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%2F9&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

Looks like a tidal wave may be helping with the cleaning up of the streets…
emjrn said, 9 months ago

Uh-Oh!
Gweedo Murray said, 9 months ago

Second panel: Is she taking mojo or spending it ?
The Old Wolf said, 9 months ago

Wow. I have no idea what’s going on here, but it’s sure impressive looking. Lake Armageddon!

FYI: Sunday night’s activities included an italian dinner at http://www.piccoloangolo.com .

On the menu: eggplant, tomato and onion antipasto; spiced lamb’s tongue antipasto; I had linguini al pesto. Joe enjoyed spaghetti alla puttanesca, which both Brooke and I wondered had any relation to “Putana”, and yes, it does; both the Master and the Snark had gnocchi alla bolognese, and seemed quite satisfied with it - it was all I could do to keep the pair from licking their plates clean. (Naw… not really, but it’s fun to imagine!)

The interview went well, despite the fact that my computer bag was stolen in the middle of it, but later that night I got a call from the security office at the Javits Center telling me it had been found - with my Pib books still inside. The thieves were probably disgusted that there was nothing of value (hah! if they only knew!) inside. New York is a crazy town, and that’s a fact.

The sound was not great where we were. I’m going to have to do some serious noise reduction and audio enhancement, and the interview may come with subtitles and/or a transcript. But we’ll give you the best product we’re capable of.

Teaser: The character in yesterday’s Chickweed is not Brooke himself. He has, however, drawn The Snark in a very obvious location in the past.

And now to bed!
debra4life50 said, 9 months ago

Looks like the formation of a mushroom cloud in the first panel. I don’t know if that has any bearing on what’s going on in the third panel.
thevenbede said, 9 months ago

Yipes..head for the hills!
fear-ciuil said, 9 months ago

@ccdesan, glad to hear you got your property back.
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

(Repost from “last night,” i.e. about one minute ago–)

Pib: hellish fireworks and tsunami(?)!
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

ccdesan says the Master has drawn the Snark in a very obvious location in the past.
That gives us about 9 years of 9CWL and 7 of Pibgorn to work our way through while he snerks to himself…. Pretty please, give us a break?
thevenbede said, 9 months ago

ccdesan that was an mean and unprincipled tease. You know we are all sitting here with our ears hanging out, waiting for news.
TheSkulker said, 9 months ago

If one is not prepared for all possible answers then one should not ask a question.
I now know much more about setting up a turntable than I ever wanted to know.
I thought I could get anal I don’t even come close to how far some people can go!
This is carrying setup and tuning a bit to the extreme:

http://www.needledoctor.com/Phono-Cartridge-Setup

BTW, I want to add my thanks to all the postings and links re vinyl recording.
Info for another project that I will get to someday “real soon now”.
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

Prices at Piccolo Angolo look reasonable for NYC, but the wine list (not unexpectedly) is a tad high….
The Old Wolf said, 9 months ago

You wusses. If I have to go through the entire archives, so do you.

Fine, fine. She’s wearing an Aarkvard sweatshirt… XD

Piccolo Angolo got 25/12/20 in this year’s Zagat.
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

I assume the ratings for Piccolo Angolo are out of 30 for food/decor/service….
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago

(Repost from “last night”)–

Elgar, Opus 85: http://tinyurl.com/aspv8e
EDIT: or, if you prefer “live action”: http://tinyurl.com/bob3el
(some of the comments over there at YouTube are rather amusing. They also have a version by Yo-Yo Ma, if Jacqueline du Pré is not your cup of tea….)
thevenbede said, 9 months ago

Thank you Sisyphos that was a lovely find. I remember an interview w/ her years ago [I think it was with Robert J Lurtsema on Morning Pro Musica out of Boston - I do still miss that man (mad egomaniac though he was)] he had the most wonderful playlists and the greatest interviews - about her relationship with her cello and her music and her relationship with Barenboim…she was a happy a& fulfilled woman with a life full of love and music. May A&E have the same without the tragedy that befell her.
SirMirom said, 9 months ago

Ah yes, Hell. The giant pimple of the ocean. It must be popped!
AliKzam said, 9 months ago

