Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 5 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

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
For registration assistance, go to: http://marmoe.livejournal.com/34590.html

If you are new to Pibgorn, start with The Old Wolf’s Pibgorn Tribute Page, which gives story 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. (Be aware that at the moment, formatting only takes when you edit your post.)
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://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2002/pib021218.gif
Mr. McEldowney’s Pibgorn blog: http://officialpibgorn.livejournal.com/
Mr. McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane blog: http://chickweedcafe.blogspot.com/

Today’s 9 Chickweed Lane can be found at:
http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009%2F5%2F27&name=9_Chickweed_Lane
Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Nonny is back….Why is Nat sticking a gun in her face?
StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

9CL:

WE, at least, are doing our level best to keep up our Lust, Covetousness, AND, perhaps most of all, our Cowardice On the Couch.

Sorry, Monty……..”Bless me, Father, for I have sinned……..”
fear-ciuil said, 5 months ago

@Margueritem, are we sure it’s Nat?
bmonk said, 5 months ago

Oohhh! Lovely plumage, the Norwegian succubus and the Prairie fey.
MurphyHerself said, 5 months ago

Oh, dear, now I’m totally lost.
StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

A green dress & fiery hair - be still, my poundin’ pulse……
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

Too many scripts interweaving–I’m getting more confused!
Is some demon of the Borgia Cantus back behind this?
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

Hey Nonny, Nonny is a Hot Cha-Cha!
fear-ciuil said, 5 months ago

Uh-oh. The squirrels are on the offensive over at Close to Home.

http://www.gocomics.com/closetohome
StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

Hey, Nonny, Nonny indeed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3QM13ixzqg
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

It horrifyingly occurs to me that I could be in part responsible for this turn of events: I did invoke the Dies Irae the other night as we awaited yesterday’s late posting….

EDIT: here’s the link again, for those who dare–
http://tinyurl.com/cf92n6
wndrwrthg said, 5 months ago

I think that living and breathing thing may be short lived.
BikeNBoatN said, 5 months ago

If we’re going to be revisiting old characters, at least Nonny and Dinah were two of the most gorgeous gals ever to grace the scene.
fear-ciuil said, 5 months ago

@Sisyphos, but … but….

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2003/pib031120.gif
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2003/pib031121.gif
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2003/pib031122.gif
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2003/pib031124.gif
debra4life50 said, 5 months ago

First, I bet Tommy boy is behind this.
Second, maybe it’s not Nat on the other end of that gun.
Third, how does one join the order of the couch? Is there some initiation? Does one have to be nominated or sponsored?
Fourth,can someone jog my memory as to what story arc Pib was Nonny?
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

Saskafan said in a prior life

And Joe, there’s a typo that I normally wouldn’t mention, but it’s such a GOOD typo: you typed “unbridaled” instead of “unbridled” humma-humma. It’s wrong, but “unwed humma-humma is, of course, grammatically correct. Thus, your typo isn’t a typo. Lovely; perfect for this forum!

Thank you for picking up on that. I was catching up on Wapsi Square before the update and only now caught up to the final posts for yesterday including Sisyphos’ “Hey, Nonny, Nonny.” as well.
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

Can’t stay up long, early day.
evadrepus said, 5 months ago

The expression on her face seems more Nonny Voglesang than Pibgorn and from the looks of the trigger finger the gunner is male but doesn’t sound quite like Nat. Then again details…

Do like the lighting on Pib in the first panel.

If I didn’t enjoy the mystery the art and the discussion, wouldn’t be here.
bmonk said, 5 months ago

The Lama

The one-l lama,
He’s a priest.
The two-l llama,
He’s a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn’t any
Three-l lllama.*

– Ogden Nash

*The author’s attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh.
fear-ciuil said, 5 months ago

@debra4life50, as to Number Third, you just have to pull up a section of couch. (Beware the section on casters–Llefty has discovered it, and enjoys a rousing game of Couch Hockey. The pool is the goal.) Bringing goodies for the sideboard or participating in a game of Marco Polo are optional. ;D

As to Number Fourth, that was the Borgia Cantus arc.
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

@ Risitas, fear-ciuil: http://tinyurl.com/pm4jyt
bmonk said, 5 months ago

Charlie, that sort of feeling is exactly why we created the couch, which Brooke raised to the dignity of an Order.
Amnor said, 5 months ago

The “favorite” is back but none of my adware, malware, clear data, etc software contortions worked. Thanks, webmaster?
bmonk said, 5 months ago

@fatuncle, I think they’ve got your and my numbers over at Free Range (http://www.gocomics.com/freerange)
Adrienne Gormley said, 5 months ago

The look of pure disgust on Pib’s face is priceless.

Oh, I haven’t been posting lately because I spent part of the weekend at Baycon, a 4 day science fiction convention here in the Bay Area, and part of it in bed recuperating from an infestation of “con crud” (which is any virus you catch at a convention that makes you into a flaming sneeze machine). Ah, life. :)
VicTR said, 5 months ago

Glad the Favorite is back…
now if only I knew how to use it !
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

Like the kitty, I am overcome with curiosity (again): what are the little critters crawling through your current avatar, bmonk?
Gweedo Murray said, 5 months ago

My star wiggled. I’m so giddy !

