Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Of course, Ol’ Tom miiiight by lying, too.
J.Ed Baker said, 2 months ago

Am I first? Really?
MoonsingerFan said, 2 months ago

Hey, OTC Gang! New strip is up finally!
J.Ed Baker said, 2 months ago

Dang, missed it
AmriloJim said, 2 months ago

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Willhelm said, 2 months ago

Infecting herself with Geoff’s cold could explain Dru fainting and falling to crash through the sidewalk to the basement below.
wilorg said, 2 months ago

Willhelm - cold may do it, pregnancy definitely will….
AmriloJim said, 2 months ago

This is really interesting… here, I’m logged in and viewing today’s page using Firefox, but in the other window (IE), I’m not logged in and still refreshing to yesterday’s page!
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 2 months ago

AmriloJim

For me that page should state “If you are new to Pibgorn or still are confused, start with………………

I’m not totally new but I’ve been reading that Tribute Page and everytime another day comes along, I almost need to start over!! LOL
eschmenk said, 2 months ago

Yes, we have exposition!

Well, this is consistent with Maurice’s warning. We still don’t know what Dru is incubating. Demonic cold germs in her lungs or stomach?

This is probably about the only time I’ll manage to get a comment on the first page, too.

@AmriloJim: I just opened IE and got the current page. Same setup as you, except I didn’t have IE already running.
jcordaro64 said, 2 months ago

Umm, but the pregnancy thing? Unless she’s about to give birth to a virus (ewwww) .. then again, the black fuzzballs could be magically enhanced virii …
waycyber said, 2 months ago

Hey, we’re up. I repeat

It’s Inturnashunal Litrissy Day
IamMac said, 2 months ago

Finally!

Hmmm. So, Dru took Geoff’s cold. That would explain the little black buggars - maybe? But, I wouldn’t think it would result in her being pregnant?

And I do like that profile shot of Dru in the last frame!!!!

Oh, and Jim? Try emptying the cache (temporary files) in IE. See if that clears up the issue you are having.
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 2 months ago

AmriloJim

I have IE and sometimes it makes me change the day manually up by the picture of the strip. Some days it switches automatically!!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Dru has said that she wasn’t able to reproduce. Hennmellyn was made via magic and a drop of her blood. (Can’t remember the name of the demon that did it).
Saskfan said, 2 months ago

Oh, come on, UClick! I’ve got the comic; now it’s the freakin’ COMMENTS I want!
Phaze58 said, 2 months ago

Hmm interesting
Saskfan said, 2 months ago

Reloaded several times. Still no comments. And I have to go to what it pleases me to call work. See y’all in 13 hours!
waycyber said, 2 months ago

@Saskfan No doubt you can see the comments now. Next time, go back a day, then forward again. It is trying to display the 9th comments page when you only have 1.
TheDoctortheoneonlya... said, 2 months ago

So…….Dru has a Common Cold? No ..Wait…………….
A VIRUS—– a Computer Virus from ehhhh ……Shanadoah, no ahhhhhh…. Brain freeze, you know themagickingdominsidetheComputer!!! (I just know the second I post this I’ll remember and look like a blithering Idiot.)
BTW: I didn’t get the chance to post during the Great “DOCTOR WHO”discussion, but for my twocents I had hoped David Tennant would tie or pass Tom Baker as longest running doctor. I didn’t like the way Sylvester McCoy was ‘Offed’ in the movie version, stepping out of the TARDIS and being gunned down by Chinese Gang Thugs in San Francisco. Made me ask ,”Is that how the World sees the U.S.A? I liked the little speech at the end of “SURVIVAL” that ende with…”and somewhere the tea is getting cold!” Ialways thought they could use that as the Lead-in to the episode as a kind of ‘Spacethefinalfrontier’ thing. Too Trekky?
Al Hoffman said, 2 months ago

“She’s got legs, and she knows how to use ‘em…”

Props to ZZ-Top!
OldMan Montgomery said, 2 months ago

We’re getting to the bottom of things.

Which is not the same as ‘things are beginning to make sense’.

How is it Geoff or Geoff’s cold virus can impregnate a succubus? I find that questionable. That’s what the Torquemada says anyway. I trust Tom about as far as I can spit a Democrat.

But - as mentioned by Heckle and Jeckle back in the days of cartoons for kids; “This is the cartoons, folks!”

I’m also very curious about the chasm of self-awareness on the part of Dru. How long has this been going on (being pregnant) and why hasn’t she noticed? Has she only been percolating the length of this arc? What is the gestation period for succubi? If she’s being distracted, how did Torquemada find out before she did, in order to keep her distracted?

