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Revision as of 22:14, 19 July 2005 by 69.192.136.39 (talk) (→Characters)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Least I Could Do is a humour webcomic by Ryan Somers and Chad Porter, which debuted on February 10, 2003. The primary theme of the strip is sexuality, especially the promiscuity of the primary character, Rayne Summers. The strip updates every day but Sunday. Stories tend to last for only a few strips, but some have gone several weeks. The strip has done a fairly long parody of The Lord Of The Rings, having Rayne being placed as Aragon.
In late 2004, I Have My Moments became available, it is the collection of the first year with Chad as artist. The original artist for the strip was Trevor Adams, who drew the strip from its debut until July 18, 2003. Chad took over on July 28 of that year.
In early 2005, the strip underwent a major change when Rayne's friend Noel arrived. Noel was often given roles that previously would have gone to the character John Gold, whose frequency in the strip was somewhat reduced. Soon after, Rayne became an executive assistant on falsified credentials, with the intent of sleeping with the CEO.
Characters
- Rayne Summers is the primary character. He is an attractive and extremely promiscuous man, having slept with fifty women at the strip's opening, and many more women (and one man) over the course of the strip. As of 2005, the highest total that has been given is five hundred. He briefly had a serious relationship with Cyndi, but he could not gain the respect of her parents. He currently has a casual relationship with Marcy, despite their business relationship, though it appears that he still sleeps with other women. Previously, he was a columnist, but he became Marcy's assistant (by having Mick lie to inflate his importance), hoping to sleep with her. He invented the term "vagoo" for the vagina, considering the normal term too clinical - other characters have used the word since.
- Noel is Rayne's best friend, a later addition to the strip, first appearing on January 10, 2005. His appearance greatly reduced John Gold's importance. He usually plays Rayne's wingman, and is markedly less critical of his lifestyle than John.
- John Gold is Rayne's roommate, who often acts as a foil. He expresses a resigned discontent with Rayne's promiscuity; he himself is looking for a wife. He is a grade school teacher, and has made several abortive attempts to romance a single mother whose child is in his class. His temptations are represented by a small Darth Vader, in a parody of the shoulder angel cliché
- Melissa "Issa" Alie is a friend of Rayne's. Rayne continually makes sexual advances on her, which she rejects. Despite this, it sometimes seems as though she has a crush on him. She works as a clerk at a gas station. Filler strips frequently involve her in revealing clothing, or jokes about readers' attraction to her.
- Mick Alfa is an unattractive and awkward friend of Rayne's, whom he often uses as a wingman. Sometimes, to make himself look even better by comparison, Rayne has Mick pretend to be retarded. Despite this, Mick is actually fairly smart, and managed to secure Rayne his job. Mick himself is a TV program director.
- Rob Penfield is Rayne and John's neighbour. He lives with his girlfriend, Beth, who is never seen. His friends frequently accuse him of being "whipped." He works in marketing.
- Cyndi is Rayne's ex-girlfriend. She met him working as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant, they went horseback riding once after Rayne convinced her that he was an "expert" equestrian, almost recked it by trying to pay a prostitute to give his horse Wild Rage oral sex, but saved it with a picnic; the strip which gave the year one book the title, "I Have My Moments". After this they began dating. However, he lost her parent's approval by describing her in sexual terms. She later helped Rayne and John to assemble a rock garden. She also told Rayne she wanted to remain "friends", which he translates as "I will NEVER sleep with you". He's still crying inside.
- Harry is a homeless artist. After being offended by John's condescension, he set up shop outside his apartment building.
- Dr. Wilcott is Rayne's internist. Trying to strike up conversation, Rayne found out he was gay. Initially homophobic, Rayne later defended the doctor from a woman in the waiting room.
- The "Suck For a Buck Lady" is a prostitute who often appears (but never speaks), usually for a one-strip gag.
- Marcy McKean is the CEO of IDS Enterprises, a self-made multi-millionaire. Rayne used false credentials to secure a job as her assistant, hoping to sleep with her. He ultimately succeeded, although Marcy is still unaware of the fraud, as well as the fact that this was his primary goal.
- Nancy is Marcy's receptionist. Before Rayne's interview, another man had shown up with the same goal, but Marcy realised the ploy, and threatened to fire Nancy if it ever happened again. Although Marcy has not yet realised Rayne's intentions, this has caused Rayne some guilt, especially because Nancy was pregnant at the time. She has since given birth; despite circumstances forcing Rayne to act as midwife, the child had no obvious problems.
- Eric Summers is Rayne's brother. They have similar views of the opposite sex and a similar sense of humour. Eric is a doctor.