Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 7 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

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Margueritem said, 7 months ago

I’d say that was a big “YES”.
fatuncle said, 7 months ago

LOL
hermit48 said, 7 months ago

But he has Pib’s hand!
Fairportfan said, 7 months ago

Repost from “yesterday”:

Ummm - is that Bustard’s arm … or Pib’s … in the sketch?

Methinks i feel a flicker coming on.

But i have to make a background or else re-use one…
The Old Wolf said, 7 months ago

Fearc, thanks again for the boilerplate.

Brooke is having a wonderful time with this one… and I think he knows we are too. :D

@9CWL: Seth will get over his sulk quickly… especially when he sees that Edda is happy.
Fairportfan said, 7 months ago

hermit48 says:

“But he has Pib’s hand!”

Look at the sketch.
ThatCat said, 7 months ago

Oh! It’s only a quarter after 1am here on the East Coast and Pib is up. I mean.. well, nothing is up at the moment, but you know what I mean.
Fly Guy said, 7 months ago

“I don’t know, I never looked.”
Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

“Smokers who know now smoke the Big O!”

Nat has nearly two packs in his mouth; I think they got lit up by our Pibby in human disguise, who is sooooo scorching hot!
The Old Wolf said, 7 months ago

@GEE1A: Where’s that cute avatar from? I can’t place it…
The Old Wolf said, 7 months ago

@FlyGuy: Old, old joke. Still funny! XD
paciii said, 7 months ago

One thought about these steamy scenes with Pib… if this were a movie, they’d have taken what, 10 seconds each to slide by. The nuances and innuendos would’ve hit the subconscious after the visual was already gone.

In this medium, we have the time to see, analyze and get beyond quick impressions. I’m not sure which I prefer. There’s something to be said for the “less is more” approach. I’ve not really studied these a lot (not being on over the weekend) and think that I’m enjoying them more than if I looked long and hard. Yeah, I might be missing little things like the phone off the hook, but the overall impression is still there and has that “Oh My” feel in a different, subtler way.

Any thoughts?
debra4life50 said, 7 months ago

My guess is that Pib’s gotten over giving Geoff up. What a girl!
Fly Guy said, 7 months ago

Play nice with others, or yourself, and please remember…
-PDF the BSS-
The Old Wolf said, 7 months ago

@Sysyphos: Ever see “1900”? My favorite scene is where he lights the cigarette on the piano strings.

I’m not telling you where my mind is going with that one…
jml58 said, 7 months ago

The three best things is a whisky before and a cigarette after.
fear-ciuil said, 7 months ago

@CoBass, I think you said before, but how long have you sung with the Larimer Chorale? I student taught with the former conductor.
CoBass said, 7 months ago

I’m running Firefox. To get the new Pibgorn, I have to log off, close Firefox, clear the cache, start Firefox again and call up Pibgorn. (And doing this tonight still gave me the old sketch until I logged on again.) Is there a better way? Or am I being exceptionally victimized by the SAS?
Fairportfan said, 7 months ago

debra4life50 says:

“My guess is that Pib’s gotten over giving Geoff up. What a girl!”

I don’t think Pib’s gievn him up; she’s just doing the “If you love something, let it go free…” bit

From both sides.

Of course, i used to have a t-shirt based on that little bit of sappy hippie wisdom that i think Dru would appreciate:

“If you love something, let it go free.

“If it doesn’t come back, hunt it down and kill it.”

Bought that one at the same DC/Baltimore area SF convention where i got the one that said “Rainy days and automatic weapons always get me down.”
baslim_the_begger said, 7 months ago

I’ll repeat what I said yesterday!

In the words of Jim Carrey, “Smokin”!

I guess this answers the question of whether he smokes after sex.
Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

Novecento? –I’m afraid that’s just one among many I’ve missed, ccdesan.
fear-ciuil said, 7 months ago

@fairportfan, the sketch looks to me like Nat’s arm is in the same position as in the final (note the shirt sleeve and jacket sleeve over it.) Pib’s right hand in the sketch seems to be either on Nat’s elbow or upper arm. (Just my 2¢.)
CoBass said, 7 months ago

fearciuil - Started in January 1999, so just over 10 years. By “former conductor”, did you mean Jim? Did you hear about his accident flying model airplanes? Guess it must have been about 18 months ago now.
fear-ciuil said, 7 months ago

Thoughts on the condensed boilerplate format…?

@everyone, thanks for the support.
fear-ciuil said, 7 months ago

@CoBass, I do mean Jim. No, I hadn’t heard about his accident. What happened?
Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

Interesting camera angle here, as they lie on the floor (their hats say it must be thus), and unusual lighting, as they manage to cast shadows to viewer’s right except where the
art director doesn’t want them; e.g., her cleavage….
txmystic said, 7 months ago

I’m smokin’ too, Nate…

…well, parts of me, anyways…

I dig the new boilerplate, fearciuil!
TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

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txmystic said, 7 months ago

fairportfan says:

I don’t think Pib’s gievn him up; she’s just doing the “If you love something, let it go free…”

Actually, it seems more a case of Pib sowing some wild oats…she felt, in Dru, a passion for Geoff that she could not match, for whatever reason. An upon telling geoff about Dru’s depth of obsession, what did he do? A little splendor in the grass, as I recall…so Pib saw that, and it seems decided to do a little exploration of her own…

In other words, i think this tryst is more about pib than about Nate, geoff, or Dru…

Jalapeño summer sausage, smoked cheddar, and various savory crackers with a few bottles of the 2001 vintage Fonseca Bin no.27 port for the overnight crowd…GoodNightNow!
Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

fearciuil, the leaner Boilerplate works for me. But, then, I’m familiar with the TAC Pibby on the Fly (even signed up); I am not sure if a newbie would know what to look for unless actually following the connecting link, so drawing attention to the connecting link is key. I think you’ve done that. Do others agree?
VicTR said, 7 months ago

LS…MFT!

