Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 9 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

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%2F2%2F4&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, 9 months ago

Any guesses as to where she’s headed? Spitcock’s lab?
The Old Wolf said, 9 months ago

Pib: My guess is that she’s just opened a channel at the bottom of a large body of water. Taking a page from the Ents’ book, thinks I.

9CWL: How could Edda not be melted by that kind of romanticism…
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

Again, rewording myself, what a terrific composition, and magical coloristic light!
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

The lab would seem to be the logical target for Dru’s eruption!
WoodGracie said, 9 months ago

Hmmm…who or what is she going to clean up, Inky is gone, maybe she means metaphorically of all the loose ends still left to the arc.
Beautifully drawn!

9CWL: So Sweet! He always just knows what to say!
fear-ciuil said, 9 months ago

http://assets.comics.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/200000/10000/6000/100/216102/216102.zoom.gif

No further comment. :D

Good night!
Gweedo Murray said, 9 months ago

Burgundy I know diddly about orchids. That was raised by the landlord’s wife. They live just next door. I forgot what she was doing with it that it was over the kitchen sink when I was there. I whipped out the old phone for that one. Next time I’m there I’ll ask.
The Old Wolf said, 9 months ago

@emjrn: Congratulations! A boring night for you means fewer people in difficulty…

I’ve got to say, Drusilla looks deliciously lithe in panel 1…
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

*fearciuil: nice parallel in 9CWL link! ‘night!

emjrn: and a good night for you, too!
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

I wonder if the eruption of Drusilla (& Pibs) will register on seismographs and , if so, how vulcanologists will explain it.
emjrn said, 9 months ago

9CWL,
another “Awwww” moment.

Pibgorn,
I’m not sure where Dru is headed…maybe to tie up a few loose ends with her “clean up”

And, Thank you, it was a moderately decent night @ work. The ER was the “Q” word for the first time in months! Woo-Hoo!!
The Old Wolf said, 9 months ago

Goodnight, everyone! Tomorrow’s my last day to get ready for the trip to NYC, so I won’t have as much time to chat… In fact, I’ll probably be more or less MIA until the Con is over, except perhaps for a pop-in to see what’s happening.

Be good and eat yummy things!
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

Not only is 9CWL another true “awwww” moment and sweet, but it is also an overture itself. Amos has something more to say, it would seem….
TheSkulker said, 9 months ago

MasterDiver says:
Back in the ’70s there was a SF best seller titled SHARDICK.
It was a story about a semi-mythical golden bear.

Thus it is written that nothing eases the mourning after a bad knight,
than the dog of the Bear that hit you!

groan! You and Asimov deserve each other!
emjrn said, 9 months ago

Good night all.

Thanks for all the “boring” wishes!

Dare I hope for 2 nights in a row?!?!?
baslim_the_begger said, 9 months ago

Going into space? Maybe something else to add to her orbiting collection?

9CWL: Well done again, Amos. He really has developed a strong character – and he’ll need it with Edda.
She can draw a picture of her heart, and put a photo of him within it and place it in the box and give it to him. (He will always be in her heart).
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

Have fun at NYCC, ccdesan [Joe, too], and be on the lookout for a 6’ 8” genius….
TheSkulker said, 9 months ago

ccdesan says:
Goodnight, everyone! Tomorrow’s my last day to get ready for the trip to NYC,
so I won’t have as much time to chat… In fact, I’ll probably be more or less MIA
until the Con is over, except perhaps for a pop-in to see what’s happening.

Giood night, sleep well and travel safe my friend. We will wait with bated breath until your return.
Margueritem said, 9 months ago

CCdesan: Good journey, and pleasant meetings.
WoodGracie said, 9 months ago

@emjrn: I’ve had to take a couple of stay-home-on-calls lately on my med/surg floor. Being “quiet” is a double edged sword, at least for my budget! But I do not work in the ER, so I wish you nothing more than stuffy noses and skinned knees! I won’t say the “Q” word!

Good night all! Happy Hump day! Travel safe and have fun cc and joe!
Susan Kayser said, 9 months ago

9CWL: Inspired by O’Henry’s “Gifts of the Magi”. clearly.
Fairportfan said, 9 months ago

Love the subtle use of colour in the final panel of the latest Barkeater Lake {http://gocomics.com/barkeaterlake/2009/02/03/}
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 9 months ago

Just went to that great laughingstock, Portwine, the great Stoned City on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers…

Still crumbling. I give it another ten years before the City implodes. It lost 100,000 jobs from 1995 to 2005, for example. Comes from having half the City on drugs of one variety or another. Nothing like what it was 30 years ago.
SCOUNDREL said, 9 months ago

Sounds to me like Dru and Geoff have some Unfinished Business (of a more ‘friendly’ variety)….

