All-time favorite strip?

[TheMac04]

Mine has got to be #435 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0435.html), if only for panel 11. Seriously, that is the funniest thing Rich has written in the comic to date.

"Why isn't he jolly? WHY ISN'T HE JOLLY???"

[Mystic Muse]

I like This (http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031216) one personally.

[Acero]

I remember a big bracket a while back deciding what the best comic was....

[TheMac04]

I like This (http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031216) one personally.
See, this is the OotS board, so....

Also, how long ago was that. If it was awhile, it might be high-time for another.

[Mystic Muse]

See, this is the OotS board, so....


You just said strip. You never specified OOTS:smalltongue:

Although I could probably find a pearls before swine strip I like better if I looked hard enough.

[TheMac04]

You just said strip. You never specified OOTS:smalltongue:

Although I could probably find a pearls before swine strip I like better if I looked hard enough.
We are best friends now.

[drengnikrafe]

It's a tie between the quardruple weilding bows in 8-bit theater and the foxtrot strip in which...

Oh, right. OOTS.

Philisophically, I find myself very fond of this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0651.html) strip.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Ghost-Martyrs of the Sapphire Guard...

ATTACK!"

[Mystic Muse]

"Ghost-Martyrs of the Sapphire Guard...

ATTACK!"

I agree with Coffee here. Thanks for reminding me.

[137beth]

Some of my favorites were "up a level, down a level". How much crap do we go through on a daily basis because the people at TSR forgot to look "level" up in the thesaurus?

Also, brief and to the point. I mean, who can get anything really meaningful said in 25 freakin words?

And finally, #657. You know what does equal power? Power. Power equals power.

[RndmNumGen]

The nale/not-nale one in the Cliffport prison.

[GSFB]

clang clang clang goes the trolley (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0385.html)...

[BridgeCity]

For me it really has to be Durkon's awesome use of control weather. When he opens his eyes and theya re all white, you just know something incredible is about to happen.

[Marnath]

"Ghost-Martyrs of the Sapphire Guard...

ATTACK!"

I also agree that this one takes the cake. Especially in the magna form that Elagune drew up.

[AratanAenor]

I like every one between #386 and #401

But my all-time favorite is #92 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html). Last three panels.

[xyzchyx]

You just said strip. You never specified OOTS:smalltongue:That's a fairly weak argument, actually.

It's entirely implied by the specific forum subcategory: Comics -> The Order of the Stick. Anything else would be, by definition, off topic.

Had the thread been made inside the more general forum subcategory Comics -> Webcomics, your argument could have had a lot more weight.

Just IMO, of course.

[LuPuWei]

Ah, memories.... thanks guys


...
Philisophically, I find myself very fond of this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0651.html) strip.

Yes and how about this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0654.html) for drama?

Seriously, we need categories....

[Prince Zahn]

i really liked #205 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0205.html) from beginning to end.

[Nimrod's Son]

Mine still has to be the climax of New Year (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0316.html), because it manages to be both really funny and really sad in the same strip, and the pacing is just immaculate.

[RMS Oceanic]

"I THOUGHT HE WAS YOU!" (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0393.html)

A tense climax to a number of subplots with a thrilling crescendo.

[the Riddler]

Personally, I wish this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0606.html) was made into a poster so I could hang it to my room's wall. :tongue:

[TheMac04]

That's a fairly weak argument, actually.

It's entirely implied by the specific forum subcategory: Comics -> The Order of the Stick. Anything else would be, by definition, off topic.

Had the thread been made inside the more general forum subcategory Comics -> Webcomics, your argument could have had a lot more weight.

Just IMO, of course.
I think you're missing the joke bro.

[BadAndyMk3]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0658.html

The very last small, insert panel where the raven arrives.

[Vero]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0197.html

easy decision :)

[Grogmir]

For me it really has to be Durkon's awesome use of control weather. When he opens his eyes and theya re all white, you just know something incredible is about to happen.

