Update on the Pibgorn Comments controversy mentioned in FrogApplauseX…
Quick summary: Brooke McEldowney decided he wanted a quieter page rather than the huge page of comments he normally got, which were frequently/annoyingly off-topic and trollish, and asked GoComics to disable comments for his strip, which they did after a long deliberation of apparently about a year. After this action, the “community” had a mass outpouring of rage and anger against GoComics and McEldowney. Some were angry at the lack of notice and the wiping out of “their community,” and some (like me) thought that it was Brooke’s page to do with what he wanted, and all the personal chatter really was so annoying as to make the comment page useless to read anyway.
Update: On the GoComics blog entry, which had page after page of debate, the comments have been… closed and removed. :D I have to admit, the irony of this greatly amuses me.
I feel a great disturbance in the GoComics force… it’s like a million Pibgorn Fans cried out in Comic Book Guy rage and anger… and we’re silenced.
Pib & Chickweed fans may go to Amarillo Jim’s Comfy Couch v.2 site and [sign up to comment there](http://image66amarillo.com/phpBB3/index.php].
The Comfy Couch v.1 site at Yahoo is closed to new members until Fairportfan can regain control of it.
Brooke’s email is chickweedpibgorn@gmail.com and he [with help from his Reader] will cheerfully accept and reply to polite queries [and even some less polite ones I would wager].
margueritem almost 14 years ago
And am allowed to disappear in chunks.
grapfhics almost 14 years ago
What no lingering grin?
J.BenjaminDalton almost 14 years ago
The only good cat is a comic strip cat
*Hot Rod* almost 14 years ago
I’m Felex the cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat. Whenever I get into a fix, I reach into my bag of tricks!
You’ll laugh so hard, your side will ache, Your heart will go pitter pat, watching Felix, the wonderful cat!
vlechtja almost 14 years ago
More like Cheshire
Thomas R. Williams almost 14 years ago
There’s no one like McCavity.
coltish1 almost 14 years ago
Famous cartoonist B. Kliban has a book titled: “Cat: One Hell of a Nice Animal. Frequently Mistaken for a Meat Loaf.”
And Teresa has reinforced the point.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I think those triplets live in the village of the damned
cleokaya almost 14 years ago
A pencil with a good eraser is always a must.
ottod Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Don’t forget the supreme comic cat, Krazy! RIP x 9.
Nairebis almost 14 years ago
Update on the Pibgorn Comments controversy mentioned in FrogApplauseX…
Quick summary: Brooke McEldowney decided he wanted a quieter page rather than the huge page of comments he normally got, which were frequently/annoyingly off-topic and trollish, and asked GoComics to disable comments for his strip, which they did after a long deliberation of apparently about a year. After this action, the “community” had a mass outpouring of rage and anger against GoComics and McEldowney. Some were angry at the lack of notice and the wiping out of “their community,” and some (like me) thought that it was Brooke’s page to do with what he wanted, and all the personal chatter really was so annoying as to make the comment page useless to read anyway.
Update: On the GoComics blog entry, which had page after page of debate, the comments have been… closed and removed. :D I have to admit, the irony of this greatly amuses me.
I feel a great disturbance in the GoComics force… it’s like a million Pibgorn Fans cried out in Comic Book Guy rage and anger… and we’re silenced.
http://blogs.gocomics.com/2010/12/what-happened-to-the-pibgorn-comments-sections.html
Thomas R. Williams almost 14 years ago
Pib & Chickweed fans may go to Amarillo Jim’s Comfy Couch v.2 site and [sign up to comment there](http://image66amarillo.com/phpBB3/index.php].
The Comfy Couch v.1 site at Yahoo is closed to new members until Fairportfan can regain control of it.
Brooke’s email is chickweedpibgorn@gmail.com and he [with help from his Reader] will cheerfully accept and reply to polite queries [and even some less polite ones I would wager].
grapfhics almost 14 years ago
All this has been the ruin of me!
grapfhics almost 14 years ago
JDiego: you forgot my beloved Krazy Kat! VTY, Ignatz