Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 10 months ago

Friday, and its a most satisfactory end to the week’s strips. Spinky was drippy, I’m not surprised. Hooray for Luciano!
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

margueritem says:

theevenbede says: If there’s any bread left (and if the recipe’s available I’d love it-r.dauphineeat gmail-por favor?) it’d come in handy to sop up the sauce. mmmmm

First let me email you to check if the addy works. I will gladly share the recipe with you. My got it from a tapas cooking class that he took.
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%2F16&name=9_Chickweed_Lane
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

Oops! I guess Luciano needed to change his grip on Spitcock because he was so drippy!
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

A grey-backed shape-shifting incubus. These guys sound like they’re on some bird watchers society outing. Nothing unusual here.
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

O-kayy… what in thunder and gimpsum root is going on up there? Doesn’t sound very appetizing. 8^G
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

ccdesan says:

“O-kayy… what in thunder and gimpsum root is going on up there? Doesn’t sound very appetizing.”

Ummm - flies spit digestive juice on their food to pre-digest it to liquid form so they can suck it up…
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

@Fearc: > No Trolls Need Apply

ROFL!
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

@ccdesan - that’s been there since I added the bit about de-lurking. It didn’t work. ::shrug::

G’night, all.
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

As the Master says, for our “cliffhanger weekend,” with some harmony restored to the Pibverse, let us take time to sniff the flowers!

–And relish Edda’s deliciously droll remark to Amos in 9CWL!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

9CWL: Is it live or is it youtube?

Pibgorn: This is the image that will burn into our brains until Sunday Night?!?!
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

I think Edda’s question is iminently reasonable, given circumstances…

Particularly with a big shiny Bösendorfer right there handy…
AliKzam said, 10 months ago

Wow, I was off on Luciano’s size by forty stories!
At least we know people are noticing. Nothing to write home about, I guess.
“Dear Margo, I saw a 75 story house fly crush a grey-backed, shape-shifting incubus into a wad of goo. It just made me realize how little we talk nowadays, and I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you as a friend. We should get together over tea and patte. Love, Ruth.”
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

“DRIPPY”? Sounds like Spitcock had a little accident. “Depends” on what they meant by “DRIPPY”, though.
TheSkulker said, 10 months ago

Joe_Minotaur says:
If anyone wants to post questions they want answered by Brooke, I will take the best
ones and use them in the interview.

One question we all would be interested having answered is: What is the value/benefit
of our favoriting of the strip?

Another would be: What are the chances of 9CWL moving or mirroring to goComics?
I suspect not much as United Media has all the newspaper contracts.

And: Are there any sources for 9CWL images predating November 2000?
Fly Guy said, 10 months ago

9CWL: That’s the same question I was going to ask.
*
Pib: A none hanging cliff hanger for the weekend. Brilliant, Brooke, brilliant.
*
Couch Denizens already know to stop and smell the flowers.
*
@Joe & CC, count me in for any reasonable $ contribution to the Brooke interactive event.
wndrwrthg said, 10 months ago

I am amazed that they did not even have to consult their “Olson’s Standard Book of British Incubuses”.
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Well, I knew Inky was going to be in “deep squish”, but I didn’t think he would BE “deep squish”!

A very satisfying cliffhanger!

Edda, the encore is not of the youtube variety.
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago
wndrwrthg says:

I am amazed that they did not even have to consult their “Olson’s Standard Book of British Incubuses”.
- You mean, the one without the Gannet, the Robin, or the Nuthatch?
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

I think fairportfan’s explanation (currently 4th after the boilerplate) nails what’s happening “up there” with Luciano. After all, a 75 story rampaging housefly must burn a lot of energy and get awfully hungry! …Are “Bill” and “Ed” names used for the periodic birdwatching commentators that Honorable Master sometimes uses as a storytelling device?
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Good night all. I look forward to the weekend comments. Especially what may happen to Tom if Luciano has his way….heh heh heh!
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

Old MAD gag:

She: “Oh, look - a dog is chasing the car!”
HE: “Wonder what one would do if it caught one. Let’s stop and find out.”

