Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

Tags: Dru please come invade *my* dreams, Dru, transforms, white, dress, Funny, I had much the same reaction., Humina humina humina wow... O_O, Excuse me while I clean up my drool..., Playing it cool...RIIIIIIGHT!, Turn around Bright Eyes., 05-04-2009, Va va voom!, long hair. Add Tags

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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

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Margueritem said, 6 months ago

What do we estimate the length of that tongue to be? 5’ at least.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Well, it is a demonic tongue: wonder if it has a life of its own?
Then again, Drusilla tends to have that effect, even on mere human men!

EDIT: witness ccdesan :-)
The Old Wolf said, 6 months ago

I’ve clicked that “Favorite” star 100 times, but I can’t get it to do anything besides turn gold. Maybe if I click it a thousand more times…

Merciful Mogg. Merciful Mogg. I need some chocolate to get my heart rate down…

That tongue reminds me of Juliette’s response while spying on Sven…
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

9CWL: we were not apprised beforehand of this concert. I would deduce she gave a piano concert, however…. Wonder how much chance for practice Amos has had with his six-inchers? It can’t be easy for a novice!
Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago
9CWL: There was Music?
- Pibgorn:
  Dream a little dream of me.
The Old Wolf said, 6 months ago

I can see that right-hand panel emblazoned on the nose of a B-52 bomber somewhere…
Adrienne Gormley said, 6 months ago

Methinks Bustard’s definition of playing it cool is muy different from my definition of playing it cool.

But then, I’m not a guy LOL

Edit:

BTW, in the new Girl Genius, I love Agatha’s epiphany.
fear-ciuil said, 6 months ago

G’night, folks.
LLeRay said, 6 months ago

Gah!

Is Dru taking ballet lessons from Edda?
LLeRay said, 6 months ago

Ballet Stance
Gweedo Murray said, 6 months ago

Bustard flat in black and rouge.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

There was a video on FoxNews yesterday of B-52s practicing rapid takeoffs in North Dakota, ccdesan; and it looked as though nose-art is a thing of the past (I know on stealthy aircraft it is a no-no, while I recall that on SR-71s the mission flags at the edge of the cockpit had to be changed to generic dots for security reasons–USAF didn’t want people seeing where they had been flying….).
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Gweedo, love your pun! That one by Janis remains a favorite of mine.
gimmickgenius said, 6 months ago

Ah, she’s back, but – is she awake???
baslim_the_begger said, 6 months ago

Nat + Dru = Tongue Fu!

9CWL LOL! She hasn’t noticed his new sway?
Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago

I thought she was going for Rapid EYE Movement?
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Mmn, Mr. Bustard? While you’re in the hospital (sort of), you might want to consider a tonsillectomy! And maybe some tongue-reduction surgery [not sure what the fancy name for that would be].
ejcapulet said, 6 months ago

I love how her fingertips have just a touch of red on them.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Don’t know about you, Joe, but my eyes are spinning, rapidly! REM, yes!
jml58 said, 6 months ago

I need to reel in my tounge.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Dinah-Dru’s pole dance at left (notice her left-hand grip in panel one); while at right, her twisting, enveloping ravenlocks are an analogue to his funky tongue!
Margueritem said, 6 months ago

Excellent, Gweedo.
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

I like the slow sensual slide of the white negligee down Dru’s … form.
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I sort of wish Brooke had essentially sliced one pose up into segments on the left-hand side, but i can understand, i think, why he did it the way he did.
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ccdesan says:

“That tongue reminds me of Juliette’s response while spying on Sven…”
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http://tinyurl.com/8hq553
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Sisyphos says:

“Wonder how much chance for practice Amos has had with his six-inchers? It can’t be easy for a novice!”
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Are Amos’s shoes six-inchers? He’d only need four-inchers to retain parity with Edda in six-inchers, i’d think.
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As to practice: “I think my retainer’s caught in your shag rug.” {http://tinyurl.com/cp6vsh}
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Adrienne Gormley says:

“BTW, in the new Girl Genius, I love Agatha’s epiphany.”
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“Yesterday”, i said:
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fairportfan says:

Agatha’s epiphany in this Girl Genius rather puts me in mind of Gil’s when he finally had had enough of that jäger, Captain Vole:
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080227
through
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080307
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(Note that three of the other four jägers are rather quicker on the uptake than - is that Oggie?)
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LLeRay says:

