Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 2 months ago

Go Satori!
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

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Today’s 9 Chickweed Lane

Pib: Aha! So Satori knows! Except one katana against a whole volcano full of innumerable baby demons seems a little one-sided.

9CWL: Memory check!
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

The battle is joined!
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

A lot more dialogue added in Panels 2 and 5 transitioning from the sketch to the final. And ones that definitely help clarify the storyline.
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

Satori knows the enemy, perhaps from her experience in Suzerain with the late and unlamented Spitty. Now the Forces of Good must come together! The fate of humanity hangs in the balance!
(dramatic crescendo in accompanying score)
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

I wonder if Satori knows what she is getting into? Interesting to shift the focus entirely for the friday cliffhanger.

9CwL Trust Edda to put in some plot complications. Mary should arrive tomorrow with this setup.
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

@BikeNBoatN The boilerplate is still good on yesterdays strip. 307 total comments.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Satori with her sword. Geoff with his accordion. Roger with his… what? A vacuum to slurp up the minidemons?

Someone put together a parody of what the bad guy in the movies should have done:

http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/dungeon_a.html
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

Cashew Jim 9CwL: Trust Edda to put in some plot complications. Mary should arrive tomorrow with this setup.

Knowing the pace of many of his story arcs, Mary’s arrival might not occur for several days yet. And her current appearance just may be exactly opposite of how Edda described her. It’s amazing how some people’s appearance can change radically over the course of just a few years. Especially going from school-age to adult.
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

I love Satori’s deadpan, straightforward questioning, until the moment for action, not talk, comes. She is so determined!
Don Tomaso said, 2 months ago

Perhaps Inky/Spitcock was the foolish demon who first planted demon spores as head colds. Maybe that’s why Satori knows what they are. They give her Inky vibes.
Afternoonhandyman said, 2 months ago

As Satori is quite an upstanding lady, I’m sure she will rise to the ocasion.
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

Cashew Jim The boilerplate is still good on yesterdays strip. 307 total comments.

Confirms my hypothesis. The number of posts or time elapsed has no bearing on the links as long as you don’t go back in and edit the comment. Or if you do edit it, you have to re-paste the boilerplate back in from fear-ciuil’s site. A quirk of c-dot-c. The first edit of a comment wipes out formats. Subsequent edits have no detrimental effects.
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

@BikeNBoatN Very good point. It seemed to me a nice spot of tension starting would be a nice arrival time, but yes, HM is an expert at twisting and turning the plot for even more tension before springing the arrival with an unexpected twist. But oh how we love it.
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur, let us not forget…Lena–with her teddybear?
mjolnir 9 said, 2 months ago

“I do know where it came from.”
“I do know where it came from?”
The Satori we know and love from Suzerain should have no clue where the volcano - which just blew its top and spewed demon spawn all over New York - came from. She was programmed to fight the evil queen, and then reprogrammed by Roger…who just confessed a total lack of knowledge about what’s going on.

Satori…I’m sayin’…is more than Satori.
And this ‘climactic’ moment - and I do use that word in a couple of ways here - is more than just a cliffhanger on the surface, as in, “Warriors prepare to stand up and take on the Big Bad.”

Everything is still not yet what it seems…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

Speaking of Spitty, his physical form was liquefied and he was presumably digested by Luciano, but what about his essense, or spirit, if you will? (Assuming he had one, that is).
Ladywolf17 said, 2 months ago

WARRIORS OF TWILIGHT

By ladywolf17

Chapter 3: Scythe And The Succubus

Razz Thayer and Adelia ran for their lives. Behind them in hot pursuit was the army of the heavyset man. They ran for as long as they could but soon fell to exhaustion. The army caught up to them and circled around Razz and adelia, then began to close in slowly. Before Razz or Adelia could react to the situation at hand, A rebellious warrior with a scythe came flying out of a tree and landed in front of them. “I’ll take care of these idiots. You both just stay behind me.” The strange warrior said as he raised his scythe into the air. With both of his hands, the warrior began to twirl the scythe in a circular pattern. Then with all his strength he slammed the blade hard into the ground causing a massive shockwave that took out the entire army of the heavyset man.

