The Order of the Stick
I love “The Order of the Stick” for the deceptively simple graphics, the multi-layered humour, the quality of the scripting and dialogue. The storyline parodies Dungeons & Dragons-type fantasy role-playing, something I have no experience of, but which hooked me from the first page (shown in this post). It’s also a parody of childhood drawing and story-telling conventions: the use of stick-men to tell the story (e.g. the enemies of “The Order Of The Stick” are known as “The Linear Guild”); in the second printed book, the author re-caps what happened in the previous story by drawing the characters as finger-puppets; stories providing historical background are drawn with wax crayons; etc.
You can read all of the story to date on the website, which might take a while as he’s posted 644 cartoons to date, or I recommend signing up to receive his posts 3 times a week through rss feed.
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