 May 22, 2006 strip commemorating the 1000th LICD strip. Least I Could Do (LICD) is a humor webcomic by Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza, which debuted on February 10, 2003. Although Lar Desouza is the current artist, the comic had been previously drawn by Chad WM. Porter, for two years, and before that, Trevor Adams. 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 fairly long parodies of characters, such as those from The Lord of the Rings, (having Rayne being placed as Aragorn), X-Men (with Rayne as Wolverine) and GI Joe, each taking place where Rayne is either struck unconscious, falls asleep or blacks out. An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...
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In late 2004, I Have My Moments was released, a full colour book featuring the first year of LICD with Chad as the artist. The original artist for the strip was Trevor, who drew the strip from its debut until July 18, 2003. Chad took over on July 28 of that year. Though many of the fans were hesitant at first of the new artist, especially his early 'pupiless' eyes, they quickly came to embrace his style, (after he got rid of those eyes).[citation needed] July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...
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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. A secretary is an office/administrative support position. ...
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Least I Could Do "3.0" launched on August 15, 2005 with the departure of Chad as the artist. Lar deSouza, a long time friend of Ryan Sohmer, and his artistic partner on the daily comic In Other News, has taken over the reins as the artist for Least I Could Do. The comic and website has been undergoing some major changes as a result. At first, some people in the community were a little hesitant of the new style of the artist, but they have come to love Lar's drawing style, and the new direction that the comic has been taking.[citation needed] August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ...
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December 2005 marked the release of My Will Be Done, the complete 2nd year collection and final works of Chad. It also included a mini-comic drawn by Lar, depicting the origins of Braman. In July 2006 the first of a series of Braman comics is set to be released. Early elections in November are announced in the Netherlands. ...
Though the primary character is Rayne, a growing supporting cast has LICD being compared at times to the Simpsons, as it will sometimes go up to a week without a strip featuring Rayne. These usually involve large story arcs involving the other characters, though Sohmer still specializes in the one strip joke. The gag-a-day format is a common form of comic strips and webcomics. ...
Main 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, in exchange for protection in prison) over the course of the strip. As of 2006, the highest total that has been given is 1,000. 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 is clear that he still sleeps with other women. Previously, he was a columnist, but he became a consultant for Marcy's business (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. Rayne recently discovered that he in fact has an older half-sister, Emily, and a niece, Ashley, who he has formed a serious bond with. She was the result of a teenage pregnancy by his mother. Rayne also once sported a Decepticon tattoo on his right shoulder, made in seconds with marker, in an attempt to impress an attractive pharmacist, who would later turn out to be as promiscuous as he, but much more violent. His parents gave him a cat named Baby, which Rayne has tried to mate with Mick's puppy dog, despite the fact they are of different species and both females. Rayne recently bought a brand-spanking new Audi in an attempt to outdo his brother's new BMW. He also had the car adorned with the Autobot logo.
Rayne is petty, perpetually horny, and childish, but he is fiercely loyal to his friends, even though he messes around with them constantly. He can be extremely noble at times, such as when he defended his gay proctologist from a homophobic woman or when he proved willing to sleep with a plain, overweight woman so Noel could get laid. He's just like that. He also is obsessed with Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings film series, and has had several elaborate fantasies of being the character while unconscious. A casual relationship (sometimes referred to as friends with benefits, cut friend, a fling, or fuck buddies) is a term used to describe the physical and emotional relationship between two unmarried people who have a sexual relationship without necessarily demanding or expecting a more formal relationship as a goal. ...
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- Noel is Rayne's best friend, a later addition to the strip, first appearing on January 10, 2005. Before showing up on the comic, he had been dating an overweight woman (instead of an attractive one) for 5 years, alienating himself from his friends. When he came back, he was readily welcomed by Issa and Rob, but Rayne had him read a verbal contract, promising that if Noel were to disappear again for a woman, he would at least make damned sure that she was at least attractive. His appearance greatly reduced John Gold's importance in the strip. He usually plays Rayne's wingman, and although he does not always appear to approve of Rayne's lifestyle, he is markedly less critical of it than John. Many of the comics strips feature Rayne and Noel walking through a park. In these strips Rayne often refers to various "conquests" he has had recently, or the two will discuss any issue which has recently risen, such as politics or topics of modern culture. Noel will usually end the strip with a one liner that shows flaw in Rayne's logic.
- 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 on two occasions romanced a single mother whose child is in his class. His temptations are represented by a small Darth Vader, in a parody of the shoulder devil cliché. This Darth Vader character frequently appears, not only to tempt him, and has a brief relationship with the single mother's "shoulder devil" 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. In one strip, in which she and Rayne literally "jump the shark", her inquiry ("Did we just jump the shark?") was met by Rayne with "Not yet, sweetheart. Not yet", which may or may not imply that Issa and Rayne will be together romantically in the future. Also, when she introduced her friends to her farmer-boyfriend, Huck, John and Mick suggested that she was dating him only because he looked like Rayne, suggesting a subconscious interest in him. She works as a clerk at a gas station, Esco. 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.
