Boy on a Stick and Slither

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{{Infobox Webcomic | title = Boy on a Stick and Slither | image = | caption = Two panels from the comic "Proud of Pride" | author = Steven L. Cloud | url = http://www.boasas.com/ | status = Updates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays | began = 1998 | ended = | genre = Existential Humour | ratings = }}

Boy on a Stick and Slither (also called BOASAS) is a webcomic 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; Frickles Mudcat, a fish who is running for President of the United States and is only ever seen in one fixed pose; and God, who is depicted as a cloud with lightning bolts for arms, a bottle of beer and a cigarette.

The comic is published three times weekly (expanded from twice in 2004) on its own website, and has also appeared in some other periodicals, including Esquire and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Boy on a Stick and Slither is a member of Dumbrella, a crew of webcomic artists.

Material from Boy on a Stick and Slither will be included in Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists.