2/23/13
Well, it’s about time for some coaching, Gil. They don’t just hand those personalized coffee mugs out to anyone, you know. So what’s it gonna be? Tough love? Some fatherly advise? Wait, “what’s going on with you guys”? Okay, well that’s another way to go.
“Do you know much about birds, coach?”
“Well, I know that the bird bird bird, well the bird is the word.”
“No, Coach, I meant that….”
“…don’t you know about the bird? Well everybody’s heard that the bird is the word!”
“What are you talking about? It’s Fowler, Coach, you see…”
“Bird bird b-b-b-bird. Bird bird bird.”
“Later, coach.”
“Hey, where ya goin’ Devore? Gil’s gonna tell you about the bird.”
Ric Devore has now done something I have never seen before– after aligning his right hand with a candidate for the Pantheon of Mysterious Objects, he has laid his left thumb under his right eye, alongside his nose. The only explanation I can think of is that, asked to explain the lunacy of the present plot, he is thinking about giving himself a wet willie.
Comment by vaganova — February 23, 2013 @ 4:36 pm
Panel 2 is typical of the strange hand gestures in Gil Thorp. Actually, it’s NOT the gesture (open hand in the air).
It’s the arrangement of the fingers. It takes effort to keep 3 pressed together and let the little one hang loose.
Comment by Dale — February 23, 2013 @ 7:15 pm
Dale, if there were some reason for that hand position we might accept it, but in this context it simply looks bizarre, the kind of thing that makes you wonder if it is Romulan, you know, one finger away from Vulcan?
Comment by vaganova — February 23, 2013 @ 7:41 pm
P1: Note to Gildo: there’s a short middle-aged man in your locker room trying to peek at your players’ junk. If you don’t want to end like JoePa [you're about his age] you might want to 911 his a$$.
Stellar play with the “Bird” dialog, Ned.
Comment by semperfi4evr — February 24, 2013 @ 8:40 am
Ric is about to peel off his mask and reveal that he’s Mr. Baskt and has been working undercover on a peacock smuggling ring.
Comment by Knoxy — February 24, 2013 @ 11:01 am