Pilcrow & The Asterism

A webcomic about the unsettling corridors of a manor where cosmic enigmas and mundane musings collide.

Next time, maybe just use a flashlight for that old-timey feel.

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40: Unsettling Switcharoo - December 18, 2023 (M)

Panel 1

[Pilcrow and the Asterism are standing in the basement of the Black Manor in their bird-headed humanoid forms of a crow and three-eyed flamingo. Pilcrow is wearing a lavender suit and has no tie. The Asterism is wearing a gray gown. It's very dark in the basement.]

The Asterism: "I believe the Orb of Ectoplasmic Contact conceals itself cunningly in the cradle of our basement."

Pilcrow: "We can't start the séance without it, but it's so bloody dark in here! Wait, here's the light switch."

[Pilcrow clicks a switch.]

Panel 2

[The light comes on. The characters now look like old time Victorian photorealistic individuals, instead of normal comic-book characters, and rather disturbing ones at that.]

Pilcrow: "This doesn't feel right."

Panel 3

The Asterism: "I sense a surge of strange swelling, a peculiar protrusion not previously perceived. This is quite disconcerting, decidedly discomforting."

Panel 4

[Pilcrow turns the light off, returning things to normal.]

Pilcrow: "Why do we even have that switch?"