;-)
farren said, 9 months ago

Nothing ever is.

Dru has already been in space. That’s where she keeps her keepsakes.
TiggerLeBounce said, 9 months ago

Good morning, Inhabitants of the Confusion Couch! I’ve brought coffee and pastries today!

Spitcock’s lab is a logical choice: I doubt the lady will want it hanging around for another Spitcock. But I do wonder what her plans are for Lena and Roger.
Story Teller said, 9 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur says: “Just went to that great laughingstock, Portwine, the great Stoned City on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers…

Still crumbling. I give it another ten years before the City implodes. It lost 100,000 jobs from 1995 to 2005, for example. Comes from having half the City on drugs of one variety or another. Nothing like what it was 30 years ago.”

Nab, as a denizen of the city-on-the-two-rivers, I might take exception with your observation, except that it is mostly accurate. It is but a shadow of its former greatness, but I believe the tech sector is keeping it from final collapse and may even bring it back to vitality yet. Half the Super Bowl commercials were produced by companies from Portland, for example. Our colleges are teaching more and more high-tech stuff these days (as a Multimedia student I can attest to this). Almost every high-tech company on the planet has a major facility in or around the city, from Intel on down. I think we are potentially on the edge of turning this sinking ship around and letting the captain go water skiing! (Mixed metaphors a specialty) =)

Incidentally, the common misconception is that Portland got the knick name “Stumptown” because of the timber industry which used to thrive in the region. Not true. Actually, when they first cleared the land for the township, way back when, they did not bother to remove the stumps of the trees they has cut down and rather than have them be a hazard to traffic, they painted them white so mounted riders and buggy operators could see them in the road. Portland has always done things a little different.

Oh, and BTW, from what great burg do you hail…?
fatuncle said, 9 months ago

You know, there has got to be a better way to start the day than to sit down with your first cup and the paper, and discover the obituary of a friend.
inshadowz said, 9 months ago

@bell3rose1a: Your avatar caught my eye. Does it mean that I’m not the only one watching ”Life on Mars” these days? :)
fatuncle said, 9 months ago

@emjrn

An ER joke for you:

Aging Aunt Mildred was a 93-year-old woman who was particularly
despondent over the recent death of her husband. She decided she
would just kill herself and join him in death.

Thinking that it would be best to get it over with quickly, she took out his old Army pistol and made the decision to shoot herself in the heart since it was so badly broken in the first place.

Not wanting to miss the vital organ and become a vegetable and a burden to someone, she called her doctor’s office to inquire as to just exactly where the heart would be in a woman.

The doctor said her heart would be just below her left breast.

Later that night, Mildred was admitted to the hospital ER with a gunshot wound to her knee.
Anyol'tomcat said, 9 months ago

Spinal Tap will release a “comeback” album:
http://tinyurl.com/ajdo3v

Hmmmm. Edda once did some “streetcleaning” by laying curses on a whole mess of New Yorkers, incl. 42 whose sin was “being ugly.” Think it may’ve been residual anger at Isabel.

9 CwL: Now might be the optimal time for the Announcer to rush in, grab Amos and hustle him onstage. Just to prolong our misery.
inshadowz said, 9 months ago

ccdesan says: My guess is that she’s just opened a channel at the bottom of a large body of water. Taking a page from the Ents’ book, thinks I.

There’ll always be an Isengard in need of added dihydrogen monoxide.

And good luck to our Comic Con representatives! We shall be eagerly awaiting the fruits and tales of your journey :)
macFicheallaigh said, 9 months ago

Sisyphos says:
I wonder if the eruption of Drusilla (& Pibs) will register on seismographs and , if so, how vulcanologists will explain it.

Maybe the same way they explained a giant sized rampaging housefly. :-)
macFicheallaigh said, 9 months ago

Susan Kayser – ditto on that one. A 9CWL version of Gift of the Magi.

And I used to think that the story of Diane and Frances was the most romantic story to come across on 9CWL – should have seen this one coming.
inshadowz said, 9 months ago

fatuncle says: You know, there has got to be a better way to start the day than to sit down with your first cup and the paper, and discover the obituary of a friend.

Ouch! Not a good start at all … Sorry to hear.

That may be why I tend to start with the comics instead. No joke intended.
macFicheallaigh said, 9 months ago
I think we have three options on where Dru is going.
1. Spitcock’s lab.
2. A body of water, to hose out Tom T.’s game show.
3. Yet another McEldowney twist in the plot, just to bedevil the readers.
inshadowz said, 9 months ago

Goodness! My last two entries came in reverse order, which in itself isn’t unusual, but they were posted at least ten minutes apart! Server clocks alone can’t be doing that. Who’s been playing with the DeLorean?