But,Jeeze Nat…That ain’t good for your lungs!!
ejcapulet said, 7 months ago

Mmmmmm, nibbles with jalapeno! Thanks, txmystic!
The Old Wolf said, 7 months ago

@Sysyphos: Hop over to YouTube and watch http://tinyurl.com/1900a and http://tinyurl.com/1900b. For me, those are the best scenes in the movie anyway.
TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

cobass says:
I’m running Firefox. To get the new Pibgorn, I have to log off, close Firefox,
clear the cache, start Firefox again and call up Pibgorn. (And doing this tonight
still gave me the old sketch until I logged on again.) Is there a better way?
Or am I being exceptionally victimized by the SAS?

I doubt it is Firefox or the SAS. More likely it is your installation.
I run FF and typically it is up for days at a time, with multiple windows
and many separate tabs. Never have a problem loading any goComic strips.
Try disabling all your extensions and plugins and try again. Check all
your FF options: Cache size, cookies, application handlers, content
settings, etc. Are you on a network? Direct connect or proxy? Is your
firewall working correctly? When the problem is localized, as it appears
to be since most other people are not having a problem, then it is prudent
to look for a local cause and solution.

2303 PDT [0603z 03-31]
TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

wildflowerose Check your email.
TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

ThatCat - Smokin’ avatar!!! Very apropo.
Bulverde281 said, 7 months ago

So wishing it was me!!!
fear-ciuil said, 7 months ago

Bonne nuit.

Observation: comments have been open for just over an hour, and we’ve already nearly filled the first page. Wow.
Joe Minotaur said, 7 months ago

fairportfan says:

Has anyone here read David Eddings’ Elenium” and *Tamuli books? The child-goddess Aphrael would approve of Edda.

Maybe Edda _is_ Aphrael.

Yes. I’ve got ‘em all.
TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

fearciuil Nice BP edit. You might want to change the “asked” to “answered” though.

BTW, If you would like to send me a copy of the raw BP I will post it on
Fileqube so it would be available for anyone to post should you be again
ill or otherwise incapcitated.

2317 PDT [0617z 03-31]
Saskfan said, 7 months ago

I think that Ferciull is right in the sketch comments: it’s Nat’s arm in the sketch, but she has her hand on his arm. On t’other ‘and, Mr McE put her hat on the floor in the finished version.

Gouda cheese, Ryvita crispbread, and a very nice New Zealand wine named Cat’s Pee On a Gooseberry Bush for the sideboard this evening. There’s some Australian red, too: Cookoothama. I can’t drink most reds (migraine inducers), so I don’t know how good it is…

G’night all! Sleep well, Nat.
Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

So, I just watched 00.14.10 of piano magic! Did I miss anything over here? (Thanks for the links, ccdesan!)
Joe Minotaur said, 7 months ago
They still look pretty unruffled for what they were supposed to have done.
- fearciuil:
  The Boilerplate is fine except…
The Old Wolf said, 7 months ago

@The Hungry: Here’s a plate of those madeleines I bring in from time to time.

http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Madeleines.jpg

Learn how to make’em yourself:

http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Cooking.html

(See episode 2)
Bulverde281 said, 7 months ago

Hi, I’m new to the forum. But what I want to know is… Who’s phantisy is this. Pibs? Jeffs? Nats? or Mr Mce’s?
Been reading both Pibgorn and 9 CWL for a long time. And now I’m addicted to the comments too. Ahhh!
Adrienne Gormley said, 7 months ago

I have to say I like Pib’s position in the sketch better, where her right arm is crossed over and resting on Nat’s shoulder/arm. Here, she’s laid back and pulled away from him, save for her left hand.

Definitely worth a flicker, fairport.

Edit: I did look at the sketch again, and have further comments there, mainly because that way it’s available to look at while reading my comments.
TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

For all of you color fans, take a gander at:
http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?name=Piranha

2353 PDT [0653z 03-31]
3Xp4t said, 7 months ago

To have have Pib say those first five words to me … I would have lived a full life in deed. Indeed.

Nat demonstrates here the level of dexterity required to earn those words: he rolled and ignited over 3 dozen cigarettes while laying in Pib’s arms on the floor. In an unbelted & opened trenchcoat.

Merely Mortal Men Need Not Apply.
3Xp4t said, 7 months ago

I like the new boilerplate here. Might be some room for improvement, but overall it is now moved in a much better direction.

The title of the post in the TAC forum could be better; a lot of folks are unlikely to understand what “boilerplate” means out of context. That title can be edited; I’d suggest something like:
“Useful links and resources for the Pibverse.”

Also, it remains to be seen if the topic remains useful. If everyone jumps in with endless chatter (which happened on an earlier topic), then the topic becomes nearly useless.

In my opinion, anything that drives some of the discussion here into a more organized set of threaded topics is an improvement. A lot of things get posted here that are very valuable resources every day … but they get lost after 24 hours because there is no way to find them again through the background noise. Things posted more than 2 weeks ago here are lost to anyone who isn’t a paid subscriber … and, truthfully, I don’t think anyone ever goes back, due to the insane difficulty of trying to find a needle in a haystack of needles.

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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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