Boy on a Stick and Slither (also called BOASAS) is a webcomic

Webcomic

Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....

 by Steven L. Cloud.

Strips usually feature a short, pithy and sometimes surreal

Surrealism

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 exchange between the title characters. The strip is characterized by dry and cynical humor.

Boy on a Stick and Slither is a member of Dumbrella

Dumbrella

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, a webcomics collective. In April 2007, the comic was picked up by United Media

United Media

United Media is a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. It syndicates 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. Its core business is the United Feature Syndicate and the Newspaper Enterprise Association...

. It had been syndicated online at Comics.com until February 2009, and is currently hosted on its own website.