Second panel:

She (looking out window with disgusted expression): “Now that we found out, let’s find a car wash!”
Mikkail said, 10 months ago

A copy of Luciano the Housefly Goes Incubus Squishing, if you please.
fatuncle said, 10 months ago

”Drippier”?

Oh, yuck.
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

@Fairportfan: Thank you and no thank you! I assumed Inky was messing himself from fright, but your explanation is more logical… and disgusting. Blaugh! Yarg!

If that’s indeed what’s going on, being sopped up by a fly is a fitting end… but in the back of my head, I wonder if that’s the last we’ll see of Spitcock… after all, we still don’t have the full backstory on him yet. We got a lot more history in the case of Orlando Pick.

Inquiring minds want to know!
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

We all remember the movie, don’t we–the more graphic 1986 version with Jeff Goldblum as The Fly? What he/it does is what just happened to the late, unlamented Inky….
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

G’Nite all.
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

I appreciate the offers to share the expense of a video interview with Brooke, we should wait until after the fact. I’ll record and edit as best I can, then offer it on CD or DVD. Any donations are voluntary and not tax deductible.
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

It’s simple, he ate him.
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

**ccdesan says:

“@Fairportfan: Thank you and no thank you! I assumed Inky was messing himself from fright, but your explanation is more logical… and disgusting. Blaugh! Yarg!”

No, no - no need to thank me. Just doing my best to be helpful.

(Though i might not have thought of it if someone else hadn’t mentioned it a couple days back…
TheSkulker said, 10 months ago

Hugh B. Hayve:
Thanks for your post on Bloom County yesterday regarding your experience with Canada’s heath care system. It needs to be seen by the rest of this country.
Mel(ody) said, 10 months ago

So the Succubus got sucked up by a gargantuan housefly…..
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

Post from Jan. 15, Bloom County
Hugh B. Hayve says:

No no no, idiocy is believing all that superstitious nonsense from political know-it-alls about a social program they never had experience with before. We have an excellent system for health care here in Canada, my, and my family and friends get there problems looked after in timely fashion and don’t have to sign everything they own over to some doctor. There are no gov’t go-betweens or overseers sticking there nose in the process as some propagandists would have you believe. Geez, I thought maybe Americans would’ve grown up politically since the McCarthy era, but I see that some still believe the rhetoric and haven’t learned to think for themselves.
.
Hugh B. Hayve says:

Fact is, I suffered a heart attack in July last year, I might have died if I was in an American hospital while some desk nurse was trying to decide if my insurance was valid, not in Canada, they don’t check to see if your premiums have been paid or how much money you have in your wallet before they admit you. They treat you whether you’re rich or poor.
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

@Hugh: In no way trying to start a debate here, but I would like your take on this:

http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/TaxesForFreeServices.jpg

Working with my ex’s clinic for 5 years gave me a close-up look at how horrific “orthodox” medicine can be in our country… but how do you feel about the costs of what you receive, both obvious and hidden?
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

Mel(ody)Pro says:

So the Succubus got sucked up by a gargantuan housefly…..
.
No dear. The Incubus got sucked up..
.
. To add to the above post: In a real emergency you get whisked into treatment,stat. I don,t know if Hugh walked in or came by ambulance, as I did. They didn’t find or weren’t looking for a wallet which was in my buttoned shirt pocket. From the police report copy that I got from the sheriff’s Dept. afterward; it stated that the deputy thought I was transient. I’m sure horror stories are out there but it’s not all gloom and doom. If It weren’t for Veteran’s Administration I would be in for over 35,000 dollars. Heap Big Wampum ! Something needs to be fixed alright. Chasing paperwork even while you’re recovering and single is a bit of a chore.
3Xp4t said, 10 months ago

So cool to see the renovated boilerplate implemented so quickly! I’m happy that folks found some of my suggestions worthy, and Thank You! to TheSkulker for refining my rough draft into something much better.

