Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 3 months ago

Aw, poor Dru is crying. A succubus’s tears are quite precious. Nat has pulled through, or so it appears.
Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

As i just said “yesterday” - does this solve the “Dru loves Geoff” problem?
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

I can’t wait for Nat’s vocabulary to return to normal!

I OD’d on Sharespearian lingo back in the “Midsummer” arc.

… eh …

“Normal” for Nat, anyway.

(didn’t he get his own movie? “Inglourious Bustard”, right?)
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

You should know Nat’s just as immortal as you are, Drusilla. But it sure is interesting to see the soft heart come out…
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

Today’s XKCD is a scream if you happen to be a programmer… XP
Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

QUIZ TIME for Monday
What did we see tonight?

9 Chickweed Lane:
.1. More fun with Seth, Mark, and Edda’s bottom.
.2. Amos is talking to Edda, then asks Seth a question. Seth turns and…
.3. Edda agrees to the “No Shoes” policy and is let down.
.4. Edda refuses. Seth pulls off her shoes and lets Solange do the rest.
.5. Not necessarily in that order.
.6. …And now for something completely different.

Pibgorn:
.1. Dru falls into Nat’s arms.
.2. Dru wakes up in the volcano with Nat.
.3. Only the Fedora.
.4. Igor to the rescue!
.5. Geoff and Maurice wake up to find Pibgorn is thawed.
.6. Oognat waken by the wolf.
.7. The Egg Children: “Portal? What Portal?”
.8. The Hollow Knight returns.
.9. Satori: “Kill the Evil Queen!”
.10. On the corner is a rebel with a scimitar,
.11. The little children laugh at her behind her back.
.12. And Satori remembers getting whacked
.13. By a flying Dru, what is she to do.
.14. Suzerain is in my ears and in my eyes.
.15. There, black and blue, Spitcock lies, Suzerain.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

This is a touching moment in the story arc. Tom T. is in big trouble now.
TennesseeD said, 3 months ago

OK, this one wasn’t in the “How to Pick Up Girls” course…
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

So, did Nat in fact shoot himself (just not quite as explicitly as we were expecting)? Or did the fedora bleed? Or is the blood something else altogether? Apparently, Drusilla thought what she saw was Nat shooting himself: hence, her emotional reactions, “yesterday” and today….
Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

Ummm. I womder what’s going through Luann’s mind… {http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009/8/17&name=Luann}

EDIT: Hmmm. http://tinyurl.com/ppqc47
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Interesting “artist’s note to himself” in panel 1 of the Sketch. I don’t recall seeing that before in Honorable Master’s work….
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

QUIZ TIME for Tuesday

9 Chickweed Lane

Amos shows up, and now Seth has to carry all three of them.
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Maark30 said, 3 months ago

Looks like this was an idea to get a shock to her system and break her free from the dream and Tom T (or whoever is the baddie here) control
Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

Bongo riffs. Of course.
Radical-Knight said, 3 months ago

Nat survived a series of shots telling himself it was a dream, and proved it again here.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Does the silhouetted near-kiss come before or after Nat’s Shakespearean riff?
debra4life50 said, 3 months ago

Can’t keep a good demon down!!!!!!!!!!!

Fairportfan said,
As i just said “yesterday” - does this solve the “Dru loves Geoff” problem?

I think that Dru is still very much in love with Geoff, but has the major hots for fellow demon Nat.
jml58 said, 3 months ago

Nat can´t be hurt by a bullet through the head.
there is nothing vital there.
Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

Well, what i meant is, if she falls out of love with Geoff, will her love for Nat save Geoff and Pib from the foretold betiding of woe?

EDIT: The kiss must come after Nat’s line, because he’s just pushing his hat that was over his face back as he says it, and it’s tipped back for the kiss.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Aaaaah Sweet!
waycyber said, 3 months ago

And today is

International Tool Day

Being, as it is, the birthday of the wrench
lincolnhyde said, 3 months ago

OK, as usual, I was wrong - I insisted that Nat shot only the hat - three stripes with a wet noodle for me.

