Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 3 months ago

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Margueritem said, 3 months ago

The picture of Dru more than makes up for the lack of the next installment.
Radical-Knight said, 3 months ago

Well, All right, all is forgiven….Welcome back.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

How can we not!!
pittfall said, 3 months ago

NOOOOOOO!!
wildflowerose said, 3 months ago

Brooke really knows what we need as “methadone”, doesn’t he?

9CWL: Busted!
Radical-Knight said, 3 months ago

The Boilerplate has been reshaped, remolded, reorganized, reshuffled and streamlined until it looks very proper and nicely cultured.

Very nice indeed.
Ma'at said, 3 months ago

Nice airbrushing, and use of red. My guess is we’ll see how Dru handles Tom tomorrow.
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

MargueritemGenius said,

In a private E.
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Aaaahh.

What nice jugs you have Marg. I go to your profile a lot now to get a better view.
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From right before turnover:

Gweedo Murray said,

9Cwl- Wii iz qwitz ?
Oh well…. back to the cubicle for this knave. He deserves everything Dogbert© and Catbert© do to him.
pittfall said, 3 months ago

Sorry, knee jerk reaction. All good things are worth waiting for.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

(repost)

Order of the Couch,
while we send our bundled Best Wishes to Honorable Master, I present a proposition for disputation–

Drusilla in Black Plumage is:
even more beautiful than in Red & Black;
less beautiful than in Red & Black;
as beautiful as in Red & Black;
so beautiful, who notices her plumage?
DGooseE said, 3 months ago

Welcome home, Master McEld. Glad you are home safely and hope Comic Com recharged your batteries. We await Pib developments with reverent anticipation.

(Couldn’t help the 9cwl reference- You go, Thorax!!!) Didn’t see THAT coming!
fear-ciuil said, 3 months ago

Thanks, Radical-Knight, and Gweedo, for your kind words about the “boilerplate.”
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

Your welcome fear- c...
hawgowar said, 3 months ago

For that picture of Dru, I would forgive you armed robbery of nuns.
Ma'at said, 3 months ago

9CL
Oh LORD! (or not…). Gabriel has left the building… Monty has been downgraded to Morty, dull pickle plucker and part-time Walmart greeter. Morty - hand in your suit and here’s your sign!

Okay -definity going to sleep now, I’m getting silly!
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

Re Sisyphos proposition.
Hmmm…(+) red or black ? Am I feeling Gothic or horny, dictates my color preference.

(+) ….. indicates prego-pause, despite having a different, actual meaning due to my interpreting it that way from many Bob Crumb stories. I probably misinterpreted his use as well. Oh well………. (there I go again)
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Drusilla covers for everything! –Just like a succubus! I am of the opinion that she has invaded the dreams of all the male OTCers, and may distract the females, too!
desertdwlr said, 3 months ago

Welllllllllllllllllllllllll ok ———–only because you left such a DEE-lishous Dru pic ———– ;-Þ
Margueritem said, 3 months ago

Gweedo, there’s more ‘jugs’ in storage…
rumball said, 3 months ago

homina homina homina!!!!!
Basqueian said, 3 months ago

Dang, I was there every day but Saturday, and I missed you? Arggghh!
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Wonderful picture of Drusilla!

Brooke, I hope your “delays” were not too unpleasant, and not of the airline-related type. Although knowing the current state of our airlines, it would not surprise me if they were. Hope you made it back safely.

9CL: Monty, you’re busted!
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

MargueritemGenius said,

Gweedo, there’s more ‘jugs’ in storage…
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Of the Dru variety, I hope.
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

HORRORS!!

Well, I guess it’s back to the street corner with my cup.
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

FORGIVEN!

As if we need to forgive you, sir. Thank you for such a wonderful comic, so reliably delivered. I don’t know, and don’t need to know, how much you actually make from Pibgorn, but it can’t result in as much money for you as it does in satisfaction for us, your loyal and understanding, if slightly desperate, and definitely warped, readers and fans.

