Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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GEE1A said, 6 months ago

Pib’s parasol just sailed.

High wire act Cirque du Soleil.

Help! I’m lost! Just when ya get used too old format…

GO Comics just reconfigured yet again! Is this necessary?
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 at the lower right corner of 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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StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

Dru’s calling for a fairy catch.
JonD17 said, 6 months ago

love the vibrant colors
MurphyHerself said, 6 months ago

This is what friends are for!

Raw strawberry cheesecake anyone?
debra4life50 said, 6 months ago

MurphyHerself - I’ll take some of that!!!
CoBass said, 6 months ago

OK, it seems clear to me (hah!) that this must be some sort of shared dream. Dru seemed to be somewhere near NYC with Nat when their car crashed, while Pib was somewhere with lots of snow and glaciers (North Pole? Himalayas?). Or at least that where they thought they were. Now, suddenly, they’re in the same place. I think Dru has been in this dream ever since the hospital and the volcano, but Pib didn’t join her until she kissed (tried to kiss?) Geoff while he was “on ice”.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

As I said “last night,” this is reminiscent of what just happened in Luann over at Brand X. But this is probably the Circus from Hades….
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

Hey - Dru owes Pib at least one save.
StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

cobass says:

I think Dru has been in this dream ever since the hospital and the volcano, but Pib didn’t join her until she kissed (tried to kiss?) Geoff while he was “on ice”.

@cobass:

Believe Pib tried to kiss Geoff on the ice.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Indeed, as in a dream, venues keep shifting with no logic, events seem episodic, characters come and go or change in mid-stream. All the classic markers of Dreamscape are present. But whose dream is it? I’m not the first to ask this question, but it seems increasingly relevant….
MurphyHerself said, 6 months ago

Come one over, Debra, there’s lots and it’s really good.

I see I have a lot of catching up to do–I started reading this strip about the time Dru was in the hospital before the volcano.
StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

Panel 1:

Pib’s lost her parasol, but NOT her charm…..
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

BURP! My virtual tummy is full from all the delicious goodies that were offered around the Couch “last night,” Murphy Herself, but I’ll make an effort for some of that raw strawberry cheesecake! Umm! Yummy!
WoodGracie said, 6 months ago

Okaay…what the…??? Now where did Dru come from and how did Pib get into the dream??
Make room on the couch for me! I’m bringing ice cream and popsicles cuz it’s going to be a hot one in Wis. Wednesday! Marco!
StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

@WoodGracie:

Ono!

Oh, wait, that’s Yoko…..
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Just before signing in, I caught the delayed broadcast of Reaper [delayed in Chicago for a baseball game on channel 9], in which the Devil (Ray Wise) mentioned that the best place to look for a portal to the realm Down Under would be an active volcano (line went something like “…they’re like pimples on the seat of He!!….”). Seems relevant.
StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

@Sisyphos:

Devil Ray Wise?
Sounds like retro (b4 2008) baseball…..
Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago

If only Frankie was there.
I said that Pibgorn was working without Anette.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Pibby’s circus costume looks a bit like the “dress” worn by the Albanian songstress in the just-concluded Eurovision Song Contest 2009:
http://tinyurl.com/q9wkna
StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

Joe_Minotaur says:

If only Frankie was there.
I said that Pibgorn was working without Anette.

@Joe:

Would that be Annette Funicello…..Lovely dame, ‘way back when.
VicTR said, 6 months ago

No sweat..Dru will save her again. They take turns at that ! :}
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Okay, Risitas; that’s punny only because you deliberately left out the parenthesis!
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

JonD17, you’re right about the brilliant color in today’s page. Vibrant!
StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

Sisyphos says:

Okay, Risitas; that’s punny only because you deliberately left out the parenthesis!

Yes, of course - however, it DID jump to mind immediately upon seeing it, since I spent every year of the D-Rays existence (b4 they had the exorcism) in the Tampa Bay Area.

Just couldn’t help it, S.

BTW - Mancha SdeP is snoozing EXACTLY where he is on the avatar - but NOT with the pooch to cuddle.

Oh, wait - he’s on the move - to the kitchen, of course. Time for a Whiskas late-night snacky.
SirMirom said, 6 months ago

Pibby’s tights don’t look quite as Pepto-pink as last time, phew.
And I totally agree, looks like a shared dream ala Borgia… but WHY?
They don’t call this the couch of confusion for nuthin! Bran flakes, anyone?
SirMirom said, 6 months ago

@Mr. Minotaur - thanks for the welcome back.
StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

SirMirom says:

Pibby’s tights don’t look quite as Pepto-pink as last time, phew.
And I totally agree, looks like a shared dream ala Borgia… but WHY?
They don’t call this the couch of confusion for nuthin! Bran flakes, anyone?

No, thanks - already had a bowl, with raisins & banana.

Delicious! And healthy too!
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

Good for Mancha SdeP, Risitas! All the cool cats dig late-night snackies! Me, too.
StradMan37 said, 6 months ago

Me three!

