Sign here for The Giant

[Deathslayer7]

Get Well Soon!!!!!!!!:smallsmile:

[that_guy]

Seconded :smallsmile:

[Jukashi]

Yaharr, matey, sail free of the scurvy at a good rate o' knots!

[PsyBlade]

<Signs in the most impressive calligraphy possible using the most expensive ink buyable.>

[Surfing HalfOrc]

Signs with octopus ink.

(Hey, I really am a surfer. This Oklahoma lifestyle is driving me bananas!)

[mockingbyrd7]

mockingbyrd7

[sealemon]

Just a pixie ITP, but have been reading since #1. Ya do great work, Rich, and I hope you get better soon.

glad to hear the mysteryitis isn't life-threatening.

[Jukashi]

mysteryitis

So he has a swollen mystery? :smallamused:

[Snow]

Being enjoying your work for a long times since the begining, so I hope you get as better as you can, and please take my words for sure that everyone thinks the same if you need more than two weeks everyone will be fine with it, take a month, two month, an year if you need, your health should come first, never your work, no matter how many people love to see another comic, get well first.

Mis mejores deseos,
Sebastián

[fwiffo]

Reading between the lines, it is not something that one recovers from. It is likely some form of malady that makes the fine hand movement controls needed to create the comic's art difficult or painful. Muscle control, bone issues, nerve problems - take your pick.

In other words, it is a condition to be managed; barring major medical advances, something that will last for lifetime. It is not an issue of taking a few months off and being all clear.

At least, that is my take on it. I don't know any more than other people; I am reading same announcement that all of you are reading.

[Tirian]

:elan: Feel, feel, feel, feel better soon!

[Scarab83]

This dude needs more vitamin C in his diet. Pronto.

[Skyshot]

fwiffo, maybe I'm biased from my own experience, but I didn't see it quite that way. Between the wording of the announcement and the "comic will be late" panel he posted, I read it more like he was describing a broader, more generally affecting problem, similar to my chronic nausea problems.

Best not to discuss it, though. (Actually, I'm only bringing this up to try and prevent any rumors from getting a foothold. I'd hate to see the damage from a popular but false idea of whatever he has.)

That said, I'm signing.

Get Well Soon!!!!!!!!:smallsmile:
Skyshot

[BRC]

Signed, get well soon!

I mean Soon as in after a short amount of time has passed, not Soon as in the founder of the Saphire guard.

[Lira]

Hey Giant, I hope you feel better soon. Until then, get lots of rest! :smallsmile: Even though I am obsessed with this comic, I can wait for as long as it takes for you to feel better.

*signs card*

By the way, my order of OOPCs and No Cure came in last week and I absolutely love them. You are a genius. :smallbiggrin:

Get better!

[de-trick]

Hope you get better Rich. Love the comic. Don't worry about the comic. We'll all think of it as a commercial break.

Get well

[Icewalker]

So he has a swollen mystery? :smallamused:

I would say his illness is quite a swollen mystery indeed :smallwink:

*Signs card*

[Scatman]

*signs*:
Scatman

[Oberon]

*signs with wizard's-spellbook-quality ink*
Well that was good use of a few hundred gp.
Now do I have to wait 24 hours to post again?

[Alysar]

*Signs card*

Rich, you do whatever you have to to get yourself better. I think dumping a MWF schedule that you can't keep will be less stressful on you and us both.

*changes his del.icio.us tags for OotS from "Tuesday Thursday Saturday" to "Irregular"*

[Alzharade_the_Arti]

Signed.

Hope you get to feeling better you wonderful genius.

[The Extinguisher]

*signs*
We're gonna need a bigger card.

Get well soon. Illness of any kind sucks.

[David Argall]

Also signed.

Get well[er?] soon.

[Jink]

*Signs*

Watch some B5, that'll help you get healthier :smallbiggrin:

[Sinsie]

*puts up a poster with a kitty that has the text, "Hang in There"*

[Pakka]

Get Well Soon!