Besides, as you undoubtedly know, a picture of Dru looking like that will cause any sentient male and many sentient females to forget the um, plot? and make us just stare insatiably at her beauty.

On the other hand, sir, this plot better start makin’ sense soon, or I might be forced to come over there and stare up at you with sad eyes until it does!

That IS a thweat, so be vewy afwaid.
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

What’s sentience got ta do with it !
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Duty calls!

THE LITTLE DOG
(Part Two)

The strong river currents carried little Susie further away from her camp site. She struggled to stay afloat with every ounce of strength ans will she had, but she was getting tired fast.

Back at the camp Susie’s parents alerted the camp ground forest rangers. Susie’s mother handed the rangers a photograph of her daughter and a piece of clothing for the dogs to get Susie’s scent. The search was about to begin.

An unconscious Susie washed up to the shoreline. She was awakened by the licks of a small dog. “Doggy, what are you doing here”? Susie recognize the small dog from the gas station. She was happy that she wasn’t alone.

” My arm hurts. I think it’s broken”. Susie said tears welling up in her eyes. The little dog understood her and took off to try to find something that could help her.

The little dog came back a short time later with a scarf it had found for Susie. Fortunately for Susie the scarf was tied in a knot. She placed it over her head, then grimacing in pain put her wounded arm in it so that it would be like a sling.

Nightfall had come. The search party continue to search for Susie but had no luck. They came up to the spot where the trail had broken up. It was determined that Susie had fallen into the swift river, so it was not known how far the current would take her, or even if she was still alive. There was nothing more that they could do tonight.

Susie and the little dog took shelter in a crop of trees. She laid down next to the dog and said a silent prayer while looking up at the stars. Then she cried her self to sleep.

TO BE CONTINUED

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Will the search party be able to find Susie? Find out in part three.

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I hope that you all enjoyed part two of THE LITTLE DOG and will be back for part three hopefully tomorrow night.
Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

Delays, delays…

Dare we introduce our new members to the wonders of:

Girl Genius

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

hehe. So much for Monty. Who needs a megalomaniac who can’t do anything he claims to do…
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Truly, this isn’t a complaint or criticism, as I absolutely love Drusilla and today’s drawing. More as a point of interest, it seems that Dru has become more the main character than the strip’s namesake, Pibgorn. Possibly because the character of a succubus can have more development and depth than the character of a woodland fairy.

Dru’s character has definitely evolved a long ways from her rather ambiguous origins in Dec-01 (See the annotated Pib strips from Apr-05 in AmriloJim’s archive).

I, for one, am glad Dru has become a major character. Not that I mind, of course! After all, I have Dru as an avatar instead of Pib!
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

Gweedo: they’d have to be sentient to read the note, wouldn’t they? Anyway, it’s polite to write in full sentiences.

Re 9CL: Does this mean Thorax has just become an atheist?

Red/Black or Silver/Black? Having seen only one silver/black sample, I’d have to say I can’t honestly choose. Time for a second cold shower tonight.
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

ladywolf17 said,

Duty calls!

THE LITTLE DOG
(Part Two)
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I thought a bush or hydrant was calling, then I read the story…
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

ladywolf17: looking forward to Part 3!
SweetPuck said, 3 months ago

S’ok Brooke. The story is great, but ah, the art(work)’s the thing! Traveling itself isn’t harrowing; however, the red tape and people with which one comes in contact…
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

9CL

I kinda feel sorry for ol’ Monty. He probably just lost his only friend in the whole wide world.

So what if he’s not really omni-totus. So nobody’s perfect, right? And who else needs a friend more than the former heavy-weight Champion and Maker of the Universe, huh?

Come on, Thorax, cut the dude some slack. Show him that wormhole in the shed. Talk about old times.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

I kinda feel your sentiment, UncaAlby. Monty may have been a poseur, but he’s a guy who needs a pal, now more than ever. He doesn’t have either a dog or a cat, even….
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

Paciii: I apologize for mistaking the double dactyl form. for over twenty years, I’ve assumed the wrong thing about ‘em. And here I’ve avoided creating them because of that supposition.

