Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 8 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.
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GoComics comments posting guide to special formatting: italic, bold, indents, large fonts, etc.
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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:
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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, 8 months ago

The rattle and clash of garbage can lids is heard, as Dru soars up ward again, only to take another plunge, a bit like a demonic yo-yo.
CoBass said, 8 months ago

(GoComics says there are 0 comments at this point - let’s see how many there are when this finally appears…)

9CL - Seth, there are good reasons to get married, and there are bad reasons to get married. Yours has to be just about the worst reason to get married I have every heard of. I mean, I know where you’re coming from, but really!
The Old Wolf said, 8 months ago

I know it’s just a comic and there’s no relationship, but panel 5 gave me an uncomfortable flashback to 9/11.

This arc is starting out with a real “Scoot over on the couch and pass the Absinthe” approach…

Goodnite, everyone!
DeathDealer said, 8 months ago

Dru’s pregnant!
Sisyphos said, 8 months ago

Maybe Dru is experiencing Spitcock-mojo rejection symptoms? It is clear that as she clutches at herself (panels 3, 4, 6) something inside aches; I suppose one could say it was true love for/from Geoff, but this looks like something more on the malevolent side…. But why the repeat dives, I cannot imagine!
DeathDealer said, 8 months ago

Succubus morning sickness is all I can think of. Of course we are all experts on sccubbus obstetrics.
fear-ciuil said, 8 months ago

Bonne nuit.
Sisyphos said, 8 months ago

Interesting theory, DeathDealer, but that would seem to leave the repeat dives unexplained. Something seems to be compelling her actions spasmodically….
Mikkail said, 8 months ago

Close to the ground, she’s ok, up high, not so good. Some kind of height-induced weakness?
Adrienne Gormley said, 8 months ago

You’re not going to believe this, but Dru’s behavior here is reminiscent of the mating dance of hummingbirds….
Mikkail said, 8 months ago

Falling off of the tops of tall buildings? : )
DeathDealer said, 8 months ago

Male hummingbirds doing Chandels in front of a perched female.
VicTR said, 8 months ago

Ummm…Attempting suicide but doesn’t want to land in a garbage can? Wouldn’t be classy.
Um…I have no idea what’s goin’ on!
Fairportfan said, 8 months ago

Flicker pic from yesterday: http://electronictiger.net/avail/flick/090317.htm.

The commentary with it demonstrates what a bad guesser i am.

I swear it looks as if Dru has a tummy ache.

The thought of morning sickness is sort of scary…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 8 months ago

Hi,

To continue from earlier: There are a staggering 1.5 million seamounts in the Pacific, with a rough total of 2.5 in the world. That doesn’t count the total number of vents as a seamount is 1000m+ high. It’s estimated that at least a third of them are active at any given time, which was mind-blowing when I found that out. From what we’ve found with the 10% we’ve mapped in minute detail, I think we’ll find even stranger stuff down there. (No, I don’t have a degree in oceanography to go with my geology degree, but all would-be geologists have to study a lot of oceanic geo- more than 71% of our crust is oceanic. It helped in northern cal and southern Ore, too, as the local greenstone, greenschist, serpentite, amphibolites, ophiolites, metagabbro, and accreted terranes all were related to oceanic orogenies.)
Fairportfan said, 8 months ago

Might make a flicker out of this one - tomorrow. the changes are minor but interesting.
DeathDealer said, 8 months ago

Time to go park it for the night.
Come back in the morning and we’ll have eggs Benedict ala fresh grilled king salmon. Kansas is not well-known for fish, but this part of the country sure is!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 8 months ago

Hope she doesn’t hit anyone on the way down…
RockHouse said, 8 months ago

I think we are going to see a display of ectoplasmic hurling. Dru’s previous recent forgetfulness suggests something like hypoglycemia. Forgetfulness is a symptom of hypoglycemia, and it can be followed by sudden peristaltic discharges if intense. You pass through a period where you shiver and get the cold sweats. It’s called the dumping syndrome.

