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1. 

   Adrienne Gormley said, 7 months ago

   It’s Up!!! And so’s Nat.

   Fast dresser, that man.

2. 

   Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

   Holy nakedness! –Nat sure can dress fast, in addition to the other “skills” he has lately demonstrated!

3. 

   lincolnhyde said, 7 months ago

   My word - I do believe I see a bare Pibgorn shoulder! And knee!

4. 

   Margueritem said, 7 months ago

   Does that mean you’ll take the case?

5. 

   zorchon said, 7 months ago

   REserved for boiler-plate.
    
   Edit:
   If you would like to ‘favorite’ the strip, (and maybe the sketch, too),…
   …
   …
   (and so on)
    
   Edit to the edit:
   Triple Boiler? Come now, I’m no spark (See “Girl Genius.”) I don’t need to go messing around with a tri-boiler system.

6. 

   TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

   Wow, I can’t believe I’m first!
   2212 PDT [0522z 04-02]
    
   Well, I guess I’m not after all. So I’ll just post the BP
    
   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
    
   A number of resources have been provided by members of the Order of the Couch,
   and links can be found here:
   http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=45301
   http://marmoe.livejournal.com/34590.html    [for registration assistance]
    
   If you are new to Pibgorn, start with ccdesan’s Pibgorn Tribute Page, which gives story
   background (past & present), and character info:
   http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/Pibgorn.html
    
   ccdesan has also created a GoComics comments posting guide to special formatting:
   italic, bold, indents, large fonts, etc.
   http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/StyleGuide.html
    
   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 all of the comments, or you’ll miss something! (Shame!)
   (No trolls need apply.)
   Please do not feed the cuisine-challenged bridge substructure symbionts.
   
   Just flag them.
    
   http://officialpibgorn.livejournal.com/ [Brooke’s Pibgorn blog]
   http://chickweedcafe.blogspot.com/ [Brooke’s Chickweed blog]

   http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2002/pib021218.gif
   http://chickweedcafe.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-return-of-loons.html
    
   Today’s 9 Chickweed Lane can be found at:
   http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009%2F4%2F2&name=9_Chickweed_Lane

7. 

   Gweedo Murray said, 7 months ago

   Oh good! They’re going to get Batman to help out, with all his electronic goodies and a boy wonder on the side in case Pib gets hungry…..again.

8. 

   Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

   “Toothsomeness”–yet another name for Dru’s assets.

9. 

   fear-ciuil said, 7 months ago

   Sorry, folks … I went to see Peter Schickele perform with the local orchestra tonight, and didn’t realize I’d be this late getting back.
    
   I hereby nominate Mr. P.D.Q. Bach as the court composer for the Order of the Couch.

10. 

    Adrienne Gormley said, 7 months ago

    Nah; Gotham is just one of the many nicknames that exist for NY NY

11. 

    chekmate2 said, 7 months ago

    You’d think he’d be too tired and want to rest awhile.

12. 

    TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

    I THINK we have the boiler plate covered tonight!!! LOL ;-)
     
    fearciuil It was funnier before you took yours down! Three in a row.

13. 

    lincolnhyde said, 7 months ago

    Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors, too. Unfortunately, he has an unusual form of Alzheimer’s, and probably won’t be writing any more.
    Edit - I concur on PDQ Bach (I mean Peter Schickele) as Couch Composer.

14. 

    Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

    fearciuil, somehow your new avatar seems apt for tonight/this morning! faint tittering

15. 

    Gweedo Murray said, 7 months ago

    NOW they have something to cry about. (double boiler)

16. 

    paciii said, 7 months ago

    4/2/09’s 9CwL:
    http://tinyurl.com/d3fr43

    By the time I got this in (when there wasn’t a current link, but one BP) there have been three, and now back to two… we all do obsess on this don’t we!! …to the point of overhelpfulness!! Sigh!!

    9CwL: Oh, bother… I was hoping for more Edda facial reactions to the dvd contents…

17. 

    zorchon said, 7 months ago

    We were truly triple distiled?
    Fearciuil you saw Peter Schick.? Wow, wow NEAT. (I’ve only heard of him, and seen a couple youtube snippets.)
    TheSkulker I’ll quit trying to format that boiler plate now. I’m glad that you’ve taken care of it.

18. 

    zorchon said, 7 months ago

    9CWL Seth’s look in Panel 3 has me in stitches. The poor dear!

19. 

    CoBass said, 7 months ago

    @fearciuil - How was P.D.Q.? When I heard he was coming to Greeley, I thought about going but finances are just too tight right now. Hope you enjoyed the show! Out of curiosity, what’s your favorite P.D.Q. Bach piece? Probably Oedipus Tex for me.

20. 

    paciii said, 7 months ago

    So, if they’re not already [in] Gotham, where are they???? And how did Pib get there so fast from the coffee cup on the piano?? And what about Dru?? (maybe for tomorrow’s cliffhanger another teaser of her condition…)

21. 

    Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

    I recall that, some years back, Peter Schickele/P.D.Q. Bach was on FM radio Saturday afternoons, after PHC…. Does anyone else out there also recall this?

22. 

    Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

    paciii7223, I wouldn’t be surprised if Nat Bustard & Maus had their office in a low-rent district in Jersey….

23. 

    paciii said, 7 months ago

    
    

    cobass says: @fearciuil - How was P.D.Q.? …Out of curiosity, what’s your favorite P.D.Q. Bach piece? Probably Oedipus Tex for me.

    
    

    My favorite is Concerto for Horn and Hardart. Ever since playing pots in “Variations on a Kitchen Sink” in high school, I’ve been a sucker for “alternative” music…

24. 

    Fly Guy said, 7 months ago

    @Sisyphos
    Re: PDQ, Yes he was, after two reruns of the series, our local NPR station dropped it.

25. 

    GrumpyOldbear said, 7 months ago

    Peter Schickele shows up regularly on MN Public Radio. He has a great Radio voice. Beside his musical talent.

26. 

    paciii said, 7 months ago

    Night all! Let’s see.. If I crash right now and can get to sleep with all these conundrums rumbling around between my ears, I’ll be able to squeeze in those 5 hours and not fall asleep at my keyboard tomorrow… I mean, later today!!

    Sigh. I really do need to get to sleep. I was almost convinced that since this is Thursday Pibgorn, if I went to sleep then I’d wake up and it would be Friday already…

27. 

    zorchon said, 7 months ago

    What IS going on with Pib and Dru?
     
    Dru’s asleep and she’s actually dreaming this whole… no, that’s not it.
    When Dru and Spinking were (Ahem,) Active with each other, Pib was still merged with Dru, so the foetus within Dru has gotten Pib’s character, and is trying to tell Dru, through her dreaming, that… no, that’s not it.
    Both Dru AND pib have been effected and are passed out. This is Pib’s dream in which she’s trying to find Dru; not her body, but her personality. It’s all symbolic and the question is “who is dru now, after the double mojo absorption?”
    It’s time for me to lie back in the hot tub, and ponder away in silence.
    Nachht, Morgen, und Schöne Verwirrung.

28. 

    GrumpyOldbear said, 7 months ago

    Nytol

    00:48 CDT ⬇

29. 

    fear-ciuil said, 7 months ago

    re: PDQ, not sure I have a favorite at the moment. Tonight’s performance was a concert performance of The Abduction of Figaro, and was supremely funny. When Prof. Schickele mentioned that the narration would leave the audience “less confused” than would the fully-staged version, I knew I had to nominate PDQ as Couch Composer. The comments about “no fury like an upstaged soprano” solidified my resolve.
     
    (“Susanna Susannadanna” … “Donna Donna” … “Donald Giovanni” … “Blondie” … “Captain Kadd” … “Papa Geno” … “Mama Geno” … “Opec”, performed in falsetto … ::snerk:: ::snuffle:: ::snerk::)

30. 

    Sisyphos said, 7 months ago

    Just think, Couchies: we are witnessing the definitive emergence of a new literary genre, contemporary fantasy cartoon noir, that will be studied, discussed, dissected, and theorized in Popular Culture classes in universities all across the land!

    [EDIT: I modified the new genre name, out of respect for old-time manifestations such as The Spirit.]

31. 

    txmystic said, 7 months ago

    Ball-in-claw…I think I’ve done that one…

32. 

    Saskfan said, 7 months ago

    Re: P.D.Q. Bach for Couch Court Composer:

    I move nominations cease! Elected by acclimation, I suspect.

    Now, is Pib’s shoulder bare, or has she changed her natural colouring for the occasion?

33. 

    txmystic said, 7 months ago

    paciii7223: Do what i did…i put the kids down at 7:30PM, fell asleep myself, and now I’ve already had my 5 hours…I’m ready to go!

    …except I do not need to be anywhere for another 8 hours…..zzzzzzz…

34. 

    Squire_of_the_shire said, 7 months ago

    Nat! You are so my hero! 6 times and you can get back up on your feet? We’re talking stud hall of fame.

    Sisyphos says:

    Just think, Couchies: we are witnessing the definitive emergence of a new literary genre, contemporary fantasy cartoon noir, that will be studied, discussed, dissected, and theorized in Popular Culture classes in universities all across the land!

    Yeah, but will it ever become a Jeopardy question?

35. 

    txmystic said, 7 months ago

    @fearciuil: Khool, you got to see Peter Schickele? I recall first encountering PDQ Bach in High School. And in college, as a member of a men’s choir, we performed “The Art of the Ground Round”, a 4-section piece of his (one for each section–there’s actually 5 in the song)…as I recall the lyric for my section was:

    Nellie is a nice girl;
    But Hannah is a HOR-rible prude;
    Paul is a policeman;
    But Peter is a PIMP-ly and rude young man;

    etc.

    We had a lot of fun with that one…

36. 

