Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 10 months ago

A Vargas Girl? Oh my, yes!!
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

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Today’s 9 Chickweed Lane can be found at:
http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009%2F1%2F19&name=9_Chickweed_Lane
stonehenge1951 said, 10 months ago

Has Mr. Hefner seen her???????
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

Reposted from “yesterday”:

Whoa! Subtle, subtle difference in Dru’s expression between sketch and final, yet expressing very different emotions … bravo, sir! Bravo!

and

The Master made a blog post re: NY Comic Con:
http://officialpibgorn.livejournal.com/25726.html
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

How about that Pibby still needs rescue and the archers are on standby?
macFicheallaigh said, 10 months ago

Oh, did Dru say something? Sorry, I didn’t catch it, whatever it was.
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

NICE BACON!!
Adrienne Gormley said, 10 months ago

Dru’s t houghts are a wee bit different, but how can one tell the difference between anesthetized and non-anesthetized Vargas girls? :)

I do really like the stray tress draped over her thighs in the sketch, though

But I do like that Luc is a bluebottle here and not a generic housefly :)
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

I’m in a Makin’ mood !
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

“anesthetized Vargas Girl”

I like that.

“What else do I have to live down?”

Ummm, Pib, or Geogg, or Roger or Lena must be up to something.
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

Adrienne Gormley says:
………yadda yadda etc…….
But I do like that Luc is a bluebottle here and not a generic housefly :)
.
Luc is a fly of many hats.
If Brooke is really going on the cheap as indicated in the blog I think it’s possible “our men on the floor” may get after hours audience with The BOSS.
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Dru! DRU! Dru! DRU! Oh, yes, yes!
[sorry]
txmystic said, 10 months ago

mmmmmmm……baaaaaaaconnnnnn…..
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

If Brooke doesn’t have a table or booth, ccdesan and I might need help in tracking him down for the interview. Anyone else going to the show?
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

Holy Mother of Mogg. Hard to find words for something like that, and hard to say anything through my oxygen mask… 8^O

Masterful!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago
I don’t have any bacon, but I’ll have to thank Brooke for the cheesecake!
- Goodnight PIBSTERS!!
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

stonehenge1951: Hefner seems to prefer peroxide blondes (though there have been a few dark-haired babes in his past)….
thevenbede said, 10 months ago

Maybe you’ve got to live up to the fact that a 75-story, 200-ton bluebottle saved your bacon and bend your thoughts to saving Pib et al?

And, ah, guys….the stack of clean dry towels is by the pool. It’s getting hard to tell the difference between you and Luciano.
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

@Joe_Minotaur, The Master wrote something slightly different at http://chickweedcafe.blogspot.com/ … mentioning that … well, he’s rather tall, and that may help you a little bit in finding him….
Bogy said, 10 months ago

I’m starting to wonder if Dru’s new color scheme is going to be permanent!
emjrn said, 10 months ago

I can see Mr Hefner trying to shove his bottom jaw back into place after looking at Dru!

No telling what kind of dreams she would give him….providing she would even LOOK at him! (Don’t think his old heart could take it!)
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

Good night, Minotaureans!
AliKzam said, 10 months ago

Just in case anyone is confused and is too lazy to research (as I was, but I managed to muster up the energy), here is a link to what a Vargas girl is:
http://www.btinternet.com/~brmerc/vargas/Vargas.html

”Alberto Vargas is perhaps the best known and most respected of all the pin-up girl artists. Born in Arequipa, Peru in 1896, he was the son of respected portrait photographer Max Vargas. His father secured an apprenticeship for Vargas at Julien Studios in Switzerland in 1915. However, Vargas soon decided that Europe during World War I was not the healthiest place to be and so traveled to New York in 1916. After two lucky breaks, producing lobby paintings for Ziegfield Follies in the 20’s and Hollywood portraits of stars in the 30’s, Vargas was approached to provide artwork for the newly started Esquire Magazine in 1940.

“Vargas was to produce his artwork well into the 1970’s, however it is generally held that his best work was during the period 1940 to 1947. This was the time of the ‘Varga’ girl, centerfolds and calendar artwork produced mainly for Esquire magazine.”

So, now I get it.
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Don’t look so sad Dru! Remember, there is still Tom T to torture…and if you want to pay Luciano back, I’m sure he would be willing to help just to be near Pib…then everyone is happy! (with the exception of Tom T!)

