Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 6 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

A number of resources have been provided by members of the Order of the Couch, and links can be found here:
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http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/Pibgorn.html

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http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/StyleGuide.html

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Today’s 9 Chickweed Lane can be found at:
http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009%2F4%2F30&name=9_Chickweed_Lane
txmystic said, 6 months ago

OK, who called Nat an incubus earlier (yesterday)?? Dru would beg to differ.

TOTALLY LOL!
Margueritem said, 6 months ago

Dru prevails again. I take it that Nat is a lesser demon…
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Okay, so I’ll gladly accept amateur status, if I get time with Dinah in exchange…. Oh, I’m a bad boy!
Radical-Knight said, 6 months ago

OK, This was not on my list of WAZZUP!
TheSkulker said, 6 months ago

bmonk My condolences to you and your dad for your mom’s passing. She was
blessed to be supported by loving family for her transition.

2215 PDT [0515z 04-30]
txmystic said, 6 months ago

Actually, this entire situation opens up quite the can of worms…whose dream is it anyways? If we go back to when Nat descended into the volcano, Dru was indeed minding her own business spewing lava all over the upper east side…so Nat is justified in thinking _he_ is the seducer…

And just how does the flowery pheromone trail fit into the situation?

Ugh! I’m totally on the couch tonight. but there’s Kona coffee for those staying up to contemplate things as well as a flourless chocolate gateau…get to it before I do, I can totally down a whole one myself…
Radical-Knight said, 6 months ago

If Nat Bustard is a Demon, why isn’t his eyes ever red?
fatuncle said, 6 months ago

Oh. Dear.

One of the two is lost in their own delusion.

Or both?
TheSkulker said, 6 months ago

Saskfan says:
Sorry this is so long; is there somewhere I can send an image for people to look at?

I would suggest using BoxNet (http://www.box.net). It is free, seems to work quite reliably,
offers 1 GB of online storage, multiple public & private folders, easy uploads and updates,
has a simple user interface, no SPAM or nagware and only asks for an email adddress to
register. You can allow public or private access to single files and/or to entire folders.

Remember, this is an online storage site NOT a web page server. Although you use a
browser to access the file or folder, the boxnet link tells the browser to download and
save the file, not to render it for display. The simplest way to view an image (or other type
of file), would be to download and save it your desktop. Then just double click the desktop
icon at any time to view it. The OS should locate the correct viewer by looking at the filetype.

2218 PDT [0518z 04-30]
LLeRay said, 6 months ago

Exhaling steam in the middle of a volcanic eruption… must be very hot humma humma.
Adrienne Gormley said, 6 months ago

Nat doesn’t have the magenta staghorn ears, either, but this is mainly because the Nat Bustard body he inhabits is the character from the book “The Borgia Cantus” that he pulled with himself out of the book. I don’t think we’ve ever seen Nat’s true demon form, to tell you the truth, and I reread Borgia Cantus recently.
txmystic said, 6 months ago

If Dinah/Dru were looking at me the way she’s looking at Nat in the last panel, I’d totally drop the whole “ending the dream” garbage and initiate round two…
VicTR said, 6 months ago

…”and this dream is officially over.”
Or maybe not! Don’t mess with Drusipoo !
3Xp4t said, 6 months ago

OKay … exhaling steam while inside a volcano. The boy’s hot. With a view like panel #5, ohboy! No wonder he’s a bit overheated & flustered. And, I think the sketch #5 is even a bit hotter.

NOT to detract from a sizzlin’ silhouette of Dru in #1. Damned fog’s so thick around here can’t hardly see the minotaur in front of my face …
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Hey - guess what everybody?
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I found a new webcomic!
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http://www.jump-leads.com/
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Kind of a British Sliders-meets-the-Hitchhiker’s-Guide-meeta a Hope&Crosby-road-movie…
The Old Wolf said, 6 months ago

A place to discuss the OTC Coat of Arms

Post your suggestions. Images, crests, devices, mottoes, you name it. We can keep all the ideas in one place and see if we can come to a consensus.