This for me too... and the first few of the next.. Booyah Direct hit! (http://http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0353.html) Thor striking down all the rules lawyers that get in the way of 'rule of cool'!"

[Omergideon]

2 of my 3 favourites (Weather control by Durkon and Ghost Martyrs of the Sappire Guard) have been mentioned. So to no great suprise I enter strip 659.

Funniest punchline ever.

[monomer]

I have to put my vote in for Strip 496 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0496.html). I always find it amazing how much emotion the Giant can show on a stick figure.

[Laeranu]

Personally, i like #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0007.html). I think the oldies were the best.

[Laeranu]

That or #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0003.html).

:belkar: I think I just failed a spot check.

:haley: Really? I don't see anything.

:belkar: Exactly.

He He He

[Malek2991]

I guess this http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html strip is one of my favorites

[Moogleking]

:xykon: Ha, Gotcha! Wait, what does that say on the-
Guess what spell I cast before giving this to the bird. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0659.html)

[Jan Mattys]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0422.html

This.
Double strip, perfect symmetry, and the last line "This one's for you, Mom - FIRE THE CATAPULTS" is just awesome.

Yes, I know we're supposed to root for the Order, but Redcloak here is just heart touching.

[FoE]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0379.html

It might not be the most important strip, but it does make me giggle like a schoolgirl.

[Bedinsis]

Roy throughly states his opinion of Miko (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0251.html)

[Strawberries]

I've said it before, I'll say it again

I love Redcloak (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0423.html) :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:


http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0422.html

This.
Double strip, perfect symmetry, and the last line "This one's for you, Mom - FIRE THE CATAPULTS" is just awesome.

Yes, I know we're supposed to root for the Order, but Redcloak here is just heart touching.

Also, this. Jan Mattys, as someone said before, we are best friends now. :smallbiggrin:

[Ted The Bug]

Made of awesomeness. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0610.html) When this first came out, I was blown away. Not sure why, but the dialogue was really impressive.
Also everything in SoD of course. :smalltongue:

[Mystic Muse]

We are best friends now.

that seems a little sudden. I don't even know what you look like.

[Yora]

Made of awesomeness. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0610.html) When this first came out, I was blown away. Not sure why, but the dialogue was really impressive.
Also everything in SoD of course. :smalltongue:
Belkar is back! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html)

[TheMac04]

that seems a little sudden. I don't even know what you look like.
No see 'cuz I was....nevermind.

[Thorcrest]

The Economics of Banditry (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0158.html)

I don't know why, but this always stands out in my mind as my favourite.

[DreadArchon]

Already used once, but: "Mr. Stiffly! MR. STIFFLY! O-CHUL!"

I literally shed a tear just typing that.


Going on the start-of-thread snark, though, my favorite "strip" ever (that doesn't involve posting links to a certain porn video) is the 8-Bit Theater with this exchange:

Red Mage: Hey, Black Mage, what makes your Hadoken work, anyway?

Black Mage: Promise not to tell anyone?

RM: For the purposes of this conversation, yes, I do.

BM: Love.

RM: Love.

BM: Love is a very powerful force. Even more so when it's focused into a coherent beam of destruction. Every time I cast Hadoken, it siphons away some of the love in the universe. I'm not sure how much, but I'm given to understand the divorce rate goes up with each blast.

RM: ...

BM: What!

Edit: Oops, it was Red Mage. Link (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/11/27/8-bit-chronicles-3-of-3/).

[Lecan]

I think you're missing the joke bro.

Which is that it was a pretty lame strip :)

[Gandariel]

my personals

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0659.html
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0337.html

favorite line:
Mitd: yeah, he gave me direct orders
Mitd: Hey, Redcloak, i need-
Redcloak:Go bother someone else
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0699.html
AND
V: As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it's incapable of solving approaches zero
Blackwing: whisperwhisperwhisper..
V: And that would be wrong
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0696.html

and in the "serious" cathegory,

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0372.html

favorite line:
ABD: you.. you MONSTER!
V:"we are all Monsters in the Manual somewhere, are we not? My entry lies between Elemental and Ethereal Flitcher"
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html

[SatyreIkon]

#250/251 because Roy gives Miko what she deserves - and silent last panels are solid gold! :smallbiggrin:

#443 because of its layout and anticlimax (*SPLAT* Just like that. Hell nooooo ... :smalltongue:).