I know you just took out a ton of Paladins, but dude there are still a few left. Get them to work, you can even threaten to take their name away :)

Hang in there.
Pakka

[Vladimir]

-Vladimir

Best wishes from just one more fan.

[Jops]

Signed.
Not much of a forum goer until lately, but a an Oots reader since the early days.

Take good care of yourself and get well soon, Giant!

[Actana]

Hey, Soon just departed to the celestial realms, I don't think he is very hurt, but we probably won't be seeing him much. :smallbiggrin:

Get well soon Rich!

/signed

[EdgarVerona]

Aye, do what you have to do to get better. We can wait, of course. =) And on a side note, I am glad to hear that Rich is making enough off of the comic that he doesn't need to work a day job. I had been wondering about that... it seems the comic entertains a great many people, and I was hoping that as such he'd be making a decent living off of it. At least that's a positive thing. Hopefully this condition (whatever it is) isn't permanent so he can enjoy his life as well.

[Grumpy_Frenchman]

Meilleurs voeux de bonne sante, Mr Burlew!

*Signs*

[Scientivore]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s298/Scientivore/OotS/CardForRich400x400.jpg
Image derived from public domain photo stock (http://www.pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?mat=pdef&pg=7429).

[Lenny]

All true fans of this comic know Rich's health is far more important than having the comic up on time. Anybody who whinges and complains and feels that he "owes them something", despite the fact we are provided with hours of entertainment for free (Although many of us, myself included, are happy to buy books, t-shirts and other OotS stuff, nobody is obliged to), are to be ignored. We would all rather see excellent quality stuff at random, rather than Rich forcing himself to produce something so that the vocal minority of complainers are kept quiet.

All the best Rich,
Lenny.

[BisectedBrioche]

*signs my unreadable signature*

[Alysar]

All true fans of this comic know Rich's health is far more important than having the comic up on time. Anybody who whinges and complains and feels that he "owes them something", despite the fact we are provided with hours of entertainment for free (Although many of us, myself included, are happy to buy books, t-shirts and other OotS stuff, nobody is obliged to), are to be ignored.

I don't think anyone has been doing that, have they? I haven't seen anyone.

[Rowelyn]

Veel beterschap en sterkte,

*signs*

[Almanro_De_Nerossa]

Signed.

It's only my second post, but I'm a great Oots reader and supporter since strip fourteen.

Wishes of good health from Italy, Giant!:smallsmile:

[Caractacus]

Thanks, Rich, for letting us know. It's not easy to talk about ailments and problems in a public way.

I hope the cutbacks give you some of the rest you need...

*signs*

Best wishes!

[AngryRussian16]

*signs*


Hope you feel better soon

[Arbitrarity]

*signs something*

I need to sign, but does it matter what I sign?

Various random letters:elan:

[Darkbane]

Best wishes.

*signed*

[I'm da Rogue!]

Dear Giant,
Get well soon!!!
Rogue.
I also brought u cookies and some orange juice.

[Raistlin1040]

*Signs in flowy, overly decorative, cursive.*

[Sesquedoodle]

*signs card*

Hope you're feeling better soon, Rich. Your fans in the UK (or me, at least) are thinking of you.

[NeonRonin]

With deep admiration for your comedic and storytelling skills, and best wishes for a quick and lasting recovery,

The Neon Ronin

P.S.

:roy::haley::elan::vaarsuvius::durkon::belkar: Best wishes from all of us, too!

P.P.S.

:xykon::redcloak::mitd: Yeah, feel better and stuff.

[Marek]

On behalf of the entire GITP field office of the FVZA, I sign your card. Hope you feel better soon, Rich!

[InfernalistGame]

May the imps of your ill humours get their *boop* straight.

*signs, like all overdramatic goeticists, in a single drop of blood*

[engimoore]

Rich:

I've been reading OOTS since around #60 or so, and your work continues to improve in quality. You've yet to jump the shark in my humble opinion, and I think you're still far, far away from the fin. I've had the honor of standing in line to purchase OOTS goodies at Indy GenCon 2005 and 2006, meeting you briefly both times. Thanks for all you've given us.

