Pilcrow & The Asterism

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

There's no snooze button on enlightenment, but apparently, there's a sneeze button.

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95: Breaking Bliss - May 3, 2024 (F)

Panel 1

[The Asterism is meditating in the Black Manor's meditation room in her bird-headed humanoid form of a three-eyed flamingo. She is wearing yoga workout clothes, her neck is spiraling in a great loop, and her eyes are floating beyond her head, closed.]

The Asterism: "Finally achieving cosmic oneness, merging with the very fabric of existence..."

Panel 2

Scene: [Her eyes float above a serene and enlightened place far beyond the manor.]

The Asterism: "I am the cosmos."

Panel 3

[Pilcrow sneezes as he enters the meditation room in his bird-headed humanoid form of a crow. He is wearing a tan suit over an orange turtleneck.]

Pilcrow: "Achoo! Sorry! Is this a bad time?"

Panel 4

[Opening her eyes, which now rest in her head as normal, her neck straightened out.]

The Asterism: "Sigh. Apparently enlightenment is no match for allergies. What did you want?"