[Harperfan7]

I think #606 is my favorite, especially if you add #610 to the mix.

[Kurald Galain]

It's a tie between the quardruple weilding bows in 8-bit theater and the foxtrot strip in which...

Swordchucks, yo!

(edit) or, in OOTS terms, #200 remains very awesome.

[Meg]

Mine still has to be the climax of New Year (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0316.html), because it manages to be both really funny and really sad in the same strip, and the pacing is just immaculate.

Definitely my favorite dramatic one. My favorite gag remains "Wild empathy check! WILD EMPATHY CHECK!" (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0335.html)

[seraine]

Definitely strip #325.

:belkar:That was SO FRIGGIN' COOL!

:elan:Do it again,do it again!

Also,strip #415.

:mitd:I know!Murky and Lurky must have stolen her colors!

:redcloak:For the last time,those characters only exist in Rainbow Brite cartoons!

:mitd:...and in my heart.

And strip #458.

:thog:thog always dreamed of being footstool,thog never thought dream come true.*sniff*it all thog imagined and so much more.

[Tydude]

Both Therkla's (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0593.html) and Miko's (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0464.html) deaths are some of my favorite strips. For comedy, I'd have to choose A Brief Intermission. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0301.html)

[Zjoot]

I really like a lot of the ones mentioned, specifically the Ghost Martyrs, I also like the interactions between O-chul and MitD, strips where one charachter takes out a ton of enemies single handed, and the Resistance/Theives guild story arc. But I think for some reason one of my favorite scenes is this one. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0484.html)

[rewinn]

So many greats ...



http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0669.html (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0669.html) is remarkably well written. You can't have very many conversations like that in the strip, but just the one is plenty.

[Kurald Galain]

It's not like they're gonna get invaded before they can repair it, you know. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0392.html)

[loser0ll]

My favorite is easily http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0009.html

I was reading the archives at one point, and happened to come across this.


As I seem to recall that Rich Burlew once said he did not originally intend for the gender of Vaarsuvius to be ambigous, it seems to tell us a great deal.

It -could- be interpreted as a simple case of Roy being mistaken on V's gender, or just using a commonly used abbreviation... but the abbreviation explanation is extremely weak, since he's never since said that. And the "thinks V is a male but doesn't know" one is also weak, since he later acts as though he doesn't know.


So it's my favorite strip because, while it's -possible- that it's simply a very misleading strip, it pretty much wrapped up the riddle for me. The fact that V always had a very male (and often Alpha male, if an elvish-wizard sort of Alpha) set of outlooks and goals just made it more satisfying, since it actually kinda "feels right" now that I think about things in retrospect.

[Ancalagon]

Splitting hairs is a pretty common hobby around here on this forum, so I want to add that you cannot decide what your "all time favourite" comic is until you have seen all coming comics - as "all time" includes the future as well.

Now go back to having fun. ;)

[AMJ]

I guess this http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html strip is one of my favorites

I'll second this. It is a wonderful Belkar moment!

[Setra]

#393, just loved that one. Elan shows up, kicks ass, and when Nale tries to trick him, Haley finally admits her love.

I just love it.

[veti]

See, this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0538.html) is why Belkar - just works. Sometimes - surprisingly often, in fact, if you're an adventurer - "just get on and stab him already" is the right thing to do.

[troglavi]

This (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html) one, most definitely. Pure awesomeness.

[Eldrys]

I'd say #327 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0327.html) Is my favorite

[Kranden]

This One was heartwarming (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0612.html).

