Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 5 months ago

There’s Maurice and Geoff! What will they do to thaw Pib slowly?
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

Geoff is on his way back into the plot, but Pib may have to liquify for a while! Can an arboreal fairy do that?
fear-ciuil said, 5 months ago

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Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

Maurice’s exposition, of course, serves to advance the plot while explaining some of what has happened. He is doing what Nat always tries to do in his monologues….
StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

9CWL:

Well, fear-ciuil, I TOLD you Juliette would soon display a look similar to your avatar……
StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

In Panel 3, there’s a slight crack in the ice…….
debra4life50 said, 5 months ago

9cwl - Hey, I know those teeth - ala Tom Torquemada.
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

9CWL: I must say, in panel 3 Dr. Burber looks remarkably like a gorgon! –Rather than sweating, the all-Monty should be stone cold!
invisifan said, 5 months ago

Risitas, you crack me up ^_^ …

Hmmm … you know I didn’t realize that wings were one of those special body parts that shrank in the cold … I wonder ifthat’s related to Pib’s missing hers when she first entered the dream …
Gunnr said, 5 months ago

I’m surprised none of our usually eagle eyed couchoons of the male pursuasion have made a reference to Maurice’s perch…between a set of humma humma hummocks.
BikeNBoatN said, 5 months ago

Actually, I’m impressed that Pib is that well endowed now. Those look to be nearly Dru-sized twin peaks.
BikeNBoatN said, 5 months ago

Maurice looks a little ugly in panel 2 of the sketch, compared to the final artwork.

And what happened to all the crystalline bleeep frost coating Pib? She looks smooth now.
Story Teller said, 5 months ago

YEEEE-HAH! My term is finally over! As of tonight my last class is over until the Summer term starts in about a week and a half! Pretty sure I scored Bs all the way down the line, with one possible A. Now it’s time to party!

ZZZZZzzzzzzzz……..
mjolnir 9 said, 5 months ago

Zut alors!
I was ‘oping for l’Apache plot complication, sexy, supple and sauvage, and instead get zee High Himalaya Freeze-out! Quelle dommage!

Well…that’s the breaks. And it *is* a Friday…always proper to have the heroine in a life-threatening conundrum on a Friday…and I expect the exposure of more exposition, explaining earlier exposition, is still to be expected…

But, by le plume de ma tante (or maybe even le monocle de mon oncle), it drastically changes the snack situation, n’est-ce pas? Finish off the champagne. Take your time, It’s too good to just chug-a-lug… and I’ve got make a flight to Lapland…

BTW…note positioning of Maurice…there are sometimes things to be said for being a mouse…
BikeNBoatN said, 5 months ago

Interesting. Seems the nanny-bots don’t like the word h$o$a$r frost and bleeped it out.

Slight change of dialog between the sketch and final for panels 2 and 3.
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

“Our world” today is a bit out of whack, tilting like a listing old ferry-boat to the port-side, against which Geoff counterbalances in panel 1 though the Pibsicle’s arms remain perpendicular to the putative ground…..
mjolnir 9 said, 5 months ago

Gunnr:

Didn’t want to disappoint…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 5 months ago

the reverse of the Titanic story
SirMirom said, 5 months ago

Interesting how Geoff’s buttons disappear in all but the close up shot (panel 2). This… this MEANS something!!

(Hey, when you’re on the Couch, it means you gotta grasp at straws!)

(Yes, ideally straws in tall glasses. Pass the pitcher of daquiris, okay?)
Fairportfan said, 5 months ago

Risitas said:

“In Panel 3, there’s a slight crack in the ice……”

If you mean what i immediately assumed you meant, note that Pib’s head and upper torso is to Geoff’s left, not that other part that exhibits dual convexities.

SirMirom said:

“Interesting how Geoff’s buttons disappear in all but the close up shot (panel 2). This… this MEANS something!!”

The greatest trick with buttons has got to be in the movie of The Mask, as he does the Tex Avery wolf bit with his heart beating out of his chest. Can’t be seen while the video runs, but if you freeze-frame at precisely the correct point, you can see that his shirt buttons are heart-shaped and purple…

(I’m at my son-in-law’s computer in Macon tonight - we’re in negotiations with Charter over internet - i may wind up on dial-up for a while once we’re home…)
Galford said, 5 months ago

I’ve never wanted to be a mouse so much in my entire life…
Chuck said, 5 months ago

Well, if normal body heat would have melted “frost”, then she would be in several pieces just from the touch of his hands….. or there would be a mouse-sized hole…. ;-)
waycyber said, 5 months ago

Dru - Fire
Pib - Ice (Water)
Oog - Air
Nat - Earth?
Phaze58 said, 5 months ago

NO COmment
marchman said, 5 months ago

OK I envy Maurice. And this is a change in the plot I hadn’t expected with Oognat as an apache dancer. Oh well unitl Monday.
jcordaro64 said, 5 months ago

9CL - Juliet looks an awful lot like the Joker.
DeathDealer said, 5 months ago

Has Juliet grown fangs? (Or did she always have them?)
fatuncle said, 5 months ago

So I went to click on the link to Pibgorn and discovered that the icon has been replaced. Instead of the green Go-ball, we now have something that looks not unlike an overhead view of an open toilet.

How apropos …
Captain Smokeblower said, 5 months ago

Well of course everyone knows ice expands as it freezes so enlargement is natural. Normalcy will return.
Dry said, 5 months ago

Risitas, Did you slip on a stone in the Park of the Slippery Stone? Is that how you came to live in Colima? :-D How close are you to the ocean? Do you ever worry about that volcano? I saw a bit about what happened in 1999, didn’t read the article the whole way thru yet.
gg015879 said, 5 months ago

There is an excellent reference to dating a unicorn at - Over the Hedge !