I have no idea if you'll personally read this; I assume you're fairly busy even on a good day to read all the forum posts. While I'm selfishly sorry that you have to cut back on your production and convention attendance, I know that you wouldn't do it unless you had to, and health and sanity are much more important than appeasing the fanboys. Take care of yourself, and I hope you can make it back to Indy in 2008 and for many more years after that.

[Tmabbbb]

Rich Burlew, for years you have provided us for an extremely humorous comic strip. You have numerous fans who all greatly enjoy this work. We all hope that you can get better, although this may not be particularly simple. Not only for the comic, but we hope for your well-being so that this author can continue living the great life he deserves.

[Genghis Cohen]

Get better! A visit to a Chinese herbalist in Flushing might be in order.

[gnomas]

signed!
get well!

[WojtekPod]

I hope you'll get better soon!

WojtekPod

[The Pink Ninja]

Signed, may whatever it is that plagues you go into remission.

[Strengfellow]

Being someone who suffers from a long term incurable debilitating medical condition, I can safely say I feel your pain brother.

So take some time off, put your proverbial feet up and relax.

Because if you haven't got your 'elf...

[Ranek the Bold]

Rich, I do hope and pray for your health. I have enjoyed your work for a while, and have no problem with no set schedual. You do what you have to for your health, and don't give your wife too much whining when you are feeling bad, I know how I am when I am feeling off. Your true fans will enjoys the strip whenever you can put it out, but your health is much more important.

[Studoku]

I prepared explosive runes this morning

EDIT: Oops, wrong card. Now the ressurect Miko petition probably has Get Well Soon on it.

[Olorin]

Get well soon! and stay well :)

*sends a healing potion*

Olorin

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

I don't know exactly how permenant your condition is, so I'll sign with all the love in my black little heart and say this; Get less bad-feeling, Rich! :smallsmile:

[Pyro]

*signs*
I hope your ailment suddenly leaves you soon because nothing sucks more than being chronically sick.

[The Florist]

Yeah, I'll register to sign for this. Already did, evidently, since I can post. Ok, I'll just sign.

Well, you strike me as a together enough fellow to know when you're overdoing it, so no "it's not worth it, take it easy, we can wait" messages. Just keep it safe.

Good comic - been following it since way back - keep them coming. And I follow webcomics which aren't nearly as good and which update way more irregularly.

[BlackFerret]

*signed*

Even if Rich decided that he could no longer do the comic at all, then his mark has been more than made. He has done so much to bring humor and enjoyment to gaming fandom, that I am grateful to him for all the time he's spent up to this point.
Here's hoping for your good health and recovery.

[RAGE KING!]

W00T


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:belkar: :durkon: :durkon: :belkar: :xykon: :xykon: :elan: :vaarsuvius: :haley: :thog: :thog: :miko: :sabine: :mitd: :roy: :roy: :nale: :roach: :redcloak: :redcloak:

[RedScholarGypsy]

Hey, live your life well, Giant. I do hope you keep up the comic, and thank you for telling us what's up.

[phobiandarkmoon]

Get well soon Rich - no need to stress yourself out. One a week would be enough for me if it meant your continuing health, so no stressing yourself out

[Dragor]

Get well soon. :smallsmile:

*thrusts grapes onto Giant*

[Avenging Viper]

*sends Mr. Giant a big basket of fruit, vitamin C pills, gatorade,and hot tea*

Get well soon!

Viper

[Moebius2000]

*signed*
Best wishes from Germany.
Your wealth is much more important than the amusment which is provided to us by your comicstrips.
Get well soon and I whish you many good days, and use those days not only for drawing, relax and enjoy them!
Afte this story arc, enjoy your timeout and take as much time as you need. ww will have a hard time without the comic :smallwink: but thats ok, we still have the old one to re-read.

