Quote Originally Posted by KorvinStarmast View Post
Rich has let us in on "how to do a good job in writing a graphic novel" (well, seven of them in a series, with some prequels etc) one strip at a time. And he's pretty good at setting up a joke and delivering it. That's what kept me coming back.
One thing I look for in a good TV show is one where there are episodic arcs, season arcs, and an overall series arc, each progressing at their own pace.

When you mention Rich's ability to set up and deliver on a joke, that demonstrates to me that OotS does the same thing as the shows I like: each strip has a small story with a payoff at the end, each book has an arc of its own, and the comic as a whole has an arc. As others have said, OotS hasn't crossed the finish line yet, but there nor have there been any major slip-ups (to my mind, anyway).

It's literally the only webcomic I still read, despite starting many of them over the past 20 years, and I think a lot of it comes down to the excellent pacing of strip/book/series arcs being resolved.