Pilcrow & The Asterism

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

When your snowman starts having a mid-life crisis five minutes after being born.

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45: Son of Snow - December 29, 2023 (F)

Panel 1

[Pilcrow and the Asterism are standing outside the Black Manor in the snow in their bird-headed forms of a crow and three-eyed flamingo. Pilcrow is wearing a red flannel and jeans. The Asterism is wearing a sleeveless puffy jacket over a gray sweater and matching beanie. Between them is a three-eyed snowman.]

Pilcrow: "With this incantation, we will bring to life a snowman of unparalleled sagacity."

The Asterism: "From simple snow, we summon a spirit of sublime contemplation."

Panel 2

[The scene transitions to a pink pyramid above a snowy plain. Pilcrow hovers in an ophanim-like ball of black feathers, and the Asterism's three eyes massively sit over the horizon.]

Both: "Eth Rekkin Myalorth Y'gha Maon Tu."

[The snowman screams to life.]

Snowman: "Ngyaaaaaargh!"

Panel 3

[The scene returns to outside the Black Manor. the snowman is alive, and seems upset.]

Snowman: "Mother, do I exist for joy, or does joy exist because of me?"

Snowman: "Father, am I but a transient being, destined to melt away with the season?"

Panel 4

[The snowman cries.]

Pilcrow: "Oh no."

The Asterism: "We sought perfection in form, but instead, we've sculpted a philosopher of existential crises."