Get well soon!
Moebius2000

[Oxymoron]

*Signed*
Get well soon (even though it`s permanent). I truly love your webcomic and your honesty. Så bli bedre snart from Norway!

[SteveMB]

I hope your health takes a turn for the better soon. Take as long a break as you need to help that happen.

[MR.PIXIE]

Mr.Pixie get well soon, I need oots:smallcool:

[BobTheFerret]

BobTheFerret! (signature)

I most certainly want Rich to get better, but I don't understand why everybody is so worried about Soon... Never mind, he's with Miko. Yeah, I understand the concern. :smallwink:

[Yth]

I too suffer from a chronic illness and, though I fear your condition is worse than mine, I am quite familiar with the scariness of a disease with a mind of its own. Personal demons pale by comparison.

Thanks for the excellent work you've done in creating OOTS. I hope it brings you as much joy to create it as it does for all of us to read it. May your good days outnumber your bad ones. :smallsmile:

[Forealms]

Get well, Giant. You've done more than enough of your part already to give the bored people of the world a place to enjoy themselves.

[Ar-Sakal]

Giant,

It is horrible having to carry a disease for a long time, but I am glad to hear it is non-fatal. You know, nowadays they find a cure for everything, so I hope very soon the only reason why you would need to take a break is because you deserve one.

My regular job has me sorrounded with shallow people only interested in making money and spending it, so it is great to know this little spot in Internet for my geeky side to laugh and participate, not worring how "hot" the M&A market is or whether our companies are reaching their targets.

Keep doing your stuff at your pace, and enjoy life!!!

Best Regards,

A "financial services industry" manager by day and hardcore D&D fan whenever I can...

[BigHairyMonster]

<signs in really small letters in a space no-one used yet>

Mr Giant, Sir: hope you're OK. You should know there's a bunch of people out here who will 'Stick' with this place through thick and thin.

Be well. Keep 'em coming, as and when. We'll be here.

[Klio]

<signs in even itty bittier letters underneath, in shockingly maroon ink, because I'm really not as unassuming as I pretend to be>

Get well soon! I sometimes check the site a couple of times a day anyway just to cheer myself up rereading the latest comic, so I'm sure we'll all find plenty of entertainment perusing the archives and plotting--I mean, discussing the futures of the characters amongst ourselves. Take care of you!

[Deathslayer7]

everyone loves you Giant. Thank you.

[skrap1r0n]

Get Well Soon, Giant. Take as much time as you need to get better.

[Gravedjinn]

get well soon giant man :D

[Revlid]

I'm sure I already signed one of these? :smallconfused:

Ah well, there can never be too many Get-Well e-Cards for the Giant.
Signed!

[¤Henk¤]

I just signed up to wish you well Rich. I am glad you have someone looking after you and hope you'll feel better soon.

OOTS has been a great read for me even though I am not familiar with DnD (though I understand much because of my MMORPG background). Thanks for letting us loyal readers know what's up. :smallsmile:

[encoded]

Get well soon Rich.

e.

[Starla]

Hope you feel better soon and take a vacation when you get a chance to enjoy it. I went for 2 years without a vacation and it almost killed me. So since you have not really taken any breaks for yourself, I think you are way overdue for time off.

*Signed

Starla

[Haedrian]

Get well soon and good work on the comic..

Three Cheers for the Giant...

:mitd: :mitd: :mitd:

[Raziel3024]

Get well soon, Giant.:smallsmile:

[pendell]

Amen! Praying for ya, Giant!

Also, I will no longer be worried about new comics being released,
since there no longer is an official schedule.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[SirKiswi]

We are all pulling for you! Take as much time as you need to get better!:smallsmile:

and how do i sign up on the rss to recieve notification of when the new comic is posted?

[Wolf53226]

May the sun always shine on you and the joy that you have given others return to you 10 fold.

Get Well.

Wolf53226

[FishEyedBob]

Yes, getting better would be splendidly excellent of you.

