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. Mr. McEldowney very kindly asked for us what purpose is served by favoriting, and this was the answer:
I asked my editor at Gocomics about the purpose of “favoriting” a strip. Her answer was this: “‘Favoriting’ allows people following you to see what comics you like. ‘Favorited’ comics also show up under your profile, and allow us to see what comics people are enjoying.”
Basically, I think it provides a method for spreading the word.
Brooke

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 and for “flicker” comparisons:
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
Index of “flicker” images:
• http://electronictiger.net/avail/flick/
Flicker Picture Tutorial:
• http://electronictiger.net/avail/how2

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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http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009%2F1%2F29&name=9_Chickweed_Lane
An index of old 9 Chickweed Lane strips, 2001-present, can be found at:
http://www.comicstriparchive.com/9_Chickweed_Lane/
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

It’s the Tom Toss! Hurl him, Dru!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

Comment 2 of ?:
Amos needs a “Special” loan.
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

Tom-tossin’ Dru is one fine looking athlete. Great form! (ahem)
debra4life50 said, 10 months ago

Dru, that’s a very good rule to have…given the circumstances, that is.
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Lets hope he doesn’t have Dru’s ability to dive into lava and come out refreshed.

I really want to see Tom T “unrefreshed”(if there is such a word) ;-)
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

Comment 3 of ?:
I’m sorry ladies and gentlemen. This show has been cancelled due to popular demand.
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

Minor differences in hair and one arm position - not enough to make a flicker pic tonight.

For those complaining they wanted more action (violence) - this is only Thursday. Brooke has to come up with a cliff-hanger for tomorrow.
wndrwrthg said, 10 months ago

“Here she come to save the day”

“That means that Drusilla is on her way.
Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right
Drusilla will join the fight.
On the sea or on the land,
She gets the situation well in hand”.
apologies to Mighty Mouse
debra4life50 said, 10 months ago

Tom-Tossing should become an Olympic sport.
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

Comment 1 of?
What goes around, comes around!
Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

comment 4 of ?:
I think panel 2 is blurry because the focus is on Tom and Dru.
GrumpyOldbear said, 10 months ago

Repost from yesterday
margueritem-I also thank you for the recipe.
.
Before Mozart arc Brooke took some time for research and did archive stuff.
.
There are 2 programs “Squirrel Wars” I & II on PBS showing their ingenuity. There is a powder to mix with the bird food that discourages them some. You can use cayenne pepper or mix cayenne with water and spray it on. The birds don’t taste it but the squirrels do.
txmystic said, 10 months ago

OK Tom, buh-bye…
debra4life50 said, 10 months ago

I bet we have to wait till next week, at least Monday, to see how Pib is doing.
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

Dru still comes on as a flinty hardbody. That’s quite the scenery in panel 1.

So, Luc’s back to normal, Inky’s a flyspeck, Tom takes a lava bath, I suppose tomorrow we’ll see the deliverance of Pib. After that, we still have a lot of things to learn about Roger and Lena, after whom this entire arc is named. At least, I soit’ny hope so!
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

fearciuil says:

“I’m curious about that shape in the background of Panel 2 of the sketch … I can’t quite decide if it disappeared from the finished work, or if it’s just obscured by the … uh … steam? Smoke? Sulfurous vapors?”

I think it’s still there - It’s the line delineating the lower, darker behind-the-fumes background from the upper, lighter BTF background area.

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS: Brooke often draws in details that won’t come through in the finish in order to get everything right - like the outline of Dru’s head in both today and yesterday’s sketches, which yesterday’s backlighting and Dru’s hair today effectvely hide in the finishes; and i like the suggestion that it’s the non-grassy knoll from which she is springing upon Tom, drawn in the sketch t aid in making the composition easier to work out.
Chuck Clay said, 10 months ago

This appears to be a real eye-opener for TT.. (Smile! YOU’RE on Candled Camera)
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

fearciuil: well, yesterday, and in panel 1, Dru poses on a height of some sort (hillock? crater rim?). In panel 2 she springs from it to attack TomT–so I guess what you see in sketch panel 2 is the contour of said hillock, obscured (as you said or implied) in the finished art….
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

Also posted this to the sketch:

I’m curious about that shape in the background of Panel 2 of the sketch … I can’t quite decide if it disappeared from the finished work, or if it’s just obscured by the … uh … steam? Smoke? Sulfurous vapors?
RockHouse said, 10 months ago

Anyone else notice Tom’s red eyes in panel 3? Cliffhanger developments will follow tomorrow.
Simon_Jester said, 10 months ago

“We are experiencing technical difficulties…please save us!”
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

@Fearc: I’m guessing Brooke originally planned for a rocky outcropping behind Dru, and then opted for stygian fumes.
emjrn said, 10 months ago

OK Dru, go find Pib!
fear-ciuil said, 10 months ago

God natt.
RockHouse said, 10 months ago

Evidently someone updated the Wikipedia article on Tomás de Torquemada to include Pibgorn:

http://tinyurl.com/7fbp2

He evidently isn’t the absolute monster we all regard him to be. Fascinating read!
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago

RockHouse, yup, I noticed the red eyes, and attributed the (new) coloration to asphyxia….
emjrn said, 10 months ago

Good night all.

