0018 - Ray and Pat in, "Road Trip," Pt. 2
Added 2023-09-01 17:00:04 +0000 UTCThe two cats—one with greedy dreams of self-advancement, the other wholly consumed by the promise of getting it on with witches—near their mysterious destination. As we read the final panel, we can feel the rush of the brisk air conditioning of the inadequately-outfitted convenience store wash over us, which will perhaps be the last true relief we experience for some time. Unless Pat just has a heart attack and Ray drives the body home and throws a big party and blogs about it at great length.
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ha i just wrote the exact same thing about Pat, we must be exactly as smart as we think we are
dmf 23
2023-09-15 16:49:57 +0000 UTCLyle is much smarter than everyone thinks he is, but he doesn't give a shit who knows it. Pat is not nearly as smart as he thinks he is but everyone must know his Intellect.
dmf 23
2023-09-15 16:48:45 +0000 UTCI would spend a night out with Lyle and, after the mandatory 5 day recovery and quarantine period, write a story about it. I would not spend a night out with Pat and he would pen a screed about my refusal. That is the difference.
Vijnananath
2023-09-12 16:33:11 +0000 UTCPat - still a huge creepy shitbird who thinks he's far smarter than he truly is. I assume this one will culminate in liver failure after a botched forage in the woods results in Pat's Famous Death Cap, Freekeh and sprouted lactic cashew Risott-esque
Ben Wissett
2023-09-05 18:39:21 +0000 UTCOh lord we are in this shit for real now.
Matt Lastname
2023-09-05 05:31:30 +0000 UTCPat is pleased and I don't like it one bit.
Nicholas Williams
2023-09-03 00:45:27 +0000 UTCI know. Pat's being way too non-dickish. I'm very suspicious.
Donald Turnbaugh
2023-09-02 20:51:18 +0000 UTCI don't know that I would hang out with Lyle or Pat, but I would merely be concerned that Lyle would take my sensitive ass out to a bar called Butthole Mary's where men with alarming scars and tattoos drink alcohols that could strip the enamel off your teeth whilst listening to bands called Bonebuggerer or Death Vomit in a room with two working lights. Pat I would immediately expect to appraise me for exactly what value he could extract and spend all future interactions pressing me to participate in his ventures or adopt his manifestoes. In short, if I have troubles with Lyle it is because I have stepped into his world that I am not suited to, but Pat would work to make my world his own, and that I feel is the greater asshole
Sedric And Charlie
2023-09-02 14:53:51 +0000 UTCi got five bucks on Ramiswani Ron recognizing Ray and causing a Certified Ruckus
48 Minutes of Dogs Barking
2023-09-02 13:55:14 +0000 UTCI find Ray's use of italics in panel 7 resonant, like he's quoting a line from a religious or political tract he has yet to write.
Reece Lawrence
2023-09-02 02:17:09 +0000 UTCLyle would not go out of his way to have barbers make less money. This is the difference. Lyle often makes life worse for the people around him in the process of trying to get something else done, Pat's just trying to do that as a goal.
kdusjjdhxksj
2023-09-02 02:12:17 +0000 UTCSorcerer’s Twitch Dick, a rarely seen condition brought on by gothoitus (sex in or near a graveyard)
Zachary
2023-09-01 23:54:14 +0000 UTCSexually Transmitted Divination
lisa loving
2023-09-01 23:46:25 +0000 UTCI agree that Pat is worse than Lyle. Hard to see Pat ever breaking down and baring his soul the way Lyle did when Pooh died. I'm not sure how Pat would've reacted to Pooh's death, had he been there, but I suspect it would have been victim-blamey.
Oppido
2023-09-01 23:25:43 +0000 UTCI don’t know - I kind of think Pat is worse; Lyle is just a drunken hooligan- definitely an asshole, but I don’t see him as malicious like Pat is. Lyle is chaotic - sure, he drinks and raises hell and may spend a weekend or two in county, but he’s not a bad guy, he’s just an asshole. Pat’s level of asshole is more deliberate and thoughtful- he plans it out. Pat’s not happy unless others are unhappy. Lyle may inadvertently make you unhappy, if he throws up on you or punches you because he’s so drunk that he missed the guy he was trying to hit. But Pat plots and plans and schemes- Lyle is too lazy to put that much effort into being evil. Lyle’s assholery is inadvertent; Pat’s is intentional.
