Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 4 months ago

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Margueritem said, 4 months ago

Landing squarely in the middle of the couch after looking at three grinning ninnies, Geoff mourning a frozen Pib, two whoevers in the depths of a volcano, and Oognat about to be inspected by a wolf.
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

We have a summary of events on all fronts, plus a lurking wolf (?).
ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

@Ottodesu

Thanks for dropping in yesterday, I don’t think anyone will take umbrage at your comments; you have a very good point and I’m glad you brought up our conversations getting complicated or metaphysical. First of all, the reason we don’t ever fight or make nasty comments to each other or about the artist is because we’re drawn here by the same thing. Most of us on the couch are writers, artists, or just deeply creative and creative people are drawn to other creative people. Since we have something in common, we all can agree to abide by self-imposed rules. You might notice that the notoriously negative don’t post here.

Second, because we’re all creative, we all get a certain thrill out of creativity and we love to use our imaginations and share information and theories. I really hope that any other lurking (and perhaps less bold) castaways from the brand X shipwreck won’t be intimidated by our discussions on the finer points of German grammar, comparisons between Greek mythology and cartoons, references to snacks that only exist in our very active imaginations, or other flights of fancy. No one needs to feel bad about getting a little lost – there’s a reason why our imaginary couch is called “the Confusion Couch”.

Sorry for the verbosity, everyone.
StradMan37 said, 4 months ago

D@mned gorgeous art work. And, a beauty of a bold wolf overlooks Oognat.

Where are the ladies - 3’s teeth???
I mean, I see the Pepsodent Smiles, but - curiously - the details are missing.
ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

Does this mean Oognat is about to get eaten? I’m sure none of our wolves would eat a hair fairy, but still….
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

What is significant today is that what we see is the “real” status of the players: the Gameshow Manikins, Dru and Nat in the volcano, Geoff and the Pibsicle, and unconscious Oognat with a lurker that looks like a wolf….
UncaAlby said, 4 months ago

WELL

Apparently, we have three dreamers up top –

– one dreamer is really in a volcano, “doing it” with Nat –

– one dreamer is really on a glacier, mostly frozen –

– one dreamer is really in a forest somewhere, about be to told by a wolf just how he doesn’t appreciate all that hair in his eyes –
MurphyHerself said, 4 months ago

The two whoevers in the depths of a volcano are Dru and Nat. Hhmm. I’m with you on the couch:)
StradMan37 said, 4 months ago

“I’ll take ’In Heat’ for $200.”
UncaAlby said, 4 months ago

– and in the meantime, there hasn’t been any discussion about how the good citizens of New York are taking all this volcanic eruption nonsense!

I mean, jeez, when Obama’s plane flew in low for a photo-op, the folks freaked! Just think what they must be doing over having their own Friendly Neighborhood Krakatoa!
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

So this is all one big dream then that Dru, Pib and Oog are trapped in together. Sounds like a scene for Freddy Krueger to join in. Oops! I made a pun, sorry.
Bulverde281 said, 4 months ago

Dreams… Good and bad.
StradMan37 said, 4 months ago

UncaAlby:

As Billy Joel wrote, in Miami 2017:

“We see it all the time, on 42nd Street”………

http://tinyurl.com/bruudl
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

Hey waycyber! Can’t wait to hear more of your stories, I enjoy them very much. Tell me an old one if you want. I know that I haven’t heard them all.
fred.grenouille said, 4 months ago

UncaAlby said,
how the good citizens of New York are taking all this volcanic eruption nonsense!

Unc, you gotta remember they’re New Yorkers: If the world ended tomorrow, they would give it a nod and go on about their business. What’s one little volcano more or less?
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

Yes, indeed, ladywolf17, this is like A Nightmare on Elm Street (or one of the many sequels)–but we hope that all three of the fair ladies will survive!
ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

Yeah, I’m up for one of waycyber’s groaners, too.
ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

Oh, ladywolf how’s your dad holding up?
mjolnir 9 said, 4 months ago

If this is Thursday, it must be ‘set-up’…

It’s an old movie technique. Just before a big action scene, the camera gives you a series of shots of each of the major players…ready to capture the castle/clean out the casino/ conquer the Cardassians…because those shots get the audience focussed and readies them for the fast and furious activity that is to come.

So, just to make sure everybody’s on the same page, the Master has shown us where (almost) everybody is…on the same page (‘almost’ refers ro Nat’s Dreamtime persona, which is - as we know from yesterday - somewhere lost in the Distractions).

I therefore boldly predict (if wrong, I will disavow all knowledge of my actions) that on Friday all H-E-double toothpicks will break loose…maybe even literally.

That’s what I predict.
Yup.
Heard it here first.
Think I’ll go do a Bogie now and a have a lot of Chivas Regal and a pack or two of Chesterfields…
mojitobaby said, 4 months ago

ottodesu, I remember your very succinct defense of Brooke McE and your even more eloquent condemnation of AdamHosk when his sockpuppet tried to justify his actions and post links to his theft on the Luann boards. Your patience in trying to explain the situation to him is commendable, but he fancies himself a kool rebel and not a thief. He just wants to do what he wants and will never understand why he can’t be allowed to do as he likes.

