Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 2 months ago

Satori, I wouldn’t be too peeved if I were you, he did you proud, and you are looking fine.

Torquemada looks truly evil as the smoke being.
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Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

Satori, Drusilla…what have you done to me?
The Old Wolf said, 2 months ago

Pib Well. Is it safe to say that the dark cloud creature that nabbed Oognat is Tom?

Dru has this unclad, obsidian derrière, Satori is garbed from chin to toe. Hard to say which one is hotter. Got to find some way into the Pibverse so I can judge for myself…
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

Left thumb to left thumb, realize the strong psychological diagonal binding panels 3 and 4, Satori to Dru!
Joe Minotaur said, 2 months ago

Tuesday Did Tempt Us!

QUIZ TIME

What did we see when the strip/page updated tonight?

9 Chickweed Lane:
.1. More fun with Edda/water.
.2. Amos’ turn in the pool.
.3. Single day strip featuring characters from .4.
.4. New story arc featuring: A)Amos, B)Edda, C)Seth, D)Thorax, E)Juliette, F)Solange, G). Gran, H)Hillary Hann, I)Mark, J)Elliott, K)Other.
.5. Bogie/Becall themed strip.
.6. Music themed strip.
.7. It’s all relatives.

Pibgorn:
.1. Roger and Lena are in Suzerain.
.2. The Volcano blows up/goes quiet/shrinks/turns to sparklies/vanishes.
.3. Pibgorn wakes up Geoff and Maurice.
.4. Oognat walks off with wolf.
.5. Roger and Lena are not in Suzerain.
.6. Satori embraces Roger and/or Lena.
.7. Drucilla confronts Nat/Tom T./Cloud monster.
.8. Satori draws her sword.
.9. Drucilla leaves the volcano/hospital.
.10. My Old Flame. I can’t even think of her name.
.11. But it’s funny now and then,
.12. when my thoughts go flashing back again,
.13. to My Old Flame.

.1. and .5. still not sure which.
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

Has Satori become Dru? Or vice-versa? They’re both in the same pose and asking the same question.
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

Well, at least now we know the red sparkles on Satori’s attire appears to be part of the pattern, and not just a random swirl of colors.

Has her radically altered appearance also altered her knowledge of Roger? It might be a major bummer for Roger if it turns out she no longer knows him, or is unhappy with how he reprogrammed her.

9CWL: In both yesterday and today’s strips, Brooke has his name mirrored in the water’s reflection. Clever!
MurphyHerself said, 2 months ago

Seems Satori is not so thrilled with Roger in his own world. Both ladies are definitely angry. Let there be fireworks!!
Well, not against Roger–he did his best.
mjolnir 9 said, 2 months ago

The twain are most definitely converging…as demonstrated by parallel plot-lines.
(It’s so much fun applying Non-Euclidean Geometry to the literary - not graphic - design of a comic!)

Once more…because I just really like the poem, to be honest about it…here’s Thomas Hardy’s The Convergence of the Twain (the last three stanzas):

“Alien they seemed to be:
No mortal eye could see
The intimate welding of their later history,

Or sign that they were bent
By paths coincident
On being anon twin halves of one august event,

Till the Spinner of the Years
Said ‘Now!’ And each one hears,
And consummation comes, and jars two hemispheres”.

The poem is actually about the Titanic hitting the iceberg…which reminds me: Somewhere offstage, there are characters marooned on an ice-sheet…
Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

Sisyphos said

Left thumb to left thumb, realize the strong psychological diagonal binding panels 3 and 4, Satori to Dru!

Oh, yeah - Brooke is a master of composition that (usually) carries the reader along through even the most convoluted panel order.

Usually.

This is the second time that Satori’s initial reaction to running into Roger has been to threaten to do grievous violence upon his corpus.

BikeNBoatN said

Has Satori become Dru? Or vice-versa? They’re both in the same pose and asking the same question.

“Judy O’Grady and the Colonel’s lady are sisters under the skin…”
waycyber said, 2 months ago

It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day

Why not do something nice, even for someone you hate?
Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

Repost from “yesterday” (with bad link pointed out by sisyphos fixed):

I was just looking back at some Exiern strips (i was hoping for an update, but not tonight) and i came to this one, which reminded me strongly of Dru’s complaint…

For those who don’t know - Tiffany, the main character in Exiern, was a classic beefcake-fur-jockstrap barbarian swordsman named Typhan-Knee, until in the big fight with Faden the Evil Wizard, Faden cast what was supposed to be a death spell, but turned out to be a transformation/blonde hair/large bosoms spell…

EDIT: The two Exiern strips immediately before that one (http://www.exiern.com/index.php?stripid=85 and http://www.exiern.com/index.php?stripid=86) play nicely with the idea of Tiffany (who is still plenty tough and bad-a**, even if she is a girl) and her frame of mind/reactions…
Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

