No, it ain't Pat's diary, it's the return of my column! You asked, and I answered. Thinkin' this will be a weekly thing! If I didn't get to you this time, I got lots more saved up for next.
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2024-05-15 21:11:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I have been exposed to Wisconsin several times in the past few years, and my fondness for the state and its people has surprised no one more than myself. In this multi-part Author's Tier se...
2024-05-12 22:37:32 +0000 UTC View Post
And in this corner, the return of Animalicious.
2024-05-10 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
At noon PDT today, the extra panels from this strip's production will post in the In-Universe and Author's Tiers.
An aged member of my extended family recently announce...
2024-05-10 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Platinum Knucklehead-Chochacho Spencer Harris created this riff on those Philippe strips where he writes little stories at a typewriter. I liked it so much that I asked to post it here, and he was...
2024-05-09 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In the following illustrated account, Ray hires San Francisco celebrity chef Jerry Ontario of RESTAURANT 10-SION to recreate McDonald’s food in his home. Unfortunately, the entire thing threatens...
2024-05-08 18:59:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends of the Library,
What happens when a time-traveling, Gilded Age robber baron accidentally strands himself in modern day Portland, Oregon? In this expansive and colorfully...
2024-05-05 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It occurs to me that maybe I should have been placing these "blooper" pieces in the Author's tier, since they're part of the writing process, and not "in-universe" per se. Too late now, I suppose, ...
2024-05-03 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Since I don't want to put any spoilers here, let's just figure out where Ray went when he was out not locking his computer. He's got either a wax paper soda cup from a fast food restaurant, or a sp...
2024-05-03 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Author's Tier-chacho, I have a big surprise to unveil this weekend, and I am telling you about it first.
One year ago, on May 5, 2023, the Achewood Patreon debuted, and with your genero...
2024-05-02 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
From a file dated March 27, 2009.
2024-04-30 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Last saw the light of day in Assetbar. File dated December 30, 2008. Archive pieces posting M-Th this week.
2024-04-29 22:31:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Post your questions for Ray’s Advice Column in the comments below, and if something about your predicament tugs at one of Mr. Smuckles’ many differently-angled heartstrings, you may feature in ...
2024-04-27 20:22:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I was intrigued by the angle of Ray putting Pat's MLM out of business by competing with a superior product wherein you could cry onto actual famous crying faces, but ultimately didn't want to make ...
2024-04-26 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Personal note at bottom.
A full-page collection of outtakes and unused panels from this week's cutting room floor will post in the In-Universe and Author's ...
2024-04-26 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
It's true, sometimes I reverse-engineer a blooper or "unused panel" after completing the original work. It's a fun wind-down, now that the pressure is off. "Shadow Puppets" is no exception, except ...
2024-04-19 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
(As is now custom, visit the In-Universe Tier or Author's Tier for the rejected panels—and the original 2007 inspiration artwork—from this strip! Pos...
2024-04-19 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a heavily-updated and newly-illustrated version of a piece that originally ran in the Assetbar on September 4, 2009. It features minor appearances by aquavit, egg whites, and Emeril LeGoine...
2024-04-18 21:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Last weekend I flew down to Stanford for the annual reunion of the Chaparral, the campus satire magazine where I first cut my teeth as an aspiring intellectual miscreant. The Internet as w...
2024-04-18 16:29:14 +0000 UTC View Post
These panels were posted to the tune "Now That I Know," by Ted Lucas. If you look it up and listen to it, you will have heard the perfect song for cookin' chili to.
2024-04-12 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Oops! Posted this one a day early! My bad. Leaving it up.
(The blooper panels will still post Friday in the In-Universe and Author's Tiers, to still have somethin...
2024-04-11 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, at the appointed hour.
2024-04-05 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
(As is becoming custom, watch the In-Universe and Author's Tier for the rejected panels from this strip! Posting at noon Pacific Time.)
ALT TEXT: Each of us has a public life, a private life,...
2024-04-05 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
They say to lead with a feature image of a person, but they also say to make it a good image of an appealing person, so I was torn. Here you go, it's me sorting through a massive pile o...
2024-04-04 17:25:21 +0000 UTC View Post
INGREDIENTS (see photo)
15.5oz can chickpeas, drained
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4c tahini
1 clove garlic, smashed
1/4c olive oil
1 tbsp toasted sesam...
2024-04-02 17:46:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Last Sunday eve, as I was stretching out an Achilles that threatened to go berserk after a spate of rain-sodden, increased-distance runs, I remembered that I'd completely blanked on the abdominal p...
2024-04-01 21:43:29 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised.
2024-03-29 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I think I had five versions of every panel of this one. Watch the In-Universe tier for those "director's cut / bloopers & outtakes" panels later today!
If you have deep knowledge of Roas...
2024-03-29 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
