Pilcrow & The Asterism

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

The universe is the ultimate lurker, and we're the main attraction.

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44: Solstice Peepshow - December 27, 2023 (W)

Panel 1

[Pilcrow and the Asterism are standing outside the Black Manor on a balcony at night in their bird-headed humanoid forms of a crow and three-eyed flamingo. He is dressed in a red flannel. She has on a sleeveless puffer jacket over a gray sweater and a matching gray beanie. They are looking up at the stars.]

Pilcrow: "The solstice night, a dance of shadows and light."

Panel 2

The Asterism: "Each star a story, a pinprick of light in the eternal night."

Panel 3

Pilcrow: "Do you think the stars are conscious, watching us as we watch them?"

Panel 4

The Asterism: "Indeed, and I've noticed a few of them winking suggestively lately."

Pilcrow: "Great, now even the universe is getting into the act! Remind me to draw the curtains in the future."