Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 5 months ago

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StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

See, smoking IS bad for ya - makes yer teeth come in all crooked…….And, the black circles ‘round the eyes are a brutal bonus.
Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Yikes, that is one snarky, ominous thing in the last panel!
I love the effect.
fear-ciuil said, 5 months ago

Compare to:
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2007/pib070326.gif
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

In case you missed my last post “last night,” I was wondering out loud about the proper sequence of the panels here…. I’d be curious what you all think….
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

Does Oognat have just a little of Spidey in her as regards her technique of locomotion? –Or maybe Tarzan?
gimmickgenius said, 5 months ago

Volcano smoke???
StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

@Sisyphos:

Sequence of panels hardly matters here, since she’s falling thru-out, & could just grab the side of any panel to put the fall on hold.
RockHouse said, 5 months ago

Hey, it looks like Smoke Thing (made from a volcanic ash cloud)
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

The Shadow of Evil is about to swallow up our favorite little Hair Fairy. Whither, then?
Fly Guy said, 5 months ago

@GEE1A, Some months ago the powers that be axed the
boilerplate as a ‘commercial’ post.
Fear-ciuil and and some old couchies convinced them it
was a public service to users. I could guess they negotiated
a side door to the site to get the boilerplate posted first.
fear-ciuil said, 5 months ago

Fly Guy said:
@GEE1A, Some months ago the powers that be axed the boilerplate as a ‘commercial’ post. Fear-ciuil and and some old couchies convinced them it was a public service to users. I could guess they negotiated a side door to the site to get the boilerplate posted first.

News to me.
mjolnir 9 said, 5 months ago

Vo-de-oh-DO!

Didn’t get a gunfight…
Didn’t get a tsunami…
(W.A.S.T.E.)
But it looks like we’re about to get some action…

It’s been my experience that large, hungry-looking, lurking things with lots of teeth tend to be - or are at least closely associated with - the villian of the piece. Oognat may be tomorrow’s snack, swallowed by the Dreamtime.

Can a Dream itself be a sentient being?

Oh, what fun…
ThatCat said, 5 months ago

Here you thought you had to get up early (or stay up late?) huh? I for one appreciate that you do it. I know it is silly, but it does remind me to click the star. Which is important to me, because I like supporting Mr McE. \O/
Fly Guy said, 5 months ago

@Sisyphos,

My take,

center left
upper left
upper right
center right “DRU”
lower left “PIB”
lower right Mr. Ominous
desertdwlr said, 5 months ago

ooooo a burnt up angry cookie monster
StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

@mjolnir9:

It may be a sentient being, but it d@mn sure looks a malevolent one!
Fly Guy said, 5 months ago

@ fear-ciuil,

Ooops, so you are the second to know.

Am I totally off the wall ? Should I delete the post?

Can you fill us in on what really happened?
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

I like your thinking, mjolnir9. A sentient, evil dream!

Fly Guy, that was a configuration I considered, but I didn’t like that jump across from “Dru” to “Pib”!
mjolnir 9 said, 5 months ago

risitas:

Oh, most monstrously malevolent. Hamlet might have called it one of the “what dreams may come…must give us pause”. Think of the interesting ramifications of being swallowed alive by sporadic random electrical memory sequences conjured up by your own, or someone else’s, mind…

I won’t discuss it in detail, because it might have a relation to the effect the Master is trying to achieve here, but back in those glorious days when science-fiction went ‘New Wave’, Norman Spinrad wrote a story on a similar theme called Carcinoma Angels that was one of the most wickedly humorous - and sincerely scary - pieces I’ve ever read.
ThatCat said, 5 months ago

It looks like the Abominable in Rudolf - but that bumble don’t look like he bounces…
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

mjolnir9, I’ve got that story, in Ellison’s Dangerous Visions, and will be sure to re-read it later!
Adrienne Gormley said, 5 months ago

Woopsie. That doesn’t look favorable.
Fly Guy said, 5 months ago

@fear-ciuil,
I am at w9cwdatcharterdotnet
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

Fly Guy
I’ve beaten fear-ciuil to the puch once and others have too. It all depends on her timing with the Refresh(F5) key.
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

9CWL: Since he didn’t have any luck with Diane, maybe Monty can convince Juliette that he is one of the Gods in charge of this firmament.
It really is upsetting when you appear before people in all of your glory and nobody will accept that you are their God.

Pibgorn: Cumulo Ominus on the horizion!
Panel sequence: Top Left, Top Right, Center Right, Center Left, Bottom Left, Bottom Right makes the most sense to me.
baslim_the_begger said, 5 months ago

Something wicked this way comes…
Phaze58 said, 5 months ago

HA that’s nothing .We get those sorts of clouds all the time over here ,its that bright yellow thingy that burns that frightens us
fatuncle said, 5 months ago

Well, well, well. And so at last, the face of the puppeteer.

Enter the villain, stage right!
Story Teller said, 5 months ago

Joe_Minotaur said, about 2 hours ago

“9CWL: Since he didn’t have any luck with Diane, maybe Monty can convince Juliette that he is one of the Gods in charge of this firmament.
It really is upsetting when you appear before people in all of your glory and nobody will accept that you are their God.”

