Recent Comments

1. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Sorry, I disagree. The first storyline for Barajas is to wreck Gil’s marriage? We’ve seen divorce before in this strip (Todd Andrews, et al). It is not like this is the Donna Reed Show. Barajas is just being excrement.

2. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   This is the first reference to the kids since about 2007.

3. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Why can’t we have a basic storyline about high school sports?

4. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Five minutes after winning the State Title, Corch Thorp says, “Win or Lose”? Does Gil think the postgame celebration is the halftime pep talk?

5. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   While this was a lousy story, I fear that in three years, and maybe one year, Mr. Woke will have this lemon looking like a Mercedes. I’m not optimistic for the future of this comic strip.

6. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Tribune should have hired Mopman to be the writer.

7. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   I think Neal really dropped the ball on deleting the kids, There would have been great story lines in the kids playing sports and being coached by their parents. It would have been more compelling than reincarnated peacocks and blind baseball pitchers.

8. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   I have read Gil Thorp over 50 years. From reading the article about the new writer, my Gil Thorp reading days may be ending soon.

9. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

   What happened to the snarky catcher for the girl’s softball team? Mimi thought she could play D-1 in college but nary a word about her this season. Did she transfer to Oakwood to pursue Tod Andrews?

10. over 2 years ago on Gil Thorp

    I agree. He looks a lot like Mike Ditka.