However, I do think that I was right in saying that he did what he did to snap Dru out of her dream (of which she was already halfway out), and remind her, as several people have pointed out, that hell’s power is in making you think that you have no choice.

Edit: Yes, the bottom panel with the kiss is the last panel; otherwise, as Fairportfan points out, continuity fails.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

It may have been a bit of a MacGuffin, but Nat’s fedora at least certainly has admirable homing technology!
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Yes, Dru’s involvement with Nat definitely brings Geoff and Pib’s continued existence into question.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

It was only a flesh wound, babe!
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

@Fairportfan

>Ummm. I womder what’s going through Luann’s mind…

Well. Over the last little while, the Toni/Brad arc has basically unchained the whole issue of sexuality, and it’s infecting the other characters including Bernice and Luann herself. It appears that Greg is deliberately bringing the issue to the foreground - Mogg knows it’s taken him long enough.

Anything having to do with Tiffany before this was just hot air and bravado, but now that Brad’s old enough and mature enough to be in a committed relationship, and the rest of the cast are old enough that if they were real teens, at least some of them would be boinking each other on a regular basis, it would - at least to me - seem disingenuous if a strip that has dealt with subjects like one’s first period, cancer and date rape would shy away from the fact that kids and young adults think about sex.

The Comics Curmudgeon appears to be quite squicked out about this development, but to me that’s just an indication that he doesn’t get what Greg is about. I think it’s a charming development and adds another level of depth to the strip.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

EC Nina has discovered an interest other than chocolate
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Somehow, this seems appropriate:

http://www.waycyber.com/scurrymuller.html
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

If it’s only a dream, and Nat’s “suicide” shocked Dru back to wakefulness –

– who’s blood is that on the floor?
pittfall said, 3 months ago

If today is international “Tool” day. Does that include the people that I consider to be a “tool”? If so, does that mean we can celebrate by giving them a swift kick in the behind?

I hope this doesn’t mean that Dru fall’s out of love with Geoff, although that would make for an interesting twist in the story.

9CL: What is Seth going to do when somebody else comes over for a visit and doesn’t want to take off their shoes?
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Great Scurry–Muller story, waycyber; but it seems naggingly familiar. Did you ever link to it or post it here before?
Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

Well, remember that Luann almost Gave It Up in a car by the lake some years ago (in our time frame) and Bernice was going at it pretty energetically with Zane when the fire started - so intently that neither of them noticed it till it was well-established.

The Old Wolf said, 10 minutes ago

The Comics Curmudgeon appears to be quite squicked out about this development, but to me that’s just an indication that he doesn’t get what Greg is about. I think it’s a charming development and adds another level of depth to the strip.

Yeah, well, i gave up even trying to read the CC quite some time ago. When he talks about strips i actually know, he seems to be off in left field more often than not.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Okay; time for a confession. Taking off one’s shoes has been a house-rule in the Sisyphos home for as long as I can remember. I believe it was originally my Mom’s concern; she used to be a fanatical cleaner…. I’ve let some things slip a bit since Dad and Mom’s passings, but the “shoes off” rule still applies. (P.S. I’m an only child, so the condo is mine, now.)
Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

waycyber
Don’t forget the link:
http://www.eeriecuties.com/
gimmickgenius said, 3 months ago

At least part of the ‘dream’ Dru was trapped in may have been Nat’s own, referencing his dialogue with “Rocco” (revealed to be Tom T) aboard the Santana. Nat’s breaking the dream by shooting himself in the head echoes Edward Norton’s banishing of his “Tyler Durden” persona in Fight Club. And Nat’s new way of speaking MIGHT mean that this demon’s real personality (whatever that may be) is finally rising through the Bustard persona he’s been trapped in since Borgia Cantus. Hmmm?
waycyber said, 3 months ago

@Sisyphos said, 13 minutes ago
Great Scurry–Muller story, waycyber; but it seems naggingly familiar. Did you ever link to it or post it here before?