And with that inconceivable mistake out of the way, I can now introduce my latest favourite Einstein quote: “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”

Dry-roasted peanuts and s’mores on the coffee table, and ginger ale, ‘cause I like it.
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

The talent of true artists like Brooke absolutely astounds me. Because of traveling delays, he was understandably unable to complete today’s usual Pib installment. So I assume he didn’t have a whole lot of time to draw to his usual high standards. Yet he was still able to whip up the delectable picture of Dru and ask for our forgiveness. Truly, we should be the ones thanking him. So, thanks again, Brooke, for sharing your creations with us.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Honorable Master had to get from San Diego to Maine, probably by way of NYC for the sake of the Snark. I sympathize; I’ve had multiple experience between the San Diego Convention Center and Chicago. It’s more hassle and less fun every time….
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

Saskfan said,

Gweedo: they’d have to be sentient to read the note, wouldn’t they? Anyway, it’s polite to write in full sentiences.

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As Gweedo’s ghost writer I must take objection to that. He doesn’t read the note, he watches the lips move, well, he used to… Now he just watches other moving, jiggling parts.
SirMirom said, 3 months ago

Does anyone else think Brooke’s handwriting is Disneyesque? (the only part of this strip that is!)
Sharch said, 3 months ago

Wow. Dru in black and white. That’s probably the best test-pattern I’ve ever seen. Trusting that the “technical difficulties” will soon be resolved….
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

@ Old Wolf: I add my apologies to you for my misunderstanding of the double dactyl form. No need to be contrary; just tell me I’m wrong! :)

Nice story, Ladywolf!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

I prefer coyotes to wolves, myself. Adaptable, smart, and they’ve actually filled the wolf’s niches in places like the Adirondacks. Nothing man has done- hunting, bounties, poisoning, fur trade, trapping, etc., has decreased the coyote’s numbers. In fact, they’ve taken over the Portland area, thanks to Portland and ODFW doing nothing when they first started moving into the greenways in 1993. It’s quite rare for coyotes to attack cows, too. (I know, I know… the official line about wolves and livestock and all that. As a biologist, I hear the real story. It happens a LOT more often in Idaho and Montana than people are led to believe by our PC media. Same with cougar attacks on people. It’s just that it’s rare for either type of attack to be successful. Cougar attacks average once a week in the western U.S. Thankfully, people rarely get killed.)
ChukLitl said, 3 months ago

Re: Saskfan
favourite Einstein quote: “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
Love it. It’s my argument for “Why go to Mars? Why not use robots?” Robots can only see what they were designed to look for, humans might notice things we can’t imagine.
The first 2 interstellar craft should be named “Magellan” & “Cook” as a reminder that you don’t need to come back to be a great explorer. (Though, you need to at least get word back to be remembered.)
Story Teller said, 3 months ago

Ye gods! I think I just hurt myself!
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Apologies aren’t necessary Brooke, We know that you will deliver and we are thankful for all you do for us to keep us entertained. We remain as your legion of faithful followers, now, and forevermore.
ChukLitl said, 3 months ago

Re:Nabuquduriuzhur
I have cottontails, chipmunks, kangaroo rats, & some other rodent that looks a bit like the average grey alien, & at least 3 varieties of lizard, living in my back yard. Quail & small brown doves are daily visitors. This naturally attracts the occasional predator, owls, coyotes & roadrunners. I’ve never seen a coyote chase a roadrunner. They eat what they can catch or scavenge. The one in the ‘toon was using the wrong bait. Roadrunners don’t eat birdseed. They like rattlesnake. Or lizard or small rodent, whatever they can catch. Picture Speedy Gonzales running from the Roadrunner saying; “Reality TV sux,” & Sylvester the cat responding from the Coyote’s stomach; “Tell me about it.”
Gary Jamison said, 3 months ago

OMG, my daily fix, where is my daily fix. Oh well I will take this picture of Dru in my head