I never have trouble with favorites. As far as I know, the comics devices are present and functional. Firefox (latest) and NoScript. Can no longer find AdBlock in PROGRAMS. No matter… All systems Go.
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

And, speaking of avatars, nice new flower Margueritem (“Now with capital-M! New and improved!”).
Basqueian said, 5 months ago

Yeah, but cons are worth the crud, will I see any of you at the San Diego Comic Con?
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

Nonny, a tough moll with gorgeous gams, glanced warily over towards Dinah as she regained consciousness, then felt the cold steel nuzzling her temple…. Turning, she faced the mean-looking snub-nosed .38 and, holding it,… To Be Continued!
Basqueian said, 5 months ago

Sisyphos,
they appear to be the little roll up beasties from M.C.Escher, although I cannot be certain if they have a name.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 5 months ago

Only one complaint about Pibgorn. Even when the story is done, sometimes when one goes back to look over the prior weeks, one still can’t figure out what the Master had in mind for a panel, sometimes.
chinawanderer said, 5 months ago

Here’s a theory about who is behind all this that might explain some things. I stumbled across Frost’s “Fire and Ice” about the end of the world. Dru’s volcano is fire and Pib’s glacier is the ice. If you remember way back at the beginning, Pib and Dru team up to fight the apocolypse (spelling). Maybe this is the latest incarnation of it.

Just a theory from the confused couch.
ejcapulet said, 5 months ago

Whoa! I never saw THAT coming! Okay, so who is orchestrating THIS new fantasy? Is it going to end in Geoff doing another mega accordian solo? Was that the right story (I’ve been reading since Pib’s first ill-fated flight so I get confused)? Where did Nonny get that great dress? Why is Nat going to ruin it with splattered fairy brains? Oh, everyone budge over! I am SO on the couch (slaps off a few squirrels).
chinawanderer said, 5 months ago

I don’t think Nat is holding the gun. I could be wrong.
Greger said, 5 months ago

Can anyone tell me what the flag means?
Zmaster2112 said, 5 months ago

I think I’ll just stay here under the couch and play with the squirrels…It seems to be the safest option right now..I am so confused.
cdward said, 5 months ago

What I don’t know is the backstory between Nat and Nonny. If I had that, I think this would make more sense. Haven’t been following Pib that long but am enjoying immensely.
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

Greger
The purpose of the little “Flag” below each post of the other commenters is to allow vulgar or inflammatory comments to be “Flagged” so that the gocomics staff can be alerted to the comment and if it is deemed inappropriate, it will be deleted.

cdward
Check the link:
http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Pibgorn/Pibgorn.html
for back story information.
marchman said, 5 months ago

OK I think we are in Dru’s dream. But why did Pib come in? Confusion reigns, and I feel like the king of fools. Whre do we go from here?
fatuncle said, 5 months ago

Sisyphos said,

Too many scripts interweaving–I’m getting more confused!
Is some demon of the Borgia Cantus back behind this?

It’s gotta be a Cantus tie in; only there was Pib known as Nonny Vogelsang
Orgelspieler said, 5 months ago

If they ever do a movie, they need to get Vivien Leigh to play Pibs.
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

Over at “The Norm”, Norm needs to take a page from 9 Chickweed Lane.
Dragoncat said, 5 months ago

Nonny Vogelsang?!

I have no idea what just happened here…

But I absolutely LOVE Pib’s dress. Green is definitely her colour!
TiggerLeBounce said, 5 months ago

Pibby’s expression reminds me a lot of Dru’s when Nat called her ‘Damned Gorgeous”.

Who’s for fresh coffee and waffles this morning?
atajayhawk said, 5 months ago

Harking back to some of last night’s/(early this morning) comments:

@Risitas Thanks for the info on Serendipity Singers. I’d already gone pretty much straight classical by then, so my acquaintance with/following of popular groups was very spotty.

@wannabeaussie Thanks for the elucidation on “Evil Companions”. I had no idea–never heard of the musical–but it probably is the same song, considering the time frame, etc.
Glad you enjoyed Lawrence. My husband’s explanation of how we got here is that he retired and I’m a Jayhawk: where else were we going to be? (Yes, Jayhawks do tend to be fanatics, and we love our nest.)

@Sisyphos Have you ever heard the Jim Croce/Benjamin Luxon (sp?) rendition of “Lord of the Dance”? We have two versions on the two sides of a single tape; and one, especially, can stand your hair on end. Very powerful.

I thought the critters in bmonk’s avatar were sort of an old Snooper dog transformer effect. (Escher was obviously ahead of his time!)

And, really, folks–do we want to understand this strip? What would we do with the couch then? Of course, I’m staying underneath, so I don’t have to worry about falling off.
Gweedo Murray said, 5 months ago

atajayhawk said: ……..etc……….

And, really, folks–do we want to understand this strip? What would we do with the couch then? Of course, I’m staying underneath, so I don’t have to worry about falling off.
.
Careful .J. Falling off, from underneath THIS couch will land you topside, where you will then “fall” onto the wall, bounce back to the upright floor section and roll right back under the couch. Strap yourself in, the roller coaster is just reaching the top of the first run. My skin hairs are already standing up. Here’s some peanuts to assuage the “Can we eat this?” look the squirrels are giving you.
OldMan Montgomery said, 5 months ago

Whoever is holding that revolver in Nonny/Pib’s face should do a little recon. Dru isn’t so very far away…