Format
Until April 18, 2007, Pibgorn was published on internet by United Feature Syndicate (an unusual move by the syndicate) on their Comics.com website. It has also been published as a graphic novel, Pibgorn: The Girl in the Coffee Cup, which was released in October 2006. Other releases include A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Poltergeist in the Piano, and The Borgia Cantus. Possibly because of graphic novel considerations, Pibgorn is characterized by involved story arcs which may seem better suited to a graphic novel than a daily comic, and it is also notable for its creative use of color and large format, together with strong themes of violence (explicit) and sexuality (generally implicit), attributes not usually associated with daily print comics. The artist has made the point that he wants to create a story without worrying about the editors of family newspapers.
Pibgorn originally ran daily Monday through Saturday, but on February 8, 2006, it was announced that beginning on February 13, the strip would run only on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. McEldowney stated the burden of writing two daily strips concurrently as the reason for the cutback. As of July 14, 2008, the strip began running 5 days a week, Monday through Friday; McEldowney indicated in his blog that despite time constraints, he wanted the story to move along at a brisker pace.
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