And, to think my only concern after posting that was that I didn’t explain to any young whippersnappers who may be reading what an ink bottle was.:smack:
Pibgorn is much better, IMHO.
Apples and oranges, IMHO. Pibgorn is a far more adult story, well-drawn and compellingly told. 9 Chickweed Lane is likely the one that pays the bills in the McEldowney household. It’s the one he has to make acceptable for the dead-tree funny pages, and within that extra set of restrictions, he puts out an extraordinarily good product.
And I’ve been wondering…just how well is Seth – Edda’s beefcaky, half-dressed, gay-stereotype ballet-dancer roommate – going over out in the Provinces?
*from a commentary Brooke did on * Pibgorn:
I hate to resurrect this thread yet again, but…Holy Toledo.
(Click back to the Friday, May 6 installment.)
Call me obtuse, but I totally did NOT see that coming. Matter of fact, I was cheesed off that Seth was dragging Edda back to that tango salon so soon already.
So, has Seth been subtly manipulating Edda into a tryst with Amos, knowing her weakness for the throb of the stand-up bass and the erotic strains of the bandoleon? And is Seth’s boyfriend Mark in on the scam, pitching a phony hissy fit so as to get Edda into the ballroom solo, and back into Amos’s arms?
And, to ask my previously-posed question once again, now that Seth and Mark are unequivocably out of the closet, wrists a-flappin’, how are these characters going over with the funny papers readership of the Assboink, Idaho Stolid Republican Tribune?
My goodness, I’m enjoying this.
I should probably be ashamed of myself, but I smiled and breathed a huge sigh of relief when I saw Friday’s and Saturday’s strips. Maybe I’ve just been reading this strip for too many years and have grown too attached to the characters. I didn’t like Edda and Amos being “estranged”.
Oh come now, you weren’t really surprised were you? I saw that coming a mile away. Read 4/28 again. I figured Amos would be there and this was Seth’s way of hooking them back up.
Hey, I’m not wearing my Jacques Derrida Goggles when I’m reading the comics.
I assumed (on 4/28) that Seth was coming on to Amos.
Remember, the first time he saw Amos, Seth pronounced him “dreamy.” And just a few days ago Mark said “He stood me up again! He’s probably with that geek from Julliard!”
I am so naive.
Awww…don’t worry. It’s endearing. 
Maybe now we’ll learn what really happened that fateful night.
Oh, my goodness, I’m going to weep with happiness. Along with Seth.
Edda looks like she’s a great kisser, too. Amos’s toes must be curling! 
Colour me confused, but aren’t Edda and Amos kids fresh out of high school? Since when do 18 year olds act so…mature?
-aankh, loves the soap opera but, still, come on!
From what I’ve seen, they’re pretty immature at times. They had some unspecified romantic night together, then Edda ran off to The City without even talking to Amos, and then the two of them had an argument seemingly based only on running into each other in the city, requiring the machinations of Seth and Mark to actually get them to be civil (and more!) to each other again.
Sure, they’re immature. Edda is a complete slob around the apartment (see Seth’s complaint to Juilette), and Amos still carries around Admiral Eva, a panda bear doll dressed in a yellow nightie (see April 20, 2005). But they’re the equivalent of college freshmen – Amos is in his first year at Julliard, Edda has postponed college to dance professionally – and I don’t know about you, but I certainly was having steamy sex affairs during my freshman year.
Seth, on the other hand, DOES seem very sophisticated for his age. Or is he supposed to be older?
Yeah, that final panel on 5/13 made me want to trade in one of my dimensions, if ya know what I mean.
Well, her apartment number explains everything.
Chickweed lost me as a regular reader some time ago. I’m more interested in the strips about the cat than I am about the regular players these days.
Well, I can’t speak for the fine residents of Assboink; but here in West Redneckville, Oregon, we have to read **9 Chickweed Lane ** on the Internet. On the funny pages, we read Judge Parker and consider ourselves lucky to get it. I had actually never heard of 9CWL until I followed the links from this thread.
As a resident of West Redneckville, and having now read a whole month of 9CWL, I can say that Seth is my favorite character, flapping wrists and all. I think him debonair. And he looks good in a turtleneck. Heck, he even makes that ballet overalls-thing look good.