Boy on a Stick and Slither

Boy on a Stick and Slither is a web comic by Steven L. Cloud.

Strips usually feature a short, pithy and sometimes surreal exchange between the title characters: the Boy who is literally only a head on a stick, despite which he is something of an idealist; and Slither the snake, who tends to be more of a skeptic. The strip is characterized by dry and cynical humor.

Sample dialogue from "Flowers Think":

Slither: Flowers think they're SO pretty!

Boy: Flowers ARE pretty.

Slither: True. But they'll be dead soon enough.

Other recurring characters include Nancy, a tooth who fights injustice, Florida Cracker, a right-wing cracker from Florida, and Frickles Mudcat, a fish who is running for President of the United States and is only ever seen in one fixed pose.

The comic runs three times weekly (expanded from twice in 2004) on its own web site and once weekly in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and has also appeared in some other periodicals, including Esquire Magazine.

External link

• Boy on a Stick and Slither web site