Pilcrow & The Asterism

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

Evidently, the difference between 'terrifying' and 'terrific' in human society hinges on hair arrangement.

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69: New Look - February 28, 2024 (W)

Panel 1

[The Asterism storms into the library of the Black Manor, where Pilcrow is reading a book. He is in his bird-headed humanoid form with a crow's head. However, she's rather unusually in a human guise, with pink hair and green eyes. Both are dressed more casually in relaxed button-up shirts. She is visibly angry.]

The Asterism: "Pilcrow! Prepare to provide plentiful particulars, for I am positively piqued!"

Pilcrow (sweating): "What? What did I do?!"

Panel 2

The Asterism: "You, good sir, provided me with what you claimed was the perfect mortal disguise! Yet the moment I'm down there, they're running away!"

Pilcrow: "Well, that's odd. Did you look exactly like this? Humans are very sensitive to style."

Panel 3

The Asterism: "No, actually I had my bangs back from my face."

[Pilcrow pulls back her bangs, to reveal that her third eye is still there, like in her other forms.]

Pilcrow: "Like this? Hmmm."

Panel 4

Pilcrow (looking nervous): "I, ummm, can't see any issues. It should have worked!"

The Asterism: "I request recompense, you rascal!"