[Yeril]

Cure Moderate Wounds! Remove Desease! Neutralise Poison! Restoration!

[Tao]

Best of luck with getting better, Giant. I hope your health improves for you soon!

[vegetablevoice]

*signed*

Love the strip. Keep up the GREAT work!

-VV

[MR.PIXIE]

This dude needs more vitamin C in his diet. Pronto.

And vitamin a,b,->x,y,z, zinc, minarals and calcium, blend it in with heavy cough syrup and you get the perfect cure, or realy bad acid.

[Wizzardman]

And vitamin a,b,->x,y,z, zinc, minarals and calcium, blend it in with heavy cough syrup and you get the perfect cure, or realy bad acid.

[signed]

How about we just stuff Mr. Burlew with a few hundred vitamin pills? That'll make him feel better, right? :smallwink:

Get better soon, Rich.

[lordpuma]

I hope you are feeling better soon. We love you! (and The Order of the Stick)
:smalleek:

[Zictor]

Get better, Giant!


Zictor, the Killer Panda

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[MR.PIXIE]

I hope you are feeling better soon. We love you! (and but mostlyThe Order of the Stick)
:smalleek:

How dare you!!!:smallmad:

[jkdjr25]

Much love and get well soon from my entire gaming group Giant.

:)

[Hann]

Cure Incapacitating Wounds!

Get Well Soon, Giant!

Hann

[Zim]

Rich,
What can I say? You're an awesome! Thanks for all of your hard work on OOTS and Giantitp. You've created not only a first rate web comic, but a built great community. Not many people can boast this. Get well. Thanks again.

[OneEyedJay]

Get well man! I religously read OOTS and wish you a speedy recovery.

[lemmor]

Signed... Get well soon... also you Giant...

[Gramel]

Rich,

Long time reader, first time poster. (:smalltongue: )
I must say, I love reading OOTS.
Sorry to hear about your medical issues. I hope that you continue to get through them, and hopefully in the long run, overcome them.

Anyway, I just wanted to say, update OOTS whenever you want. Don't worry about going back to a random update schedule. Your comic really is fantastic. I'm quite alright with "Quality" over "Quanity" anyday. Keep up the great strips....whenever you can!


Gramel

[mockingbyrd7]

<signs in even itty bittier letters underneath, in shockingly maroon ink, because I'm really not as unassuming as I pretend to be>

Get well soon! I sometimes check the site a couple of times a day anyway just to cheer myself up rereading the latest comic, so I'm sure we'll all find plenty of entertainment perusing the archives and plotting--I mean, discussing the futures of the characters amongst ourselves. Take care of you!

you mean like this?

Get well soon! I sometimes check the site a couple of times a day anyway just to cheer myself up rereading the latest comic, so I'm sure we'll all find plenty of entertainment perusing the archives and plotting --I mean, discussing the futures of the characters amongst ourselves. Take care of you!

[Nota Biene]

Dear Giant: As one of a great many admirers of your work, It saddens me to hear that you suffer from a chronic disease. Your ability to create high, even literary drama in a comic whose style would seem to allow only light comedy challenges older notions of the medium in which you work. I will go so far as to say that you are no longer just making D&D jokes, though you do that brilliantly, nor are you merely telling a story. You are creating art.

I count myself lucky to have met you briefly at a booksigning at Pandemonium Games in Cambridge, and was impressed by your great energy. I commend you for maintaining the drive even under adversity.

Here's to hoping for your best possible health, may the best days of your past be as the worst days of your future.

Nota Biene

[Thimble]

I can't exactly wish you better, 'cause that doesn't look like it's in the cards, but have a spoon. Have ten.