Edit: Even this entry came before the previous one, which was the last displayed but first posted of the two mentioned, which in turn has to mean that my comment about 9CwL is still about to get posted at some point in the future. Doc? Marty? What the heck are you two up to?
inshadowz said, 9 months ago

9CwL:

Pray that one should always find such perfect words at the right time. As Captain Jack Sparrow put it, ”If you were looking for the opportune moment, that was it”, when William Turner Jr. missed his. Amos, on the other hand, keeps a steady aim and strikes home without missing a beat.

However, in the event that you should be tempted to try this out on your own, remember to make sure that your lady responds to ”collector’s item” in relation to ”one of a kind”, rather than ”collector’s item” on its own. In the latter case, you may be confronted with a wish to know where the rest of your darned collection is, and suggestions as to where you may stick it ;)
Garrulous said, 9 months ago

I realize that it is obvious that Mr. McEldowney’s story and art improve every day. I believe that it is good to mention on occasion for any newcomers. Stay tuned, the best has yet to come.

Applause to you Mr. McEldowney.
And a request, please rush the current story to Pibpress as soon as it is completed. Thank you.

I wonder how sales for the first two books have been. Is ‘Pibgorn - The girl in the coffee cup’ in its second printing, or third?
I would love to see Mr. McEldowney’s adaptation of “A Midsummer night’s dream’ as a stage play.

Goodbye for now
Anyol'tomcat said, 9 months ago

Edda streetcleans, 26 Mar ‘07:
http://tinyurl.com/3ukl56

I found the sketch a big help today in understanding the 4th panel of the finished ‘toon.
Frida Bonita said, 9 months ago

Boun Giorno!

Drystyha,
I saw your post from last night. Your welcome: )

CCD & Joe,
Have a great time in the Big Apple and thank you for taking the time to set up and do the interview and gather our queries!

Pokefan_Frank, Hope you are okay!

Margueritem, Love the avatars! Hope you and Poms have a delightful get together.

Banana nut bread, cream cheese, and fresh fruit for the morning couch crew.
Poms said, 9 months ago
*Roger, but not THAT one, the other one. says:

For other perspectives on the relationship between the “creator” with the “created”, see Joseph Campbell.
- Excellent reference. Also see Joseph Campbell for the references to the creation of beer. Just a side note, in almost all myths/cultures (all that I am aware of), the diety of beer is female.
Poms said, 9 months ago

ccdesan & joe - Happy travels and wish I were able to participate as well. (deep sigh)
*
Have lots of fun and take lots of photos! Looking forward to the Couch of Confusion report!
inshadowz said, 9 months ago

It’s OK, I’ve figured out the massive time distortions today. A power surge in my basement had brought the flux capacitor in the washing machine out of alignment during the night. It should be fixed now, I hope.

Why a flux capacitor in the washing machine? Because I hate having to wait almost two hours for my laundry. Should have suspected it a bit sooner though. The one in the dishwasher was out of whack yesterday, to the extent that it claimed to be finished before I even put the dishes in and I ended up having to do them by hand instead. Pruuune fingerrrs!

Brought some cheese and biscuits for the couch. Never mind if the White Castello is a tad runny. That’s how it gets at room temperature, and that’s when it tastes the best. Just make sure it stays put on the Ritz!
Poms said, 9 months ago

margueritem - Got the email and I hope Sunday works out for meeting.
Poms said, 9 months ago

Okay, the couch looks like it requires some replenishing of food and drink.

*
Freshly brewed coffee and orange spice black tea are set. Orange, cranberry, pomegranate and pineapple juices also available. We have pastries from TiggerLeBounce and fruit and banana bread from Frida.
Enjoy!
Poms said, 9 months ago

Really like the coloring and moodiness of todays artwork. I suspect Dru’s street cleaning has something to do with Spitcock’s lab and the Suzeraine program. She will probably want Roger’s help and we will have to await the twists and surpises Mr. McE has in store for us.

Much to do and will lurk for awhile
[lurk mode on]
atajayhawk said, 9 months ago

With no particular reference to anything: 4° this morning; predicted high 36° today; tomorrow’s predicted high 61°. Gotta love the Midwest!
GuardianVA said, 9 months ago

ccdesan you mentioned ‘Jack’ yesterday. I’m looking for a good read, but a google of Jack will not get me the details I need to research the book. Can you provide an author?

To ALL: thanks for the links to other great strips. Girl Genius and The Least I Could Do are great.

Back to lurk mode. :)