Oh - something i meant to say in my frst comment - i love the “What the f***?!?” reaction conveyed solely by Satori’s posture in Panel One - it’s not even necessary to see her face.
Ladywolf17 said, 2 months ago

LOVE FOR ALL ETERNITY

By ladywolf17

Part Two

Two months have passed since her coronation to become Princess. One night Princess Tameara had trouble sleeping. Her tossing and turning woke her husband up. “What’s wrong! my darling angel?” Prince Aaric said, as he looked at his wife. First she told him the good news. “I’m
Pregnant!” This news filled Prince Aaric with joy. Then before Prince Aaric could say anything, Princess Tameara told him what was bothering her. “I’m sick and tired of the women in this kingdom not having rights. We women should be treated as equals just like you men are.” she said, and felt better for having said that. Princess Tamera began to show fear. She did not know how her husband would take the fact that she was speaking her mind. It was forbidden by kingdom law for a woman to speak
unless given permission to do so. Prince Aaric held his wife and hugged her then said in a loving voice that was soft and gentle. ” You and I, we are one, and if something is a bother to us then by all means, we must do something about it.” Hearing her husband’s words put her mind at ease, and she was able to finally get to sleep.

“What is this counsel meeting about, Prince Aaric?” The king and his cabinet members asked the next morning, surprised that Prince Aaric who was not known to call for
a meeting of the counsel had asked for them to meet him here in the Counsel Room. “Your Majesty, and fellow members of the counsel.” Prince Aaric said and stood up to continue, “Time has come for change. As you all know the women of this kingdom have done a great many things for us men. It is my belief that we should treat them as equals and give them rights and privileges.” Prince Aaric said looking at each counsel member. Members of the counsel began to laugh, to them this was a foolish thing that the young prince was presenting. A vote was cast and Prince Aaric was turned down. “Bunch of
old-fashion pig-headed men.” said the prince as he stormed angrily out of the Counsel Room.

That night he told his wife the bad news. The prince held his head down feeling like a failure. “Then I must round up
the women of this kingdom, Together our voices will be heard.” Princess Tameara said holding Prince Aaric’s head up to hers, then kissing him gently on the lips.

The next day Princess Tameara stood in the town square. Her voice was loud and clear as she addressed the women of the Averlon Kingdom. “Hear my voice women of the Averlon Kingdom, join with me and let your voices
be heard. Do we not wish to be treated as equals and have the same rights and privileges as the men have?”

Guards came storming over from their post and arrested Princess Tameara on the spot, not allowing her to finish her speech. Princess Tameara was taken to the king. Surely he would be reasonable. Unfortunately for her, he wasn’t. “Take her to the prison dungeon and put her in shackles, then fetch me my whip.” The king said as the guards dragged a screaming Princess Tameara away.

In the prison dungeon cell hung Princess Tameara from the shackles. The king ordered the guards to rip open the upper back end of Princess Tameara’s dress thus! exposing her back. The king then took the whip from one of
his guards and then spoke to Princess Tameara. “It is a shame that such beauty is wasted on the likes of you.” King Eerolden said, then went to her backside and dealt her twenty lashes. The king then ordered the guards to take her out of the shackles and stood her up. “You are to be executed tomorrow morning.” he said then ordered the guards to let her go. King Eerolden and his guards left, and a bloodied Princess Tameara cried.

Prince Aaric upon returning to the palace from a mission, was informed by one of his friends that Princess Tameara had been arrested, beaten, and sentence to death for the next day. Prince Aaric rushed to the prison dungeon where his wife was, and demanded to be let in. The guards ulocked the cell door and allowed the prince to entered.

He saw his wife hunched up against the wall crying. He also saw the bloody whip marks on her back. The only thing he could do was give her as much comfort as he could.

Morning came, and a freshly dressed Princess
Tameara, hands tied behind her back was led to the gallows. “For the crimes of starting a riot and plotting a rebellion against all of mankind here in this kingdom, you have been sentenced to death. Do you have any last words?” Said King Eerolden to her. She did, and she spoke her last words to her husband. “I will love you for all eternity, always
and forever.” Princess Tameara said with tears falling from her eyes. ”
Prince Aaric looked at his wife. “And I too! shall always love you now and forevermore in eternity.” Prince Aaric said with tears streaming down his cheeks. He gave her one last kiss and then yelled and fought the guards trying to restrain him as Princess Tameara’s head was put on the chop block. King Eerolden gave the order for the execution to proceed. Prince Aaric screamed as the guillotine blade came down cutting off his wife’s head.

That night Prince Aaric buried his wife in the field of
Lilies next to the old oak tree where they had made love. He remained there all night grieving for her.

