43 thoughts on “Chapter 5: Lit, page 18.”

    1. no way.
      Ben’s got no initiative and he’s not a brawny yet rugged sociopathic loser.
      so he’s not Ray’s type at all.

    2. That thought crossed my mind, as well, but Ben doesn’t look nearly dazed enough (beyond his normal countenance, of course) to have been through such an experience with Reagan.

    3. Reagan always looks kind of undressed. Remember the bonus comic? “You look NAKED.”
      Same for Ben sort of. Except he always looks like he just got dressed after swapping clothes with Scip.

      @norm: It’s actually been stated that Gene lives in the apt. above Ben right here:
      http://templaraz.com/?p=118
      Also, Ben is messy as hell. So, judging by the floor, I’d say we’re in his room.

    4. I’m pretty sure that’s just what Ray’s going to wear to work, and she came by to get Ben, who wasn’t dressed yet. So she’s waiting in his kitchen eating viking-flavored pemmican, because she knows if she goes ahead and he has to make the trip alone that he will be eaten by wolves on the way there.

    1. They really are great. I wish they were real- Regan and I look to be about the same size, I’d happily follow her shopping.

      1. Didn’t Spike mention somewhere that Ray’s fashion sense was vaguely inspired by drag queens? There was some serious camp influence on her in past chapters.

        I love how it’s just a bit twisted, a woman dressing like men who dress like women. It’s like translating English movie dialog into Japanese using Google, then back to English again, but for fashion.

  1. PLEASE tell me Reagan’s gonna find his meds. I’ve been longing to know what that confrontation’s gonna be like ever since she made the “Crazy’s Got Consequences” speech in front of him.

  2. Ben, I know it’s got your curiosity piqued, but please – don’t go investigating. You’ll only get “jaked”…

    with a big knife!

  3. There is nothing wrong with Reagan’s hearing. She has some idea of what’s going on up there and doesn’t want to involve herself or especially Ben. In her mind the Jakes have passed out of funny and into dangerous. Also, she is totally going to find Bens meds and will not approve.

    1. More like she’s bored of them. Or bored of Ben acting like Gladys Kravitz from Bewitched… “Hey Abner! ABNER! There’s something strange going on over there I tell you. I heard a thump and then a scream. I think someone’s been killed!”

  4. I doubt Reagan would care much about Ben’s meds other than to joke about it. But I love that shirt. And yknow, the cuff-y bits that go with it.

  5. Oh, the horrible horrible things I would do to Reagan. Such horrible horrible things.

    Seriously, someone slap Ben.

  6. Well as one friendly commenter pointed out to me last time, it’s not apparently Ben’s room. It’s *somebody*’s room though, which means it’s Reagan’s, and there is Ben putting on his socks ON REAGAN’S BED. Which is rumpled. Perhaps it’s always rumpled, but … you have to consider the possibility they were just rumpling it. Woot!

  7. ‘Course it’s Ben’s place. She’s eating his cereal. And will either find his pills, or have the box snatched away in a panic when he realizes what she’s snacking on.

    1. Reagan may not have a very flattering figure by public opinion, but she certainly does have her charms.

      1. I think the outfit’s vaguely based on an old fashioned men’s suit, with the jacket lapel way off center, the large buttons, and the spats on the wrists.

        Now I’m wondering what the rest of it looks like when she stands up – obviously it’ll show a lot of leg, but is it a skirt? Blousy shorts? I’m not into fashion or anything, but this is certainly an eye-catcher!

  8. I look at this page, and all I can think about is the creative short-circuit that led to the merging of Vikings and pemmican.

  9. How is pemmican a cereal? It’s a rich bar made of fat and dried meat and dried fruit. I suppose you could crumble it and pour milk on it, but who wants cold milk with globs of fat and blobs of meat? This puzzles me. Maybe they just call it pemmican without it actually being pemmican?

    1. Hey, if Grape-Nuts contains neither grapes nor nuts, and Crunchberries aren’t actual berries, I’m sure Battle Creek could get away with faux pemmican too. Probably doesn’t contain any actual Vikings either.

    2. Cook up a viking the way pork rinds are made and put cinnamon and sugar on it. Then mix in bits of fruit… It might not be half bad.

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