Jay Williams
2023-09-01 22:56:21 +0000 UTCPat is just a regular asshole though. Lyle is malignant. He’s an asshole’s asshole.
chili sunrise
2023-09-01 22:07:49 +0000 UTCis pat no longer vegan?
Cy Heffley
2023-09-01 21:13:21 +0000 UTCand when a witch holds up a match stick...
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
2023-09-01 20:40:56 +0000 UTCI have a bad feeling about this one. Pat is an Asshole (as has been proven), and yet remains unregistered, notwithstanding that he’s far worse than Lyle, who was forced to register. Who’s minding the state’s Asshole Registry, for Christ’s sake? They need to get on the ball, pronto. Rod was at least a somewhat civilizing influence on Pat, but it now seems that he’s completely unhinged. Man, fuck Pat.
Jay Williams
2023-09-01 19:18:57 +0000 UTCRay wailing about doodie in front of the witches
chili sunrise
2023-09-01 18:36:53 +0000 UTCRay wouldst like to live deliciously.
Matt Amis
2023-09-01 18:14:43 +0000 UTCYou know Chris after two decades I gotta say that Portland has had an impact on your style. Early Achewood was identifiably Cali suburbs, but everything about this strip has a 15th and Killingsworth vibe! You just need to sub Plaid Pantry for 7-11 and (cue evil laugh) THE TRANSFORMATION WILL BE COMPLETE! AAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
J Hardy Carroll
2023-09-01 18:10:23 +0000 UTCsometimes you just gotta raw dog a witch and hope there's an applicable STD spell for after
Zachary
2023-09-01 17:49:25 +0000 UTC"His Elegance?" I scoffed so hard I threw up. This Odd Couple episode is compelling. Will Ray admit he has any core wounds whatsoever? Will Pat get his bone on? Will Pat and Ray get accidentally married? I cannot wait to see.
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
2023-09-01 17:44:51 +0000 UTCAbsolutely loving how I keep bracing for a classic Pat-Is-Disagreeable moment and against all odds he and Ray are somehow on the same page
C.F. FROST
2023-09-01 17:41:39 +0000 UTCI hope Ray doesn't remember his days of being a show cat.
Miles McMahon
2023-09-01 17:41:18 +0000 UTCTakes all of five panels for Pat's Annoyed Eyebrows to reemerge.
Oppido
2023-09-01 17:34:55 +0000 UTCYeah, I guess a lot of people be thinking about them slippery witches' brooms...
Bill Cameron
2023-09-01 17:21:28 +0000 UTCI am so happily terrified at where this is all going
Yelahneb Unicornucopiax
2023-09-01 17:20:12 +0000 UTCThus Spake Ramathustra Ron
Jay Y
2023-09-01 17:19:28 +0000 UTCSold out 😿
Yelahneb Unicornucopiax
2023-09-01 17:19:18 +0000 UTCRay is smart enough to wear a gunny sack
SigmundFrood
2023-09-01 17:18:06 +0000 UTCThose cauldrons gonna boil and bubble when they hear my sads
Rob Satterfield
2023-09-01 17:14:57 +0000 UTCI'm skeptical about the aphrodisiac effects of seeing a guy go A BLOO BLOO BLOO, but maybe it's different for witches.
Oppido
2023-09-01 17:13:24 +0000 UTCNot every 7/11 was created equal
Vincent Verweij
2023-09-01 17:11:25 +0000 UTCPat only uses condoms made from the dried gut of the Peruvian alpaca (always Suri, never Huacaya).
Tony Baloney
2023-09-01 17:10:59 +0000 UTCFor sale: one broomstick, lightly drenched
Doctor Link
2023-09-01 17:10:59 +0000 UTCPresumably, Ray will be able to get rubbers from the 7/11, right?
Bill Cameron
2023-09-01 17:09:57 +0000 UTCRay needs his “rubbers”
Cf Duddy
2023-09-01 17:08:21 +0000 UTC