[ladybright]

Wishing you all ease and comfort.:smile: I appreciate all the great work you have done here. As much as we wait for each comic with bated breath I know we can wait for when they come out. Having fibromyagia and having had a misdiagnosis of both lupus and MS I know how hard it can be to take care of things in a timely manner.:sigh: And how annowing it is to have everyone ask why you can't always do things/be healthy.:smallyuk: (Sorry to kabitz but there has been a lot of good looking research coming out of MSU about tart cherries/cherry juice for arthritis, gout, fibromyalia and cronic fatigues syndrome. I do not know if any of these are something you have experienced and it is none of my busines but I cannot not mention it.:redface: )
Best wishes,
Ladybright

[TheSilverSage]

Even though I've also signed the previous thread as well, I am indeed anything but reluctant to repeat the action!

May your ongoing battle with your illness be not a victory, but a triumph, Mr Burlew. There are not many people willing to give others what you've given us, through OotS, even among those of us who take breaks from our work simply on a whim. Get better indeed, Rich Burlew: and stay better, too! :smallwink:

With My Gratitude,
TheSilverSage

[HomerHT]

*Signs almost completely unintelligibly*

...I forgot my cursive somewhere around 8th grade and have since used a series of scribbles as my signature. People tell me I'm going to be a doctor *rim shot*

[charles]

OOTS shouldn't be a responsibility or an obligation. It's something the Giant needs to do because he enjoys it and enjoys sharing the world with us.

I hope his holiday and the lack of a schedule, relieve the stress of the task and allow him to enjoy it once again.

Do it 'cos you Love it, and have fun while you're at it!

Heck, host a few other 3rd party comics like Erfworld and we'll always have a reason to keep visiting.

[Lissou]

As far as I am concerned, you can take the time you want to work on OOTS. If you go too fast, it won't be as good, anyway, so as a fan I can only want you to do it at your rythm.
So, take as much time as you want or need between strips, and after you complete the strips that will be book 3. We'll be there waiting for sure.

[Lenny]

I don't think anyone has been doing that, have they? I haven't seen anyone.

Unfortunately, they have. Such as here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50479). Good to see that most people don't share this guy's opinion.

[AKA_Bait]

Get well my taleneted fellow New Yorker. If you ever want delivery chicken soup just say, or rather type, the word. We all owe you big time for the fantastic and free entertainment you give us.

[kialos]

"All Praise tha High Priest o' Giantitp.com! My his beard e'er be soaked in Ale rather than vomit."

Get well soon. And I kinda like it being "3 days a week without warning" Its almost like being sneak attacked with comics. :smallbiggrin:

[Wildrose]

Signs with lots of friendly hugs.

I'm glad you're looking after yourself, Rich - I have experience of chronic illness from both sides of the fence (suffer from one myself, now studying to be a doctor) and rest is absolutely the most important thing. Get lots of it.

If you were in the UK I'd send you some of my magic instant-healing chocolate brownies. Damn Customs regulations.

[SweetBB]

Signed up to sign. Long time reader, first time poster.

Love OOTS. Always wonderful to have it to look forward to. Thank you for such awesomeness.

Sending all my appreciation and good energy your way Rich. Don't worry about us, just take care of yourself. We are happy with whatever and whenever you can manage. Randomness is more fun anyway!

sweetbb

[technomage]

Technomage

[Yoritomo Himeko]

Hope you're feeling better soon! :smallsmile:

[Hranat]

I don't care if you're reading this, but my best wishes for your recovery...

[Thes Hunter]

I wish you the best of health.

You're health is far more important than any career you might have. Take your time, with the comic. Stressing out about the comic will only shorten your life, which cheats your family and loved ones out of precious time, and they are the ones that really matter.

Best wishes and kind regards.

[Ertier]

Get well soon Rich, from a 1-year fan today, but a member for a week...
Ertier

[mockingbyrd7]

I wish you the best of health.

Your health is far more important than any career you might have. Take your time, with the comic. Stressing out about the comic will only shorten your life, which cheats your family and loved ones out of precious time, and they are the ones that really matter.

Best wishes and kind regards.

Amen. May the Twelve Gods hasten your recovery.

