Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 15, 2025

Foul!

Those are some long arms in P3. I’m waiting for the M-C-A part.

The sound effect of the ball clanking off the rim is BRICK????

This strip can’t even get sound effects right. Seem BUZZ makes more sense than BUZZER.

Yessir, you got him good, boss! Real good!! Now what?

Oh, no. Milford lost…(sigh)…gotta have some ice cream. Mary Worth says “Ice cream makes everything better.”

A shot that hits the rim is not a “BRICK!” A “brick” is one that hits only the backboard.

On this day in Gil Thorp history, 03/15/1967

Zach: I told you my wallet was stolen so I would not be suspected when I swiped the other guys’ wallets…I planned planting them in Jeff’s locker!

Thorp: Why Zach?

Zach: I…I was jealous! I wanted to get even with him! He took my place on the team…and he was going with Sheri!

Thorp: And it was you who wrecked my office and deflated my tires…wasn’t it?

Zach: Yeah! I was sore because you benched me…and when Sheri flipped over YOU…THat really bugged me!

Thorp: Well…You’re going to have to undo the damage you’ve done, Zach!

#Day974ofGilThorpFansHeldHostagebyBadWriting

#Day164ofGilThorpFansForcedToEndurePre-kindergartenLevelArtwork

This game actually made ESPN Sports Center, for occurring outdoors during a whiteout blizzard. Weird what that snowfall and wind does to sound.

Hey Nonads!…. U go girl!

I got him again…. What a tool

P3- Cameo by Bruce McGill this week as Nonads main nut.

WINNER!

I think racheal wants to work on dick tracy because she draws everyone like a dick tracy villain

P-1: Using an old Pawnee trick, he performs a Figure Skating half backward pivot jump away from the basket, before closing his eyes andf shooting. Just like the coaches taught him.

P-2: HAAOUSE!

P-3: Milford gets humiliated by a 2 point thrashing? Drinks on NONADS.

hey hey where the skunks where too busy winning where the best around

I am forced to wonder why they would hire a cartoonist who HATES the Title Character? Since she took over, Gil’s wife switched teams and left him. His daughter got knocked up and had an abortion, then she was hospitalized for an eating disorder. He had a heart-related event that took him out of action for a while, and now he’s on a losing streak to the most obnoxious coach in the conference.

Man, I just hate when I’m playing basketball and my ball hits the rim with a thudding “BRICK!” sound right as the buzzer shrieks “BUZZER!” What a relatable comic!

So the moral of the story is that if a coach makes the game all about himself, his team will win.

3/17/25 Monday. Coach Perm and his Staff member retreat to Barney’s Pub to celebrate dominance over Milford athletics. The COTY nominee over serves himself and gets thrown in the slam by Chief Lind, who calls Gil, who bails this jerk outta jail.

The moral of the story is don’t let a eunuch beat you.

I’m not a long-time reader of this strip. That’s the first time I see Milford lose a game. Never thought it was a possibility. Good that it happens!

That’ll teach Rod to hit the open man

On this episode of Botched…. Worth Repeating#Day974ofGilThorpFansHeldHostagebyBadWriting#Day164ofGilThorpFansForcedToEndurePre-kindergartenLevelArtwork

Next to “ BRICK” should be “BALLHOG”

This strip is just so, so bad now. Neither the artist nor the writer understands sports at all, storylines jump all over the place, and the artwork always looks like the artist races through it because she had more important things to do. So sad.

Well, none of my predictions yesterday came true. Except the one where Jami missed the end of the game looking for his Pokémon card. And speaking of end, what better way to end this week then to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/need-to-accept-failure-again/

Does this mean Marty is Belly up to the Bar again on Monday?

JESUHC!!!,….Kill off Thorpe and bring back KAZ!

Prediction is they call a “shooting foul” on Milford. Coach Nonads goes berserk --game is rigged for Gilpa. Gets technical. Milford wins.