Ray's Place: The Cure, Crybabies, Honoring Uncles
Is there a cure for the Cure? Asking for a friend. Thanks!
—bzap
You know what, bzap? I came to terms with The Cure a few years ago, but didn’t...
Achewood posts
0071 — Scratchboard from "Pete's umbrage, pt 2"
I read a very small amount about sigils while researching the Dark Arts for this series of interconnected follies. I read slightly more about the life of Richard Scarry, creator of Lowly Worm, Huck...
2024-06-28 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post0071 — Pt. 2 of, "Nice Pete Formalizes His Umbrage"
Outtakes and unused panels from this strip will post at noon in the In-Universe and Author's tiers!
Three men you know surprise you by appearing in your securely-locked garag...
2024-06-28 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnd a dog is tied to a wagon of rain
The house down by Dekum Street, which I signed away yesterday in a title company office so bland I could not even visualize it on the escalator back down, was a haunted box to which I should never ...
2024-06-26 16:12:28 +0000 UTC View PostRay's Place: Self Esteem, Negroni Accident, Cakesitting
Dear Ray, I'm really struggling with self-esteem lately. I know that I'm at least a 6.5/10 guy in terms of appearance, my hygiene is above-average to excellent, I dress moderately well, and...
2024-06-25 15:49:04 +0000 UTC View Post0070 — Outtakes from the Carpal Tunnel to Hell (two pages)
We seem to have a new storyline in the works. It was time. I have an idea which requires multiple installments to properly demonstrate. Enjoy the ride, as this one will get both (a) terrifying, and...
2024-06-21 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post0070 — Nice Pete Formalizes His Umbrage
Clearly the insults heaped upon Nice Pete's think tank's output could not stand. It appears that Pete is so steamed he is penning a manifesto, which is usually not a good sign for anyone named ther...
2024-06-21 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Great Outdoor Fight Netflix Series that Almost Was, Pt. 3 — More Casting
Please do not share any of the photos from this post anywhere. I don't think it would prick any of these actors' dander-sheathing, but I worry nonetheless. If my experience in television taught...
2024-06-17 23:19:50 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Tier special: Full First Chapter of The Send-Up
It occurred to me that you, who signed up for all the rigmarole and jay-pegs of my studio, might actually want to see a bit more of my debut novel. I mean, it's right there in the name of the t...
2024-06-14 22:04:40 +0000 UTC View PostJetsam and Lagan from 0069 — "If This Van's a-Rocking"
When they put their heads together, Todd, Lyle, and Nice Pete are almost perfect at misidentifying the needs of the consumer marketplace.
2024-06-14 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post0069 — If This Van's a-Rocking
Ray knows what it's like to get blasted in the face by an odor coming out of a freshly-cracked car window or door. He doesn't remember if the life-altering incident was a laundromat parking lot or ...
2024-06-14 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt is my birthday!
(Don't worry, there will still be the weekly strip at 10am Pacific today, and the bloopers strip at noon)
Some people are like, "Oh, I don't make a big deal out of my bir...
2024-06-14 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Tier Chochacho! May I Request a Testimonial for Potential Patreon Subscribers?
May I ask you a small favor, as a member of Achewood's inner-est of inner sanctums?
I'm hoping to gather testimonials that persuade non-members of the Achewood Patreon that they will be happ...
2024-06-10 18:26:23 +0000 UTC View Post0068 — In-Progress strip capture from Fuck You Friday, How We Act On The Internet
(Sorry this posted late — I had made a simple clerical error.)
Noticing that we behave poorly on the Internet is hardly groundbreaking, but I have been freshly upset by it lately, ...
2024-06-07 22:32:43 +0000 UTC View Post0068 — Fuck You Friday: How We Act On The Internet
Outtakes at noon in the In-Universe and Author's Tiers!
I once considered installing Reddit on my phone and creating a burner account, which I would use to express the most i...
2024-06-07 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWisconsin, Part Three: The House on the Rock
Speaking of rocks, the most memorable feature of my visit to Wisconsin, and indeed of the last ten years of my life, was the extraordinary House on the Rock. It is little known outside of Wisconsin...
2024-06-05 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostRay's Place: Party Tunes, Definition of a Gentleman, Bores
Hey Ray! Nothing shits up a night like bad tunes. What’s the Ray Way to ensure you’re the DJ guiding the party action and not your friends who insist on the same “This Is Paul Simon...
2024-06-03 02:49:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe Rain Gardens
My grandfather used to steal from our country. That is to say, on fishing trips he would fill the bottom of his boat with flagstone and any other boulders he found interesting, bring them home, and...
2024-06-03 02:21:11 +0000 UTC View PostWeek in the Knees
Like water slowly pooling unseen beneath the floorboards of your home, here and there offering clues of itself that just barely seep across the borders of perception — an unusual humidity on the ...
2024-05-31 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post0067 — Unused material from "Roast Beef In, An Unexpected Check"
Again, not a lot of extra trim this week. It's the big strips that go to four or more rows where I am on my knees, begging for closure (or to understand what the point of the strip even is at that ...
2024-05-31 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post0067 — Roast Beef in, An Unexpected Check
Outtakes at noon, in Author's Tier / In-Universe Tier!
I'd been trying to write this idea — the idea that growing up without much money creates various pathologies around t...
2024-05-31 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostInterview With Peter H. “Nice Pete” Cropes, On the Formation of His New Band
In this unedited, unreleased transcript of Man Why You Even Got To Do A Thing's interview with Nice Pete, some news about Pete's new band project provokes an unfo...
2024-05-28 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post0066 — The Artboard
There were no outtakes this week; I wrote the script for 0066 on my phone pretty much as-is shortly after waking up last Sunday, and the layout came together in about three hours. So, here's the ge...
2024-05-24 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post0066 — Philippe In, Why Is The Sky Blue
Outtakes at noon in Author's and In-Universe tiers.
The sky is blue because the Earth's atmosphere scatters the shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight more than the other color...
2024-05-24 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPhoto Tour: Cooking Notes, My Rain Garden, More
1. Several people at P's and Q's market/cafe got up to take pictures of this dog as its owner ran inside for takeout. I was sitting there with a pretty nice breakfast burrito (it even had a McDonal...
2024-05-23 01:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostRay's Place: Liquor, Lotion, and Love
Dear Ray, How can we face the inevitable decay of our bodies through the slow acidic river of time while still finding meaning? Can Marijuana help? Tom P.
Dear Tom P, 2024-05-20 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Come live in my house! Open this weekend.
https://www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/6725-NE-25th-Ave-97211/home/25852977
After f...
2024-05-18 15:34:24 +0000 UTC View PostWisconsin, Part Two
PART TWO: FIRST CONTACT: KWIK TRIP.
We drove into Wisconsin after landing in Minneapolis and meeting a friend for coffee. The coffee shop was, inexplicably, one of those smug little bo...
2024-05-18 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post0065 — Hot Piss Siroccos off of “Fuck Craigslist Friday”
At the appointed time, at the appointed place. Unlike so may Craigslist experiences. This could have been its own graphic novel, and should be, but not tonight, for I am so very tired, and still ne...
2024-05-17 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post0065 — Fuck You Friday, Craigslist edition
As usual, bloopers strip at noon in In-Universe/Author's Tiers, etc.
These last twelve months, in the course of moving out of one house, and into another, and thorough...
2024-05-17 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post