The next morning he went back to the palace to seek out his father. Prince Aaric was not in a good mood. He
was angry inside and he hurt, from the lost of his wife. He finally found his father and was going to have his say. “I hope your happy father, because you killed three people yesterday. My wife, our unborn
child, and myself.” said Prince Aaric trying to control his rage that he felt. “From this day on I am no longer your son and denounce the family name and title.” Aaric said and walked away. One of the counselmen came
up to the king and spoke. “He looks rather upset, doesn’t he.”

King Eeolden chuckled then said. “He will get over it, after all, the law is the law.” King Eerolden then had an idea. “Place my son in charge of the prison camp, immediately!” he ordered, and it was done. The king figured that after his son was introduce to a hostile environment, his son then
would come crawling back to him and beg to have his birthright restored to honor.

TO BE CONTINUED

……………………………………………………………………………………………..

Oh no! tragedy has happened. What will happen next? You all will have to wait until tomorrow to find out.
waycyber said, 2 months ago

So Torquemada is in the same state Dru left him in the previous arc. We have yet to see our other heroines break free. When was the last time we saw Pib in Pibgorn? It seems that Dru has been pretty much taking over from the Girl in the Coffee Cup arc.
Ladywolf17 said, 2 months ago

Everything seems to be coming all together. At least for the moment.

Um! Satori ,
Do you mind relaxing your blade. Besides Roger did you a huge favor.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Well, actually, Satori did it to herself by coming through. Torquey may have augmented it, but Satori can’t blame Roger for her not staying in the computer…
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

Muchas gracias, fairportfan, but ‘twas my adjacent CoBass who got to gif you a pointer before I could….
Saskfan said, 2 months ago

@*Fairportfann: Face? Satori as a face? [Checks strip then comes back to comment box] Oh, she does, of course she does. Um, what was the question?
The Old Wolf said, 2 months ago

@Ladywolf17 I envy your creative ability!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Yep, I couldn’t find a good pic of Pibgorn in the new, large format. It’s been almost all Dru.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Assuming that Satori is in there, why is she irritated? After all, she’s still herself with a different outfit and she’s real now.
Ladywolf17 said, 2 months ago

The Old Wolf,

Thank you! Part two of my fairy tale came out of me as a way to vent out the anger and hurt I was feeling at the time. I have sense then recovered and am back to my normal happy self.
Ladywolf17 said, 2 months ago

I would love to stay and chat but I am working on yet another story. The new story that I am working on may become somewhat of a series that I will put here on Pibgorn. I can’t leak out any details about it yet. But you will all see it when I am ready to reveal it.
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

Did Nat’s five slugs put TommyT back into smoking charred remains, or (as waycyber hinted) has this whole arc been but such stuff as dreams are made of?
Saskfan said, 2 months ago

Mt Wilson is still in trouble; and thank you to whoever posted the link. Since I’m not a tinyurl user, it’s http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htm#imagetop .

It looks like a fair dinkum approximation of Hell. And while it’s not funny, one could almost imagine Tom T. appearing in front of the tower cam… No, not funny at ALL, but there’s precious little else we can do for now but pray for a historic site to be spared.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Wonder if Spitcock’s Brownie-powered computer has gone up in flames yet.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Five or six people (depending on report) have stranded themselves because they wouldn’t evacuate. Hope they knew what they were doing. They probably didn’t though. Two others yesterday made the brilliant decision to ride out the fire in a hot tub. They will be dead in a less than a week. Ouch.
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

This recent (less than 2 hours ago) report from the L.A. Times suggests that Mt. Wilson Observatory might be spared….
Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

Sisyphos said

Muchas gracias, fairportfan, but ‘twas my adjacent CoBass who got to gif you a pointer before I could….

Arrrgh.

Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 minutes ago

After all, she’s still herself with a different outfit and she’s real now.

And it dodn’t even require a Blue Fairy…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Hope so.

When I took my basic 32 woodland firefighting class in May 2002, the instructors had several case studies about firefighters that were “burned over” and what they and others did wrong. Storm King Mountain, 30 Mile, etc.. Some of the effects of being burned are quite horrific, particularly if it doesn’t kill you instantly, as it does in a fast-moving hot fire. I don’t think people understand the danger when they decide to not evacuate when a fire is coming. February’s pictures of the molten metal that had run like water from parked cars from the Diego fires should have made an impression on people that you don’t mess with wildfires.
Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

9CL: Okay. So how is he going to give us the end view in four panels tomorrow?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

At first I thought it was just perspective, but note the way she’s holding the sword.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Getting too smoky to see much in the Mt. Wilson cam images.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Just think of all that Cartel marijuana that is going up in flames!

Speaking of which, we had the most expensive drug bust to date in Jackson County in SW Oregon. 204,000 marijuana plants! Worth roughly a billion dollars. 30 people working it were caught.

