Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

If you would like to

‘favorite’ the strip,

(and maybe the sketch, too), simply log in and click on the ‘Favorite’ star directly above the strip. We believe this may give Mr. McEldowney and Pibgorn a head-start when it comes time for GoComics to decide which comics to keep, and which to lose.

ccdesan has been kind enough to provide several resources:

Pibgorn in-depth background info, strip history, synopsis of story arcs, etc.
• http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/Pibgorn.html

9 Chickweed Lane in-depth background info, strip history, synopsis of story arcs, etc.
• http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Chickweed/Chickweed.html

GoComics comments posting guide to special formatting: italic, bold, indents, large fonts, etc.
• http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/StyleGuide.html

fairportfan has samples and a guide for converting 2D comics to 3D:
3D conversions of a couple of Pibgorn panels, go to:
• http://electronictiger.net/stereo/dru.htm
How to Commit 3D - quick-and-dirty guide for stereo images:
• http://electronictiger.net/stereo/demo.htm

Joe_Minotaur has a number of fan fictions based upon Pibgorn and TV police dramas:
• http://home.earthlink.net/~joeminotaur (start reading at the bottom of the page!)

Free registration to participate in a forum dedicated to Brooke McEldowny’s work:
• http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=568 [link to forum]
• http://marmoe.livejournal.com/34590.html [for registration assistance]

Brooke McEldowney info at:
• http://officialpibgorn.livejournal.com/ [Brooke’s Pibgorn blog]
• http://chickweedcafe.blogspot.com/ [Brooke’s Chickweed blog]
• http://www.wuky.org/tonicarchivesvisual [WUKY NPR interview (audio)]
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_McEldowney

Come one and come all, de-lurk and join in!
Add your own voice to our great, joyous din!
Just one bit of wisdom ere joining our game:
Read the comments! All of them! Or you’ll miss something! (Shame!)
(No trolls need apply.)

Today’s 9 Chickweed Lane can be found at:
http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009%2F1%2F15&name=9_Chickweed_Lane
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

“Stupid demons”; Luciano, we’ve been waiting for you for an awfully long time. So glad that you are back!
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Hooray! GO! GO! Luciano! GO! GO! (Go Go Sox! fan in my youth!)
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

LUCIANO! LUCIANO! LUCIANO! Rah! Rah! Rah!

Those who were rooting for Superfly, stand forth and take a bow…

And thanks for the reminder to favorite the strip!

And on that subject, if you’ll forgive me - this just begged to be written tonight.

THE CYBER TROLL
(with sincerest apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien)

Troll sat alone in his filthy home,
He had no reason outside to roam;
His pimply face was a sore disgrace
And friends were hard to come by.
Done by! Gum by!
In a filthy home he dwelt alone,
And friends were hard to come by.

He’d surf the net, always on the watch
For nasty pictures that would tickle his crotch
But the thing he loved best was to curse and swear
And act like a total retard.
Bombard! Blackguard!
He’d yank people’s chains for laughs and lulz
And act like a total retard!

‘Ha ha!’, said Troll, ‘I pwn your soul.
So why don’t you shut your old cake hole?
Your posts are lame and I take control
Of your blog, you stupid loser!
Boozer! Schmoozer!
I can drool and spit and you can’t do squat
‘Cuz I’m safe from poor old loser!

But the folks whose paths he tends to cross
Have naught but contempt for this pile of dross
So they simply pretend that he isn’t there
And Troll gets all the madder.
Sadder! Adder!
When poor old Troll doesn’t get results
He just gets all the madder.

‘For a couple o’ pins’, says Troll, and grins,
‘I’ll swear so much you’ll think I’m twins.
I’ll make you see you’ve got nothing on me
And your base belong to me now!
Hee now! See now!
I’m king of the world, bow down to me,
All your base belong to me now!

But just as he thought his victim was caught,
He found his hands had hold of naught.
The blogs were locked, and Troll was shocked
That everyone ignored him!
Bored him! Floored him!
He’d been dismissed, and was mighty pissed
That everyone ignored him!

But blacker than coal is the heart of Troll
Whose life is as barren as the Kansas dust bowl.
He’ll just move on to greener fields
Where folks will rise to his baiting.
Hating! Grating!
Old Troll laughs, when he hears folks groan,
And he thinks he’s won with his baiting.

