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

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Margueritem said, 10 months ago

Aww, so fitting, and so well deserved!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

Luciano’s got a “Fly” girl!!
otpu said, 10 months ago

It’s been said many times that Dru and Pib never wear clothes and any semblance to the contrary is strictly in the mind of the beholder.

But doesn’t Dru look just a little bit more naked in her new coloration when compared to the old.

otpu
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

Too cute!

So is this going to shrink him down to normal size? I mean, Dru’s been reduced by Pib, and she can absorb the powers of those she contacts…
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Give him one for all of us in the cheap seats, Dru!!!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

9CWL:
Sister Steven is havin’ nun of that!
wndrwrthg said, 10 months ago

otpu says:

It’s been said many times that Dru and Pib never wear clothes and any semblance to the contrary is strictly in the mind of the beholder.

But doesn’t Dru look just a little bit more naked in her new coloration when compared to the old.

otpu

And your point is? I have never allowed their mode of dress (or undress) interfere with my enjoyment of a excellent story. The thought of their lithe (yet voluptuous) bodies writhing and contorting, twisting and bending, shimming and shaking has has nev…uh, where was I?
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

G’night, folks.
debra4life50 said, 10 months ago

otpu - I think you’re right. In the third frame it looks like she has a cat suit on.
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

It’s not that Pib and Dru never wear clothes. They have in the past when it was part of the story. For them, it’s clothing optional.
AliKzam said, 10 months ago

The world is saved by a ginormous fly. Men, demons and faeries alike may rest easy knowing that there is a 75-story man-eating blue-bottle watching over us all…
Who wants pudding?
debra4life50 said, 10 months ago

HEY!!!!!!!!! Where’s the heart???? It didn’t make it to the final product :(
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Gosh! Just think what a swirl of emotions Luciano must be experiencing: first he digests and then eats Inky, coming to rescue his true love, Pib; then, the ultimate seductress gives him an appreciative little peck above the eye…. The guy’s heart must be pounding more powerfully than a locomotive! Good for Dru! –Hey, good for Luciano!
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Of course it’s clothing optional for demons and fairies - who would want to cover up such lovely coloring?
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Aw Dru! Luciano may have to make his crush on Pib include you too!

CC
I don’t think Dru will reduce Luciano’s size, she is just showing her gratitude.
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

Kiss a fly on the eye….
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

Goodnight, everyone…

@wndrwrthg: Thanks for the last laugh of the evening!
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Good night all!

Will play catch up tomorrow!
GrumpyOldbear said, 10 months ago

@poppysmatus - Add my condolences.
Unfortunately we are becoming the “older” generation. No matter how much time we have together it is too short. As you love one another and have faith in each other strength will be there also.
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago
GOODNIGHT,
- Adrienne Gormley, aerwalt, Amnor, atajayhawk, bell3rose1a, bmonk, Bob, borusa, Burgundy2, ccdesan, chuuckcly, cobass, debra4life50, Delawarebob, DGWillie, dpetrill, ejcapulet, emjrn, erwins cat, fairportfan, fatuncle, fearciuil, Fly Guy, Frida Bonita, Galford, gg015879, gossamer49, GrumpyOldbear, Gweedo Murray, Hugh B. Hayve, inshadowz, jml58, kcboomer, lincolnhyde, lisa4romMpls, LLeRay, Lunatic fringe1, maeverin, margueritem, MasterDiver, mfcoace, Moe A, Moriarty11, oCinneide, paciii7223, Paigely, pibfan868, pibfanbrux, Pokefan Frank, Poms, poppysmatus, Radical-Knight, Roger, but not THAT one, the other one., Shalamett, Simon Jester, stonehenge1951, Story Teller, tallwoman41, tharrisl, txmystic, ursen1, wildflowerose, wndrwrthg, WoodGracie, ZCP, Zmaster2112, zorchon, aikione, AliKzam, allyheartz, anat622, Arcaton, attyush, Autumn, Bender Sastre,
  BJamesB86, breadpudding, Brooke McEldowney, Bucky Katt, BugsMoran,
  CaseyOrourke, channce, DeathDealer, Drystyha, Dypak, fazioli, Garrulous,
  Gigantor, gimmickgenius, Glomar, gjbivin, Heavenly, HPhil, Hroth, invisifan, James7344, jcfuston3, Jeffty, johndrake, JonD17, JosephR4570, jwhouk67, kaylisdragon, ladyellen2, Lazarus Long, ldybrnwyn, Llywus, macFicheallaigh, MapleSyrup, Mel(ody), michaelw777, mikkail, mrodney, mrprongs, oldlegodad71, OldPossum, Olliebird, Polyman64, polymorph, progan01, r80, RockHouse, rpglass, SCOUNDREL, seed drill, SirMirom, Sisyphos, Skye879, Squire of the shire, stuntman200, SweetPuck, sylerner, Talon 1968, terrencestamp, TheSkulker, TheWildSow, thevenbede, tigernest1, TiggerLeBounce, ToniAnne, VermilionSparrow, Wenthral, WickedCrazy, zaphire, Zmaster2112, 3Xp4t, acswebb, arsmall, baslim the begger, farren, ForeverAllstar, GorgoloChick, Hagaar, jimbo1949, KingRat, Kiteguy50, Lampblack, lindavid3, MathProf2, Nabuquduriuzhur, Susie Rasmussen, ThatCat, UkGeoFF08, Willhelm, xenon314, Yellow Cat,
  UncaAlby, FenyuGreek, Tubbsbottl III, runar, Sloop.
  AND ANY I MISSED
desertdwlr said, 10 months ago