    The Old Wolf said, 7 months ago

    @Fearc: Awesome that you got to see Schickele - I’ve seen him once in concert (it was his “farewell” tour) and I’m glad he’s out and about again. Any pyrotechnics this time? XP
     
    @JFrisch419: Schon recht, aber das habe ich für die ungewaschenen Ausländer, die in der deutschen Sprache nicht mächtig sind, übersetzt… ;^)

37. 

    Fairportfan said, 7 months ago

    “Laughted”?
     
    **Adrienne Gormley says:

    “Fast dresser, that man.”
     
    Well, considering that he’s really a demon, and, considering what was suggested about Pib and Dru’s “clothing” in a comment a day or so ago, “dressing” probably consists of deciding on what to “wear”…
     
     
    I note that Pib is apparently a deciduous fairy, for all that she becomes an evergreen when she turns into a tree…
     
     
    cobass says:

    “…what’s your favorite P.D.Q. Bach piece? Probably Oedipus Tex for me.”
     
    Probably either “The Stoned Guest” or “Fuga Vulgaris, for four hands calliope, from the Toot Suite”

38. 

    txmystic said, 7 months ago

    ccdesan says:

    Schon recht, aber das habe ich für die ungewaschene Ausländer übersetzt… ;^)

    Ihr Gebrauch von Deutschem kann Sie nicht schützen…Ich kann sein “unwashed” aber ich verstehe noch…;-P

39. 

    Joe Minotaur said, 7 months ago

    Geoff’s house is in Connecticut. Probably not too far from the Egg house. Chances are that Nat’s office is near Port Chester or New Rochelle. Somewhere north of “Gotham City”.

    
    
    • 
      Thanks Gweedo and Wildflowerose. I was writing that at work and had to pause a few time because of interruptions(RL).
    
    
    • 
      Re: Suzerain.
      I wonder if Satori realizes that she has laid an “Egg”.
    
    

40. 

    Fairportfan said, 7 months ago

    paciii7223 says:

    “My favorite is Concerto for Horn and Hardart.”
     
    I wonder how many people these days would get the joke in that title, and in the description of the hardart…

41. 

    txmystic said, 7 months ago

    Joe_Minotaur says:

    Re: Suzerain.
    I wonder if Satori realizes that she has laid an “Egg”.

    After an initial chuckle, the music that plays on “The Price Is Right” when a player loses comes to mind…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

    yuk yuk yuk…

42. 

    Joe Minotaur said, 7 months ago

    TX:
    Why do you think I held on to that joke for so long?

43. 

    Nabuquduriuzhur said, 7 months ago

    How does Nat hide his staghorn ears?

    What would the kid of a faerie and a demon be?

    A Dearie? A Daerie? A Demie? A Demorie? A Faemon? A Riemon? A Fard? An Erie? An Onieon? Mondemon? Mondae? Femine?

44. 

    Ciji3 said, 7 months ago

    Re: fearciuil says:
    Sorry, folks … I went to see Peter Schickele perform with the local orchestra tonight, and didn’t realize I’d be this late getting back.

    I hereby nominate Mr. P.D.Q. Bach as the court composer for the Order of the Couch.

    *You lucky dog – I love PDQ —Prof Schickele visited our town many years ago and it was truly memorable (not only for me, but also for the usually stodgy concert goers who had no idea what they had wandered into). I wish he would come back to this neck of the woods. Also - Excellent nomination.

    PS – what was the performance – and what were the best parts?

45. 

    Nabuquduriuzhur said, 7 months ago

    Cool. PDQ Bach, the 21st son of Bach and presumably the 14th of his second wife…

46. 

    Nabuquduriuzhur said, 7 months ago

    Even PDQ cannot top Bepe Le Pew singing Baby Face:

    http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/pepe_le_pew.html

47. 

    AliKzam said, 7 months ago

    Nabuquduriuzhur, the only reason I think Nat can make his ears look human is because Bogie didn’t have demon ears. But I don’t know for certain.

48. 

    pibfanbrux said, 7 months ago

    Oh,YES!! Brilliant idea for PDQ Bach.
    Sang one of his pieces in high school and thought it was hilarious and huge fun to sing.

49. 

    farren said, 7 months ago

    Just a note for lincolnhyde, way up there: Terry Pratchett does, indeed, have a form of Alzheimers, which is tragic. However, he insists that he’s still writing, albeit more slowly, and we should see Unseen Academicals and I Shall Wear Midnight sooner or later.

50. 

    Setebos said, 7 months ago

    “Dinah Cloverly”? “Brigid (Wonderly) O’Shaughnessy”? Hark! Do these aged yet finely tuned and suspicious shell-like ears detect the merest hint of a classic movie reference? Can Our Plucky Correspondent pull his rheumy eyes away from the redhead’s smooth and doubtless succulent flesh long enough to seriously contemplate the matter? Nice trench coat! OK … back now to the conclusion of today’s episode of “One Man’s Ogling!” Sponsored by Ugarte Motors (our motto: “You despise me now, don’t you?”).