The Order of the Stick. Start of Darkness by Rich Burlew. 112 pp.
This prequel tells the origin story of the main bad guys before the strip starts. Burlew shows a flair for characterization in what is, basically, a stick figure comic. (Although the art is more sophisticated than you would expect from the description "stick figure.") The bad guys are not monolithically evil; that is, they have differing goals and agendas. Of course, the good guys do too, but it's so easy, especially in fantasy adventures, to just say "bad guys are bad" and leave it at that.
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