fearciuil - a Special Thank You! for your daily work and attentiveness to really help keep the Pib community up to high standards.

ccdesan’s ‘Ode to a Troll’ is now in a nice convenient location for reference of anyone who wishes to respond to a troll without actually wasting any serious time on said troll. Trolls hate it when they can’t waste your time.
http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44763

It looks like “we” might have a chance, due to the hard work and devoted interest of some of our community, to pose fan questions to Mr. McE at the NY Comic Con 2009 in a few short weeks. I am suggesting we discuss it publicly in a nice, centralized location to make it easier to assemble questions, thoughts & topics in a coherent manner. Here:
http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44764
[ Confusionite Couch Questions for ComicCon FanCam ]

Folks … we got us a Friday ANTI-cliffhanger! Mr. McE once again presents us copious bucketfulls of fodder for our rampaging imaginations. Whether we WANT to burn this image out of our brains or not!
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

Atlanta’s own Jennie Breeden, with a wonderful look at the world of a webcomic creator: http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/d/20090116.html
stuntman200 said, 10 months ago

wndrwrthg says:

I am amazed that they did not even have to consult their “Olson’s Standard Book of British Incubuses”.

I’m being picky here, but would not an anthology of British Incubuses be a little redundant? I have reason to beleive most of this action takes place stateside possibly New York, so British Incubi (not incubuses) are unlikely to seen. Is there a North American version listing native species…?

P.S. I concur with others - Luciano is out to lunch, Spitcock IS lunch.

For further consideration…

There was a incubus called Spit,
Who landed in very deep *t,
the house fly went “blurgh”,
and Ed went “urgh”,
‘twas an ending we all thought was fit.

Wish I could invent with the literary genius of others - Have loved tolkein since I was 7 and 8 years of age when I read The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings for the first time. Congratulations ccdesan
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 10 months ago

Ol’ Spitty has lived up to his name by being melted by the digestive spit of our giant hero. Woohoo! Go Luciano!
JosephR4570 said, 10 months ago

Hugh & Skulker - is this the Pibgorn goComics page or the Daily Kos?
ve6aao said, 10 months ago

Very reflective and a true commentry on how one should really notice and appreciate things.
TheSkulker said, 10 months ago

JosephR4570 says:
Hugh & Skulker - is this the Pibgorn goComics page or the Daily Kos?

Neither. It is the Pibgorn community discussion forum. A supportive environment open
to all non-inflamatory comments.
barbhinkins said, 10 months ago

What about Dru … and Pib? And when does Tom get his? Will he be drippier than the above mentioned drippy one? all these questions and more have to wait for MONDAY down here in the big land next to the land of the long white cloud :P
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Uhhhhh… drippy? EW! Sounds like Spinky is going to be nothing but a gurgle in Luciano’s digestive tract.
Hugh B. Hayve said, 10 months ago

Geez, Gweedo, whatcha doin reposting that here for? LOL, I like to post the heavier stuff in the other forums.
Lazarus Long said, 10 months ago

Hmmmmmmm.{slurp) Tastes like chicken!
Hugh B. Hayve said, 10 months ago

The whole universal health care issue is a touchy issue in the U.S. for a lot of reasons, My friend in Fla. had treatment for cervical cancer last year and will be in debt for years still to pay it off, is that really fair? It’s not her fault she got cancer. To me the issue comes down to two things 1) our responsibility as human beings, for the health and well-being of others 2) The Hippocratic Oath doctors take which states that they are honor bound to treat the sick, no matter who. To me, that means health care should be universal. (don’t get me started on world government now!)
Hugh B. Hayve said, 10 months ago

35,000$ gweedo?, austia madonna!
Autumn said, 10 months ago

LOL!! That’s fantastic! Are these the same 2guys from the very beginning of this comic? The nature watchers who would randomly comment on Pib and Dru flying by??

They were my favorite! :D
Kaibyo said, 10 months ago

Luc - “MMmmmmmmmm squished incubus, talon-likkin’good.”