“Is Dru taking ballet lessons from Edda?”
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Dru has always had dancer’s moves - she and Pib have dancer’s bodies, too.
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Oh, today i attended a memorial service for fantasy writer Tom Deitz (who died last Monday) at Gainesville [GA] State University, where he taught. Didn’t know Tom well, but we had several musutal friends.
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We finished with a group sing of “I’ll Fly Away”, and released fifty-seven balloons (one for each of his years) with tags showing his SCA armorial bearings on their strings at the end of the song.
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(I found out about his death and the memorial at 2AM when i checked the Gainesville Times oheadlines on-line…)
The Old Wolf said, 6 months ago

@fairportfan: That’s the one, thanks for finding it for me. I wuz too tired…
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

I note the tag “Dru transforms from white dress” (BTW, so long as there are no apostrophes in your tag. enclosing it in quotes will keep it from breaking up).
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No - “Dru takes off white nightie and transforms.”
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Note the shoulder strap hanging free by her right hip in panel 2, and just below her knee in Panel 3 as the nightie slips slowly to the floor.
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I note that Dru has not (yet, anyway) shifted back to her former look.
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Good. I can still imagine “Black hair and red leather, my favourite colour scheme…”
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Oh - and about Amos needing practice with heels - if you ever watch Rocky Horror again, keep a close eye on Barry Bostwick in the “floor show” sequence - he looks as if he’s barely able to stand up, but the sort of things he’s doing are a lot trickier than the others - and i include Sarandon and Nell - are doing.
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(That is, of course, keep an eye on him if you’re not too busy waiting for Nell to bounce out of her top at one point…)
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Fairportfan, is it this to which you are referring? http://tinyurl.com/dz52pr
Gweedo Murray said, 6 months ago

You’re welcome Sisyphos and margueritem.
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Sisyphos says:

“Wonder how much chance for practice Amos has had with his six-inchers? It can’t be easy for a novice!”
…………..etc………………
As to practice: “I think my retainer’s caught in your shag rug.” {http://tinyurl.com/cp6vsh}
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Shouldn’t they see a gyno? Just askin’………
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Sisyphos says:

“Fairportfan, is it this to which you are referring? http://tinyurl.com/dz52pr”
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Nope - the “floor show” at the end of the film, with Brad, Rocky and Dr Scott all in drag. It’s during the song “Rose Tint My World” - YouTube doesn’t seem to have a video of that part of the film…
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Oops. That’s her left hip in panel 2.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Yeah, I know I had that wrong, fairportfan, but I haven’t found original clips for this (just a lot of amateur stage productions): http://tinyurl.com/cjyn4s
fatuncle said, 6 months ago

Well, then. It’s Dru that holds the keys to this sequence, not Nat. Unless we’re doing the dream-inside-a-dream thing.
MasterDiver said, 6 months ago

If you notice…I said IF YOU NOTICE!!!! Thank you…
If you notice, in the right hand panel, Dru is striking a Ballet pose. Is she having a sublimnal effect on Edda? (Remember Betty Nosferatu! Really built, and she has a black neglige!!)

Foor the early risers: Fresh Geen mountain House Blend coffee, and warm raisin/oat bran muffins with Home Made Apple Butter!! THer’s also a bag of peanuts for the Squirrels. (The six that live in my oak tree are just waking up, and that’s their idea of a morning eye-opener.)
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Couple of new comics:
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Estancia {http://tinyurl.com/jmneu} is a Korean manwha translated into English and formatted for reading onscreen. It’s complete, so you may get through it in one sitting.
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Marilith {http://www.marilith.com} is apparently a continuation of an earlier series {http://www.krakowstudios.com/krakow20/archive.php?date=20080121}, but i glanced at that one first and i wasn’t real impressed (the art is pretty lame and the earl;y ones go in for really dumb “clever” humour); you can begin with Marilith fairly easily - all you need to know is that Marilith is a contract killer who decided to make one big score and retire, so she kidnapped Kimiko, the thirteen-year-old heir to the Hello Kitty fortune. (This was, apparently, in the previous strip, which, as i look at more of it, should be actively avoided.) Kimiko refused to go home, and is now Marilith’s assistant/trainee.
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Go.
Read.
inshadowz said, 6 months ago

ccdesan says: I can see that right-hand panel emblazoned on the nose of a B-52 bomber somewhere…

Indeed, I like your thinking. But my guess is, that right-hand panel wouldn’t require a bomber to do some serious damage. At least in some parts of the world. Taliban, anyone? ;)
inshadowz said, 6 months ago

ejcapulet says: I love how her fingertips have just a touch of red on them.