I ought to know. In my late 20’s, I had a stomach bypass operation, and went through a few uncomfortable weeks.
Sisyphos said, 8 months ago

One pesky trivial trait of the new format I’ve already noticed: one has to do a lot more scrolling up and down–sort of like Dru!
Gweedo Murray said, 8 months ago

Sisyphos THE MASTER (accompanied by grovelling) is in cahoots with the MONITOR PEOPLE to make us buy larger screens. I could shrink the image here but then it wouldn’t be worth a gully gosh durn. A BIG SCREEN would bring it all home in one felt swoop.
tallwoman41 said, 8 months ago

a sick succubus….the mojo’s risin’! Was it something she (or Luciano) ate, or is her body rejecting her new soul….mmmmmm pass the absinthe please. I gotta flop on the couch and ponder this awhile.
fatuncle said, 8 months ago

Please note: Dru recovers, returns to the roof, and at that point the sky goes yellow again, and over she goes again.
debra4life50 said, 8 months ago

What’s all this fabulous Druness got to do with Pib or a volcano??
debra4life50 said, 8 months ago

Sure, Dru’s got Geoff back and is therefore totally exzilerated (?), but I want to know what’s happening with Pib. She is, after all, the title character for the strip.
tallwoman41 said, 8 months ago

one more thing…it seems to me that shes unconscious during the fall but regains her senses before she hit the cans. She certainly looks surprised that the cans are so close. Avoiding them uses power…she gets sick again and out she goes. Definitely a mojo malfunction.
Fairportfan said, 8 months ago

debra4life50 says:

“What’s all this fabulous Druness got to do with Pib or a volcano??”

What did Geoff falling out of the sky have to do with someone named “Lena”?
Gweedo Murray said, 8 months ago

cobass says:
………………etc………….
9CL - Seth, there are good reasons to get married, and there are bad reasons to get married. Yours has to be just about the worst reason to get married I have every heard of. I mean, I know where you’re coming from, but really!
.
He’s living the “Cinderella Dream” marriage; vicariously as it’s not an option, legally, in most places for his kind. ¦-(
.
.
fairportfanPro says:
………….etc………………
The commentary with it demonstrates what a bad guesser i am.
……………….etc……………..
.
I’ll bet you’re a pretty good pisser after a few Budvars.
Gunnr said, 8 months ago

Is this the outward manifestation of the inner conflict between her desire to be worthy of Geoff and her aspirations heavenward vs. her inner demonic nature and her desire to succubust some moves on a hapless victim or 12?
baslim_the_begger said, 8 months ago

She’s hurling!
Out of this I can only make puns, not sense.
ejcapulet said, 8 months ago

Ok - I thinkI get it - a dancing succubus?
Myshta said, 8 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur yesterday you mentioned Andean corn beer (the closest English spelling I’ve come up with is chee-cha) and I’ve been thinking, does he know how it’s made? And if so does he really want to try it? If anybody wants to know I’ll describe part of its creation, but only for those will a high ick factor.
ejcapulet said, 8 months ago

Or is it a nauseous succubus? Do demons get nausea?
Fairportfan said, 8 months ago

ejcapulet says:

“Or is it a nauseous succubus? Do demons get nausea?”

Pregnant ones might…
ejcapulet said, 8 months ago

Waaaait a sec - before everyone makes plans to buy fire-proof baby booties - I remember from the Shakespeare story arc, Dru said that a demons don’t procreate. So does that mean they get the stomach flu?
BJamesB86 said, 8 months ago

Is this related to the current arc?
Fairportfan said, 8 months ago

BJamesB86 says:

“Is this related to the current arc?”

According to goComics, it *is* the current (new) arc.
Joe Minotaur said, 8 months ago

From Yesterday;
Okay,
How may of you really want another installment of Detective Joe Minotaur?

ThatCat says:
Count my vote Joe!

Fly Guy says:
@Joe Minotaur Thumbs up on another episode.

Gweedo Murray says:
New Joe! New Joe! New Joe!

Bill says:
Detective Joe, of course another installment! With our gratitude!

bmonk says:
@Joe_Minotaur, I’m for a new (30th) Joe episode. After all, wasn’t it my suggestion??

GEE1A says:
*77 th and Park NYC?
Joe and the volcano?

ccdesan says:
@Joe: Yea

Saucy1121 says:
Another “yes” vote here for Joe.

Sisyphos says:
@Joe_Minotaur: Yea!

txmystic says:
BTW, please do bring on a new edition of Joe_Minotaur…

jml58 says:
Joe, you can give detetctive minotaur a new case.

fearciuil says:
@Joe - Yea!

Poms says:
Joe - another Yea! vote

thevenbede says:
Joe go for it..I’d love to see more of the minotaur musings.

buddykat says:
@Joe - Yes, Please!

Thankyou for you votes!!
I will do my best to have a new Joe Minotaur story at my blog by Friday. I just hope I can figure out what Dru is doing in these strips so I can include it(Possesion? Pregnant? Pummeled by an invisible foe?).
Joe Minotaur said, 8 months ago

One more item from yesterday.
Drystyha says:
Joe, I had some time to go back further into some research. Question, was Mr. McE. your mentor, sponsor, inspiration, or what? I checked out more of your website and I got the impression that you and he had met before you started to write your stories. Correct or not?

