Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 3 months ago

At least Congress got as far as forming a committee…
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Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Dru is still coughing up a lot of whatever that black spiky stuff is! Mojo? Poison of some sort? Does it “power” the volcano?
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

So it looks like Dru is still giving off energy bundles for TT to steal. Since we’ve seen this coloring technique earlier, Dru’s outline is discernible. But the sketch still makes it a lot clearer to see.

9CL: So, Monty was testing everyone. Is Diane the only one who passed?
fear-ciuil said, 3 months ago

A few changes in wording from the sketch, and the … uh, kina, or whatever they are, are swirling the other way in the lower-right panel.
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Wonder what the significance is of the vortex in the bottom panel? Mojo going to TT? Lava going to the volcano?
Fly Guy said, 3 months ago

Re, the swirly spikies are you looking from the top or bottom?
Or, from the inside or outside?
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

If Dru is giving off “elemental quanta,” perhaps they enable the volcano as well as regenerate terrible TommyT?
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Oh! the suspense is building. I have know idea what will happen next.
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

“Formed a commitee” ha ha ha ha ha, I think HM knows about the way the government works!
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

MargueritemGenius said, 4 committees ago

At least Congress got as far as forming a committee…
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…and will now adjourn for the month long vay-cay.
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Is kina from Dru like manna from heaven ? Swirly mojo.
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

Oooooh! Pretty butterflies!
OldMan Montgomery said, 3 months ago

I think that spiral is the deep into the Earth action. We on the outside know this is no ordinary volcano.

Congress has formed a committee? How ground breaking. (Was that a pun?)

I’m thinking somehow, Dru is the power behind all this. Consciously or not is the question - I’m betting not.

“Elemental Quanta”? That’ll put the Cosmology crowd in a tizzy.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

UncaAlby! Now take your calmative!

–Don’t worry; he’s harmless. Every family has an uncle like that….
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

I don’t recall if we’ve seen this particular Very Serious blond anchorman for chn. 42 before?
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

9CWL Sweet. Just delightful.

Pib:

Red grapes and fresh mozarella di bufala for the late-night crowd…
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

@All:

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Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Hmmmm! Those sound tasty, Old Wolf!
ChukLitl said, 3 months ago

Sisyphos, I’m the “uncle like that” of my family.

Does anyone else think today’s lady looks more like Pib?
Maybe she’s sucking the bad mojo from Dru.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

TODAY IS TRIPE APPRECIATION DAY

mmm. Gotta love that tasty stomach lining.
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

Waycyber: I’ll appreciate tripe in its natural habitat, thanks.
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

Actually, that is fairly decisive. Our Canadian government would have just about gotten as far as blaming Her Majesty’s loyal opposition for the volcano. There’d also be talk of a discussion in Cabinet to decide if Parliament should be asked to vote on whether to debate the formation of a committee to put together a study group that would look into the volcano, so to speak, and report back to the Prime Minister. Then the whole thing would be buried in Pariamentary committees until the next election, when it would quietly die and not be heard of again until the Prime Minister’s former aide writes an autobiography.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Ladywolf You certainly write a wide range of stories, I am looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

WASTELAND

Part Three
Baeleron

The demon and I stood outside the gates of Baeleron. The problem was how to make the demon appear to look like a normal human. ” There is only one way that I can appear like a human, but you won’t like the answer “. The demon said to me in a low voice. ” We have no other alternatives at the moment, so what is it that you suggest “? I asked him looking determined to succeed at all cost.

” I need to drink your blood, with your DNA i’ll be able to become human like “. Said the demon showing me his razor sharp teeth. He was right I didn’t like the answer, but we had no options at all. I took out my dagger and cut into my arm. ” Do it now before I change my mind “. I said holding my arm out to him.

He took my arm and began drinking the warm blood. Almost immediately his form began to change, appearing more human like now, instead of demon. The demon turned human reached into my pack and took out some clothing for him and bandaged up the wound on my arm.

We were now ready to enter Baeleron. We reached the gates, stated our business and were let in. We walked to the Baeleron Pub and took our seats at a table in the back.

Before long the demon and I were joined by two hooded figures. They removed there hoods revealing a monk and his apprentice , an orphan teenage girl named Tara. The monk looked at me with curiosity then shook my hand.
” So you are the chosen one, who must carry the burden of restoring this world before it completely dies “. The monk said as he reached into his pocket for something. He took out a bottle and handed it to me with instructions on what I was to do.

” You are to travel to the land of Shale, that is where the poisoning of our world began “. The monk said and continued on with his instructions. ” Once there you must climb a volcano and pour into it,the holy water that is in the bottle “. The monk finished his instructions and got up to leave. Tara got up to follow, but first handed me a necklace with a cross on it. ” Believe in faith, and it will guide and protect you “. She said and followed the monk out the door.

The demon in his human form and I ordered our meal and drinks. We ate and drank, then paid our bill and a room for the night. I decided to turn in for the night, and the demon decided to explore Baeleron for awhile. I told him to have fun, and hit the bed asleep in seconds.

The next thing I know the demon came running in, waking me up after only a few hours of sleep. ” We have to leave now, because we are in danger “. The demon said in a frantic state of impatience. ” The shades are coming ” . That was all he would say as he grabbed my arm and rushed out the door. TO BE CONTINUED.

……………………………………………………………………………………………..

Oh my! Will you look at that, Three parts finished and we’re still going strong. Tune in tomorrow night as our story continues.
AliKzam said, 3 months ago

The last line makes me think of the near-end of “Life of Brian”.
“It’s happening, Reg! Something’s finally happening!”
Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

From yesterday:

QUIZ TIME

What will we see tonight?