Cliff hanger time tomorrow!
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

I forgot tomorrow is Friday! Cliffhangers are so cruel!!!
ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

Looks like Tom is toast. Maybe roasting good ol’ Tom will curb her mojo a tad.
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

ejcapulet: Pretty avatar!
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

GrumpyOldbear says:

Repost from yesterday
margueritem-I also thank you for the recipe.

You’re welcome. Enjoy!
paciii said, 10 months ago

Yeah! Roasty, Toasty Hosty!!
(unless he’s got air brakes and fights back…)
LLeRay said, 10 months ago

I wanted his teeth shoved so far down his throat he would be walking on them. Still, WTG Drusilla!
Truesanity said, 10 months ago

Brooke is getting really, REALLY good with his lightsourcing on Dru. Seems like every time I think he couldn’t make it look any better, he tops himself again.
Chuck Clay said, 10 months ago

I still think TT’s teeth would make a pretty good addition to Dru’s orbital collection.. but perhaps he’ll just get to hang at broiling range off the lava over the weekend - HIS cliffhanger - to tenderize him for further processing by Dru.
paciii said, 10 months ago

9CwL: did he drop/put down his cello before the sticker shock?? Hopefully, yes.
Truesanity said, 10 months ago

I was kinda hoping she’d fling him by the necktie instead of the neck, and maybe forget to let go of the tie, but oh well, this works too. :)
Fairportfan said, 10 months ago

Speaking, as were briefly were, of Out There, Sherry’s double-take in today’s strip {http://www.outtherecomic.com/d/20090129.html} is prideless.
Story Teller said, 10 months ago

TheSkulker says: “Hammy on caffein ideed!!! Did you not see the Over the Hedge movie? Or at least do you not follow the strip?”

Indeed I did, why do you think I find the idea so daunting?
Mel(ody) said, 10 months ago

Hot cross buns, hot cross buns, one-a-penny, two-a-penny,
Hot cross buns.
Story Teller said, 10 months ago

fairportfanPro says: “…she’s worse than “…a ferret on crack.”

There’s an image that makes the blood run cold.

I must find this book. =)
Story Teller said, 10 months ago

fairportfanPro says: “Oh - speaking of spectacular Inauguration pictures: http://tinyurl.com/9fnfm4 (from 324 miles up…)”

Boy! Talk about the cheap seats!
The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

@Mel(ody): >Hot cross buns

Yomank…
Story Teller said, 10 months ago

paciii7223 says: “Yeah! Roasty, Toasty Hosty!! (unless he’s got air brakes and fights back…)”

Oh, I rather hope so. Give Dru a chance to dish out a little more punishment.

Or as a line I stole for one of my fantasy game characters went…

“I’ve come to take you in. Please, don’t come quietly.”
erwins_cat said, 10 months ago

So Tommy actually can fly …. with the help of a friend. Still, where’s Pib?
Chuck Clay said, 10 months ago

@Story Teller:
fairportfanPro says: “…she’s worse than “…a ferret on crack.”
There’s an image that makes the blood run cold.
I must find this book. =)

“Claws That Catch”, by Travis Taylor. It’s the 4th book in the “Voyage of the Space Bubble” series, available on BAEN CD “Claws That Catch”.. free at the Fifth Imperium online.
Chuck Clay said, 10 months ago

(I’m getting back at all the folks who have been introducing me to new comic strips and keeping me up reading the archives..)
RockHouse said, 10 months ago

fairportfan says:

Speaking, as were briefly were, of Out There, Sherry’s double-take in today’s strip is prideless.

Is that a typo? Intriguing…

I must say, Dru’s right arm looks rather elongated in panel 3. All the better to make like Nolan Ryan.
Hroth said, 10 months ago

Wheeeee!

This is Dru
This is Tom
See Tom fly!

9CWL: Looks like that sparkler is going to cost Amos ALL his prize money….. Good thing “Cello Scrotum” doesn’t exist!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7853564.stm

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A fantastic saga of adventure both high and low, of forbidden passion and iambic pentameter, of fays, fools, organists, demons, accordions, heaven, hell and Shakespeare, Pibgorn follows the whims and flights of its eponymous fairy heroine as she plies her conviction that there must be more to life than depositing dew drops on dandelions and sleeping under mushrooms.

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