6/1/11
Quick, can you name a character in the Thorpiverse who’s more lamely, cartoonishly super evil than Snidely Q. Hobart, self-proclaimed teacher assassin? Why don’t you think about it while taking that thick, stiff pile of layoff envelopes into your private quarters, dimming the lights, and fantasizing about bending a quarter of the teachers over your desk while you really lower the boom on them…
6/2/11
Quick, can you name something that Gil cares less about than the plight of teachers at his school? (OK, OK, besides coaching his sports teams.) Why don’t you settle in for the night with your remote, jumbo glass o’ merlot and your theoretically heterosexual life partner and try to figure this one out…
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That cup probably says: “Millie Tannt”.
Is that Mimi? Looks more like the babysitter to me.
Comment by exmiscellanea — June 2, 2011 @ 6:27 pm
Mimi’s looking for reassurance from Gil because she knows she’s done so little work that only his influence is keeping her on the payroll. Bonk!
Comment by delvaldawg — June 2, 2011 @ 6:45 pm
Hey, it’s Mimi Thorp, back from her “illness.” I’d just about decided that she had joined the long-MIA Thorp Kids (and Barney Google) in Comics Limbo.
And she might as well have stayed there, since it’s obvious she won’t be getting any action tonight. Not even if she slips a little orange pill in Gil’s wineglass and a couple of bathtubs suddenly appear in their living room.
Comment by John S. Walters — June 2, 2011 @ 9:46 pm
Yeah, Millie there is ready to bring the pain…too bad they didn’t hand-deliver those…I’d like to demonstrate how I’d make Hobart into my own, personal hand puppet. (Mr. Muncheechee, the guidance counselor, looks on with interest.)
Comment by Ned Ryerson — June 3, 2011 @ 4:23 am
June 3 “I was looking for a job when I found this one” — homage to Todd Snider?
Comment by Elmo — June 3, 2011 @ 5:56 am
6/1 panel one – where the hell are they? Dilbert’s cubicle farm?
And – Gil thinks threatening to fire a quarter of the teachers is “bargaining”?! How much has he had to drink this morning?
I’m full of questions today. Better ease up and have a Nutboy!
Comment by jules — June 3, 2011 @ 6:36 am
Hobart is going full Jurgen Prochnow in Das Boot. I thought what they said on submarines was, “Dive! Dive!” or, “Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.”
Why isn’t Ann one of Gil’s assistant football coaches?
Comment by Dood — June 3, 2011 @ 6:54 am
Excellent wine bottle lamp, Gil (6-02, panel #3)! Given all the wine you and Mimi drink, you probably have wine bottle lamps, coffee table legs, artwork, etc.!
Comment by Milfordian — June 3, 2011 @ 7:00 am
June 3 It’s comin’! Somebody already called it: Al-Jo’s gonna [go Garland/Rooney and] shout out: “Hey, I’ve got an idea! Let’s put on a show!!!!!”
Comment by semperfi4evr — June 3, 2011 @ 7:26 am
It’s no wonder they had to lay-off 1/4 of the teachers. With their swank teacher’s lounge and personalized coffee cups, Fatcats!
Speaking of fat cats, Ann in P1 is about to unleash some militant style retribution. Beware angry women who wear vests and men’s watches.
Comment by DieClambakeDie — June 3, 2011 @ 7:37 am
If Gil gets laid off, will the strip become Matt Shaw? And, would that be a bad thing?
Comment by Dood — June 3, 2011 @ 8:15 am
Gil’s reassurance is particularly ineffective on Ted Logan there in 6/2 panel 2.
Panel 1 features Bull Bushka as “Ann”…
Comment by billytheskink — June 3, 2011 @ 8:26 am
Maybe the strip could become Ann Speedchunk, <Ann Fistcrunch or Ann Squatthrust.
Comment by Dood — June 3, 2011 @ 8:33 am
No. 12, Billy: I thought those two guys are Bargaining and Bluster, one of the act’s for the “Save the Teachers” benefit show.
Comment by Dood — June 3, 2011 @ 8:37 am
6/1 panel 1 finally admits what we knew all along: any random new hire (or wandering hobo) can do the Thorps’ jobs better than they can.
Comment by Mithradates — June 3, 2011 @ 9:22 am
Let’s have some suggestions for what to call the benefit concert show. Gilith Fair? Gillapalooza?
Will Ann be the chief roadie?
Comment by Dood — June 3, 2011 @ 10:40 am
Guys, if Gil gets laid off the strip will become “Marty Moon!” Check it! Count it! Bonk! HRONK!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — June 3, 2011 @ 2:12 pm
If Hobart, charged with impersonating a human being, ends up anyplace but the stocks I will be sorely disappointed. Sure, the stocks were “cruel and unusual,” but as a New Englander I have to point out they had their strong points. The combination of having one neighbor hit you with a moldy tomato while another addresses you as “asshole!” can be a powerful deterrent.
Comment by vaganova — June 3, 2011 @ 5:07 pm
Oh that Clancy.
Oh that Clancy.
Whenever they’d shout “Clancy look out!”
Clancy lowered the boom.
There’s more but why bother – I learned that song in grade school. Thanks for the memories!
Comment by Rob — June 3, 2011 @ 6:58 pm
wow teacher ann looks mad but she could be a heel in womans wrestling. in the second panal it looks like gil gave the chinese delivery woman a bad tip and admonished her for not bringing enough chinese mustard.ah the joy of hennessy in the third panal as wifey begs for a sip
Comment by mr120zcan — June 5, 2011 @ 6:44 am
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