[Dreamin Elf]

Being a daily reader since Oots #4 and having incorporated it to my weekly routine for so long, I just wish to say, nay, ask, nay, beg you:

Take it easy and take your time, Rich.

And thanks for all the fis, err, fun ;)

[Khayankh]

*signs*

*ships huge crate of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup (in cans) and boxes of Manischewitz Matzo Ball & Soup Mix to Mr. Burlew* - seriously, Manischewitz matzo balls (from the box) in Campbell's soup is the BOMB when you're sick and don't want to cook. I would ship baked goods as well, but I suck at cooking. :smallbiggrin:

[ngoslinn]

Also signed......

If i may say one thing, i think most ppl. have forgot to thank someone... so i put in my thank you to Rich's "significant other" May you and rich get better as i bet his illness is hurting the both of you!!!

PLEASE GET BETTER RICH!!!!!!!

P.S. i find jokes always help ;)

[RelentlessImp]

Dear Mr. Burlew,

As a long time reader and supporter of Order of the Stick (sadly since only about comic #150), I feel compelled to thank you for all the wonderful work you've done and commend your storytelling skill. I would also like to extend a hearty thank you to your significant other taking good care of you.

You have my well wishes and hopes that your recovery is swift and relatively painless, and feels nothing like the wrath of the Twelve Gods striking you down and leaving you a Fighter-Without-Bonus-Feats. Nor, I hope, shall it feel the same as an unidentifiable creature lightly touching a Paladin and sending it through a wall.

To wrap up this rather lengthy signature to a communal get-well wish, I merely wish to say the following two phrases of wisdom:
"You roll a natural 20 on your Fortitude save."
And...
"Hello, and welcome to ThorPrayer(C)..."

Signed,
The Relentless Imp

PS: Do take it easy and please don't push yourself overmuch. All the best wishes!

[DaveBo]

Giant, you have given, and continue to give, and I hope will for a long time continue to give... so many of us great joy with your creation. So many of us are understanding of your situation, and wish you great strength and patience as you deal with it. Thank you for keeping us informed that we might manage our expectations.

Adoring fan # 2 billion and 6.

[banjo1985]

banjo1985

I'll echo the sentiments of pretty much everyone else. While the comic is awesome it's no substitute for improved health on your part, and a freer schedule where you can relax a little more will hopefully ease whatever ails 'ya! I'm sure everyone who reads the comic is fine with going back to the randomly posted strips, I for one am more than happy to get my OOTS kicks whenever you feel right enough to make them!

Hope you feel better soon Giant

[Aristeidis]

I don't know you Rich, nonetheless:
Wholeheartedly, :smallsmile:

[Hilary Moon Murphy]

Rich --

I do hope that you feel better soon. Do what you need to do. We fans will still be there.

BTW, my whole family reads Order of the Stick. We have all your books and several t-shirts and revel in OotS coolness. You've made our days brighter with your fine storytelling.

Hugs to you and your family.

Hmm

[Artifact]

Hey, Rich. This is my first (and likely, only) post on these forums. There's a good chance you will eventually check this thread out however, and I just want to take a moment. Long-term illness is one of the most "isolating" things imaginable, it can be upsetting, scary, and depressing. My hopes and and prayers go out to you and your family during such difficult circumstances.

Thank you so much for many years of fun and entertainment. I'm looking forward to many more.

:)

[Inigo Montoya]

Dear Giant,
Get well soon. Best wishes to your family.


Inigo Montoya

[Ithekro]

Better yet, stay well. Good health is a must for enjoying the little things.

(My Collage History Professor said he found the name Inigo Montoya to be the best name. It just rolls off the tongue don't you think?)


Take care of yourself, Sir Giant.

[RAGE KING!]

I tried to sign, but my d.m. wont let me take literacy until i level up.

[sparkey477]

Merry Fishmas!... wait a minute... This is a get well soon card:smalleek:! Well, feel better Rich:biggrin:

P.S. Next time I drive by the donkey farm, I'll yell "Nice Ass!!!" out the window just for you