Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 3 months ago

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Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

From yesterday

Quiz Time

What will we see tonight?

9CWL:
.1. One last installment of the Monty and the Baby.
.2. New arc with Diane and Francis.
.3. New arc with Seth and Mark.
.4. New arc with Amos and Edda.
.5. New arc with Juliette and Elliott.
.6. New arc with Thorax and Fleurrie Spocket.
.7. Mix and Match(up to three characters).
.8. None of the above.

Pibgorn:
.1. Fire and water.
.2. A word from our sponsor.
.3. The Lightning Round!
.4. Krakatoa, East of Central Park!
.5. Oognat and Wolf.
.6. Geoff/Pib/Maurice
.7. Nat Bustard, Gat for Hire.
.8. Say the Magic Word and the duck falls down.
.9. One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas.
.10. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.*
.11. If I hold you any closer, I’ll be in back of you.
.12. Whatever it is, I’m against it.

*.10. Before you argue that it’s: “I’ll never know.” watch The Cocoanuts.
Margueritem said, 3 months ago

Oh ho, Lena and the gang are back! I was hoping that they’d make another appearance.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

As the magical lava interfaces with the the magicked minotaur, we see the Egg Family again (except for Igor: what might he be up to?!)….

Yay!

Make that YAY!
TennesseeD said, 3 months ago

What??!! Is this some kind of carryover from the last story arc? That never did end cleanly – and there was that big explosion that Dru was a part of…
gimmickgenius said, 3 months ago

Poor Roger and Satori! Stuck in an endless “Do Loop!”
paciii said, 3 months ago

And here comes the cavalry!!!
‘<<< (yeah Igor!!)
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Lena, Roger, Satori, Igor (?): just the gang to save the day!
MoonsingerFan said, 3 months ago

Well, I wasn’t expecting this turn of events! I’m glad we got all these lovely folks from the last arc back, but where are Geoff and Pibby? I’m still worried about the Pibsicle’s future.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

And if Dru’s little red dress got any littler than today, the nannybots would be in a tizzy!
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

paciii, I’m delighted to see the old avatar-guy back!
pittfall said, 3 months ago

I’m confused. What is that in the penultimate panel? Is that part of the volcano behind the computer screen?
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

Oh my stars and garters! Now that’s an unexpected turn of events… and entirely delightful.

9CWL Oh, Amos… you’re putting your foot in it again…
paciii said, 3 months ago

Sisyphos said, 3 minutes ago
paciii, I’m delighted to see the old avatar-guy back!

(thought you would!! [grin])
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

Sisyphos said, 5 flushes ago

Gweedo, just reach into the tank and flush by hand (I had to do that for a while until the plumber came)!
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Am I floating through space wearing this thing ?

Igor must be having a honey of a time scrambling with Mrs. Egg. She has the good sense not to go in Roger’s room. Smart lady.
MurphyHerself said, 3 months ago

I’m really too tired to think tonight, but is Dru somehow summoning them? Who’s Igor?
jimbo1949 said, 3 months ago

Hey Joe,
Captain Spalding shot that elephant in Animal Crackers, not Cocoanuts.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Yes, pittfall, that’s lava from the volcano pouring in through the window of the Egg house (–though how the lava got that far–into the open suburbs–that fast, I cannot say)!
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

*PS* I don’t think I’ve ever seen Tom look quite so demonic…
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Chappaquiddick!! It’s arc merging time!
baslim_the_begger said, 3 months ago

pittfall it would appear so.

lovely colors in the ground cover…
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Today is The Day of The Superfluous Panda!

To celebrate, us the word “panda” as often as you can in normal conversation.
DryGrub Willie said, 3 months ago

Sis – Is that the window of the Egg house, or the door of SpitValve’s la-BORE-atory???
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Lena, Roger Hi-Ho, Igor Away!

Just pandaing to fans of a certain masked man.
azrach said, 3 months ago

this is not a dumb act, I really am drawing a blank … who is it that we are seeing the back of the head of (is that grammaticly correct?)in the last panel?
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

Ohhhkay. WHile I didn’t expect anything in particular, and wasn’t trying to guess what would happen today, this IS a surprise!

And I note a change in dialogue from the sketch, AND a change in Tom - or rather a certain LACK of change in the final art.

Yup, it’s a cliffhanger, and the suspense is gonna kill me.

To counteract all those delicious calories, I have a huge spinach salad, with walnuts, mandarin orange segments and an olive oil/walnut oil mix for dressing. And I’m not making light of nut allergies, but this salad’s walnuts are magically free of the allergens that bug people.

Well, it’s a magical, escherian place; in here, allergy-free walnuts COULD happen!

Oh look, there’s a flock of pigs flying out of Saskatchewan; the Canadian Premiers’ conference must have broken up early.
CoBass said, 3 months ago

@azrach: Lena, Roger’s younger sister.
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

Waycyber: That’s silly. I refuse to panda to your every suggestion.
azrach said, 3 months ago

CoBass … thank you

incidently. lookit how Tom T. has regenerated …. looking forward to seeing Dru mess that up.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

DryGrub Willie, ya’ know, you could be right! Spinky’s humanoid place was in the city!
debra4life50 said, 3 months ago

There it is!! That’s it!!!
IGOR IS BEHIND ALL THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

–I’ll have to panda (think hard/Boston accent) that for a while….
debra4life50 said, 3 months ago

Why aren’t Roger and Satori doing the humina humina by now?
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

9CWL: Oh, Amos! You don’t need to be jealous of Seth. You’ve already caught the girl. Stop causing needless arguments!

I hope Edda can sit him down and talk quiet, calm sense into the boy.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Saskfan, that salad sounds light and tasty, and we’re heading into a hot spell here over the next few days, so that would be just right!
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Whoa! Sure didn’t see that one coming. Roger, Satori, and Lena? Now we can see how that arc all ends up.

So does this mean Dru is going to recruit them to help out in gameland? But I’m still wondering about Pib, Geoff and Oognat outside.
Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

Re: The Egg children.
I think we are seeing the continuation of the scene in which Lena interrupts Roger and “Pixel Patty”(Satori).

Who knows what the time ratio is between real life and the game.

Nice cliff hanger this weekend!
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Can’t help tarrying over Dru’s little red remnant in panel 4….
My word! Is no one else, errh, bothered by this?
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

9CWL: Amos is upset that Edda would even try to tempt Seth, even if failure was a foregone conclusion. Even a good man can feel jealousy when his beloved flirts with another!
waycyber said, 3 months ago

I was thinking a while back, I could do with a couple of eggs.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Prepare for Pandamonium!
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

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fatuncle said, 3 months ago

Great howling hoppytoads! I didn’t expect this!

So this arc isn’t a new one - it’s just another chapter in the Lena the Horrible arc!

Next question: What happens if the Eggs are still inside Suzerain (that’s the name of the computer program that is creating the virtual world Roger and Lena and Satori are inhabiting, for those newbies among us) when the computer is swamped by lava? does the program stop as the computer is destroyed, killing Satori? or is the second set of computers and the portal it maintains - Spitcock’s - still up and running? I seem to remember Roger taking a baseball bat to the lot of them.

What happens if the Eggs try to portal back to “reality” with the room full of lava?

And, yes, what is Igor up to?
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ChukLitl said, 3 months ago

For someone who looked totally burned out when last seen, she swoops nicely.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

They have the urge. Definition of urge? To egg on.
FlyinHeavy said, 3 months ago

I wonder why Mister Codpiece Model wasn’t having a Dru powered hole shot in him in the final like he was in the sketch. The do-it-yourself bleeep comment makes a little more sense that way.