Word of warning: Using the words “fingertips” and “touch” together in such a context can do serious things with the heart rate of some of the readers in here ;)

“Then she runs her fingertips through your hair
Your life has just begun
Her fingers, they are everywhere
You’re floating light like air, leaving the ground
and she shines on just like the sun”
– Roxette “Fingertips” (http://tinyurl.com/d7b736)
Story Teller said, 6 months ago

inshadowz says: “ccdesan says: I can see that right-hand panel emblazoned on the nose of a B-52 bomber somewhere…
Indeed, I like your thinking. But my guess is, that right-hand panel wouldn’t require a bomber to do some serious damage. At least in some parts of the world. Taliban, anyone? ;)”

Heh! A demon’s work is never done.
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Oh, this is too good - a writer apparently created a couple of “sock puppet” {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_sock_puppet} identities to attempt to make it look as if people actually liked a comic story he wrote by commenting on a bad review: http://ifdestroyed.blogspot.com/2009/04/remarkable-coincidence-alert.html
DeathDealer said, 6 months ago

I was about to go for coffee to jump-start the heart this morning until this loaded.
No need for the coffee now thanks.
(Although it does seem awfully warm in here).
prasrinivara said, 6 months ago

So is Bustard finally transmogrifying into his namesake (using Otis tarda again as the reference species)?
kcboomer said, 6 months ago

Holy Moly! Dinah Cloverly!!
Moe A. said, 6 months ago

Astounding artwork…
Sisyphos and CCDesan (good morning!), I have one problem with “Nose art” being forbidden on stealth aircraft…. how would anyone ever be able to see it?
Ah well… one of those unanswered questions…. much like “If you daydream about a succubus, is that a quickie?”
-Moe hisownself
Bob said, 6 months ago

FLY GUY: Sorry this is so late. Been riding. The EBA pizza joint referred to was Lyla’s. After all the great examples over the weekend, my appetite was set for some good ‘za. Made the call; got a “No longer in service”. Called my daughter as she lives in that neighborhood, and was told they were closed. It was on 13th street about a half mile south of Layton.
There are several others great places here in the city tho, so a decent pie is still easily had. Pizza Man, Zaffiro’s, Lisa’s etc, etc.
Last thoughts…. Noting all the references to Italy; Isn’t pizza of American origin?
Captain Smokeblower said, 6 months ago

OK, there’s a problem with panel one. Diana/Dru has hold of the panel frame and it’s neither melting nor becoming turgid.
Remind me why this is supposed to wake Nat from his dream. This is where I’d be screaming something about never waking up.
Adrienne Gormley says: BTW, in the new Girl Genius, I love Agatha’s epiphany.
I love that Agatha can adapt and work with what she’s given. She’s also shown she can work out emotional conflicts, like the current situation, without hurting people.
maeverin said, 6 months ago

There’s the McEldowney tongue!

this is my favorite Dru pose. not overtly sexy, but still extremely sensual.

Bob:
pizza did start in Italy. it was a new invention for the queen and it was a simple tomato sauce, mozzeralla cheese, and basil to represent the Italian flag.
txmystic said, 6 months ago

G-…G-…Guh-……….

…..QZTLBRGH……..
Poms said, 6 months ago

Happy Monday to All….
Oh, well. Still more confusion. Love the flames in last panel behind Dru.

Still in the volcano?
Is Dru “awake/conscious”?
Is Nat transforming to his demonic self?
Pib and Maurice?
Geoff?
Okay, I brought stuffed croissants (chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, apricot and peach) with lots of coffee!
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(plopping butt on couch.. deep sigh…so wish I could “dance” like Dru)
bmonk said, 6 months ago

Gee, don’t you wish you had plumage you could change like that? Think of all the money you’d save not paying for clothes. OTOH, think of all the shopping you wouldn’t get/have to do, depending on your attitude… :-) :-( [pick one]