If nothing else, knowing the exact button to push with her should indicate that he is THE All-Knowing…

“Pibgorn: Cumulo Ominus on the horizion! ”

ROFL! A perfect name for the bugger!

And, of course, my reaction was “Big sucker, eh? Well, come get some. I do love a target rich environment.” }=) But then I have that swing-for-the-cheap-seats attitude. I should’ve been a super hero…

baslimthebeggerGenius_badge said, about 2 hours ago

“Something wicked this way comes…”

Ah, yes indeed, Most fitting.
DreamScourge said, 5 months ago

@Sisyphos

Panal arrangement: I would go for top left, top right, middle right, middle left, bottom left and finally bottom right.

Personally I think the ominous cloud beast sort of looks a bit like he’s gonna be a great big softie at heart lol
chairump said, 5 months ago

I believe Dru had a “chat” with this being before the first game show …
Gigantor said, 5 months ago

So we’ve had fire, ice and now some kind of wind/air. Some kind of attack by elementals?
DeathDealer said, 5 months ago

Ah, the manifestation of lung cancer.
Moe A. said, 5 months ago

Hi everybody!
Whoa, that thingie seems a bit reminiscent of the sky aberration that initially snatched up Pibby in the LENA storyline, no?
Fresh knishes all around the Couch!
Love and knishes,
-MOE hisownself
pibfan868 said, 5 months ago

I don’t like the looks of the impending weather here–Oggnat, haven’t you heard that sometimes you need to be careful of who can hear you?
~~~~~
9CL-Monty’s getting a sampling of reactions, for sure!
Dry said, 5 months ago

Is that supposed to be Pan?
Anyol'tomcat said, 5 months ago

A Being of Smoke & Ash associated with the volcano? Its “teeth” could be boulders spit up by the eruption.

Oognat leaps, very like a flea–there’s a sequence in the Mozart story where she is traveling with Dru out to the swamp/lake to look for the senile demon. Also the bit where she stomps on Prince Crewth and Gaggot while in her high heels.
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2005/pib051013.gif

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2005/pib051014.gif

I don’t think the sequence matters today–it suggests that O. is repeatedly leaping, landing and calling out for Pib and Dru while being glared at by Smokey Joe [Fumus Cumulatus].
Anyol'tomcat said, 5 months ago

Joe may even be a pyroclastic flow composed of superhot gases & rock
http://tinyurl.com/5al6ue
atajayhawk said, 5 months ago

Haven’t read the above comments yet, but a serious, Oh, MY! seems to be in order.
Captain Smokeblower said, 5 months ago

I like the order: middle left, top left, top right, middle right, bottom left, and bottom right for continuity of action. It also forms something like a question mark (with dot at the right)
TiggerLeBounce said, 5 months ago

Hey Oognat- Look over your shoulder!

Can we say oops?
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

poppysmatus says:
Joe may even be a pyroclastic flow composed of superhot gases & rock

Now, that’s not very nice!
atajayhawk said, 5 months ago

@poppysmatus Thanks for the link to pyroclastic flows. Very interesting.
The Old Wolf said, 5 months ago

Never a dull moment in the Pibverse.

3rd straight day of sun on the farm… unbelieveable! Taking full advantage of it before the rains settle in again. Just brougth Patch the lamb in to the Vet to get a cast off his leg - we had to help Agatha, a very ancient sheep, over the rainbow bridge on Saturday. She fell last Monday, couldn’t get up, and stopped eating. It was her time. Neighbor came and put her down, and buried her in the pasture.

French toast, bacon and scrambled eggs are hot for the brunch crowd.
aerwalt said, 5 months ago

47 Moving along now…
maeverin said, 5 months ago

SMMO-O-O-O-O-O-GG!
i don’t know why the last panel made me think of that…

able to leap tall panels in a single bound…

Sorry to hear about Agatha the sheep Old Wolf. even when it is their time, it’s never easy.
Poms said, 5 months ago
Okay, may be there is a “entity” behind all this. More sinister than the previous arc with the ability to wipe out the memories and identity of Pib and Dru. Why is Nat able to keep his memories intact? - or am I just totally off here.

Well, my beverage preference:
1. Water (filter/purified)
2. Tea (oolong, yerba mate, mint, black w/ orange or mango)
3. Coffee w/ cream (half/half) and a drop of stevia.
4. Wine (Shiraz, Merlot, Syrah, Cab, Zin - okay, most reds)
5. Soda/carbonated unflavored water w/ lemon or lime.
6. Occasionally will have vodka “designer” martini (chocolate, pomegranate or apple)
  Rarely juice and no sodas.
jml58 said, 5 months ago

That cloud must be Cumolo Fracto Nimbus.

But what is he doing here?
bmonk said, 5 months ago

@Sisyphos, my read on the order has been given before; the rule I went by is top down, and when two panels are equally high at the top point, left to right. But the question mark sequence works too…