After he sprained his wrist in 2005, Burlew used some of the time he took off from the comic to improve the character designs of the main cast, straightening their lines and adding tiny details like the runes stitched along the edge of Vaarsuvius' cloak. In strip #101, the curved and crooked panel borders (which Burlew has since questioned how he could ever have thought were acceptable) are replaced with straight-though still slanted-black lines. The comic has had several upgrades to the art style over its life. The strip was originally produced simply to entertain those who arrived at the site for his articles, but it quickly became the most popular feature on the site (leading him to eventually abandon writing articles entirely).
Initially, the strip was intended to feature no plot whatsoever-depicting an endless series of gags drawn from the D&D rules instead-but Burlew quickly changed his mind, laying down the earliest hints of a storyline as early as strip #13. The Order of the Stick began its run in September 2003 on what was (at the time) Rich Burlew's personal site for gaming articles.
The comic, whose name is often abbreviated OOTS by fans, is drawn and authored in a deliberate stick figure style by Rich Burlew. Surveys of webcomic site traffic held since May 2007 have consistently placed The Order of the Stick as one of the ten most widely-read webcomics in existence. It also appeared monthly in Dragon Magazine for twenty-two issues. While it is principally published on the web, four book collections have been published, including two print-only stories ( On the Origin of PCs and Start of Darkness). The Order of the Stick is a comedic fantasy webcomic that satirizes pencil and paper role-playing games (particularly Dungeons & Dragons and its accompanying system, d20) through the continuing tale of the titular party of adventurers. From Left to Right: Belkar, Vaarsuvius, Elan, Haley, Durkon and Roy.
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