awwwwww isn’t that sweet
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

Gweedo Murray says:

I always knew they were button pushers in fairportville and now I have PROOF !
Accidental slipping or stippling ?
There is definitely a right nipple with a strong allusion to a left, done in a way to be invisible to the harried Schlemiel who drew the short straw for censor duty.
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Newsflash! Headmistress of Catholic school assaults Inaction News Team reporter. Popular anchorette Stacey Airhead was rapped across the knuckles by vicious Catholic Sister Steven, commonly known as “Sister Caligula” after the debauched and murderous mad Roman emperor. Airhead said the unprovoked assault by the Catholic nun came as she was inquiring about the scandalous behavior of two recent graduates of the Catholic school in a publically aired incident in Brussels, Belgium, where they were competing in a musical contest, pitted against the likes of the popular Xiulan Yuan, who finished second in the competition. The Inaction News Team legal department said it is contemplating litigation against the nun, the church, and the musicians…. More at eleven!
MathProf2 said, 10 months ago

My 9CWL questions:

1) How do you say “Edda”?

2) Do strips exist for the first
week of 2000? www.chron.com doesn’t have them.

3) Any source on the web for
pre-1998 strips?

Thanks if you can help!!!
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

Joe, if this whole bunch ever gathered it would take a small stadium.
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Sure, we would fill a small stadium but at least we’d get along!
baslim_the_begger said, 10 months ago

Hmmm just as well Luciano is not a Spanish Fly…

9CWL: yeah, you can get the ruler (at least) for just thinking that stuff
erwins_cat said, 10 months ago

Sisyphos says: Newsflash! (etc.)

Sisyphos: One can learn so much from the press, and violence is always nice. I look forward to more news.
farren said, 10 months ago

Don’t know if there are any web sources for pre-1998 strips. I have my own collection, but that doesn’t count (best memories to my friend the late David Hawkins, though, who turned me on to 9CWL in 1995). There were certainly first-week-2000 strips.

How do you say “Edda”? Just like in the Icelandic, I suppose. Ed-dah.
Galford said, 10 months ago

Ugh! Right on the eyeball! Ack! Ack!! Noooo, that’s just wrong!! I don’t do eyes!! Especially ones that big!

9CWL - It’s 30cm, but I don’t use it as a rule! (drums & cymbal)
geckohale said, 10 months ago

Yea for Luciano! He’s my kind of fly and deserves a big kiss from his damsel in distress!! Now on to Pib, his real love!!
geckohale said, 10 months ago

Galford says:
Ugh! Right on the eyeball! Ack! Ack!! Noooo, that’s just wrong!! I don’t do eyes!! Especially ones that big!

But other parts of the fly are okay?

Sorry, I just could not resist! ;D
Kaibyo said, 10 months ago

Class act, that Dru! AND I’d love to see (and get!)a poster of yesterdays. “Vargas Girl”,eh? She’s well and above one of them in looks, form and…uh…what-not!
tharrisl said, 10 months ago

Joe_Minotaur says:

GOODNIGHT,

Adrienne Gormley, aerwalt, Amnor, atajayhawk, bell3rose1a, bmonk, Bob, borusa, Burgundy2, ccdesan, chuuckcly, cobass, debra4life50, Delawarebob, DGWillie, dpetrill, ejcapulet, emjrn, erwins cat, fairportfan, fatuncle, fearciuil, Fly Guy, Frida Bonita, Galford, gg015879, gossamer49, GrumpyOldbear, Gweedo Murray, Hugh B. Hayve, inshadowz, jml58, kcboomer, lincolnhyde, lisa4romMpls, LLeRay, Lunatic fringe1, maeverin, margueritem, MasterDiver, mfcoace, Moe A, Moriarty11, oCinneide, paciii7223, Paigely, pibfan868, pibfanbrux, Pokefan Frank, Poms, poppysmatus, Radical-Knight, Roger, but not THAT one, the other one., Shalamett, Simon Jester, stonehenge1951, Story Teller, tallwoman41, tharrisl, txmystic, ursen1, wildflowerose, wndrwrthg, WoodGracie, ZCP, Zmaster2112, zorchon, aikione, AliKzam, allyheartz, anat622, Arcaton, attyush, Autumn, Bender Sastre,
BJamesB86, breadpudding, Brooke McEldowney, Bucky Katt, BugsMoran,
CaseyOrourke, channce, DeathDealer, Drystyha, Dypak, fazioli, Garrulous,
Gigantor, gimmickgenius, Glomar, gjbivin, Heavenly, HPhil, Hroth, invisifan, James7344, jcfuston3, Jeffty, johndrake, JonD17, JosephR4570, jwhouk67, kaylisdragon, ladyellen2, Lazarus Long, ldybrnwyn, Llywus, macFicheallaigh, MapleSyrup, Mel(ody), michaelw777, mikkail, mrodney, mrprongs, oldlegodad71, OldPossum, Olliebird, Polyman64, polymorph, progan01, r80, RockHouse, rpglass, SCOUNDREL, seed drill, SirMirom, Sisyphos, Skye879, Squire of the shire, stuntman200, SweetPuck, sylerner, Talon 1968, terrencestamp, TheSkulker, TheWildSow, thevenbede, tigernest1, TiggerLeBounce, ToniAnne, VermilionSparrow, Wenthral, WickedCrazy, zaphire, Zmaster2112, 3Xp4t, acswebb, arsmall, baslim the begger, farren, ForeverAllstar, GorgoloChick, Hagaar, jimbo1949, KingRat, Kiteguy50, Lampblack, lindavid3, MathProf2, Nabuquduriuzhur, Susie Rasmussen, ThatCat, UkGeoFF08, Willhelm, xenon314, Yellow Cat,
UncaAlby, FenyuGreek, Tubbsbottl III, runar, Sloop.
AND ANY I MISSED

TEH NEW PHONE BOOK CAME!!!!!

I’m SOMBODY!!…I’m SOMBODY!!!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

It’s the end of the Incubus as we know it.
It’s the end of the Incubus as we know it.
It’s the end of the Incubus as we know it.
…and Dru feels fine!
Robert Peters said, 10 months ago

ccdesan says:

“Too cute!

“So is this going to shrink him down to normal size? I mean, Dru’s been reduced by Pib, and she can absorb the powers of those she contacts…”

Not only doesn’t she need to kiss to do that like Pib does, but he wasn’t actually normal size by the start of this storyline.

In “The Girl In The Coffee Cup” he started out the size of a normal fly and was left the size of a dog by sneaking in on one of Pib’s magic kisses to Geoff.
nz4m60 said, 10 months ago

Again, (and “sigh…”)fabulous air brushing!
TiggerLeBounce said, 10 months ago

Good night, Joe_Minotaur!
Burgundy2 said, 10 months ago

so Dru’s a Canadian demon, eh?
kcboomer said, 10 months ago

Luciano is Lucky, indeed!!
Moe A. said, 10 months ago

Those eye jokes get Cornea by the minute….

I anxiously await closure on how Bro and Sis Egg have weathered this storm, and meanwhile shall remain curled up on the couch.

And JOE: Wow, there are really that many of us here!? Impressed!
-M.
kcboomer said, 10 months ago

MathProf says:

MathProf2 says:

2) Do strips exist for the first
week of 2000? www.chron.com doesn’t have them.

No, they are not available online. Brooke has copies of all the missing strips that chron.com doesn’t have but can’t release them for contractual reasons for another year or two.
Joseph H said, 10 months ago

Awwwwwwwww. She gives the big fly some sugar.

(And now, watch him shrink to a more “manageable” size…)
bondjohnny said, 10 months ago

She’s hot
Orgelspieler said, 10 months ago

OK, I know flies don’t really have eyelids, pupils and all, but it’s great how Brooke can make you see the whole change of expression in an extreme closeup, just by changing the angle of an eyelid and dilating the pupil!
Poms said, 10 months ago

Poppy - My condolensces to you and The Pert. I completely understand and hope the happy memories keep you smiling. I was grateful that my mother did not have any debilitating illness and was alert and independent until her last day here.

My thoughts are with you and your wife and family.
Burgundy2 said, 10 months ago

Poppysmatus - my condolences to you and the Pert.

Sounds like she lived as she wanted to up until the end and was surrounded by loved ones at the end. That’s quite a blessing.
Paigely said, 10 months ago

tharrisl says:

I’m SOMBODY!!…I’m SOMBODY!!!

Me, too! At first I thought I was a nobody, but then I realized was a somebody! Woo hoo!
Paigely said, 10 months ago

Poppysmatus - I, too, wish to offer my condolences. I hope that when my time comes, my loved ones can say the same about me as you have written regarding your mother-in-law. Praying for blessings and comfort to your family in this difficult time.