2/18/11
As the week goes by, Dr. Lini and Kayla share a Box ‘o Lettuce at the Bucket and a random kid tells Coach Kaz that he needs to get over to www.ratemymullet.com because his picture is blowing up there. Kaz shuffles the papers around in his hands for a minute before random kid directs him over to his computer for optimal website viewing.
2/19/11
For heaven’s sake, Tim, I forgot you even existed. Say Tim, do you like Apple computers? I totally love Apple computers. You might say I’m an Apple guy*. All right, now get the hell out of here so I can properly assess the impact of this website (on this here Apple Computer)…and close the door on your way out Tom.
So Coach Kaz, P.I. outsources matters of a techie nature to his girlfriend? Well I suppose he tried punching the information out of the website but it wouldn’t spill the beans.
Meanwhile, Lini is denied more eye contact. To be fair, looking into eyes with no pupils is kinda gross.
*Tim Summers’ appearance was sponsored by Apple Computers
Would Tim Summers be a previously unknown relation of Scott Summers*?
*He is the son of Corsair (Major Christopher Summers) of the Starjammers;
the brother of Havok (Alex Summers) and Vulcan (Gabriel Summers);
the father of Cable (Nathan Summers);
Comment by Graham McDonald — February 19, 2011 @ 8:56 am
Since Lini the mole ster needs to be the center of attention, my guess is, he is the person behind the blog. ANY attention is GOOD attention.
Comment by Knoxy — February 19, 2011 @ 10:19 am
In the second panel I was like “who the hell is that random guy Kaz is talking to?” until I looked at the mug and realized it’s Gil. (or perhaps it reads “Girl”.)
Gil (or Girl) is so upset his head is wobbling and his eyeball just exploded.
If Chief Whigham spent as much time carefully drawing his characters as he did that ginormous coffee pot, we wouldn’t be wondering who the hell everyone is in this lameo strip.
Gil Jr. seems unperturbed at Linguini’s no pupils as well as the “I’m a filthy molester” website. I’m starting to think that little Gil did it as revenge for Leeni practicing psychotherapy without a license.
Comment by Regina — February 19, 2011 @ 10:23 am
i had no idea that was gil in the second panal i thought kaz was just keeping his balls warm with gils coffe cup as he heard tims story.
Comment by mr120zcan — February 19, 2011 @ 11:15 am
mr12: I saw it as Gil torturing a confession out of Kaz with a hot cup o’ joe to the yambag…that, or some kind of foreplay.
Comment by delvaldawg — February 19, 2011 @ 11:41 am
Gil’s clearly not himself from consuming that Kirby-esque machine’s output. And what’s the deal with that young Tim Spock? “Coach Kaz … it wouldn’t have been logical for me to have told you right away.”
Give it a week and this storyline will still stink. Count it! Bonk!
Comment by Dood — February 19, 2011 @ 2:44 pm
(“Full disclosure” requires that I state this is written on a Mac.) Sorry, but I’ve kind of forgotten who “Kelly” is. Is that Kaz’s girlfriend, the witness to the famous “Ease up” episode? I’m sure she’s “good with that stuff,” but why hasn’t anybody gone to Dr Pearl?
Comment by vaganova — February 19, 2011 @ 4:38 pm
Dr Pearl has nothing to do with this. She is the principal of the High School, and someone has set up a website outing and maligning Linnipoo, but there’s no proof it was someone from their school.
I forgot about Kelly too, but good for her – she’s “good with that stuff”.
Why? Cause she’s a travel agent !
If you’re a travel agent you’re good with stuff! Count it!
Comment by Gil'sBarber — February 19, 2011 @ 9:07 pm
8 Gil’s– don’t mean to be contentious, but Dr Pearl has everything to do with this. When a kid is subjected to a “cyber attack,” any good principal will want to be involved in order to assist in the investigation. This is settled policy in every state I have knowledge of– “If it happened off grounds it’s none of our business” died with the internet.
Comment by vaganova — February 19, 2011 @ 9:46 pm
Is that a degree on the wall of Kaz’s office or is it his Gail Martin fan club membership certificate?
I love the 1983 Mr. Coffee machine. Has it ever been cleaned?
Didn’t we already do the whole gay basketball player thing with Nick Zoller? Maybe someone in the crowd will take an elbow to the head.
Comment by Dieclambakedie — February 19, 2011 @ 10:36 pm
Tim tells Kaz (an assistant coach).
Kaz puts his girlfriend (a travel agent) to work on the matter and tells Gil (head coach and AD).
Lini agreed that some of whatever the site claimed was true.
He doesn’t seem to have approached any authority figure or “trusted adult”.
Where are his parents and what do they know?
Comment by dale — February 20, 2011 @ 1:06 am
Someone should contact Rep. Betty Bright!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — February 20, 2011 @ 9:57 am
Marjie Ducey, too. And Marjie Ducey’s beret (the raspberry one, the kind you buy in a second-hand store)! Count it! Bonk!
Comment by Dood — February 20, 2011 @ 10:25 am
remember it was kelly who made mr baskt disappear into charleston.this story is so lame just wondering if the singing pitcher ,backyard tire fire and cassie will be coming back for baseball season. im out of here like cortezs straw hat .
Comment by mr120zcan — February 20, 2011 @ 11:43 am
12– Bringing in Rep Betty Bright is a great idea but I heard she lost in the fall to Debbie Dim.
Comment by vaganova — February 20, 2011 @ 12:28 pm
Why are they practicing with watermelons?
Comment by Dr. Eat More Cheese and Drink More Pabst [aka: Gil's Dietician] — February 21, 2011 @ 12:27 pm
One of Neal Rubin’s lesser sins as a storyteller is his assumption that his readers can remember every stinkin’ minor character that’s ever had a cameo in the strip. I’d also forgotten Kelly; it’s been, what, almost two years (and two artists, for God’s sake) since her last appearance.
I realize that Rubin is immersed in the strip, but he should bear in mind that none of his readers — except for us TWIM sickos — spends more than ten seconds a day reading GT. And none of them have any idea who “Kelly” is.
I also share Dr. Eat More’s puzzlement over the Mudlarks practicing with melons — although I thought they were cantaloupes. Either way, if there was a panel 4, it would feature a Gallagherian SPLAT.
Comment by jvwalt — February 21, 2011 @ 12:53 pm
My teachers always assured me that the most difficult subject to draw was the human hand. But here in Milford, it’s a goddamn basketball. The Milford cagers, boys and girls alike, have played for years with cantaloupes, medicine balls, Rand McNally world globes, and god knows what else. Coach Dale insisted all basketballs are the same. Not in Milford!
Comment by vaganova — February 21, 2011 @ 8:09 pm
[...] bound to not last more than a few minutes. Also, Gil’s eyeballs continue to be MIA since they popped out of his head on February 19th. Since he’s always ripped out of his skull, nobody has noticed [...]
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