And YES - I am glad that Juliette is getting God a little sweaty under the collar. Anyone who wants to re-design humans into a cockroach form - even the God - needs to thinks about it — VERRRRY CARREFULLY. It would be the end of ballet, gymnastics, basketball, soccer, - probably sailing also. Although if the design included flight wings, the daily commute would take on a completely different aura!

gotta go! - time to balance fees for the company!
gg0
TiggerLeBounce said, 5 months ago

Congratulations, Story Teller! I’m going back to college too, as soon as I get some stuff straightened out.

And now, what happens to poor Pibby?
RockHouse said, 5 months ago

If Juliette’s smile shifts balance from madness to menace mode, she may wind up looking more like Mojo (of X-men). That might be enough to get Monty to spontaneously transmode into the form of his own experiment.
kcboomer said, 5 months ago

Pib is one hot popsicle!!
Saskfan said, 5 months ago

I find I’m more disturbed by this week’s episodes of 9CL than I was about Pib/Nonny liquifying Nat’s bullets. It’s not because I’m religious; Monty just creeps me out for some reason.

Angel food cake, and Devil food cake too, with ice cream in your choice of flavours, now being served next to the pool.
atajayhawk said, 5 months ago

Hey, mjolnir9! One other villain-narrator book: Dorothy Dunnett’s first Johnson Johnson mystery, *The Photogenic Soprano”. And, no, that’s not a typo: his name is Johnson Johnson, and friends do not call him “JJ”.

Interesting series: each book is told in first person by a different character. Besides that, some of the later ones seem to be written in reverse order of refered to events, although each is contemporary to its time of writing. (And if that confuses you, it confuses me, too. Fun books, though, in a very weird sort of way.)

They were retitled in paperback to Dolly and the… bird. (Dolly is Johnson Johnson’s yacht.) I don’t remember/ know what Dolly and the Doctorbird was called originally, but I always thought it quite hysterically funny.
aerwalt said, 5 months ago

39 Yes, the Friday cliff hanger.
“Tune in MONDAY, Boys & Girls, Same Time, Same Station, for the further Adventures of PIBGORN!!!”
John Sanford said, 5 months ago

Now the stage is set
Warming of the frost Pibgorn
Monday t’will reveal
OldMan Montgomery said, 5 months ago

Things are starting to move. I do believe most of the characters are, if not in place, introduced and in motion. (Although it’s hard to tell. Seth could show up as the other Apache dancer, or Amos might appear. Could be cello music might be as damaging as accordion music.)

I don’t read 9CWL except on weekends, then I catch up for the week. With my background, I find Monty to be a good representation of many people’s view of God. Knowing enough ‘tricks’ to create or at least fashion the world, but not smart enough to keep up. Despite Thorax’s faith and confidence.

But never fear. Pib has been in worse straits than this on prior occasion. Hasn’t she been officially dead once or twice? Being dead doesn’t seem to affect her health.

See you all Monday.
gg015879 said, 5 months ago

I usually dont contribute to the delectibles on the sideboard - but today i have a suggestion. If someone could recommend a good ice-wine, I would be happy to provide it to my friends on the couch!

And in keeping with the theme, I bring Pineapple-Coconut Gelato - recipe provided by - jcordaro64

gg0
jcordaro64 said, 5 months ago

Gg - Aww, shucks. Glad you like the gelato. I’m trying to figure out if it can be made with stevia for those who can’t handle the sugar.
maeverin said, 5 months ago

jcordaro says:
9CL - Juliet looks an awful lot like the Joker.
the next line out of her mouth should be “why so serious?”

and congrats to StoryTeller!

I think Maurice and Igor should hang out. oh the stories those pocket pals could share!
maeverin said, 5 months ago

ok, i decided to see what all the fuss was about and read Twilight…
and i’m sorry to say i still don’t know what all the fuss is about (is actually the nicest thing i can say about the book).
if there are others like me who found themselves…disappointed…get thee to a hilarious blog called “yes i read it, it’s still stupid.”

i am blocked from the site here and i don’t know the full URL but just google the name and it should be the first thing that pop up.
i read it at the public library which was so not a good idea.
i was laughing so hard and trying not to disturb the others.
Bob said, 5 months ago

Has anyone else noticed that in frames 3, 4, and 6 Maurice is sitting in a valley, but in frame 5 he’s on a mountain?
pibfan868 said, 5 months ago

Ok, here’s a little thought about the exposition: Maurice can still hear the thrumming noise, therefore she’s alive–and therefore she can’t be SOLIDLY frozen and completely meltable–at least that’s how it seems to me. She may appear so and may require very careful and deliberate warming, but I don’t think she’d melt away altogether.
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9CL–Monty–if you’re responsible for Juliette, those teeth should be no surprise, maybe she’s more like your commonsense catching you up?
gallk said, 5 months ago

Is it just me, or has this comic strip made less and less sense since the end of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream?
StradMan37 said, 5 months ago

@Story Teller:

Congrats!!!

I’ll play a little Elgar today, in honor of your Academic Excellence!
bmonk said, 5 months ago

@OldMan Montgomery, about Pib being dead not affecting her health; the same could be said about superheroes and soap opera characters: they never know when to stay dead.
pamwheatfree said, 5 months ago

I just thought of this. Maybe Monty is only talking about the first mutation in a long process to turn humanity into cockroaches over at 9CL. Maybe the first step will just add the racing stripes to the baby.

Carefully places gluten free hazelnut cookies with chocolate centers on sideboard. Then sits on floor and feeds squirrels under the couch.
cleokaya said, 5 months ago

I never thought that I’d be jealous of a mouse.