But the folks who win, to Troll’s chagrin
Are the ones who learn the rule herein;
Ignore the Troll with the heart of coal
And he’ll quickly travel elsewhere!
Nose hair! Hot air!
His world’s so sad, but we don’t care
As long as he’s flaming elsewhere!
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Yea!!! Luciano is BACK!!!

Spinky is TOAST!!!
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

Yup
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Lovely lady lying below doomed demon (panel 3).
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

Nicely done, ccdesan!
evadrepus said, 10 months ago

I do believe that Luciano switched his grip on Spinky while we weren’t looking.
Joseph H said, 10 months ago

Now that’s what I call a super fly. Okay, enough of the puns - we saw this one coming, didn’t we? Only thing is, how long is it going to take Dru to wake up - and will she find Pib in one piece?
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Take a bow, ccdesan! Heck, take two!
debra4life50 said, 10 months ago

“And, here’s Johnny!!!!!!!!” Ooops, sorry…. “And, here’s Luciano!!!!!!!!”
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago
HERE IS WHY I WAS COLLECTING ALL THOSE NAMES
- Brooke Didn’t Start the Fire(We Didn’t Start the Fire, by Billy Joel)
Gweedo Murray, WoodGracie, Shalamett, ToniAnne, MasterDiver, margueritem, Pokefan Frank
poppysmatus, WickedCrazy, kaylisdragon, invisifan, pibfanbrux, MapleSyrup, wildflowerose
kcboomer, cobass, erwins cat, fairportfan, Dypak, Story Teller, and TheSkulker in The Rye
thevenbede, Paigely, England’s got Heavenly, Roger, but not THAT one, the other one goodbye

Brooke didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
Brooke didn’t start the fire
No Brooke didn’t light it
But Brooke tried to fight it

Simon Jester, oCinneide, zorchon and ladyellen2, oldlegodad71, Bender Sastre, Radical-Knight
RockHouse, rpglass, GorgoloChick, Garrulous, GrumpyOldbear, will Hugh B. Hayve

Fly Guy, stuntman200, bmonk’s got a winning team, gimmickgenius, BugsMoran, fatuncle, emjrn
Galford, gossamer49, Arcaton, johndrake, Princess Poms, maeverin, Adrienne Gormley

Brooke didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
Brooke didn’t start the fire
No Brooke didn’t light it
But Brooke tried to fight it

OldPossum, txmystic, Joe Minotaur, ccdesan, mrodney, polymorph, and Brooke McEldowney
mrprongs, Olliebird, Squire of the shire, SirMirom, Sisyphos, Children of UncaAlby

Delawarebob, Moe A, breadpudding, Bucky Katt, SweetPuck, aerwalt, Frida Bonita

pibfan868, fearciuil, DeathDealer and fazioli, atajayhawk, Glomar, debra4life50

Brooke didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
Brooke didn’t start the fire
No Brooke didn’t light it
But Brooke tried to fight it

chuuckcly, Amnor, lisa4romMpls, Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

SCOUNDREL of Arabia, British VermilionSparrow, seed drill, ThatCat, Llywus beats Patterson
progan01, r80, British Politician sex, Troll today, blown away, what else do I have to say

Brooke didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
Brooke didn’t start the fire
No Brooke didn’t light it
But Brooke tried to fight it

terrencestamp, TheWildSow, Lunatic fringe1 back again, Wenthral, SweetPuck, inshadowz, KingRat
farren, Hagaar, sylerner, Terror on the airline, AliKzam,’s in Iran, Troops are in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, paciii7223, Burgundy2, lincolnhyde, mfcoace, Yellow Cat, runar, Sloop, borusa
wndrwrthg on the shores, Drystyha’s under martial law, allyheartz and ForeverAllstar, I can’t take it anymore

Brooke didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
Brooke didn’t start the fire
No Brooke didn’t light it
But Brooke tried to fight it
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Fabulous ccdesan! Perfect for an imperfect troll!
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

Very nice, Joe_Minotaur!
debra4life50 said, 10 months ago

Probably the sexiest man on tv or the movies has died. Here’s to you, Mr Montalban. My version of heaven has you in your Kahn outfit. A salute to you, Ricardo….”Salute!!!!”
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

And three cheers for Joe_Minotaur! Hip hip! Hip hip! Huzzah!
–That’s two great creative works already tonight! And the beloved big bug is back! Surely, ‘tis the start of a glorious day!
txmystic said, 10 months ago

txmystic says:

…or, my personal favorite, MC 900-foot fly behind the lab with a beating of his giant wings…

OK first, it feels strangely exhilarating to quote myself…I sure do love me some me…

but anyways…

We finally got the giant fly involved again, and I am sooooo wondering what cliffhanger can be made from this.
Lampblack said, 10 months ago

But… Pib’s still tied to a tree in the depths of hell. What to do? What to do?
txmystic said, 10 months ago

And ccdesan, Joe_Minotaur, I humbly bow to your genius.

