The passing of J.P. Patches has gotten a couple nods on Slog already, but mere words can’t do this clown justice.

Here’s J.P. Patches working his wonderfully quirky schtick on TV.

And here he is with his beloved girlfriend Gertrude, who was really just a guy with a mop on his head.

RIP, J. P. Patches.

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...