Then we’ll see what can be done about finding “an artist” to finalize it for us. ahem

http://ccdesan.livejournal.com/82690.html
GrumpyOldbear said, 6 months ago

@bmonk add my condolences.
As I have said before as long as we tell stories about them our loved ones never leave us.
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I like your version of the coat -KISS- my only add would be a scroll under with a motto.
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For the organ aficionados – Sunday night 9pm CDT on MN Public Radio is “Pipe Dreams” hosted by Michael Barone. Must be on NPR also, or on line. Organ Recitals from all over the world.
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Daylight is coming earlier each day- Gae Schlafen as my grandmother said
Saskfan said, 6 months ago

TheSkulker: Thanks, friend. But first I’ll have to figure out how to draw the arms I tried to describe. I don’t know enough about illustrator to make it dance for me, and Photoshop isn’t playing nice tonight.

Chai tea and biscotti, anyone?

I’m an amateur at LOTS of things!
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Chicagoland broadcast of “Pipedreams”: 6:00 PM Sundays, WFMT-FM, 98.7 on the dial.
The Old Wolf said, 6 months ago

We get Pipedreams here in Salt Lake on KUER at 8:00 PM on Saturdays. It’s a lovely program, and includes the occasional program dedicated to theatre organ, which, as much as I love E. Power Biggs and classical organ, happens to be my particular jones…
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

fairportfan, thanks to you, I’m now on my second page of “Entertainment” Bookmarks….
The Old Wolf said, 6 months ago

@all: Margueritem has been admitted to the Asylum. Ward V, with the rest of us.

Woohoo! XD

http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/Couch/Gallery.html
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

JFrisch419, no animosity! Maybe some rivalry or jealousy, but basically we are amicable fellow-communities (See my post of late “last night,” not too many before yours, if you missed it, and the responses from Radical-Knight and margueritem).
Story Teller said, 6 months ago

ccdesanPro says: “A place to discuss the OTC Coat of Arms
Post your suggestions. Images, crests, devices, mottoes, you name it. We can keep all the ideas in one place and see if we can come to a consensus.
Then we’ll see what can be done about finding “an artist” to finalize it for us. ahem

http://ccdesan.livejournal.com/82690.html”

Capital idea, old sock. It’s a pity we do not know of an artist who specializes in comics, hmm? =)
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

P.S. to my previous post: WFMT, Chicago’s fine arts station, is also available streaming online at http://www.wfmt.com/
Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago

I have nothing against the people over at Big Top. If enough of us have outgrown the Pibgorn comments forum and want to post somewhere else, that’s fine. No slight was intended, just look on it as an opportunity to liven things up.
I do believe, however, that the artist, or the strip, should play an important part of the reason that we are drawn to post there and not just a place to party.
Story Teller said, 6 months ago

DrystyhaPro says: “HONEST TO PETE, can’t we all just have some fun here for chr** sake? Why are you two gettin’ your knickers in a twist?”

Truth be told, I am probably more responsible for anyones knickers getting twisted…which is not as perverted as it sounds. I have more than once decried the posting of pointless and empty messages to attempt to pad the number of comments. To me it is disingenuous to the strip and to the genius that is Brooke McEldowney. If a particular strip inspires 200 real comments about it, that is more impressive top me than 500 comments that are nothing but word tag. But that’s just me, what do I know? As far as I know nobody ever said that comments have to be about the strip, just that they not be too objectionable. So, let the squirrels play musical instruments and everyone belly up to the bar, baked cod and cheddar on sourdough sandwiches on the sideboard and I’ll pour everyone a wee dram of chill, myself first of all.

(Oh, you will have to add your own dressing to those sandwiches. I prefer ranch, myself, but sweet and dill relish and the traditional tartar sauce are also available. And not a single word about today’s bloody strip anywhere in this nonsense.”)

Hmm, why are the squirrels playing “Nearer My God to Thee”…?
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Sisyphos says:

“fairportfan, thanks to you, I’m now on my second page of ‘Entertainment’ Bookmarks…”
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I have three pages of “Comics” bookmarks. Granted, a lot of them could be removed, either because i realised they weren’t holding my attention or because they’ve stopped publishing. (But i keep hoping for more “Venus Envy” strips…)
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Reposting from “yesterday”:
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I’ve made a flicker pic.
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No, it’s not today’s Pibgorn.
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In fact, except for the background image, it has nothing to do with Pibgorn.
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It’s some images from the DVD package for an anime series called Agent Aika.
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I thought the members of the OTC might appreciate it, especially coupled with the IMDB user comment i’ve included.
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Probably NSFW. (If Yenny is okay for your workplace, then this probably is, come to think…)
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http://electronictiger.net/avail/aika
AliKzam said, 6 months ago

Nat: FAIL!
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

txmystic made a good point earlier that is in danger of being overlooked: whose dream is it, anyway? Nat insists it is his–but fails to end it. Drusilla assumes it is hers; but she is the one who crash-landed and was unconscious while Dr. Christ Complex and crew poked and prodded their way to volcanism. Is there an ominous Third Party involved?
ejcapulet said, 6 months ago

Soooo, are we going to figure out the rules involving dreams? He’s not strictly a demon (his eyes stay blue and his ears are normal) so how does this work?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 6 months ago

I like the coat of arms. But why “Over The Counter”?
JFri said, 6 months ago

bmonk sorry for your loss. Lost my mom almost 3 years ago so I know what you’re going through!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 6 months ago

Wonder if we could sue the manufacturer of H1N1…
baslim_the_begger said, 6 months ago

Leman: Steamin’ demon dreamin’
Galford said, 6 months ago

Okay, so the theory is: That Nat Bustard and Amos are so alike, they are one and the same person. I mean, let’s face it - they’ve never been photographed together!
TheSkulker said, 6 months ago

This look like anybody you’ve seen around here???

http://comics.com/grand_avenue/2009-04-30/

0201 PDT [0901z]
ThatCat said, 6 months ago

That saucy little foot in the final panel… just makes me fall in love with Dru all over again!
ThatCat said, 6 months ago

bmonk I am relieved your mother passed without undue suffering. (hugs and condolences)
Dry said, 6 months ago

Joe I think you’ll find that we all enjoy the BT strip! It’s cute and funny, and I for one am sorry Rob no longer has it in new strips. But since I’ve just discovered it, it’s new to me. And I haven’t left here, unless you’ve booted me out! I just don’t always comment. I find the art work here absolutley amazing! This challenge, which you started, was meant to be fun, not vindictive.
as363 said, 6 months ago

I always thought it was “Hummada Hummada”
arsmall said, 6 months ago

Let’s review:
Here:(I don’t know how to do one of those tiny url pic thingies!)
http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/04/17
After Bustard locates Dru in the volcano, he connects with her, she appears to awake and flip him…we all know what happens when Dru flips a man.

Meanwhile, it is my estimation that it’s Bustard’s dream. She always becomes the man’s most secret desire. In this case, Dinah Cloverly.

Question: Does this mean that our Dru is now awake?
ladyellen2 said, 6 months ago

Anyone notice that Nat looks like an older version of Amos?
as363 said, 6 months ago

Fairportfan says ‘Hey - guess what everybody?
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I found a new webcomic!”

Thanks - let’s see how long it takes me to catch up with this one .
Anyol'tomcat said, 6 months ago

OMG! Nat is exhaling in his steam/smoke [?], not a smoke ring, but a tiny heart!

Bosn_C_Otter over at Brand X objects to the “honey covered, Carmel filled” nature of Amos & Edda’s research. Was Mr. McEl was feeling sentimental today–or do I sense some ironic reserve? Yep, tastes of irony; smoke hearts are soooo noir.
Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago

If this isn’t Dru’s dream…
…is it Nat’s? If so, when did it start? Was Pibgorn’s entrance to his office a part of the dream? Did it start when he woke up Dru? With all that was going on around her, why did it take Nat to wake her up?
uniquehorn said, 6 months ago

bmonk, my deepest condolences. I lost my husband 4 years ago and was lucky enough that our last words to each other were the same as your parents. Thank you for sharing your story with us. It is in remembering and sharing that they live on in us.
macFicheallaigh said, 6 months ago

Nat – can he do that? The only other demon who invaded Dru’s dream was Spinky, and he had her in a virtual world of his own creating.

Dru doesn’t dream, she’s always said, and she may be lying. Either way, what kind of demon is he, that he can induce Dru to dream?

This could be interesting. It might turn out that the only way to rescue Dru is for Nat to drop his Bogart persona and resume his normal demon form.