That goes for you, too, Frida, fairportfan, and MasterDiver for yesterday’s poetic contributions…I had to leave to hot tub for awhile to tend to some last minute project wrap-up crud…
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

An article about an exhibition featuring Schroder from Peanuts - and the music he played; it was all real Beethoven.
http://tinyurl.com/7n6wzz

Take a look at the comic reproduced on the page - it only showed half in my browser, but a click brings in the whole thing. See if it reminds you of saomething…
txmystic said, 10 months ago

debra4life50 says:

Probably the sexiest man on tv or the movies has died. Here’s to you, Mr Montalban. My version of heaven has you in your Kahn outfit. A salute to you, Ricardo….”Salute!!!!”

Another salute to Ricardo:

KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!!

He will be missed. And I want no jokes about coffins lined with fine Corinthian leather, people…
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Ok, I feel better. Love the name collection Joe_Minotaur. I can read the names and almost hear Billy Joel singing them!

It was a crappy night at work and coming home and looking at the strip and reading the comments helps me to unwind a little…especially after another person decorated the asphalt by not wearing a seatbelt. Human skin, gravel, grass burrs and stickers do not mix well at any speed….and I needed a durn magnifying glass to get the stickers out of tender areas.
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

Joe sez we didn’t….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP0APvTSMMw
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Yes, please thank good ol’ Tom for plunking you right in the path of a 900-foot cheesed-off housefly. Spinky’s less than a mouthful for Luciano and he doesn’t have any mojo left to protect himself with. Oh my…
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Ha ha ha - I was just reading all the other posts. Everyone seems to have his/her muse turned up today!
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

Emjrn: Thanks for your compassionate service. Yes, it’s your job, but thanks anyway.
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

emjrn says:

Ok, I feel better. Love the name collection Joe_Minotaur. I can read the names and almost hear Billy Joel singing them!

It was a crappy night at work and coming home and looking at the strip and reading the comments helps me to unwind a little…especially after another person decorated the asphalt by not wearing a seatbelt. Human skin, gravel, grass burrs and stickers do not mix well at any speed….and I needed a durn magnifying glass to get the stickers out of tender areas.

Glad that we could help.
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

Nuthin like a paint job to spruce up the old boiler room.
.
I’m sure J double R would heartily applaud cc’s Tom Trollery.
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

cc: Wonderfull stuff!

Joe minotaur: That was a lot of hard work! Bravo!
Squire_of_the_shire said, 10 months ago

emjrn;

I gotta empathize with the cyclist that leave a little of themselves out on the highway when they cycle. I was one of them twice. The first time was my fault. I was getting off of a 12 hour shift when I took a turn too fast and and wound up breaking my right collar bone and landed in a ditch. The second time, I have no recollection of what happened. As a matter of fact I wound up with 24 hours of amnesia from that one. My souvenirs from it were a broken left collar bone, fractured shoulder socket bone and two bones in my wrist fractured.

Three cheers for Luciano. I was starting to feel like he was going to be gone for good. Pity he lost his hat. Then again I don’t think it would have looked as good on him at 50 tons as it did when he probably weighed about 40 or 50 pounds.

Just finished putting away the leftovers of some awesome home made beef barley soup. A good burgundy makes all the difference in the soup stock. There’s probably about 3/4’s of a good size stock pot left if any of our devoted couch crouchers care for a re-heated bowl.
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

I’ll take up that offer, Squire_of_the_shire; a little hot beef barley soup will go well with the sub-zero temperatures we are enduring in Chicagoland this night….
AliKzam said, 10 months ago

Yay, Luciano!