Yay, fireworks!
baslim_the_begger said, 9 months ago

PIBGORN:
oooohhh! t’ings go boom! Again!
9CWL:
Sisyphos: Merci!, Danke! Thanks!
I am listening to that delightful piece of music as I write.
Brooke: Thank you for putting that on the playlist. Wonderful! And it goes so well with the cartoon!
TheSkulker said, 9 months ago

Sisyphos Quite the performance. Thank you for the link.
Jacqueline Du Pré making love to her cello is a perfect match for A&E.
And what a memory has Daniel Barenboim. The whole score from memory.
Story Teller said, 9 months ago

Great to see the master, but did anyone get pics of the Snark…?
Gunnr said, 9 months ago

If ya just reads the comics without reading the comments, ya misses half the fun! Now I get to find out about Jacqueline du Pre and Barenboim. Anybody who sez reading comics on the internet is for dweebs, geeks and boobies is full of prunes!

Onward, to Google! Ho-jo-to-ho! (cue: Charge of the Valkyries!)
TheSkulker said, 9 months ago

Just when you thought he couldn’t get any worse, TC has sunk to a new low on
C&H. It really tests one’s commitment to freedom of speech.
Fly Guy said, 9 months ago

9CW: SHE’S playing him like a fiddle.
C&H: Trogs and trolls make me really appreciate how well we did with our two kids.
Squire_of_the_shire said, 9 months ago

Any man who is truly in love, can be played like a classic violin. However, if the woman wants the right kind of sweet music to come out of her violin needs to play with distinct care.
Fly Guy said, 9 months ago

@Squire, That’s exactly the point I am making , Edda has been in control
from the beginning.
*
Smart Car, did someone say Smart Car? I’d be glad to discuss the good points
(like mileage) and the bad points (takes 30 minutes to park).
serafine said, 9 months ago

9CWL:
There are few pieces of music on the planet more beautiful and lush than the Elgar Cello Concerto. If you do not know it, I cannot recommend it enough. What a fabulous choice!
One interpretation says that Elgar wrote it in 1919 as “a lament for the lost world of Europe”.
itisme said, 9 months ago

Weak storytelling hidden by good drawing.
mojitobaby said, 9 months ago

If anyone who’d like to know more about Jacqeline Du Pre, I do recommend checking out the film,”Hilary and Jackie” - the story of the two du Pre sisters. It casts a rather controversial eye on du Pre’s private life, marriage to Barenboim and her illness. It was based on the memoir by du Pre’s brother and sister, and it hasn’t been released in France to avoid a lawsuit by Barenboim.
fatuncle said, 9 months ago

For those who would like to own the music, Amazon dot com sells the Concerto in MP3 format downloads, asking 99c for each of the four movements. Jacqueline du Pre and Barenboim are the performing artists.
3Xp4t said, 9 months ago

I can’t quite decide if that bottom center triangle is panel #2 or #3. I think it’s panel #3, since a clockwise progression is something Brooke does on quite a few occasions.

If so, then I suspect that Dru is damping the effects of the steam explosion so that her cleaning does not wipe out the Eastern seaboard.

In these last few installments (go back to Dru breaking from he|| into the bottom of the ocean), I’ve been really struck by the colors. Each panel has been very rich, and there have been some strong contrasts between panels that make the overall strip balanced.

Quite clever and very difficult.

EDIT: Actually, I’d start on 02 Feb with the view that Geoff has contrasted with the smokin’ Dru & even moreso smokin’ Tom Torquemada.
Fairportfan said, 9 months ago

“Is it … atomic?”

“Yes, sir - very atomic!”
Fairportfan said, 9 months ago

“Aarkvard sweatshirt”, huh?

Discussion of alma mater?
TiggerLeBounce said, 9 months ago

Talk about hot water…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 9 months ago

Remember the song “Nuke York, Nuke Yoooooorrrk!;

The scientists say that there are minuscule amounts of plutonium and neptunium in nature. Maybe Dru brought them all together…

“I have to tell you something.”

“Don’t get sentimental, now, Dad. Save it ‘till we get out of here.”