9CWL:
.1. New story arc.
.2. Final confrontation with Monty.
.3. Monty and Diane find the clothes.
.4. Amos finds the clothes. Monty takes credit.
.5. Lighning strikes. Monty is GONE!

Pibgorn:
.1. Question Round Three.
.2. A woman whistled. A shot rang out! Demon blood flowed.
.3. Pib/Oognat revive and attack!
.4. Geoff/Pib/Maurice.
.5. Lightning strikes. Monty appears!
.6. Bravely Bold Sir Robin, rode forth from Camelot.
.7. He was not afraid to die. Oh! Brave Sir Robin!
.8. He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways.
.9. Brave, brave, brave, Brave Sir Robin.

Oh, well. I forgot about the volcano. Shame on me.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

All this writing is making me kind of hungry.
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

Let us all give thanks we’re facing the “bummer desk” guy rather than Sweaty Betty and all her teeth (shudder).
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

@Waycyber In celebration of the day, I shall consume some callos
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

I must bid you all a good night now, My bed is calling me to make a journey into slumber land. Nightie night all.
fear-ciuil said, 3 months ago

@Old Wolf, just keep the jalapeños away from the skwurls … it seems they don’t care for that jalapeño kick.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Yup, ejcapulet, better the Blond Guy than Sweaty Betty!

ladywolf17, the plot thickens!

fear-ciuil, –or reserve the preserve to punish the misbehaving squirrels (is that an oxymoron?)!
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

Old Wolf I read your whole “Banquet From Hell” page. And you’re right about durains, they’re in all supermarkets over here, but most people here will tell you they’re only good if they - seriously - smell like a corpse. If they get too ripe they split and a broken over-ripe durain can clear the floor of a supermarket faster than a fire! After reading your blurb, I think I might try one.

I have to agree with you on Vegimite, saurkraut, lutefisk, and kimchi (I’m just dying to try gamalost). But neither I, nor anyone I know, would touch sülze, surströmming, or beuschel if you paid us. But, being Germans, everyone in my family thinks Austrians, Swedes, and Norwegians are insane anyway.
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

Speaking of strange foods, perhaps this is what happens when a demon is sick to her stomach.
Johanan Rakkav said, 3 months ago

LadyWolf, maybe you should post on Triond.com, earn some small change, and let the wider world (like myself, who is also there) follow your story lines.
geedub said, 3 months ago

I HATE sand burrs!
Mashallaharabians said, 3 months ago

9 CWL: We never did see the full Monty.
Colt9033 said, 3 months ago

Well, it looks like Dru is taking in those sea urchins as if they were vassels of information.

Maybe this volcano thing is big thing about her evolving into something new or different.
JosephR4570 said, 3 months ago

“A committee is the only form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.” -Lazurus Long
jamodio said, 3 months ago

Hmmm… Dru is hawking up hairballs? How feline.
Or are they Tribbles? or is OOgnat involved?
Stay tuned to this channel…..
DriverEd said, 3 months ago

Remember that Dru’s coloring changed after the merging with Spitcock. Perhaps this black stuff is /his/ mojo that’s being reclaimed by Tom.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

The big question is, are the spikies entering or leaving Dru? I cannot shake a possible Spitcock connection.
paciii said, 3 months ago

ChukLitl said, about 5 hours ago
Does anyone else think today’s lady looks more like Pib?
Maybe she’s sucking the bad mojo from Dru.

Good theory, but that’s Dru’s nose and ears. I’m wondering what they have to do with the “mind melds” that she had w/Nat. Maybe she learned something, or he’s doing something with/through her to counteract the sparkly trails. I did notice that there’s no sparkly trail stuff coming out of her mouth, but plenty in the panel two vortex, like the fuzzies are tracking them back to their source?

Wonder if we’re about to get an update from Ed and Bill about the underground developments…
Dry said, 3 months ago

Brooke, the artwork today is outstanding! Beautiful job!
prasrinivara said, 3 months ago

Exactly the “bold decisive response” which would be expected from Congress (or Canadian/British/Indian equivalents, Parliament)!
Brian said, 3 months ago

Hmmm, is this a continuity issue? This looks like it belongs to the strip two or three days ago. Dru usually has to miss an answer to get punished.
inshadowz said, 3 months ago

ToniAnne said yesterday: I’m going to be coming up to Me … I know I’ll be based in Norway …

Ok, way to make me choke on my Earl Grey in surprise, as in “hey! another Couchie coming to my neck of the woods?” (I quite enjoyed meeting up with The Old Wolf in November last year), and then it turns out you’re talking about quite a different Norway … *sigh*

Apparently (after a brief search for norway, usa at maps.google.com) there are ten Norways in the United States, and although there is one in ME, there’s no me in it. The main Norway is not in Maine. In fact, I’m sitting about 5430 km (3374 miles) away, so it should be quite safe ;-)

Lutefisk, anyone?
waycyber said, 3 months ago

@inshadowz A friend of mine became a tour guide in Norway. He drove small groups of people around in his Fjord Escort.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Hey, what if those black things are baby demons
Moe A. said, 3 months ago

OldWolf spake thus: “Red grapes and fresh mozarella di bufala for the late-night crowd…”
Wait man, you must save some for the morning dudes and dudettes. I’m thinkin’ leftovers.
WayCyber, you may indeed have something there (think back on Borgia Cantus, not to mention that Tom T. still has a mad-on). Still, I’m kinda partial to my uni theory from yesterday.
Enjoy the day, all!
-MOE h.o.s.