I’m staying tuned.
aerwalt said, 2 months ago

marker
HectorPriam said, 2 months ago

Suck the what out of him?
Elizabeth said, 2 months ago

Never mind the complaints about waiting, I’m extremely grateful Mr. McEldowney’s work is back online again.
If anything, I wish to extend my thanks to both the artist and the sites’ for their generosity in sharing these stories. I’m a cartoonist myself and I find the worst thing to do is take good art for granted.
True it is hard to be patient to wait for the next installment but the anticipation of the reading makes the moment all the more exciting. :)
Thank your very much.
MurphyHerself said, 2 months ago

When did Dru give Geoff the baiser de la fee? I know it was alluded to earlier with Maurice, but in which arc was it administered? Gollee, you really have to pay attention.

Also, which is the true Dru: the one watching or the pregnant one? Or is the one watching like an out of body experience?
eschmenk said, 2 months ago

Geoff and Maurice discuss Dru using the Baiser de la Fee here. Maurice implied that it wasn’t a good idea.

I think the idea is that fairies can absorb the injury or disease and cure themselves, but demons don’t have the magic to do that properly. Since they wouldn’t normally catch a cold (I suppose), who knows what would happen if they did absorb a cold into themselves?

@MurphyHerself: We didn’t actually see it. We only know that Geoff and Tom said it happened. I assume it happened just before the current arc.

Wow! Nine pages of comments yesterday. Is that a record for a weekday? Granted, that was a holiday in the USA and today’s update was delayed.
Joe Minotaur said, 2 months ago

Tuesday’s Trenchant Tuppence!

QUIZ TIME

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

9 Chickweed Lane: We hope!
.1. Edda’s girl friend from Highschool is still running late.
.2. Edda’s friend arrives. She’s dressed as A)Novice, B)Punk Rocker, C)Goth Girl?
.3. She has a problem with Seth.
.4. Seth leaves the shower to answer the door in a towel. She has no problem.
.5. SQUIRREL!!
.6. She asks about Amos.
.7. She is not alone!
.8. And then along comes Mary.
.9. More muss and fuss about the carpet.

Pibgorn:
.1. Drucilla protests that a pregnancy is impossible.
.2. The Volcano A)Blows up B)Goes quiet, C)Shrinks, D)Turns to sparklies, E)Vanishes.
.3. Tom T. claims that the father of Dru’s child(?) is A)Himself, B)Geoff, C)Nat, D)Spitcock, E)Seth.
.4. Both Drus’ experience labor pains!
.5. Lena interrupts, so does the volcano.
.6. More dirty talk about A) Merging files, B) Defragging a hard drive, C) Ctrl+Alt+Del.
.7. Drucilla will give birth A)Tuesday, B)Wednesday, C)Thursday, D)Friday, E)Two weeks from now.
.8. Igor has something to say.
.9. Mrs. Egg, poached and boilling mad!
.10. “By what name are you known?”
.11. “There are some who call me, ‘Tim’.”
.12. “Greetings, Tim the Enchanter.”
.13. “Greetings, King Arthur.”
.14. None of the above.
talewinds said, 2 months ago

Hello OTC, after three years of reading Piborn and comments, with several failed efforts to join, here I am.
I like to lurk before I leap.
I love to read the comments and follow the discussions, and will throw in my additions to add to the confusion every now and then.
Shakespeare once was Dru’s lover and I wonder if he will make an appearance in some way, other than being quoted?
Are there any Kai Lung fanatics out there?
Bio of a marginally acceptable entity:
Toronto Canuck
Profession: Purveyer of crystalline scintillating and many-petalled efflorescent legendary occurrences,
From “Kai Lung Unrolls his Mat”

I run a library for storytellers out of my apartment, for a look at this totally indequate self:
http://insidetoronto.com/video/62460
Joe Minotaur said, 2 months ago

Now they tell me!
Apparently I was supposed to be working the morning shift. Bye!
wilorg said, 2 months ago

Joe:

9CW: 9

Pib: 4
wilorg said, 2 months ago

Hello, talewinds!

Pull up a cushion! As A fellow iceback and also newby, I can tell you that you will be heartily welcome here and I invite you personally to cast out the first pun of the day!