Drystyha:
Before the New York Comic Con this past February, I had not met Brooke. When I first started posting to this site, it was under the screen name “Ranma one Half”. Since you are a “Pro”, you can go back to the beginning when I started posting on this comments site(09/26/2008). After I posted the third Joe Minotaur story, I posted a comment that I would like to ask Brooke for his permission to continue. He then posted a comment and answered an email I sent him. He said that the comments section was for the fans to do with as they wished. I have written fan fiction in the past, but never published any of it. I do maintain a respect for the original artist/author’s characters and do not interfere with the main story line.
With the encouragement of the other commenters, I decided to add numbers to the titles to make it easier for those collecting them to keep track. Other stories followed, but it reached a point that I needed to establish a blog and post my stories there.
I do enjoy writing short and funny stories, but I’m hoping to expand into more serious fiction with my own characters and plotlines.
Brooke has been very kind in allowing me to use his characters in my stories, song rewrites and jokes. I hope that I have added more to this comic site than I have taken away. And I have taken away alot!
This series needs a detective just to keep the many loose threads from getting impossibly tangled!
I hope this answers your questions and Maeverin’s too.
Tera S said, 8 months ago

Gosh Dru looks like she’s bending over backwards!

I think she’s really awfully sick…

Lovesick? Could be I suppose…

Tera
Shalamett said, 8 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur
Your comment about ocean vents had me thinking again of a friend’s idea/invention. He has come up with a way to harness the energy of ocean vents. It’s very interesting. He explains it well at www.marshallsystem.com.
rshive said, 8 months ago

The dance of the succubus!
txmystic said, 8 months ago

Uhhhhhhh………. … . . ?
Squire_of_the_shire said, 8 months ago

Hey, Folks; I’ve been in lurk mode for a day or two. The satellite link out here on the briny blue can be a bit tempermental which can put a real damper on my Pib time. Hope everyone had a good St Pat’s. I hope no one got too green around the gills from too much Guiness.

We need to make it a rule that there will be no drownings in the hot tub. I mean really, who’s going to clean up the mess?

Loved the mental image therapy about the clear spring and clear water. Priceless.

I was going to to venture a theory about our favorite succubus. When the sky changes colors, she decides to take a swan dive and when the sky goes back to normal, she’s fine. I was also going to further guess that the colors were changing somewhere out in the ocean where Dru and Pib were at and that Dru did punch open a gateway to hell and who or whatever is down there is beginning to make his presence known.

I have to side with those that are in the leave the loose ends loose as far as the ‘Lena the Horrible’ arc are concerned. The nice thing about loose ends of a story is that much like loose ends of a rope, they can be spliced in to another rope/story as it suits the weaver. Mr. McE, My prayers are with you and if you can put out 5 a week, more power to you. But if 3 a week is more comfortable, I can remain comfortably confused right here either on the couch or behind it scarfing down delicious munchables and take my shots at guessing with the others.
NebulousRikulau said, 8 months ago

It’s perfectly obvious what’s going on.
Dru’s having a bad hair day.
3Xp4t said, 8 months ago

She’s in physical pain. Yesterday I liked the speculation that maybe she was fighting an invisible foe, but that doesn’t seem likely now. The pain (only discomfort?) could be physical in origin, or Dru is in serious mental conflict. She is throwing herself off of the building (not tripping or being thrown) … for what reason?

Oh. Excellent. We have a comfy confusionite couch handy (brings in a large pot of wild herbs tea, hand-picked from the countryside last summer, and a honey pot filled with raw honey from last summer. Some nice tea biscuits and wild black current jam to go with that.).

In panel #7, the expression on her face is interesting. Relaxed. Unconscious? At peace with some decision? Ecstasy?

My first thought today, with her clutching at her stomach, was “Oh. Demonic morning sickness. As if there’s any other type.” Oh my … is she carrying Spitcock’s child ..? =8-\
3Xp4t said, 8 months ago

Another quick thought (which I’m only half-way serious about) – Recall in Suzerain when Pib physically experienced Dru’s tryst with Spitcock?

Wonder if Dru is reacting to something that’s happening to Pib.
LLeRay said, 8 months ago

This story arc is about an eruption on Fifth Avenue, so Dru is gonna cause it.

Remember it isn’t the fall that hurt, but the sudden stop.
Moe A. said, 8 months ago

MARGUERITE, so so true about the yo-yo, I love your analogy.
Did you hear that the inventor of the Duncan® Yo-yo recently died?
At his funeral, they lowered him into the ground 27 times.
(Sorry)
-MOE