Yes. But I was thinking of the shot hat link I am working on some new stuff, but the addendum to my novel is taking a lot of my efforts. I am hoping that by offering it to a publisher along with the original, I can break the minimum word count and get it accepted for consideration.
Ma'at said, 3 months ago

9CL - I thought this was turning into a Japanese strip (no shoes allowed in the house), but then the bongos kicked in… I hope the rear section can hold out until tomorrow…

I looked at videos of Tito Puente. Quite impressive, I’ll have to try sticks on bongos sometime…

gimmickgenius - I was thinking the same thing. That’s not Nat…
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Okay now I’m fuming mad!

I just typed out a story and pressed the post comment button.

But instead of seeing the story appear on the screen like always the computer takes me off-line, and I lose everything.
Now instead of browsing comics, I have to retype the story all over.
MurphyHerself said, 3 months ago

@ jml58

You are SOOooooo bad:)
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

@ladywolf17 said, 6 minutes ago

But instead of seeing the story appear on the screen like always the computer takes me off-line, and I lose everything.

Madame, you have learned a very valuable life lesson that will remain with you until your dying days.

ALWAYS SAVE BACKUPS

Type your stories into a Word document or a Text file. Save the file. Use copy-and-paste to deliver the words to the Posting box.
Ma'at said, 3 months ago

Nytol
Bulverde281 said, 3 months ago

9CL I.m sorry, but that is just too funny.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

THE LAND OF MAGIC

By ladywolf17

Part One
The Carnival

Summer had finally come to the town of Cedar Hills. Merchants were busy setting up their stock for display. The tourist were coming by the handful.

The most important thing, however was the carnival. The carnival always drew the most crowds.My brother Henry and I helped out father load his wagon with his merchandise then made sure that Bessie our mare was strapped into her harness.

My brother and I then got into the back of the wagon, as our father helped mother up into her place next to him.
“H’yah!” said my father to Bessie, and we were off.

We arrived at the carnival at about noon. As our father set up his merchandise, Mother gave my brother , Henry and I some money to buy our tickets and food with.

After we bought our tickets , my brother told me to wait here as he went to the bathroom. A magician act caught my attention and I strolled over there to get a better look. The magician a man known as The Amazing Alonzo, was in the midst of getting ready to perform his next magic act.

” For my next amazing trick, I will need a volunteer.” the magician said as he looked over the excited crowd trying to get his attention. “How about you, little girl?” said the magician pointing to me.

I stepped on to the stage, feeling very excited and also a little bit nervous. “Now then, little girl what is your name?” the magician asked as he waved his hands for silence.

The magician was a tall man who wore a black outfit complete with a black cape. He also wore a white shirt that was covered by a black vest. He had black hair, blue eyes, and a mustache that curled upwards at the end on both sides. “My name is Tierra.” said I, as he put me into a large box.

“Now for my next amazing trick! I shall make this child disappear right before your very eyes.” the magician said as he closed the lid to the box, with me inside.

The magician began to spin the box slowly, getting the crowd worked up to a fever - pitch frenzy of excitement. “Abracadabra, alakazam! make this child disappear.” said the magician as he waved his wand in the air, and then tapped the box.

The crowd began to cheer as he opened up the box to reveal, that I had indeed disappeared.

TO BE CONTINUED

……………………………………………………………………………………………..
SirMirom said, 3 months ago

Joe Minotaur, thanks for getting Suzerain in my ears and in my eyes… for the rest of the day!
Bulverde281 said, 3 months ago

Dru… I love you Heather! OK it’s out there.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Thanks UncaAlby I took your advice and here it is!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

Gnat reminds me of an old cartoon with an arrow through a man’s head. The caption was “hyar, hyar. You missed my vital spots!”
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

When you all wake up in the morning go into the OTC kitchen, open up the fridge and enjoy the peach cobbler I put there for you all.
MasterDiver said, 3 months ago

Tempus Fugits! Another year on my calendar! To celebrate, I’m going to pull on my rubber suit and go jump in the Lake!

And it’s got to be Edda doing the riffs

Mrs. Diver wanted to get me an ice cream cake, but I told her with that many candles, she’d have to serve it in a punch bowl!

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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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