See above reply toSirMirom.
Raisin Bran - YUM.
Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago

Ristas
Em Eye See, Kay Ie Why,
Em Owe You Ess Ie.
Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago

SirMirom

You’re welcome!
Gunnr said, 6 months ago

Curiouser and curiouser…

Since it looks like we’re going for a new record, I’ve brought one of those sectional couches that has both straight and corner pieces where some of the straight sections include built in recliners with a goodie cache/arm rest and cup holders, and some of the corner pieces are chaise longues. I’ve also stocked the fridge with a selection of fixin’s and fancy liquors, set out the heavy duty blenders and a full icemaker bin for the frozen drink crowd – Margueritas, Dacquiris, Cardinal Sins, Polish Avalanches, Whiteouts, Rollercoasters, etc. Little paper parasols available upon request.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 6 months ago

Bismuth salicylate flakes?
Phoenix_Ascendant said, 6 months ago

Oh, this is just priceless. The damsel in distress falling into the arms of the dashing heroine. ^_^
ejcapulet said, 6 months ago

Well, she caught Dru and now it’s time to return the favor. Don’t you think a fairy would be a little lighter on her feet, though?
ejcapulet said, 6 months ago

Thanks, Gunnr; great couch. I brought the chocolate-chip mint ice-cream sandwiches.
MasterDiver said, 6 months ago

OK…..NOW I’m CON-FUSED!!!!

From my Big Book of Motel-living Microwave Recipes: Egg, Bacos, cheese and pimento omlettes. With fresh room coffee made drinkable with a pinch of cinnamon.

Three more days and I’m home…thank Ghu!
ThatCat said, 6 months ago

First thing that popped in my head:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RPCFfudmU
JT really knew how to stick in a persons mind - kinda like Dru & Pib.

ejcapulet says:
Well, she caught Dru and now it’s time to return the favor. Don’t you think a fairy would be a little lighter on her feet, though?

She’s out of her element!
Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

SirMirom says:

“And I totally agree, looks like a shared dream ala Borgia… but WHY?”
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But the Borgia Cantus arc wasn’t a dream, though Dru got pulled into the book’s plot,
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I just thought - Dru slipped completely into the Dinah Cloverly persona, but Pib and Geoff weren’t subsumed by Nonny and Grinder.
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Does that mean that Pib and Geoff are stronger than Dru in some was?
Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, KIDS OF ALL AGES…
Welcome to tonight’s Show of Shows!
Next up! We have Dryad Juggling!
DeathDealer said, 6 months ago

Good morning from Washinton DC. I am at a conference. Chow at the couch is way better than here. Plus the seats aren’t comfortable. It makes sleeping really difficult, although some of the speakers overcome that with no effort at all.
Soft landings Pib! (But I won’t be surprised at situation at the end of the fall.)
kcboomer said, 6 months ago

So we have a wingless wood fairy and a gorgeous, succubus, and a whole bunch of readers who are absolutely befuddled.
macFicheallaigh said, 6 months ago

Breakfast! Poached eggs anyone?

A lot this looks a bit like the previous story arc – when Pib was snatched into Suzerain, she was contored into postures similar to when she got snatched into wherever she is right now.

The falling from the sky, Dru did that when Spinky sent her into Suzerain.

That’s a pretty big open area they’re in – where is the Plymouth? Is it off stage, or off panel somewhere to the right?
jcordaro64 said, 6 months ago

Or is this a dream and Dru not real?
Phaze58 said, 6 months ago

Grooan!
anyone got any pepto-bismol?
I think I overdid it with the Ice cream and cheesecake !
gg015879 said, 6 months ago

On the UNUSUAL SQUIRRELS SUBJECT.
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About 25 years ago or so, Bowling Green Ohio had a population of white squirrels, mostly on campus. I think some Biology major or grad student did research on them even. I know the number declined as the years went by, but dont know if they are there still.
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Also, about the same number of years ago, in Stratford, Ontario most, if not all the squirrels were black, or maybe black-brown like mink. At the time I assumed that northern squirrels were black and mid-west USA squirrels were grizzeled red-orangish or grey. Black squirrels are very pretty, even tried to get a picture with my Kodak Instamatic camera, unsuccesfully.
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The resident couch squirrels are sort of tan-ish or red-brownish, aren’t they?? . . As soon as I try to see for sure they scurry behind the beanbag. Phooey!
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as always
gg0
Orgelspieler said, 6 months ago

Here in Oklahoma City, the weather has finally remained warm for three days and nights consecutively, and the swimming pool was swimmable last night without firing up the heater. In honor of the occasion, there are corn chips, guacamole, and an ice tub full of Negro Modelo over by the sideboard.

Now all I wanna do is figure out how to get into this shared dream! WAY more interesting than what I usually have to sleep through.
Anyol'tomcat said, 6 months ago

I think Dru is generating multiple dreamquest scenarios because of all the excess power she acquired from Spitcock’s “game”. It was designed to harvest and to store mojo or mana or whatever energy fuels magical beings. Dru took all of that power– her special talents have to do with dreams. She put Geoff in a dream state in the Poltergeist arc f’instance–AND there she had to conform to his imagination to some degree–Star Trek images of “conquering Mars in high heels”.

Anyway, she NOW has far more power than she can control. There’s parallel to her inability to channel all the limitless energy she had at the end of the Men in Black arc. Then there was the danger that the cosmos would absorb her back into itself. Here the energy level is lower and of a different order but it is still beyond her mastery.

Pib was pulled into her dream when she tried to kiss Geoff–or perhaps the dream started when Pib “gave” G. to Dru at the end of the last arc. There was some discussion about love-by-compulsion between D & G.
maeverin said, 6 months ago

my goodness! look at all the goodies today! well, it’s about time for 2nd breakfast, so i bring a fruit salad (cataloupe, honey dew, watermelon, grapes strawberries, sprinkled with mint leaves)

we had our frost yesderday morning and tomorrow will be in the 90s. gotta love New England!

ooooh, maybe after the dramatic catch the house lights will turn on to reveal the audience clapping and cheering wildly and then the ringmaster reveals himself to be……………