Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

ALL RIGHT!!!! Lena the Horrible has got her hoe, Satori her sword, and Roger has Righteous Indignation.
UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

Calvary?

Roger’s gonna kick demon butt, bare-handed?

I don’t think so.
jimbo1949 said, about 1 month ago

Les Trois Mousquetaires
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UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

9CL

Methinks Amos might be a tad – over-compensating – if you know what I mean!
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

Nat looks determined and ferocious, Team Egg looks like a team of Superheroes! –And so they are!
Fairportfan said, about 1 month ago

May we play through?

Repost from “yesterday”:

fatuncle said

All Cherokee can be traced back to the Carolinas, but a great many know little of their family history any farther back than the Trail of Tears, and Oklahoma.

For all who want to know more about the Cheregoyan peoples, and want an enjoyable read as well, may i recommend the novel Okla Hannali, by R. A. Lafferty, usually a science-fiction writer (and a Hugo winner) - if you can find a copy. If you still have any respect for Andy Jackson after reading it, you weren’t paying attention. Ray Lafferty lived in Ok;aoma, and he knew and understood the Cherokee and Choctaw peoples.

Lena is taller and more human-looking than she used to be.
thevenbede said, about 1 month ago

Oh yeah this is gonna be good. Worth waiting up for. Go get ‘em.
The Old Wolf said, about 1 month ago

Cue “Yackity Sax”!

@LadyWolf17 A beautiful name to honor your mother. Mine, at the age of 93, is still alive - but dwelling in the shadows of forgetfulness. There is more than one way to lose a parent. May you find peace in the memories of yours.

As for getting emotional about Pibgorn, many of us are right there with you. I lived for decades with wooden heart and eye of stone. I would feel no sorrow at tales of lovers lost in April, or tales of maidens dead in June, of lovers lost at sea and drowned in fountains, or babies lost in woods or lost on mountains. Now, I weep when ships are overdue, or brooks run dry, or tangerines are overripe, or sheep get something in their eye. (If you’ve never read James Thurber’s The Thirteen Clocks, you owe it to yourself - it’s like a verbal ice-cream sundae with caramel sauce, whipped cream and cherries.)

So here’s a hanky.
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

fairportfan, regarding Satori’s katana being too long for the scabbard: I think we need to take into account the perspective of her twisting pose. That is, I think the scabbard is a bit foreshortened….
Fairportfan said, about 1 month ago

Also, Lena’s hoe is about eight or nine feet long.
Ladywolf17 said, about 1 month ago

Finally! a strip where I don’t have to cry.
paciii said, about 1 month ago

Oh, this is getting interesting!!

Roll out the barrel, the gangs all here!!
UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

@Fairportfan said, less than a minute ago

Also, Lena’s hoe is about eight or nine feet long.

All right, let’s not get Freudian about it!
Fairportfan said, about 1 month ago

Sisyphos said

fairportfan, regarding Satori’s katana being too long for the scabbard: I think we need to take into account the perspective of her Twisting pose. That is, I think the scabbard is a bit foreshortened….

A scabbard long enough for that thing, slung the way she’s wearing it, would likely drag the ground.
Willhelm said, about 1 month ago

Remember that Dru placed part of her power into Igor to animate him. Lena may save Dru by summoning igor.
Fairportfan said, about 1 month ago

ladywolf17 Anela Kanani said

Finally! a strip where I don’t have to cry.

Cheering is good…
The Old Wolf said, about 1 month ago

Re: Lena’s appearance. One thing we’ve seen about the way Brooke works is sans style-sheet. He draws what comes out of his head, usually without referring back to what he’s done before, and the result is that the characters tend to morph more rapidly than they otherwise might.

It’s all good.
UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

TODAY IS GREEN M&M’S DAY

Open a bag, and save the green ones.
DreamScourge said, about 1 month ago

With every demon slain will a little of Dru’s life-force return to her, or is it too late for our curvacious heroine?

And a hearty ‘Woot!’ for the good guys.
Adrienne Gormley said, about 1 month ago

Team Egg has entered the fray. Now all we need is the rest of the good guys to step up to the plate: Pib, Oog, Maurice, and Geoff.
gimmickgenius said, about 1 month ago

Never mind the rest of the demons, just don’t let Tom get away!
UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

@Adrienne Gormley said, less than a minute ago

Team Egg has entered the fray. Now all we need is the rest of the good guys to step up to the plate: Pib, Oog, Maurice, and Geoff.

Don’t forget Luciano!
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

paciii, the whole gang isn’t here yet!

But I expect the next platoon to show up soon! –Pibgorn, Geoff, Oognat, and Maurice!

Then, the battle shall be joined.
The Old Wolf said, about 1 month ago

Let’s keep the good people of the Samoas in our thoughts and prayers after the Tsunami there.

I just got home from feasting on a steampot at Joe’s Crab Shack, followed by a viewing of ”Surrogates.” I will post a review shortly. The executive summary? A-minus. I found it a smart film that asked all the right questions about a future that’s not as inconceivable as some might think.
Fly Guy said, about 1 month ago

Sometimes a hoe is just a hoe.
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

Furthering what The Old Wolf just said, note that Roger is so scrunched under panel 1 (Nat) that he looks way smaller than Satori, whereas in past appearances they have been nearer to equal in height….
Urquell said, about 1 month ago

‘Who is that girl with the hoe? That’s no Ho, that’s …..