The rebellious warrior turned to face Razz and Adelia. He removed the mask from his face. “My name is Scythe, it is a pleasure to meet your aquaintances. Scythe shook hands with Razz ,then kissed the hand of Adelia. They walked on for awhile then decided to make camp for the night. Razz turned in early and fell asleep . Adelia decided to stay up. She wanted to talk with Scythe for awhile.

Scythe was of average height with long brown hair and eyes. He had a scar that started from the left side of the upper forehead that ran down to the upper bridge of his nose, and finally coming to an end at the right side of his cheek. “How did you get that scar?” asked Adelia who was very curious. “My lover gave it to me in the throws of passion.” Scythe said with a smile at the fond memories. Scythe looked to the sky and saw that his lover was coming.

Adelia saw her. Scythe’s lover was a succubus she-demon, and she wasn’t very happy. “Scythe! why are you here with another Succubus?” Adelia was shocked at what she had just heard. “Excuse me! but I am not a succubus.” She said. Scythe’s lover had dark tan skin with black hair and bat-like wings. She also had red glowing eyes which she used to stare down Adelia with. The succubus also had horns, and wore a black leather bra and loincloth. “You can deny that, all you want child, but I smell Succubus blood in your veins.” the succubus said as she examined Adelia with curiosity. “You can not fool me child, for I can see it in your eyes.” The succubus smiled at Adelia then continued on with her speech. “I can see that you are tormented by your cravings and desires. The stirring in your blood demands it. You must commit to your desires, and make love to your human for that is the way of all succubus.” The succubus done talking, picked up her lover, Scythe and took off into the night. Adelia watched them disapear. “I am not a succubus.” She shouted into the vast night sky. Adelia suddenly felt tired and went into the tent to sleep.

TO BE CONTINUED…..
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

Don Tomaso Perhaps Inky/Spitcock was the foolish demon who first planted demon spores as head colds.

Seems unlikely to me. Tom T said in yesterday’s narrative that it was a she-demon that did both the planting and the releasing. Spinky definitely looked male.
onergie said, 2 months ago

Gesundheit. Use your sleeve!
Afternoonhandyman said, 2 months ago

@virus helpers:

Found out the hang-ups were due to a confilct between IE8 and Skype (which I don’t recommend on any computer, but alas, the lass uses it to keep in touch with long-distance family)

Ran the updates for both and now they play together as well as Fat Uncles kittens.
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

BikeNBoatN said, 2 minutes ago
Cashew Jim The boilerplate is still good on yesterdays strip. 307 total comments.
Confirms my hypothesis. The number of posts or time elapsed has no bearing on the links as long as you don’t go back in and edit the comment. Or if you do edit it, you have to re-paste the boilerplate back in from fear-ciuil’s site. A quirk of c-dot-c. The first edit of a comment wipes out formats. Subsequent edits have no detrimental effects.

Right you are. Guess all substitute posters should be warned.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

re: “Sisyphos said, 4 minutes ago

Nabuquduriuzhur, let us not forget…Lena–with her teddybear?”

Good point. Who knows what that thing can do…
Afternoonhandyman said, 2 months ago

All this talk of Myths and missing links has me heading for my Asprin.
KalahariNight said, 2 months ago

If Satori knows where it came from, perhaps it is because she recognizes the black spiky things for what they are. And if she recognizes the black spiky things for what they are, then perhaps Satori is a she-demon? The she-demon, maybe?

…which does call the question of what side Satori will turn out to be on.
Skyhawk_maintainer said, 2 months ago

Banzai!
Just plain Steve said, 2 months ago

that last panel sent shivers up my backbone!
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

ladywolf17 said, 6 minutes ago
WARRIORS OF TWILIGHT
By ladywolf17

Very good, could be a long time before she admits it to herself. Well written by the way.
The Old Wolf said, 2 months ago

@mjolnir9 I’m in your camp. Satori seems like much more than a conglomeration of 1’s and 0’s to me. Can’t wait to see what happens. Let’s see, I’m 58 now - should be by the time I turn 75…
The Old Wolf said, 2 months ago

@Steve You ‘n’ me both. I love the way the Master conveys raw emotional power.
The Old Wolf said, 2 months ago

@All The Dr. Pepper has worn off. Time to climb the wooden hill! And to all a good night!
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

Afternoonhandyman said, 5 minutes ago
All this talk of Myths and missing links has me heading for my Asprin.

