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Pat's Back Thursday, October 9, 2003 • read strip Viewing 56 comments:

Pat! Pat! Pat!

CALM
PAT
DOWN!

I love Dr. Andretti's response to Ray plucking out his pubes.

And in the frame, the way Ray is looking curiously into the can.

"Why wont this curly little bastard go IN?"

It's a byproduct of being Ray's doctor for so long. You come to expect this kind of thing.

a very montone "nasty."

And quickly moving along to prevent Ray from trying to start a conversation about it.

Ray always finds the best way to utilize his downtime.

*R*

*A*

*Y*

Apparently suckling a 6 pound hornet makes one an asshole. Is this a glimpse into Pat's past?

or foreshadowing into the future...

Remember that "suckling a hornet" means that the hornet was feeding from Pat's engorged mammaries, not the other way round.

And, somehow, that's worse...

That's about the best thing you're ever gonna find in a Pepsi can.

take THAT pepsi-cola bottling co.!

A comment left by tellumo was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by Connellingus, hooraybacon, Zem)

Don't you mean CAN of pain?

Forgive me.

HUGE slam on Pepsico out of nowhere!

Come on! Nonstad. NONSTAD. IT WAS SO PERFECT FOR LIVING.

When Ray gets bored, he does nasty things.

When i'm bored i do nasty things.

Well, just the one nasty thing, really.

Alt text: The Prick Is Back In Town

When I read that alt-text my mind automatically started playing the song "The Boys Are Back In Town", but "boys are" was replaced with "prick is".

"The prick is back in taaah-ah-ah-aaaown!"

Good times.

Guess who just got back today?
That motherfuckin' prick who'd been away.
Defibrilated, hasn't much to say,
'Cept "shuffle your shit-makin' ass outta here!"
Nobody missed him when he was gone,
Some guy was in his skin writin' happy folk songs,
But some hornet-suckling's got him feeling all wrong,
So he's just gonna tell you to shove it!
The prick is back in town!
(The prick is back in town!)
The prick is back in towowwowown!

(The great thing about making alternate lyrics to that particular song is you can be REALLY loose about syllable count.)

That second panel is genius. The questions it raises. Why has Ray decided on plucking out his pubics as a form of entertainment, and why did he have to tell Dr Andretti about it?
This comic gets a 5 just for that panel. I actually LOLed.

The other thing about it is that he keeps the can with him throughout the entire comic. He even brings it to Pat's bedside. I would almost think he was planning to have Pat drink from it but that doesnt really seem like Ray's style.

He's trying to be as much (or more) 'a player as the honorable Clarance Thomas I'd wager.

Can we put some heat under this sucker?

What is your location?

Department of Education legal offices

Is there a soda can available?

Yes -> Put pubic hair in soda can

Feign surprise and show the soda can to your legal assistants

Anita Hill is hella laughing

yeah man. Yeah man

nice comment/avatar whammy

I think the more pressing question is why a cat is plucking his pubes. Does he just want a big bald patch in the middle of his fur? Probably a good way to call attention to his junk though.

That's an old-school Pepsi can Ray's stashing his pubes in.

The Underground is probably full of ancient Pepsi machines, such as the type you find at extremely rural gas stations.

Or hotels in certain parts of Florida.

So this is my third time through the archives, and at this moment Pepsi has yet again re-done their image to capitalize on the idea of "change" that current president Barack Obama has brought about in the nation. I wonder what fun full-circle changes will be around when I come 'round these parts again?

or a simple rural airport

Dr. Andretti always comments on but never makes a fuss on how Ray ain't nobody's picnic.

...but how did the concert go?

That IS what the ass does...

And Pat is revived a la the Flintstonian method. All is right with the world.

Defibrilators are Flintstonian?

Repetition of whatever physical act caused the psychological trauma is the preferred method of reversal in cartoons and comics.

Precisely. Martini?

The "SHB method"

And so, all is right with the world again.

I've always imagined this strip ending with someone going
"That's our Pat"
"hahahahahha"
ba-da-bum.... BA!
Freeze frame... roll credits

When we last saw Pat, he was playing "Day Tripper" and did not appear to be in need of any electric stabilization. Presumably Animalicious's musical acid trip was so rad, it made Pat heart attack.

END.

For some reason, it always slays me when Ray thinks an italicized question like that in response to a surprising statement, as in A nearby town?

Pat is such a miserable creature. Onstad did me a great boon by making him gay, and thus unable (were he somehow to attract a female) to reproduce. This means when he dies, he shall be... no more.

Don't be so sure. Death isn't exactly permanent round these parts.

Lol, this response to the person using Death from the Sandman as their avatar. I... think...

Clarence Thomas v Anita Hill

Achewoods first Supreme Court Justice reference?

Hey Pat, want some Pepsi?

That jacket really isn't doing Ray any favors.

How old is that pepsi can? It looks like one of the ones from circa 1987