Great article BTW - I’m jealous!
azrach said, 2 months ago

Getting complex here … agree with OldMan Montgomery, getting to the bottom of things is NOT the same as starting to make sense. Hopefully “more will be revealed” (quote from page 164 …. anybody know what book?) before much longer,
waycyber said, 2 months ago

Pearls: Beware of feral ballerinas
maeverin said, 2 months ago

jeepers, i missed yesterday–what a day to miss!
and i haven’t gne through yesterday’s comments, so i apologize if anything i’m going to say has been said.

so Dru not only sucked out the cold, she sucked out his sperm? ouch. does he have any fillings left?
or is preggers Dru incubating something more insidious like a virus that will kill all of humanity?

yesterday’s page reminds me of The Green Mile when John Coffey (don’t remember the spelling) absorbed peoples ills and spat out moths or somesuch.

and a big welcome to talewinds!
always glad to have some extra confusion:)
mjolnir 9 said, 2 months ago
Inordinately pleased with myself for correctly calling both the ‘father’ of the upcoming blessed event and the method of ‘artificial insemination’ (see yesterday’s ‘Bachelor # 3’ posting), I celebrate by bringing special goodies for all Couch wildlife (cashews for the squirrels, sourdough bagels for the ducks, Triple Berry Parfaits for the fruit-bats, ‘goat mix’ from the Catskill Game Farm for Gruff and a - surreptitious - coca leaf for Llefty) and a Symbolic Snack designed to really keep the plot moving.

I’m sure we’re all anxious to see Dru deliver, so I’m doing my best to help it along with:

Eggplant Parmigiana Alla Scalini’s

This breaded eggplant smothered in cheese and thick marinara sauce is “guaranteed” to induce labor, claims Scalini’s Italian Restaurant, of Smyrna, Georgia.
The eggplant legend began not long after the restaurant opened 23 years ago:
“Two or three years after we began, a few people had just mentioned to us they came in when they were pregnant, and ate this eggplant and had a baby a short time after that,” said John Bogino, who runs the restaurant with his son, Bobby Bogino. “One person told another, and it just grew by itself by leaps and bounds.”
To date, more than 300 of the pregnant women customers who ordered the eggplant have given birth within 48 hours, and the restaurant dubs them the “eggplant babies.” If it doesn’t work in two days, the moms-to-be get a gift certificate for another meal.
The restaurant has graciously shared the recipe:

INGREDIENTS:
3 medium-sized eggplants
1 cup flour
6 eggs, beaten
4 cups fine Italian bread crumbs, seasoned
Olive oil for sauteing
8 cups of marinara sauce (recipe below)
1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 pounds of mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 cups of ricotta cheese
DIRECTIONS
1. After you wash the eggplant, slice them into 1/4-inch thick slices. You may choose to peel the eggplant before you slice it. However, you may want to leave the skin on since it contains a lot of vitamins.
2. Place the eggplant slices on a layer of paper towels and sprinkle with a little salt, then cover with another layer of paper towels and hold it down with something heavy to drain the excess moisture. Let them sit for about an hour.
3. Working with one slice of eggplant at a time, dust with flour, dip in beaten eggs, then coat well with breadcrumbs.
4. Saute in preheated olive oil on both sides until golden brown.
5. In baking dish, alternate layers of marinara sauce, eggplant slices, ricotta, parmesan and Romano cheeses, until you fill the baking dish to about 1/8 inch from the top. Cover with shredded mozzarella cheese, and bake for 25 minutes in a 375 degree oven. Let sit for 10 minutes before serving.
Scalini’s Marinara Sauce

INGREDIENTS:
2 Tablespoons of chopped garlic
3 Tablespoons of olive oil
8 cups chopped tomatoes (fresh or canned)
1 cup onions, chopped
1/2 cup of fresh chopped parsley
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper
1/8 cup of fresh chopped sweet basil
Pinch of thyme
Pinch of rosemary
One teaspoon salt
One teaspoon black pepper
DIRECTIONS:
1. Lightly saute the onions in olive oil in large pot for a few minutes.
2. Add garlic and saute another minute.
3. Add tomatoes and bring sauce to a boil, then turn heat low.
4. Add remaining ingredients, stir, cover and let simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally.
Mangia, mangia, Drusilla mia!
Johanan Rakkav said, 2 months ago

I seldom visit here and have never commented here before, but I confess this part of the arc has a morbid fascination.

For what it’s worth, I think it was a horrid mistake to bring Drusilla into the strip at all, way back when. That kind of attitude backed by that kind of power enabled Drusilla to all but steal the show, and I actually wrote Brooke about my objection to that. That’s when I mostly stopped reading, although I thoroughly enjoyed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the revelation of the Secret Weapon Against Demons (the accordion!).