[Nimrod's Son]

Splitting hairs is a pretty common hobby around here on this forum, so I want to add that you cannot decide what your "all time favourite" comic is until you have seen all coming comics - as "all time" includes the future as well.
Oh, I can be pretty stubborn when I want to be. :smallwink:

[KoboldRevenge]

I like 436 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0436.html)+437 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0437.html) and 440 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0440.html). One of the most awesome villains ever. "Terms accepted." and "THEN LET THE REAPING BEGIN!!" Great quotes. If only he had lived on.:smallmad:

[Prince Zahn]

I liked #127 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0127.html) from top to bottom.
Also, #143 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0143.html), and #331 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0331.html), and a few others that were mentioned before in this thread...

[Gift Jeraff]

#367 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0367.html), followed closely by #387 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0387.html).

EDIT: Favorite strip EVER. (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/07/22/episode-443-whats-ur-sine/) Favorite panel EVER. (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/10/19/episode-472-synthesis/) (The last one; always gives me chills.)

[Lord Afro]

"I think i just had an evilgasm" after Xykon meets the new goblin troops.

[Gorgondantess]

Everything from here (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0652.html) to here (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0657.html). We have a crowning moment of heartwarming, and it's probably the best villain speech ever. Ever. Seriously, Xykon knows his ****.

[bogaboga]

this one is genius
im epic (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0090.html)

[Ajadea]

Ghost-martyrs of the Sapphire Guard, ATTACK! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0449.html), closely followed by 496 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0496.html)/497 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0497.html) and everything else in the OOTS folder here (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HeartwarmingMoment/Webcomics). Trope warning ahead.

[Dragon Star]

#527.
probably not my actual favorite if i looked through them all, but still good. i'll post agin once i do look through them all.

[Chaelos]

"Only the honor of a Paladin is unbreakable--even by death itself." (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0449.html)

I'm not even a fan of Paladins, and I still get chills when I read that.

A close runner up is #392 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0392.html), with the magnificent Julio Scoundrél's line "It doesn't matter if you win or lose--as long as you look really cool doing it!"

[Shadoww0lf]

I'm all about 501. Nothing screams funnier to someone with a theology degree (such as myself) as:

"It's not MY fault! She never told me she was a fertility goddess!"

"She has flowers in her hair and bluebirds singing around her head. Who did you think she was, the bringer of pestilence?!"

Ha ha. Classic.

[DreadArchon]

See, this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0538.html) is why Belkar - just works. Sometimes - surprisingly often, in fact, if you're an adventurer - "just get on and stab him already" is the right thing to do.
But V did it so much better, to Kubota. :smallbiggrin:

Actually, that strip was also one of my favorites.

[Havok SCOUT]

I'm personally tied between #584 and #587

[Soren Hero]

id say a tie between 439 and 611..basically anytime Belkar proves that he is indeed a "Sexy Shoeless God of War"

[FyreByrd]

No contest for me:
Badass...Really badass (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0434.html)

[Sawney Rath]

For some reason, every time I read 91 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0091.html) I laugh on the inside.

Fruit pie the sorcerer!

[Ron Miel]

Hard to pick my all time favourite strip, but I remember this one girl in Bangkok who came on stage with a bowl of ping-pong ball and then proceeded to ...

... Oh, wait, you meant comic strip? My favourite is Belkar's fake character growth (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0606.html), just a whisker ahead of the death of Roy (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0443.html).

[Francis Davey]

I have to agree with those who have mentioned #659.

The plot had been getting more and more tense and been particularly dark in places. We didn't know how things were going to end up for either V or O-Chul. At a moment of extreme tension the longest running gag in the comic returns and hits you. I think that shows Rich is a genius. It was something for which I was completely unprepared. Both funny and relieving at the same time.

[Joringel]

I have a particular affinity for Strip #223:

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0223.html

My favorite panel, however, comes from Strip #501:

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html

"It's not my fault! She never told me she was a fertility goddess!"

"She has flowers in her hair and bluebirds singing around her head. Who did you think she was, the bringer of pestilence?"