Where we hit a snag is Volumes 0, -1, D, and ½. The five numbered volumes are fantastic in this regard. There’s even author commentary discussing and dissecting the storytelling in a frank and honest manner, which is gold for someone like me. It makes collecting the books enjoyable, giving me the material I want with additions that make the story flow better than they did when I read it the first time. In the case of the first volume, the biggest addition is a ten page introduction to the story that set up the characters, humor, and ongoing plot in a way that’s (mostly) better than the way the web version started off. Others were short stories told for the fun of it. Some were sequences that worked well in one sitting but didn’t work in irregular online installments. Every one of the main volumes has several bonus sequences added in. The first book, for example, changes the panel borders from an ugly jagged look that Burlew used for awhile to something significantly less ragged.
#The order of the stick update#
I read every update as they come out, but the collected editions are another experience entirely. This is just something that I love, and the best way I know to love something is to make sure people have the chance to enjoy it the way they deserve. Note on that, you don’t need to know Dungeons and Dragons to understand the story (though a few of the jokes will work better if you do). It is the greatest fantasy story I have ever read. And with every strip, it became clearer to the reader that it was going somewhere big, and with every milestone, it went even bigger. When one act that caused his chat room to jeer at him for the turn it took, it crystallized for him that this was a story. It’s funny, excellently written, well drawn (being more detailed is not the same as being drawn better, don’t let my love for George Perez and Don Rosa fool you), and manages to surprise me in ways that very few stories pull off, and not just in terms of its jokes. They also have a vague understanding that they’re in a comic, with clear references to their own art style. When they talk about a sword, they’ll refer to it as a +5. The very first page is about the ‘campaign’ upgrading from D&D 3.0 to 3.5, and the resultant changes. When I say a Dungeons and Dragons world, I don’t just mean the use of familiar creatures that Wizards of the Coast legally allows people to use. They’re in a dungeon to slay the lich Xykon, a standard dungeon crawl… and then it starts getting complicated. It stars The Order of the Stick, a band of adventurers who live in a Dungeons and Dragons universe that operates by (generally) literal Dungeons and Dragons rules. Originally created to draw traffic to his website, the comic quickly became his most popular feature and eventually, his full-time job. … so backtracking a bit, The Order of the Stick is a webcomic by Rich Burlew that’s been running since 2003. We’re on volume five, there are nine books, and they’re not in order.
I love the writing, I love the subversive discussion of fantasy elements that we take for granted, I love the roleplaying jokes, I love the idea of fun metafiction, I love the Kickstarter that I contributed to, I love everything about it except one thing. And you know what I love? The Order of the Stick.
#The order of the stick how to#
Today, we’re going to talk about how to collect something I love.
#The order of the stick series#
When it was Rich was just sick of him making incredulous accusations.Welcome to “ How to Collect,” a series where I talk about how you collect a series in trade paperback, with all the irritating research done for you to make sure you have the best, most thorough collection of great comics as possible. His evidence being that the art style changed to something more demanding, which is ridiculous for someone to do with a new, permanent disability that affects their output.Īnd I just discovered the guy is not only still going on this crusade, but made a new Twitter account specifically to "call Rich out." And is claiming he was banned on the forums because of his disability (autism).
He then went on this crusade about Rich making up his thumb injury.
But this guy seemed to take it ridiculously personal, posting over and over "Please explain your absence." not just in the comments, but harassing Rich about it on Twitter. He spammed every post with "Please explain your absence from this date to this date," relating to Rich Burlew saying in a previous update that he would post again on a specific day. This isn't about a new strip, but it's related to Order of the Stick.Īwhile back, there was a guy in the comments of the Order of the Stick Kickstarter.
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