“The floor’s on fire.”
Joe Minotaur said, 9 months ago

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Confusion Couch! I am renting time on a computer at the hotel(Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers).
Letterman was great, no major stars unless you count the star of “Shopaholic” Isle(?) Fisher. I picked up a Letterman hoodie and the book on Latenight Fun Facts.
ccdesan and I hooked up on thursday and we went to the Stage Delicatessen near the hotel. BIG sandwiches and excellent borsht.
A shuttlebus runs between the hotel and the convention center. As ccdesan said, we saw no sign of Brooke on Friday. It was because he and Nichola checked in to the convention that morning and spent the rest of the day running errands.
I will leave a short blurb over at the Joe Minotaur blog site explaining my absense, but a more extensive report will have to wait for my return to Minneapolis later this week.
STAY CONFUSED!!!
Paigely said, 9 months ago

Beautiful artwork…again. (sigh) I wish I could draw like that. :)
macFicheallaigh said, 9 months ago

Is this possible? Can Hell itself be completely overrun by the rip in the ceiling/ocean floor that Dru just opened up? If this is where this particularly story arc is going, I’d say we’re looking at a McEldowney rewrite of the Book of Revelation, with the ending of Hell, more or less.

Either that, or there are going to be a lot of high ranking demons, Satan himself if he has a place in this story, who are going to be very ticked off at Dru.

Starting to wonder if we’re going to see a coincidence of story arcs between Pibgorn and 9CWL – I’m banking on Roger finding that other Satori in the everyday world at just about the time Amos and Edda get married. You know how that works – the saying goes that everyone has their twin somewhere. I’m from New Jersey, have lived in Illinois for thirty years, but I’ve been told many times by people that they know so and so who has to be a brother to me because of the “family resemblance.”

I think that somewhere, there’s a real life Satori, without scimitar and the all for the King attitude, waiting for Roger to find.
kcboomer said, 9 months ago

Looks like someone is going to get a golden shower.
Poms said, 9 months ago
Happy Monday Morning
- Such a delightful time meeting with margueritem and her family and friend! Would be fun to meet again, hopefully also with Frida if her plans take her through AZ this summer!
- Hmmm… hell hath no fury like a woman scorned….
Poms said, 9 months ago

Paigely - me, too!
Garrulous said, 9 months ago

On a cruise ship somewhere nearby:
And if you look portside, you can witness the beginning of the end of the world. Lunch will be served promptly after.

Side note:
My daughter is in labor with my first grandchild. Difficulties are requiring her to have a c-section. I am on pins and needles. Prayers are welcome. I’m just a nervous dad.
Anyol'tomcat said, 9 months ago

The girl in the Aarkvard U. sweatshirt is probably this one from early April ‘08, where Edda and she are looking at shoes for their 20th birthdays.
http://tinyurl.com/729nu9
The strip where Diane and Francis see the other Aarkvark-appareled lass, engaged in an “Aquinas-like contemplation of the ladies’ edible underwear,” is in Dec. ‘07 and Diane identifies her shirt a “camisole,” so think she is an unlikely candidate.
http://tinyurl.com/boylo3
Anyol'tomcat said, 9 months ago

Garrulous, we’ll keep you and especially your daughter and grandchild in our thoughts and prayers.
pibfan868 said, 9 months ago

What strikes me most strongly about the “live” version of the Du Pre’ Elgar performance is how much private content makes it into public performance. My father used to have expressions on his face that mirrored what I saw on hers, and he would sometimes almost scare me with the intensity of feeling. Such a gift, music! As to who’s playing who in the A&E version, I’d say that the last panel perfectly reflects how they relate through music, BRAVO BROOKE!!
Garrulous said, 9 months ago

Dear poppysmatus,

Thank you.

I just received a picture message on my phone. It’s my grandson!!! I’m off to the hospital. bye for now.
aerwalt said, 9 months ago

48 place marker
papa smurf said, 9 months ago

Re 9CWL: Bravo for invoking both moments and memories we all aspire to and cherish when we live them.
maeverin said, 9 months ago

Good morning!

Garrulous:

our thoughts our with you and your daughter! but try not to worry, i’m told c-sections are real simple, especially nowadays. keep us posted!

CC and Joe:

thanks again for being our ambassadors! i can’t wait to see the final product!