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The Party: Day III Thursday, March 14, 2002 • read strip Viewing 52 comments:

I purchased some Craisins as a result of this strip

(I live in Australia where such a thing is a rare occurrance)

You know what else is a rare occurence in this country? Decent hot sauce.

Get you some o' Ray's Rad Chilis!

Speaking of Craisins, this is a food that I would have thought Pat to be all over.

Me too. What the hell, old Pat?

maybe some day it will flash back to the traumatic personal event that made him start being a dick. Perhaps being attracted to women was a big part of his charm and the gay curse embittered him deeply.

Craisins are nasty and vegan; Pat should love them! In fact, he should sneak them into his sprouted spelt & flax seed "bestitute" waffles

I agree, I'm sure Pat had a change of heart when he developed a personality.

and a shirt and new hair, after the rock hard cat cock Mexican Realism incident.. Does this mean Pat has perhaps changed the most out of all the characters, during the course of Achewood?

Craisins are vegan? What's not vegan about raisins? Is craisin just short for 'crap raisin'?

They are vegan in the technical sense of the word, but they also fufill the requirements for Pat's brand of "asshole veganism:" they are ostentatiously nasty and something you would only eat if there was no regular-food alternative.

Man, they are delicious. They're like raisins, but you don't feel depressed after eating them.

Raisins do not depress me, Mr. Manson. I don't know what you're talking about.

Mr. Manson is depressed by eating anything wholesome, Mr. Bateman.

They are amazing, I eat them.

Short for 'cranberry raisin'

I see Ray being played by a sleazy Russell Crowe.

Colin Farell

No to both.

Michael Madsen or perhaps Tom Sizemore

craisins win me over on this one

Dude ! There completely IS a broad at that party ! Quite a sexy lady-bear-broad at that ! I'm really feeling her glasses (they feel like frozen velvet).

Whatever happened to this broad?

Also; Pat just seemed to be a regular guy in the early strips, not much personality developed. I don't even think I noticed the transition between regular guy and complete asshole.

Also Roast Beef smokes almost constantly in these early strips...

You can see a little bit of early Pat personality when Ray calls him for help on his missing thong and Pat won't even answer the phone until Ray offends him.

I have occasionally been to parties where there was a broad/broads

It feels like having a balloon inflated in your chest and the balloon is filled with gold dust

... and when you talk to them the balloon bursts and the dust comes out your nose and mouth and a bit goes into her drink and she turns away kinda disgusted but impressed. You're like some kind of drunk magician.

it saves money on:

[IMGS OFF]

Note that Cornelius is already impressing the broad with his children's books before the the other fellows have even noticed her. OLD SCHOOL

Alt text: "pushing the cart, the cart of dusty excuses"

you know what man? i appreciate you.

Does anyone else not understand this alt text? It must mean something, but it's completely over my head. Tell me.

It's because back when those comments were made, you could only see the alt-text by reading the comics on the main page, not here ("Acheworld" as it was called then).

he was trying to analyze the text, not asking why it was repeated as a comment.

and to that end, i have no answer.

Thanks anyway.

Why are lines coming off of Todd's head in panel 2?

He's stinking drunk

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Character development, man!

It's kind of subtly funny if you understand the relationship between Ray and Pat.

I wish I could lame you twice.

"Daaamn!"

I love todd drinking on the ledge of the table, I imagine his little squirrel legs dangling off the side

pat looks like some kind of punk here

No kidding... sleeveless shirt all open, showing off some chest hair.

Fur, man. Fur.

It was the first time I saw this strip that I began to appreciate the art of READING Achewood. It requires a certain attention to character and detail.

Am I the only person who noticed Todd?

yes.

Whoa, awesome. Thank you.

I doubt Pat is the one who's excited about the broad, only he doesn't know why yet.

I think Pat is slightly angry about there being a broad. I think that's why he uses the word broad instead of such as lady or chick.