Well said there, and here.
mjolnir 9 said, 4 months ago

Risitas:

“…In Heat for $200”…evilly good…
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

I am put in mind of the manikin meee of the Lords of the Instrumentality by the Gameshow Girls; see Cordwainer Smith, “Under Old Earth,” here: http://tinyurl.com/mwctt5
CoBass said, 4 months ago

@mojitobaby - I always enjoyed your posts on Arlo & Janis, nice to see you here as well. You probably missed it, but over there I asked what day did She Who Shall Not Be Named post her comment to arlo&janis.com? I’d like to read it for the giggles.
waycyber said, 4 months ago

Not a Shaggy Dog this time

The Caterpillar and the Butterfly

Fred was asleep, dreaming caterpillar dreams. He dreamt of eating succulent green leaves, of laying in the sunshine watching the clouds float by. When he woke up, he saw the silk sheet that surrounded him. Slowly, so slowly, he tore it open and eased his body out. Something was wrong. He felt very, very strange. He couldn’t feel all his legs. He looked down. He only had 6 and, instead of the short, stumpy ones that kept him safely attached to the leaves he ate, they were long and thin. His body, too, had changed. Not the comfortable bulk that came from weeks of happy gorging, but slender and graceful. On his back were two wings in beautiful patterns of red and black and white. He stretched out in the heat of the morning sun, his wings spread and, caught in the wind, he flew for the first time.
Fred flew around the garden, but something was wrong. You see, Fred was still thinking like a caterpillar. He settled on a plant and tried to eat some of the leaf, but all he could do was lick it. The wind caught him again and whisked him into the air. So it was, that seeing his good friend Eric on a nearby nasturtium, Fred settled beside him. Now, let me tell you a secret. Butterflies don’t really like caterpillars. Caterpillars crawl on their bellies while butterflies soar through the air. Caterpillars eat rough leaves and stalks, while butterflies feed on the finest nectar from the most exquisite flowers. But Fred was still thinking like a caterpillar.
“Hey, Eric.” He said. His friend turned, not recognising Fred.
“Hey, Eric. It’s me. Fred.”
“Fred? You’re not Fred. Fred is a caterpillar like me. Not a flyer.”
“I tell you I’m Fred. Look, we’ve known each other since we hatched. We did everything together. I’m Fred. You’ve got to believe me.”
“What happened to you then? You certainly don’t look like yourself.”
“I’m not well, Eric. When I woke up this morning I looked like this. I can’t eat leaves anymore. There’s nothing to me. What can I do? I don’t like this. I want my old life back.”
Just then, another butterfly settled on a nearby flower. “What’s wrong, Butterfly?”
“I’m not a butterfly. I’m a caterpillar.”
“Well, you look like a butterfly to me. What’s wrong?”
“I haven’t been able to eat anything. I can’t hold onto leaves like I could. It’s all wrong.”
“But your life as a caterpillar is over. You have changed. You’re a butterfly now. You have to think like one.”
“I’m not a butterfly. I want to eat what I’ve always eaten. I want to be with my friend Eric. I want to be fat and full. I don’t like this.”
“But you can fly now. You couldn’t before. Isn’t that better than crawling? And have you drunk any nectar yet? It’s much better than leaves.”
“I’m a caterpillar. I may look like a butterfly, but I’m a caterpillar.”
For the next few days, Fred followed Eric around but Eric felt uncomfortable with having a butterfly as a friend and after a while the two parted. A number of butterflies tried to talk to Fred, but he sent them away.
Hungry and even thinner, Fred at last tried nectar for the first time. He tasted the sweet, flowery liquid and a thrill went through him. Fred suddenly realised that he was, indeed, a butterfly. He flew into the air out of pure joy and watched the ground fall away beneath him, then rush towards him as he hurtled down to another flower. He danced and tumbled trying a rose here, a tulip there, never getting his fill.
It wasn’t long before Fred forgot about his life as a caterpillar. He was now a butterfly, and would be for the rest of his life.
jml58 said, 4 months ago

Waycyber, that was a very good story.
gimmickgenius said, 4 months ago

I’m not sure if the wolf is menacing Oognat or guarding her…?
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

Panel 4, with Oognat, calls to mind the paintings of Henri Rousseau, particularly The Sleeping Gypsy and The Dream:
http://tinyurl.com/nl4q3k
http://tinyurl.com/no7x38
The Old Wolf said, 4 months ago

@Sysyphos Mogg’s silken tailtuft! You ninjaed me on that reference by 3 minutes. yarg snarl snap yarg
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

Ha! Gotcha, Old Wolf!
The Old Wolf said, 4 months ago

9CWL I Yam what I Yam… Monty should know better than to take on a Catholic school principal… after all, He made them… :^)
Fly Guy said, 4 months ago

