Open scene on a lovely forested field. A young elven hunter, Cale’anon Vatay, emerges from the trees, backlit by sunlight and accompanied by butterflies and deer. He declares his intention to become a great hero and help the distressed, only to shortly thereafter be accosted by an evil warlock who, in the span of a few panels, completely desecrates everything that Cale believes in.

Welcome to Looking for Group.

Looking for Group, or LFG, follows the adventures of Cale, a member of a generally evil race who is trying to make good. His efforts are generally thwarted, however, as he falls in with a less-than-savory crowd which includes his pet panther Sooba, who tends to attack him more often than his enemies; Benn’Joon, or Benny, an orc priestess in trouble with the law; and Krunch Bloodrage, a tauren with brawn and brains to spare.

However, the most powerful and entertaining member of Cale’s band is Richard, an undead warlock who basically kills anything that stays in range long enough. In the first few pages alone, Richard incinerates a rabbit to explain the concept of “evil” to Cale, causes Cale to kill an innocent bystander, and blasts Cale into a small pile of ash which he then bags and carries around with him. The creators of the strip have even made an animated short called Slaughter your World, where Richard basically narrates his destruction of an entire town to the tune of The Little Mermaid’s “Part of Your World.”

This mismatched foursome is bound together in search of the Sword of Truth, which Benny must retrieve to free herself from her debt to Aelloon, a commander in the king’s army. The Sword is an epic weapon which supposedly arms its wielder with the magical power of anger. Richard, annoyed by the concept, immediately produces the “Fork of Truth,” and claims he is unstoppable because he is armed with his anger... and his fork.

The strip is written by Ryan Sohmer and drawn by Lar deSouza. LFG was spawned when the two were hired out to do a once-a-month MMO/gaming comic. They ended up falling in love with their creation and made it an independent project which they filled to the brim with their love of fantasy and sci-fi. Sohmer and deSouza have worked together before on their webcomic Least I Could Do, which is updated six times a week and has been published since 2003.