Walking stick Asian, made of bamboo, also a riding crop. Such a stick was owned by Charlie Chaplin's character The Tramp. Malacca – Malay stick made of rattan palms. Pike Staff – Pointed at the end for slippery surfaces. Scout staff – Tall stick traditionally carried by Boy Scouts, which has a number of uses in an emergency Waddy – Australian Aboriginal walking stick or war club, about one metre in length, sometimes with a stone head affixed with string and beeswax. Ziegenhainer – Knotty German stick, made from European cornel, also used as a melee weapon by a duellist's second. The
Boy on a Stick and Slither United Media, which syndicated the webcomic online at Comics.com until February 2009. "Boy on a Stick and Slither" has since been hosted on its own website. Tym Godek of "The Webcomics Examiner" described "Boy on a Stick and Slither" as with saying "Nothing in BOASAS stands still. Jittering characters, constantly shifting backgrounds and frequent non-sequiturs proliferate through the webcomic." Cloud's day job in online marketing is apparent in the strip's design, as "Boy on a Stick and Slither" looks very cognizant of color and layout. Michael Whitney of "Comixtalk" prompted that "aesthetically, the strip smacks of commercial art: full page