Maybe by this point (judging by today’s panel), Drusilla is finally going to get what’s coming to her…a whacking dose of guilt well-mixed with humility and compassion. (If that isn’t a spoonful of Hell for a succubus, I don’t know what is.) And if Tom T. gets smoked along the way, so much the better.
KalahariNight said, 2 months ago

@wilorg, lovely anecdote about Tom Baker. As I said during the Dr. Who discussion a few days ago, he’s the quintessential Dr. in my mind (although now to hear his praise of Tennant makes me more eager to find and watch Tennant’s episodes).

One of the things that I found most remarkable about Tom Baker is his voice. It was before videocassette recorders when I first saw his episodes, and so I would tape them on audiotape. Having seen the episodes, I could easily visualize the story by listening to the audio track, but doing so also let me focus on the sound of the actors. Baker has such a mellifluous, nuanced voice, with so many harmonics, and he uses it so very well - I quickly went from “listening to the episodes” to studying his delivery.
Gweedo Murray said, 2 months ago

Hellllloooo talewinds nayba. Take a spot but watch where you park, the squirrels like to lay on the couch as well as under it.

TerryLonewolfGenius said, about 2 refreshes ago

AmriloJim

I have IE and sometimes it makes me change the day manually up by the picture of the strip. Some days it switches automatically!!
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Firefox does that for me too, Terry.
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Re: The Dawktah We’re interested wilorg, we’re interested. ¦:‒)

feral balerina
Gweedo Murray said, 2 months ago

Okay, I spelled ballerina wrong. So beat me with a slipper.
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 2 months ago

Gweedo

Slap-slap!! It’s been done for what it’s worth. lol
Now what do I do with this slipper?!
waycyber said, 2 months ago

@Talewinds Welcome. I enjoyed your video intro. At one time I was intending to create a Bard character. I would have been dressed in green and playing a fife. I would visit libraries and schools and tell stories. Unfortunately, with one thing and another, I never got round to actually doing it. I had built quite a collection of obscure folk stories.
Saucy1121 said, 2 months ago

Wonder if all those black spiky things are the origin of the Swine flu (or will some new epidemic be unleashed on the unsuspecting inhabitants of the world)?

How long has this arc been going on? Nine months? Maybe I should google “gestation period of the uncommon succubus.”
KalahariNight said, 2 months ago

@TerryLoneWolf,

What to do with the slipper? You could:

…wear it in good health
…stuff the toe full of pipe tobacco (only if it’s Persian)
…give it to the squirrels for use as a posh sleeping bag
…let Gruff munch on it
…return it to the perplexed dancer somewhere who is currently asking, “Now where has my other slipper got to?”
Frida Bonita said, 2 months ago

evadrepus, Sys, KalahariN, et all

RELIEF and big thanks. I’m not one to dot my “I’s” and was typing the lost comic sin I. Thank you, gracias, grazie……….
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 2 months ago

Kalahari

Good Morning.

As I try to figure this strip out, you have given me a very good laugh there!! Thank you!
waycyber said, 2 months ago

I think I have become infected. I feel a change come over me.
HectorPriam said, 2 months ago

In the top right panel Drusilla looks like she’s doing something down right pornographic! Look close!
RockHouse said, 2 months ago

I continue to be amazed by the talents and personalities of those who decide to stop lurking and join our comments! Keep it coming!
The Old Wolf said, 2 months ago

@Talewinds Thrice welcome! Fascinating video you pointed us to… and wow, what a library! I could die in that room. Pull up a cushion and join the confusion-fest.

@Rakkav Welcome also! You’re not the first one to mention that they wish Dru hadn’t hijacked center-stage. But it is what it is, and unless Brooke stops into an ice-cream parlour and is served a mind-melting portion of caramel-cashew by a snarky server and goes into glycemic shock, I suspect the strip will continue for a long, long time - and that we’ll see more of our favorite fairy along the way. In the meantime, enjoy the morbid insanity.

Today Oh, wow. Well, Maeverin, for what it’s worth I don’t think Dru sucked out anything but the virus. As I went back and re-read the entire arc (I, like others, have to do that regularly to keep things straight) I recall that in “real life”, Drusilla has already “given birth” to something - to wit, a demonic volcano.

The nested dream sequence is confusing, but Drusilla is apparently in several places at once - as we see here. In one of those locations, it appears that inside the blazing volcano (where Pib dropped Nat) is the only one which qualifies as “Real Life”.

So at least until tomorrow, when my theory will be knocked galley-west by Brooke’s next twist, I’m thinking that the Volcano is a result of the absorbed cold virus, and that what we’re seeing now is the lead-up to that.

I’m glad we have three installments to go this week…