Is This The Fastest Kickstarter Project Ever

[Rich Johnston]

A day and a bit ago, The Order Of The Stick Reprint Drive went up on Kickstarter, looking to raise $57,750 to reprint a now out-of-print Order Of The Stick webcomic collection, the third volume, the 288 page long full colour The Order of the Stick:?*War and XPs

Creator of this minimalist role paying game themed webcomic, Rich Burlew gave the added incentive that anyone who pledged $10 or more would get an exclusive Order Of The Stick comic as a digital PDF and fridge magnet, while a $45 pledge would get you the book in question.

That was enough to do it. On the first day, he raised $47000. So far into the second day, he has already raised over $81,000, an average of $45 a person. Which means he'll also have enough to reprint the prequel book The Order of the Stick: On the Origin of PCs, and possibly more.

That's a phenomenal record, and may be the fastest in Kickstarter comics history. And he still has 28 days of fundraising left.

[thekeith82]

Not surprising, really. Order of the Stick is a hell of a comic.

[ahlhelm]

Not surprising, really. Order of the Stick is a hell of a comic.

I've never seen a comic with as rabid a fan following as it has. This pretty much shows it.

[Matt Spatola]

Wow, never read it or even heard of it. But still, wow!

[DJ_Convoy]

If you've ever played D&D, it's pretty fantastic.

[thekeith82]

If you've ever played D&D, it's pretty fantastic.

Even if you haven't, you'll only miss the occasional stat based gag. I haven't played D&D since I was about ten and I still think it's fantastic. For something so outwardly simple and cutesy looking, it has great plotting, phenomenally well developed characters, and a streak of darkness a mile wide. It's well over 800 pages now so it's a fair job to get through it all from the start, but it's well worth the effort.

[RYard]

Damn...I might have to do it just to get the pdf...

[Mike H.]

I know a few comic companies who would kill for that kind of rabid following.

[Dans07sti]

Never even heard of this. Is this a print comic also, or only available online?

[thekeith82]

Never even heard of this. Is this a print comic also, or only available online?

Mostly online. There was a prequel GN that was print only, but other than that it's all available here: Giant In the Playground Games