GROAN
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

The Old Wolf said, 3 minutes ago
@mjolnir9 I’m in your camp. Satori seems like much more than a conglomeration of 1’s and 0’s to me. Can’t wait to see what happens. Let’s see, I’m 58 now - should be by the time I turn 75…

I’m 74 now, will never make it at this rate.
AmriloJim said, 2 months ago

Boilerplate comment: Links were stripped from the boilerplate on Tuesday and Wednesday. I posted it Tuesday; Joe the Minotaur posted Wednesday. Both of us already know of Markdown’s habit of stripping links on the first edit. Once posted, the boilerplate should not need editing. I know I did not edit Tuesday’s until after it was stripped, at that point I did a fresh cut-and-paste to restore it. I am certain that Joe would not have reason to edit Wednesday.

Which still leaves the question… why were the links stripped?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

re: “All this talk of Myths and missing links has me heading for my Asprin.”

How many grains is in a Robert Asprin (or a Foglio for that matter)?
Ladywolf17 said, 2 months ago

Finally my homework is done. now I can relax and draw. That’s right not only can I write stories I can draw too.
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

Is there anyone at GoComics that can edit comments? They own the site and can delete any comments, but if someone is reviewing comments, and somehow does a refresh of the comment that might give the same result as an edit.
Just plain Steve said, 2 months ago

And that was before I realized this was 9/11! Time to stand up!!
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur said, 1 minute ago
re: “All this talk of Myths and missing links has me heading for my Asprin.”
How many grains is in a Robert Asprin (or a Foglio for that matter)?

Double GROAN
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

Steve said, less than a minute ago
And that was before I realized this was 9/11! Time to stand up!!

I put my support the troops, operation desert storm hat on before midnight. And I have a red t-shirt ready for my store trip later today.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 2 months ago

“Is there anyone at GoComics that can edit comments? They own the site … … an edit.”

No idea. Unless I’ve got a bad cold like last week that keeps me up three nights in a row, I don’t spend more than a few minutes here and there on the site. Most sites don’t edit comments after posting a comment, there usually being too many comments to even think about editing if they wanted to, but there is nothing to prevent them from doing so. A few prevent postings if key words are present, but most don’t do that, either.
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

AmriloJim Which still leaves the question… why were the links stripped?

As far as I know, anytime I’ve posted the boilerplate, all the links have remained active, even long after the original posting. Or at least till the next day or so, as I don’t make it a habit to go in and check several day old comments. Especially since I can only go back 7 days anyway.
BikeNBoatN said, 2 months ago

Stand up (and fight)! exclaims Satori. How appropriate, on 9/11. Bravo!
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

Satori wonders about New York City…. Satori says, “It is time to stand up!”

Today is 9/11. Eight years ago.
Afternoonhandyman said, 2 months ago

Cashew Jim said, 1 minute ago

” put my support the troops, operation desert storm hat on before midnight. And I have a red t-shirt ready for my store trip later today.”

Already in red t-shirt, supporting troops ALL day friday.
AmriloJim said, 2 months ago

BikeNBoatN, I noticed this morning that you had made a comment, noticed that the page had turned over to Friday and pre-pended the boilerplate to the existing comment… meaning that that post is now exempt from first-edit stripping.
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

Just for checks, went back to Aug 12 strip. No boilerplate at all on pg 1. Aug 13 had the boilerplate, and all links were good.
Afternoonhandyman said, 2 months ago

@Sisyphos

Thank you for that patriotic link!
waycyber said, 2 months ago

In no way wanting to diminish the events of 2001, today is also World First Aid Day and the anniversary of the first newspaper cartoon
Cashew Jim said, 2 months ago

Afternoonhandyman said, 1 minute ago
@Sisyphos
Thank you for that patriotic link!

Me also. Love that Lee Greenwood song.

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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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