Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 4 months ago

Do NOT tick off the Nat..

Congratulations, Lisa. :-D
UncaAlby said, 4 months ago

oops, first?

Nope, second. Confound it all!
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

All the world’s a dream, and we, but dreamers in it….
gimmickgenius said, 4 months ago

A demon… walking on water?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago

You can’t keep the Gnat down. No matter how many times he’s been swatted.
BikeNBoatN said, 4 months ago

Well, now we definitely know it’s Nat’s dream after all.
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Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

Got to love his self-analytical line about the “dangerous, smiling sneer” curling his lip (even as he smokes one of his ever-available cigarettes).
UncaAlby said, 4 months ago

gimmickgenius

So what’s wrong with a demon walking on water?

Did anybody patent the concept??

Besides, like I said yesterday (that long ago!) he’s a demon and he’s dreaming. In such a circumstance, how could the Laws of Physics have any sway over the turn of events?

Hold a ball out at arm’s length – release it – it will fall at approximately 32 feet per second per second – if it feels like it.
Joe Minotaur said, 4 months ago

Quiz Time!
In the first panel, will we see:
.1. The Roasted Grinch(Tom T.).
.2. The Codpiece Model.
.3. One or all of the three ladies.
.4. Geoff w/Pib and Maurice.
.5. Nat rising from the water.
.6. But now, a word from our sponsor.
.7. A preview of the trip to pure Hell.
.8. Even more teef.
.9. A guest comic by…

The Results!
It took three panels, but…
.5.
StradMan37 said, 4 months ago

Where did he pull out a dry cig & a light, in panel 3?

Yeah, I know - he’s a demon.
baslim_the_begger said, 4 months ago

He’s not walking on the water, but on the moonlight…so it’s a moonlight walk…
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

Pending after-the-fact alterations, we ended Sunday with 344 comments–not bad for a holiday weekend.
BikeNBoatN said, 4 months ago

I love how the sun in panel 3 looks like a sunny-side up egg.
The Old Wolf said, 4 months ago

With due respect, I still don’t know if this is Nat’s dream or not. He’s definitely claiming it, but it remains to be seen who’s pulling the strings.

My two penn’orth, in today’s economy 1.07¢

Oh! I love Sunday night… mops brow

BTW: The switch to the new format took place while I was farming - what’s the trick for getting red text again? I want to get that in the style guide.
MurphyHerself said, 4 months ago

Is that familiar grey smoke on the horizon?
Joe Minotaur said, 4 months ago

gimmickgenius
That’s one thing that bugged me about the test of being a witch. If a woman floated in water, she was declared a witch and yet Jesus walked on the water.

So, if Nat weighs the same as a duck, he’s made of wood…
…and therefore…
…A WITCH!!
BikeNBoatN said, 4 months ago

Sun or moon? The reflection on the water looks like moonlight, but the color of the sky looks like the sun.
Joe Minotaur said, 4 months ago

The Old Wolfe

One pound sign

Two pound signs

Three pound signs

Four pound signs

Five pound signs

One asterisk front/back
Two asterisk front/back
Three asterisk front/back
tallwoman41 said, 4 months ago

Nat’s in charge again,,,maybe he was right when he told Dru that the dream was his,
debra4life50 said, 4 months ago

Joe Minotaur said,

Quiz Time!
In the first panel, will we see:
.1. The Roasted Grinch(Tom T.).
.2. The Codpiece Model.
.3. One or all of the three ladies.
.4. Geoff w/Pib and Maurice.
.5. Nat rising from the water.
.6. But now, a word from our sponsor.
.7. A preview of the trip to pure Hell.
.8. Even more teef.
.9. A guest comic by…

Joe, could we do a survey, using your list, as to what everyone thinks will appear in tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) strip?

My choice is #7 - A word from our sponsor - whosoever or whatsoever that might be,
Joe Minotaur said, 4 months ago

For three and five pound signs, I did not use all caps!

One pound/one accent front/back

Two pounds/one accent front/one accent back
azrach said, 4 months ago

ok …. 3 brain-wiped dames looking down the throat of getting bumped off or worse …. Nat Bustard to the rescue?
Or will Goef get to save them?
Joe Minotaur said, 4 months ago

debra4life50
We can continue the quiz for tomorrow, but I would replace .5.

.5. Close-up on Nat.

And add…
.10. None of the above.
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

I don’t know who Lisa is or what she did, but congrats to her. Now if someone can fill me in on what i’m to congrat her on it would be helpfull. (thank you). Will Nat be able to save Dru, Pib, and Oog., I hope so after being shot up the way he was. let us hope he can reach them in time.
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

If we postulate that Nat is a right-handed smoker, then he is facing the sun: is it rising in the east or setting in the west?

I ask, because it looks to me more like a setting sun, yet I think TomT’s might have been a nighttime appearance, with all those shadows….
BikeNBoatN said, 4 months ago

Lisa just had her baby. So congrats to her for her new family member. I think it was a boy, but don’t quote me on that.
The Old Wolf said, 4 months ago

@Joe

Thanks!
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

Interesting alliances on the verge of forming: two fairies and two demons versus Tom Torquemada and the Minions of Hades. Pibgorn (Nonny) and Oognat (Teau-Teau), Drusilla (Dinah) and Nat Bustard [who as yet has no other name]. Reinforcements will include Nat’s business partner, Maurice, and Geoff-of-the-Mighty-Accordion. A mighty battle is in the offing, maybe….

(Exhausted from thinking, slumps into cushion 777 of the Comfy Escherian Couch of Confusion….)
Margueritem said, 4 months ago

red
RockHouse said, 4 months ago

Are we seeing some Active Dreaming here?

http://tinyurl.com/pep6l3

Or are events leading to a situation that Fritz Perls (Gestalt Therapy) could be helpful with?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Perls

I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful.
If not, it can’t be helped.
(Fritz Perls, 1969)
waycyber said, 4 months ago

The Guru

“Good evening. Tonight we meet Guru Kaun…”
“Please. You must use my full name.”
“Alright, forgive me if I mispronounce it. Guru Wobble Butt…”
“No, no, no. It is Guru Woh Bol Bahut Laykin Laghana Thora Kaun.”
“May I just call you ‘Guru’?”
“Please.”
“Thank you. Now, Guru, your recently published biography makes some amazing claims. Would you like to back them up?”
“By all means.”
“You were born in Jaipur?”
“Yes.”
“Ah yes. I know Jaipur very well. The Pink City, with the Jal Mahal, the Lakshmi-Narayan Temple and the Amber Fort. I lived in the Sindhi Colony for some time, you know. Where exactly in Jaipur were you born?”
“The bedroom just above the kitchen.”
“I’m sorry? I don’t understand.”
“My father owned a restaurant in Peckham. I was born in the apartment just over it.”
“So, not in India?”
“No. Peckham.”
“You weren’t born Wobble Butt…”
“Woh Bol Bahut Laykin Laghana Thora Kaun. No. I was given that name after I attained enlightenment.”
“What was your name when you were born?”
“Neville G. Cooper.”
“What did the G stand for?”
“Arthur.”
“Arthur?”
“Yes. The G is silent.”
“I see. Now, your book says that you are an Astral Traveller?”
“Yes. A very good car.”
“Sorry?”
“The Vauxhall Astra. Very good.”
“And what is this about walking between the stars?”
“Ah yes. I have not done that for many years.”
“Would you like to tell us about it?”
“I learned to walk between the stars when I was in the United States. I was taught by a wise man called John Glenn.”
“John Glenn the Astronaut?”
“No, John Glenn the USPS Letter Carrier. He delivered the mail in Beverley Hills. Many stars there.”
“How did you become a Guru?”
“It was in May 1978. I achieved enlightenment and ascended into the heavens. Then I found myself in the scented garden of the wise woman. I told her of everything I had seen. That is when she gave me my new name.”
“You levitated?”
“Certainly.”
“How did you do that?”
“I sat in the Lotus Position on a bamboo mat, repeated my mantra, emptied my mind, and rose up into the air.”
“What was that mantra?”
“Cut the cords.”
“Can you demonstrate this levitation to us here?”
“I would need a hot air balloon.”
“Tell me how you met the wise woman.”
“As I say, I found myself in her scented garden. I was dazed by my experience. She called to me and we talked for hours. It was then she gave me my new name and bestowed upon me the title of Guru.”
“How did you know she was a wise woman?”
“By the deep spiritual questions she asked.”
“Such as?”
“Who do you think you are? Why did you crash your balloon in my greenhouse? Who is going to pay for the damage?”
“And she called you Guru?”
“Yes, although I did not immediately understand her accent. It sounded more like Gerrout.”
“What actually do you do as a Guru?”
“Each day I go to my chambers. When people seek my guidance, they are ushered into my presence. There I listen to their stories, their appeals for help. I do what I can with the powers that I have. Sometimes it is enough.”
“And how do you help them?”
“I offer them a loan. Low interest, easy terms, six months for first repayment.”
“So, you aren’t a Guru, are you?”
“I beg your pardon?”
“You are, in fact, a bank manager.”
“OK, guv’nor. It’s a fair cop. I’ll go quietly.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, that was Neville Cooper, bank manager.”
“Psst! Want a mortgage?”
“GERROUT!”
UncaAlby said, 4 months ago

ladywolf17 said, 13 minutes ago

I don’t know who Lisa is or what she did, but congrats to her

So who knows who anybody is, really? For all you know, I could be the guy next door who keeps you up all night playing banjo, except that I’m sure there is no such person and I don’t play banjo anyway.

