I got into Order of the Stick totally by accident. I went to meet one of my friends for lunch while he was in town for Balticon about 3 years ago. He had partaken in a bit too much of the sauce the night before so he wasn’t exactly moving when I showed up.

To kill time while my buddy joined the ranks of the living I decided to wander into the dealers room. After wandering past a bunch of vendors I had no interest in I ran across Rich’s Order of the Stick table. Since his was the only webcomic presence at the con I hung out there for a while and talked with him (and his girlfriend whose name escapes me at the moment).

Now I had never read OotS (I’m getting lazy) up to that point. Rich was not have stellar sales that weekend and he was vocally disappointed in that fact so I figured what the heck and I bought his first collection. Wow was it good.

Yes, it is stick figure art.

Yes, it is fantasy game based.

Yes, it is really really funny.

Yes, you should go check it out.

I’ve been reading Least I Could Do for a few years now. I don’t remember when I started but it was at least one artist ago. When Lars deSouza first took over the art for the comic I wasn’t really happy with the change. This is by no means a shot against his ability. He is awesome. I just didn’t like his take on the characters. Thankfully I stuck around through those first few weeks because he changed it up slightly and it fits the writing perfectly.

The writing, done by Ryan Sohmer, is also quite excellent. His diverse set of characters in orbit around the central pull of Rayne is entertaining day in and day out. And you get it 6 days a week. The comic is only the beginning, too. Being the man behind Blind Ferret Entertainment Ryan comes at webcomics as an entrepreneurial force. Search the site an you will find secondary comic ventures, active forums and goodies galore.

Add on top of that he is a nice guy. The only interaction I ever had with him was a mediocre (at best) design I sent him one of the times he was looking for help rebuilding the website. He worked with me a little back and forth. Didn’t like where I was going with the design and let me off the hook all while being very professional and gracious. It is nice to work with folks like that.