I’ll take things that can frost your b..utt for $100.
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

My dad’s is fine his mind is at peace and he has switched to a variety of fruit drinks. Did you know that he Made me poor out all of the alcohol down the sink. While he wasn’t looking I got in a little bit of taste of the beer, and EEEEWWWW!!!!! gross How in the world do you men like the taste of beer, it is nasty. I’m glad my dad told me to pour it all down the sink.
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

I’m glad wolfbyte36 is doing well. So are you, ladywolf17!
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

That was beautiful waycyber . Did you know that i’ve been working on a story for a cousin of mine. She challenged me to a story writing contest. All she writes about is Naruto Manga stuff , now me I’m a little bit more creative and will often do research on something before I write.
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

Well’ good night all, It’s been a pleasure talking to you all, but now I’m going to turn in for the night and let my dad take over the computer.
BikeNBoatN said, 4 months ago

The sketch makes panels 2 and 4 much clearer.
So now we at least know where most of the major players are. Where’s Nat and Maurice? And what do we make of the new player–the big bad wolf? Is this the smoke monster?

9CL: Ah, the withering glare of guilt. Sister Stevens and Gran Burber have that down to a science.
Fly Guy said, 4 months ago

@ladywolf17, Not all beer tastes bad, just most of the popular american brews.

Just like fine wine, some beers can be ‘fruity’ or ‘wheaty’ (think of a newly mowed farm field) or ‘floral’.

They might be pleasantly mild or unpleasantly robust.

Or vice versa.
zorchon said, 4 months ago

Ummm … I’ve just been couched, and here I stay. WHat’s Going on???
-But then I read the comments… and I think gimmickgenious has got it!!! As active as drue looks, she’s stuck in her dream, and in that way, asleep.
MY CONCLUSION: there’s three sleeping beauties and the three men who are watching over them. Protecting them. (But I think Nat’s job of accompanying dru while she “dreams” would be most fun.)

but I Still don’t have the slightest clue where this is going. It’s just a nice symmetry to the artwork.
The Old Wolf said, 4 months ago

@zorchon Neither do the rest of us, make yourself at home and have some smoked oyster canapés. We make all these high-falutin’ pronouncements about what the Master means and where he’s going, but it’s all stuff and blather. Craic, they call it in Ireland. Welcome to the padded cell!
zorchon said, 4 months ago

old wolf I haven’t said so yet, but bravo: I applaud your strength. (And how’s the fence? -not to mention your back and other possibly sore muscles)
Uncle-A I was glad to see you back in the forum! Then worried to see you responding to Bridge Substructure Symbiont (Regardless of how right you are, your arguing with fools is one of the things that led to us being deprived of your company for so long. How is the missus doing?)
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago

So they are all having a common dream… must be magic. Had to copy the image and wash it through Paint Shop Pro to see the wolf silhouette clearly. Drat NVIDIA! It makes some images too bleeep dark, while leaving most of them OK.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago

Oysters? I like what Jack Elam said about them on some program. “You know, they look like something someone snorted out of their nose, but they taste OK.”
wolfbyte36 said, 4 months ago

HHHHHHOOOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wolfbyte36 has arrived. It’s stranged now that i’m staying sober I seem to be getting more energetic now, with the exception of yesterday working on the barb wire fence. I was so exhausted yesterday that, I must have slept a good twelve hours. Oh! I’ve read ladywolf’s story, she bases it off the Underworld movies but totally changes it in a rather unique way adding her own style and turning it into an adventure fantasy. I can tell you all that her cousin is going to be totally blown away. She totally replaces all of the movie characters and adds her own. She created several villages and kingdoms and calls it underworld territories. Well I don’t want to make her mad by spoiling her story. I got to tell you though that her story may even live up to Pibgorn type standards. Hey is that Dru having a little fun in the lava there. She’s such a naughty girl.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago

што это craic? Передитий пожолсто.
zorchon said, 4 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur Schto ette Craic? It’s listed in Wikipedia as “goofing off” -specifically at the table. But I couldn’t find an entry in Russian.
-Par Jauste.
waycyber said, 4 months ago

@jml58, @ladywolf17

Thank you for your appreciation. I am working on some new stuff which I hope to have ready soon.
waycyber said, 4 months ago

Starlings, blue tits and other wild birds come to my bird feeder. Do birds like rooks go to a crowbar? (That one just hit me).
cdward said, 4 months ago

I keep returning to the panel with Dru and Nat. Even if they are all dreaming, Dru and Nat are active (duh) which seems to mean .. something. But let me tell you, if I had to choose between being Geoff, Nat or the wolf, I’m thinking Nat.
The Old Wolf said, 4 months ago

>што это craic? Передитий пожолсто.

Craic is a gaelic word with no precise translation, similar to Gemütlichkeit. It roughly means “fun”, but can refer to good music, good chat, good times with friends, good hauling of ashes, etc. People go to the pub for good drink and craic.

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