BikeNBoatN said, 10 minutes ago

Lisa just had her baby. So congrats to her for her new family member. I think it was a boy, but don’t quote me on that

It’s either a boy or a girl to be named Alexander, with a middle name still under debate the last time she checked in.
wildflowerose said, 4 months ago

@Rockhouse:

What a reminder! I worked my way through college in the 70s selling posters to tourists at SF Fisherman’s wharf. That Perls quote (minus the last line) was a best seller.
wildflowerose said, 4 months ago

whoops! should have done asterix instead of pound!
ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

Hooray for Nat! Apparently, he’s learned that you can control dreams once you realize they aren’t real. That must be why Tom the Toast tried to bump him off, Nat is the only one who knows it’s just a dream!
BikeNBoatN said, 4 months ago

It’s either a boy or a girl to be named Alexander, with a middle name still under debate the last time she checked in.

Ok, I had thought the name picked was Alexander, which you now confirmed. Since that is usually a male’s name, I assumed, correctly or incorrectly, that Lisa was having a boy. Regardless, congrats are in order!
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

What Lisa said was that she was having (or, more precisely, going in for) her caesarian today–so I’m not sure Alexander has made his appearance just yet….
BikeNBoatN said, 4 months ago

Nat’s hat is as indestructible and un-losable as Indiana Jone’s fedora.
ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

Okay, here’s a theory (if you’ll bear with me):

Last time we played the “Win or Die” game, Dru didn’t get seriously peeved until Tom involved Pib, then she went absolutely ballistic and gave Tom his, ahem, makeover.

Now Tom has a grudge against Pib for getting away and he knows that Dru’s weakness is her friends. Geoff is the soft spot for both girls and Geoff is mortal - therefore easy to kill. So in his attempt to get Dru, Pib, and Geoff he accidentally grabbed Nat instead. Since Nat is already a fictional characature, he doesn’t have an alter-ego (he is the alter-ego) and therefore knows who everyone is and can wreck the game.

So who wants to bet that what Tom the Toast really wants is to lure Geoff into the game because humans are a lot more fragile than demons and faries, if he has Geoff Dru and Pib will do anything he wants?
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

ejcapulet, you’re thinking too hard! It hurts my head, for I am but a bear of little brain (to quote a literary favorite of mine).
fear-ciuil said, 4 months ago

Ooh … purty light show goin’ on outside … oops, lightning! G’night, now!
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

Our page shows the sun in panel 3, but I sign off for tonight with CCR “Bad Moon Rising”: http://tinyurl.com/dl8sjs
pittfall said, 4 months ago

@ejcapulet: I think you might be on to something. I also think that Geoff and Nat are going to be meeting up in the near future.
skeezix47 said, 4 months ago

Re: 9CWL — Monty, you just had to ask, didn’t you?
macFicheallaigh said, 4 months ago

Nat takes hold of his dream, walks on water and lights a dry cigarette, after swimming to the surface. In the meantime, Dru, Oog, and Pib are caught up in the hell of thinking there is no choice. Dru snapped out of it once, is she going to do it again?
BikeNBoatN said, 4 months ago

9CL: Ooo, Sister Caligula!
moosegirl said, 4 months ago

Sisyphos
Nice reply to ejcapulet: A.A. Milne - Winnie the Pooh. Correct me if I’m wrong. I try to remember it when there’s a tendency to “overthink” something.

ej
I might agree with your theory, but I get the impression that Tom T. is so focused on Dru that he’s using her friends more to distract her than control her.

Anybody else think that the smoke demon that grabbed Ognat, Rocco who shot Nat, and Tom T. are the same. Just a guess judging by the toothy grins on each.
ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

Sorry, Sisyphos, thinking too much is one of my greatest tallents!
The Old Wolf said, 4 months ago

9CWL

w00t!

Sister Steven 1, God 0. I love it - what a hoot!

@MatthewJB You missed the episode where Juliette has a panic attack in class. Frustrated with the healthcare providers’ incompetence, she rips the chest hair out of an attending physician.

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A fantastic saga of adventure both high and low, of forbidden passion and iambic pentameter, of fays, fools, organists, demons, accordions, heaven, hell and Shakespeare, Pibgorn follows the whims and flights of its eponymous fairy heroine as she plies her conviction that there must be more to life than depositing dew drops on dandelions and sleeping under mushrooms.

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