The Order of the Stick

[Jorpho]

What an unexpected twist.

I thought for sure that Vaarsuvius would end up getting possessed at an inopportune time, and there would be assorted drama along the lines of I-can't-trust-you-always-but-I-need-to-keep-you-around, and so on. But no, Burlew can still defy expectations.

[raudorn]

Well, well. Well, well, well... This certainly shuffles around quite a few cards. I expect V to come out of stasis any minute now and Durkon just became a Joker with uncertain allegiance. And the whole race to the gate got delayed to the next gate.

[Nylonathatep]

And just when I was starting to like Malack

Spoiler:

Nale Killed him.

Rich Burlew is probably channeling his inner G.R.R Martin.

[TaintedDeity]

Malack is still my favourite.

[Nylonathatep]

So it seems that ...

Spoiler:

Z is also dead... assuming Nale won't get him resurrected. And here I was looking foward to ship V & Z in a fan-fiction.

[Kewangji]

Oh my gosh the latest one is very ... Wow. Spoilers for 945.

Spoiler:

We are getting real close to the end of the current book. I want to see whether the Snarl pops out of all the other open rifts as well.

[Jorpho]

Spoiler:

We are getting real close to the end of the current book. I want to see whether the Snarl pops out of all the other open rifts as well.

Spoiler:

Is there some reason to assume that a big full-pager like that isn't the end of the current book?

[Kewangji]

Spoiler:

We are getting real close to the end of the current book. I want to see whether the Snarl pops out of all the other open rifts as well.

Spoiler:

Is there some reason to assume that a big full-pager like that isn't the end of the current book?

Very confused at how you mixed up my name with Nylonathatep's. But:

Spoiler:

The book ends tend to have a black box underneath them saying "The Order of the Stick will return [this date]." See: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0484.html, http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0672.html

[Jorpho]

Ahh, touche. I thought things might have been different this time around with the rate comics have been coming out lately. LOL @ "take a break from the regular updates".

I don't think I ever got around to reading the last backer PDF.

[Will]

OotS is back!

I'm really happy to finally see Durkon getting the spotlight again. He hasn't gotten any real stories of his own since book 1.

[Jorpho]

So, Roy has sleeves now. This is by far the most disconcerting thing about the new art style.

I'm not sure if I pictured him without sleeves before. I don't think it was a question that entered my mind, as I was quite happy to accept OotS at whatever level of reality it was at, which was further away than it is now.

[speising]

for my feeling, those hands are much too massive now. looks like they are carrying pitchforks.

[raudorn]

When I read the first strip with the new artstyle, it took me the entire strip to properly notice it. I really like it for being the same as before, but more. The additional details really improve the mood of the scenes. I mean, it's just a rainy day and some trouble on the airship, but it stills look really good. I'd love to see some of the key moments of OOTS reimagined in this art style.

[Jorpho]

It's actually similar to a style he used for a Julio Scoundrel short in "Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales". Presumably the Kickstarter bonus strip will be similar – whenever it's done.