faces now? They are almost indistinguishable lately.

An earring that says POW? POM?

The author sure knows a lot about track and field games. Lol

Anyone else think Gil’s house looks different? Where’s the front porch where he and Mimi enjoyed summer lemonaid?

can we just rerun old strips from 20 years or so, lot more entertaining than whatever the hell this is

Honest question; Is this strip being drawn and written by AI?

Copy that!

GC, please start a vintage.classics version of this strip. Today’s whacko story lines and cartoonish artwork are not for fans who have been following Gil Thorp since 1958.

What type of heart attack makes one’s chin grow to Jay Leno size?

I don’t think changing this strip from what it was , to the mess it is today will bring newer and younger readers but will surely drive away old men like myself.

Am I the only one who thinks it’s odd that the artist seems to draw everything well except faces?

goodbye

New Thorp house. Check.

Fall track game on the radio. Check check.

Yeah Jami, Snarkers are glad Gilfather lived. What else would we do if GT was offed? House projects?

What just went POW? Wrong answers only.

Peanut should be getting DQ’d from the track game for high testosterone levels. Her stashe is coming in nicely.

What’s wrong with calling Keri a “guy”? Is Keri dropping “they/them” in favour of “she/her” again? (Also, it’s a track meet, not a game, and track meets are rarely carried on the radio. More evidence of the author’s ignorance of sports…)

did this artist draw pete the turtle from the ad in tv guide is this how she got the job ?

i thought keri was wearing a donald trump bandaid on her ear at first

jami asks gilpa why there is a battery powdered cucumber under the pillow

Why is everyone developing square heads ???

It is still not clear to me whether Gil was runover and injured, or suffered a heart issue, or both. Perhaps I will get used to it, but at first blush this woman’s art work is, ahem, not very good.

Whoever ran into Gil awhile back, knocked all the handsome out of him and everyone else.

Comic artist , Rachel Merrill has taken over.

P-1: Now, we know what Mr. Roger’s house looks like in that neighborhood.

P-2: Jami still needs both hands to compete with Gil’s one. Keri says she’d just as soon have a used one. New Dad’s are just too obtrusive.

P-3: Keri notices Gil is drifting off, again, as Daddy keeps trying to convince himself of an oft told lie.

Gil P2.5: “I can’t say the same for you; Kid with the green hoodie. You’re no better; Walnut.”

Jami teleported from one side of the bed to the other during the sentence.

If you were listening to the game on the radio last night in Milford, OH, you would have heard the Eagles going to Lebanon to face the Warriors. You would have seen the Eagles go down to defeat after an epic battle of evenly matched teams by the score of 22-16. Milford’s record falls to 3-4 overall and 2-4 in the Valley (aka Eastern Cincinnati Conference). The loss broke the Valley tie for seventh place with the Warriors who took control of fifth place outright. Despite the setback the Eagles had a couple of positives to love: they improved to sixth in the Valley outright and are currently projected to be the eleventh seed in the brutal OHSAA Division 1, Region 4 playoff bracket.

Keri later says that although they don’t want a new dad there is a solid offer on the table for having two moms.

Maybe everyone’s realization that Gil was in a coma that last couple of years and he’s just awakened and everything by Barajas was just delusional and Gil’s still married, still got the same “Leave it to Beaver” kids and he and his wife still coach all 13 sports at the school, etc. Usual solution for writer who wrote himself into a corner and does’t know how to resolve it.

In P3, loving you guys is not sufficient. Keri wants affirmation that Gil gives them the proper respect of being his kids.

P3- Are those tiny books or just blocks of wood?

Henry’s absolute lack of subject matter knowledge astounds me. A track game? LMAO!

Art work seems a bit off

Looks like there’s a whole new crop of snarkers popping up. We’ll be back up to 23 in no time!

It looks like they already got a new one to me. At the very least, Gil’s stay in the hospital left him rather emaciated. And speaking of rather, wouldn’t you rather be reading Mopped Up Thorp?

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