Oh never mind.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 1 month ago

Perhaps Gnat has an extra gun that can be loaned to Roger.
UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

@Fly Guy said, 2 minutes ago

Sometimes a hoe is just a hoe.

Hey, who you callin’ a ho?
KalahariNight said, about 1 month ago

Roger should still have his blackberry or iPhone or whatever that pocket-sized computer is that he carries - and in the hands of a True Geek, I’d guess that that can be a weapon even when not in the world of Suzerain.
paciii said, about 1 month ago

UncaAlby said, 5 minutes ago
TODAY IS GREEN M&M’S DAY
Open a bag, and save the green ones.

Sorry, no can do, they get turned into kisses!!
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

Maybe Roger will conjure a little mojo with his personal electronic device (presumably in his pocket right now)….
MurphyHerself said, about 1 month ago

@Fairportfan: “Lena is taller and more human-looking than she used to be.”

More human-looking? I think she looks pretty scary and I’d be running for the hills if I were a demon:)
Gweedo Murray said, about 1 month ago

Never mind the hoe. It’s what’s underneath I would worry about. As far as Brooke’s running dry… Not bloody likely.

Mary doesn’t look too concerned about the missed Amos of opportunity. A win, win for everybody.
Ladywolf17 said, about 1 month ago

FairportFan, I’m not trying to avoid your question from yesterday. It’s just that what ever goes on between my dad and his side of family is personal because of bad blood. So I choose not to ask him about the family tree.
Sisyphos said, about 1 month ago

(Sorry if some of my remarks seem to echo earlier posts; they were made in good faith before I refreshed the page to reveal their forerunners!)
UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

@paciii said, 3 minutes ago

UncaAlby said, 5 minutes ago TODAY IS GREEN M&M’S DAY Open a bag, and save the green ones.

Sorry, no can do, they get turned into kisses!!

Sounds like an exceptional reason to save them!
KalahariNight said, about 1 month ago

Sisyphos, it’s simply that great minds think alike :-)
paciii said, about 1 month ago

Sisyphos said, 9 minutes ago
paciii, the whole gang isn’t here yet!

Yes they are, DemonNat pushed them out of the way to get to Dru back on the 22nd. They’re just not visibly back on their feet and in the picture… YET… (Wonder if Geoff will be in his shirtless/headband/machoman mode…)

Hmmm Let’s see… Oognat blinds ‘em w/hair in their eyes and the rest have at ‘em!! Still wondering what Roger has up his other sleeve… Although when I get a particularly knotty system problem I look like that just before a marathon typing session… So maybe Roger’s weapon of choice: a texting cellphone!!
Jim said, about 1 month ago

9CWL Overcompensating ? Perhaps …

Pib The more , the merrier .
paciii said, about 1 month ago

Aww… I just can’t type fast ‘nough… Must be time for bed…

Night all!

I’ve left TastyKakes on the coffee table for snacking…
pyotr2009 said, about 1 month ago

All I can think of “Is this a private fight? Or can any Irishman join?”
Story Teller said, about 1 month ago

Team Egg, right on cue. Tomorrow, Team Pib steps up”

“Sorry we’re late,” Geoff says. “I had to get my accordian.”

My guess is that something is about to hit the fan.
Fairportfan said, about 1 month ago

ladywolf17 Anela Kanani said

FairportFan, I’m not trying to avoid your question from yesterday. It’s just that what ever goes on between my dad and his side of family is personal because of bad blood. So I choose not to ask him about the family tree.

No problem at all; my brother’s first wife (who had some Cherokee in her ancestry) wa snot on speaking terms with her family.

And let me reiterate that Ray Lafferty’s Okla Hanali is a wonderful bookthat talks about the time before and the time after the Trail of Tears in lyrical, slightly skewed prose - Ray was a classic Irish bard; a serious alcoholic, but he still wrote like an angel.
The Old Wolf said, about 1 month ago

Quoth UncaAlby at the opening bell:

>Calvary? Roger’s gonna kick demon butt, bare-handed? I don’t think so.

Kill dragon.

WITH WHAT, YOUR BARE HANDS?

Yes.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE JUST VANQUISHED A DRAGON WITH YOUR BARE HANDS! (UNBELIEVABLE, ISN’T IT?) THE BODY OF A HUGE GREEN DEAD DRAGON IS LYING OFF TO ONE SIDE.
UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

@Nabuquduriuzhur said, 20 minutes ago

Perhaps Gnat has an extra gun that can be loaned to Roger.

I think I still want a machine-gun, or a machine-sword, like we talked about earlier.

They is a lot of demons!
UncaAlby said, about 1 month ago

Omigosh, Old Wolf I am stupefied that anybody would remember that antique reference!

(I leave it to you to explain it to the young’ns!)
Skyhawk_maintainer said, about 1 month ago

UncaAlby

Did you mean Cavalry, like a fighting force? Hopefully not like Custer’s 7th Cav at the Little Bighorn.
KalahariNight said, about 1 month ago

So, let’s suppose for the moment that Roger has a library of mp3 files on his netbook or whatever it is.

He might not have Lawrence Welk, but he could easily have some klezmer, or zydeco, or…

Hey! Would a bandoneon have the same effect on demons as an accordion?

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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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