They didn’t say which Mexican drug cartel was running it, but I’d bet they are not happy.

Got a lot of traffic in this area. When Canada legalized it, rather than growing it themselves, they import most of it from Mexico. Highway 97, about a mile from my door, is the main conduit for Vancouver B.C. and some of the other western provinces. Several times a month, one of them will go through with expired tags, a stolen car, flagrantly run a light or drive 40 miles over the limit and get caught. It’s funny, actually- one would think with a cargo of several hundred pounds of cannabis, one would want to maintain a low profile.
Saskfan said, 2 months ago

The Canadian government hire a company to grow marijuana for medical use. They insisted that it had to be grown hydroponically, at the bottom of a mine shaft on northen Manitoba. People who obtained the product for medical use said it had very little of the active ingredients to help them, and was useless for its intended purpose. The company shut down their operation and went out of business this year. It’s been less than 5 years since they started. And most of their once-only customers immediately went back to growing it themselves.

They didn’t legalize the sale, purchase, or possession of marijuana, by the way, Nabuquduriuzhur; only the medical use of the stuff. Ithink the users are allowed one ounce or something silly, and only with a doctor’s prescription.
Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur said

It’s funny, actually- one would think with a cargo of several hundred pounds of cannabis, one would want to maintain a low profile.

If it’s a van, SUV or other hatchback/station wagon/panel truck type vehicle, they may be stoned without realising it - i recall an article some years ago suggesting that large bales of the stuff outgas enough resin that, in an enclosed space, you can actually get a low-level buzz from it enough to impair reactions or judgement.

(There had been a number of otherwise-unexplainable crashes of small planes running the stuff in at the time.)

The fact that cannabis can seriously degrade judgment, reaction time or perception of time or speed/distances to an extent that would likely iclude unconsciousness if alcohol induced without impairing the physical abailty to oerate a vehicle is one of the things that can actually make driving stoned more dangerous than driving drunk.
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

Interesting Mt. Wilson time-lapse sequence….
DreamScourge said, 2 months ago

Does the duality of the girls accusations imply a duality between Tom and Roger???

Is that hand position in the panel 2 inset actually possible lol
Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

DreamScourge said

Is that hand position in the panel 2 inset actually possible lol

Not only possible, but well-nigh unavoidable.

Try it.

Find a ruler or yardstick or something of the sort.

Hold it against your left hip with your left hand, with the end sticking forward.

Now reach your right hand over and grasp the end.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

That makes sense, Fairportfan. If nothing else, it makes it easy for the police to know what they are carrying when they approach the vehicle. Whew. That stuff is noxious.

I don’t know the national stats, but because medical marijuana is so common in Oregon for recreational use, the most common cause of reckless driving (speeds of 130mph+ on I-5 are not uncommon) is marijuana use.

Speaking of impairment: when taking chemistry, when working with methanol, they always require you to use a fume hood to avoid breathing the vapors and to use gloves. You can absorb it through lung tissue and skin. Prior to the current ethanol push, the fuel that was pushed was methanol and given how many people had fuel leaks then, I wondered how many drunks or suddenly blind drivers we were going to see, just from fuel system leaks or from working the pumps all day in those states with full service.
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

9CWL note: not only Honorable Master’s name but also the strip-date and copyright/distribution information are reflected (both yesterday and today). Extraordinary!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

I still haven’t figured out why Satori is so miffed at Roger. After all, he warned her not to come through the portal. Her physiology appears unchanged. Only her rainment and sword are different.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

This one is just WRONG!

http://www.offthemark.com/daily.php/
UncaAlby said, 2 months ago

9CL

Did you notice Brooke’s signature?

Yesterday, you can see his signature where you’d expect it, but also fore-shortened on the top of the water.

Today, you can see his signature, again where you’d expect it, but also fore-shortened on the “glass” of yesterday’s fourth wall!

Brooke is playing a game with us!
UncaAlby said, 2 months ago

@Sisyphos AHHH! You’re right! He did put the copyright stuff on both images, as if he’s merely taking a photograph of real life from different angles, and all that “cartoon crap” is really part of reality!

(oops! forgot to put quotes around “real” and “reality”. oh well)
UncaAlby said, 2 months ago

@Nabuquduriuzhur said, 8 fuel pumps ago

I wondered how many drunks or suddenly blind drivers we were going to see, just from fuel system leaks or from working the pumps all day in those states with full [ethanol] service.

Hey, all these lawyers have to do something with their time!
UncaAlby said, 2 months ago

HEY!

Dru is addressing a smoke cloud as “Torquemada” !!

Could it be that our dear friend Tom has been the same Ol’ Smokey what invited Oognat to the party?
UncaAlby said, 2 months ago

HEY HEY!

If they’re on this side of the Portal –

– where’s the fire??