Good night all!
thevenbede said, 10 months ago

Gute Nacht! I’m climbing the wooden hill to Bedfordshire…to sleep, perchance to dream…of Dru dealing with Tom T as he deserves!
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

AliKzam says:

Just in case anyone is confused and is too lazy to research (as I was, but I managed to muster up the energy), here is a link to what a Vargas girl is:
http://www.btinternet.com/~brmerc/vargas/Vargas.html

His drawings are exquisite.
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

I need no link to remember what Vargas girls look like. His pinups have been seared into my brain for close to 50 years…

But this was a nice reminder. Thanks for the bath towels. mop mop

Good night to all, and a pleasant rest.
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

I remember seeing Vargas girl drawings in the 70s. NEVER MIND WHERE !
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Over at Pib Sketches, fairportfan expatiated on some preliminary calculations of mine and came to the conclusion that, pace Dru, Luciano should probably weigh in at a minimum of 77000 tons, if not more.
Joseph H said, 10 months ago

Vargas girls don’t have a lovely black-and-red sheen to them, Dru, darling.

And I suppose that Pib will have to mention something about “that’s the third time you saved my bacon. You must really like me.” ;)
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Of course, you’ll also have to live down nearly being drained dry by someone who was too stupid to see a 200-ton bluebottle coming.
MathProf2 said, 10 months ago

I believe Vargas is primarily known for paintings, not drawings.
MathProf2 said, 10 months ago

For years I’ve wondered:

How does one pronounce “Edda”?

(i.e., EE-da or ehdah ?)
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

Today’s flicker picture” http://electronictiger.net/avail/090119.htm

It’s working for me in Firefox and IE, but not (for me) in Opera - however, i just had a system meltdown and i’m reinstalling everything from scratch, and the same script worked in Opera before, so……

I’d say Dru looks more Vargas-y in the sketch.
Chuck Clay said, 10 months ago

We ought not doubt the master with respect to Luc’s mass.. he might have been perched on a convenient rooftop and thus much shorter than we (or the internal observers) would at first estimate - or, being a magical creature, simply not conform to mundane density.
SirMirom said, 10 months ago

9CWL: pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is the last panel connoting?
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

MathProf2 says:

I believe Vargas is primarily known for paintings, not drawings
.
Ooops !
Fly Guy said, 10 months ago

SirMirom says:
9CWL: pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is the last panel connoting?
*
That image is representing a loss of ANALOG TV signal. You youngsters
who grew up with DIGITAL TV have not experienced the ‘joy’ of adjusting
the rabbit ears to get a decent picture. In this case, the camera, the cameraman
and the sending unit probably experienced a violent physical event.
If Brooke wasn’t so busy dealing with two strips and publishers, he might have
time to watch modern TV’s and he would have seen how the image pixellates.
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

Juliette is shaking the cameraman by the throat…
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

SirMirom, it’s as though you are looking through the lens of the tv camera that Juliette is in the process of distressing after the insult to her daughter by the stupid tv reporter [OK, I know that’s a redundancy…]. You are seeing the video distortion.
Fly Guy said, 10 months ago

CC’s explanation is much simpler.
Fly Guy said, 10 months ago

@SISYPHOS, you were assaulted by the StupidAsynchronousServers. You actually
posted before my first comment.
Galford said, 10 months ago

I don’t want to step on anybody’s tongue, excuse me…
tharrisl said, 10 months ago

fearciuil says:

@Joe_Minotaur, The Master wrote something slightly different at http://chickweedcafe.blogspot.com/ … mentioning that … well, he’s rather tall, and that may help you a little bit in finding him….

6’ 8”
No wonder he played cello in the marching band!

Posted: about 4 hours ago Flag
tharrisl said, 10 months ago

margueritem says:

AliKzam says:

Just in case anyone is confused and is too lazy to research (as I was, but I managed to muster up the energy), here is a link to what a Vargas girl is:
http://www.btinternet.com/~brmerc/vargas/Vargas.html

His drawings are exquisite.

One of his best was of the enchanting and “Dru-ish” Betty Page.
Phoenix_Ascendant said, 10 months ago

So many questions… so little time… ^_^
Hugh B. Hayve said, 10 months ago

Morning all! If anybody remembers The Cars second album Candy-O, Vargas did the cover art on it. The girl lay across the car. One of my fave album covers for sure.
9CWL; Reporters sure can ask some dumb questions, forgive them Julliet, they know not what they do.
fatuncle said, 10 months ago

9CL - From the looks of things, Juliette is strangling one with each hand. Go Panther Woman!
Poms said, 10 months ago
Morning Minotaureans
*
What a fabulous work of art, and yes, Dru - you do look like a Vargas (or Elvgren) girl!
- Coffee, pancakes with real maple syrup, croissants, homemade mango jelly and fig spread, scrambled eggs, and fruit available for the couch crowd this morning.
Mel(ody) said, 10 months ago

For those who appreciate Vargas’s art, it is being continued in Playboy by a very talented lady named Olivia. http://images.google.com/images?q=Olivia+De+Berardinis&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GWYE&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=imageresultgroup&resnum=1&ct=title