Aww, thank you, Joe! I’m in Iran!
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

Stupid stupid demon creatures!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

ccdesan:
Great contribution!
RE: Brooke Didn’t…
If I didn’t include your name in the song, I appologize. As many names that made it into the song rewrite, there were some that did not fit. Most of these were very hard to divide into syllables due to the addition of numbers or unusual spellings.
I would like to know how you pronounce “fearciuil” or “mfcoace”?
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

@Joe_Minotaur: Absolutely 100% Win! That was a huge effort, I love it!
GrumpyOldbear said, 10 months ago

Well it has taken this long to get through yesterday’s comments so
forgive me if some are moot.
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@Skulker the C&F were left off the
0* just so someone would comment.
Great answer. So how cold is twice as cold @ 0*K?
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fearciuil The people that can’t scroll past the boiler plate don’t know how to turn off the TV or Radio if they don’t agree with what they see. An complain they have to watch it.
I have too much fun at this site to watch the drek on “Reality” TV.
.
Must be something in the Barmecide Feast at the couch that has instigated all the creativity the last 2 days.
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fearciuil 116 trolls 0
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Joe did you make it to work on time Tue? - It was a little slow going out this way.
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good night all
SirMirom said, 10 months ago

Joe, I don’t know what maddness compelled you to try to pronounce avatars, but well met, well met.

CC, lovley work!
Story Teller said, 10 months ago

Too bad I cannot “favorite” a strip more than once per day. This one would get at least three from me, if not because of the evil cackling I have been doing ever since I saw Luciano then because of CC’s wonderful poem about the troll.

Come to think of it, maybe it is not such a good idea. I would have favorited yesterday’s strip at least that many times just because…well, you know…
Shalamett said, 10 months ago

Awesome job ccdesan and Joe Minotaur, and all you other so very creative people! Again, I am awed by ya’ll’s talent.

re: I would like to know how you pronounce “fearciuil”
I think that it was posted sometime ago that it was pronounced fear cyool.

I’m so happy to see the fly back too.

fearciuil: I just wanted to add my thanks again for the boilerplate. The proposed changes are OK too, I just hope that the Favoriting stays pretty large at the top or I’ll probably just scroll past it. I have used every part of the boilerplate at some time or another.
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

What Spitcock didn’t understand, having never played one of Tom’s games before, is that the only way to not so much “win” as “not lose” is the nuclear option, as Dru has demonstrated thrice before…
Shalamett said, 10 months ago

Because of all of the Monty Python references and because I’m just so flat-out excited, I had to share.
My wonderful brother bought me a ticket to see SPAMALOT!! I’m so excited, I can’t wait till the end of February!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

Grumpy:
Tuesday was fine. MONDAY!!! I left early and got there 25 minutes late!!
ccdesan:
I gotta stay on my toes if I want to keep up with all of the talent that has been drawn here(and written, linked, etc…).
This is a great outlet for creative energy! Instant feedback and our troll problem is under control(controll?).
But, pardon my maniacal laughter as I head off to bed.
Shalamett said, 10 months ago

Being younger than quite a few of the denizens around here, my most remembered character of Patrick McGoohan was Longshanks from Braveheart.

I used to watch Fantasy Island quite a bit, but Khan always was one of my favorite characters from Star Trek (Scotty was my favorite, mostly because of his accent!)

R.I.P to both great men
MathProf2 said, 10 months ago

It occurs to me that Spitcock,
master computer programmer
has encountered a fatal bug.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 10 months ago

Good one, MathProf2!

Dissolve Spinky, Luciano!

Anyone for liquid demon? Just add lye and serve chilled.
Saskfan said, 10 months ago

For ccdesan and Joe Minotaur (I’m not so good as you two, but this chorus sprang into my little mind):

The muse is hot tonight
Whoa, so hot tonight
But where will she be tomorrow?
The muse is hot tonight
Whoa, so hot tonight
But where will she be tomorrow?
pibfanbrux said, 10 months ago

emjrn- having just sat by my father’s bedside in an ICU for 11 days following 8 bypass surgery and failing kidneys and marveled at the incredibly skilled, caring, compassionate nurses working at UC Davis Health center in Sacramento Calif. to get seriously ill patients through their travails all I can say is on behalf of the families of those you put back together, our most heartfelt thanks!
CC and Joe amazing talents as always!
Go Luciano! Flies are always attracted to the most rotten things aren’t they?!
geckohale said, 10 months ago

Isn’t it amazing how much you can come to like a big old housefly! Boy are we glad to see you again! Yeah, be sure to give our thanks to old Tom for us … sit on him for us, too. ;D
SCOUNDREL said, 10 months ago

One of 2 things: either our beloved 35-lb. housefly is in a ultra-miniaturized reality/world (city), or he’s now Significantly more than 35 lbs…. ;-p