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Supporting characters - 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. Although he is listed on the site as a main character, he rarely appears and has only twice appeared since Lar took over as artist. His last major appearance saw him being invited to see the movie X-Men: The Last Stand with the Rayne and crew, only to be silenced before he could complete one sentence. He has not shown up in a character header on the site since the end of 2005.
- Cyndi Wang is Rayne's ex-girlfriend. She met him while working as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant, they went horseback riding once after Rayne convinced her that he was an "expert" equestrian. Rayne almost wrecked the date by trying to pay the Suck For A Buck Lady to give his horse Wild Rage oral sex, but saved it with a picnic (August 28, 2003). This strip provided the title of the year one book, "I Have My Moments". After this they began dating. However, he lost her parents' approval by describing his sexual plans for her. She later helped Rayne and John to assemble a rock garden, and briefly appeared to help Rayne in a series of strips where he went to a local martial arts school in order to challenge its teacher. Her words of advice and encouragement saved Rayne from the mauling he was taking, and allowed him to emerge victorious against the student he was challenging. Although she told Rayne she wanted to remain "friends", (which he translates as "I will NEVER sleep with you") after a wild New Years Eve party, Rayne woke up to find Cyndi naked in his bed. After much discussion, during which it was revealed that Rayne had initially passed out during his initial attempt, Rayne and Cyndi would spend the next eight hours having sex. It is implied that she is the one woman Rayne has deeper feelings for, besides perhaps Issa.
- Harry is a homeless artist. After being offended by John's condescension, he set up shop outside his apartment building. He is modeled off of Lar deSouza, Ryan's friend and now the artist for LICD. He was formerly the artist from "In Other News".
- Dr. Wilcott is Rayne's stand in internist when his regular physician was out of town. Trying to strike up conversation, Rayne found out he was gay, right before a colonoscopy. Initially homophobic, Rayne later joked with the doctor, and eventually defended him from a woman in the waiting room. Used as a vehicle to express Ryan Sohmer's deep objection to homophobia.
- The "Suck For a Buck Lady" is a prostitute who often appears but never speaks. Introduced (July 03, 2003) as the one time Rayne was tempted to actually pay for sex, but he decided that, "It just seems wrong that I spend more on a pack of gum." Rayne would eventually save her from arrest and introduce her for various one-strip gags.
- Phil the Pharmacist Rayne's pharmacist. Sells Rayne condoms by the caseload. Even has a boat named the SS Rayne. Almost had a nervous breakdown when Rayne decided to stop buying condoms from him, since he was sick of using them. He taught Rayne about various contraceptive devices, and Rayne ultimately decided that condoms were best.
- Little Vader John's evil conscience. He comes to John's aid when he needs help going after his student's mothers.
- Little Chewie could be considered John's good conscience, although he has only been seen in one strip (September 09, 2003). Like the original Chewbacca, little Chewie cannot speak English. Therefore, it is also possible that he was agreeing with Little Vader and encouraging John to sleep with the student's mother.
- Little Jar-Jar appeared once (September 13, 2003) before as another possible representation of John's good conscience, though he was quickly murdered by Little Vader.
- Little Genie is the relative the Little Vader for the woman John sleeps with.
- Braman is Rayne's alter ego. When evil attacks the good, when darkness threatens the light, when 2 bottles of tequila are emptied, Braman will be there. Real Life has Shirt-Ninja and VG Cats has Pantsman. Least I Could Do has Braman.
- Marcy McKean is the CEO of IDS Enterprises, a self-made multi-millionaire. Rayne used false credentials to secure a job as a consultant in her company, hoping to sleep with her. Although he has received oral satisfaction from her, he has still yet to succeed at his ultimate goal. Marcy appears to still unaware of the fraud, as well as the fact that sex is his primary goal.
- Martin is Rayne's executive assistant. He is introduced to Rayne at the end of his first day at work. Martin is madly in love with Marcy and construes Rayne as a threat.
- 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. Rayne only served as midwife long enough to discover that the fetus was backwards, so Rayne (using driving skills only Grand Theft Auto could harvest) drove Nancy to the hospital. Rayne was given the honor of naming Nancy's son, and quickly chose Aragorn. Marcy promised to give him a good middle-name.
- Eric Summers is Rayne's brother. They have similar views of the opposite sex and a similar sense of humour. Eric is a doctor. He constantly brings up this fact to taunt Rayne, since he is a doctor and Rayne isn't. This is a constant source of annoyance for Rayne. In Eric's first appearance, he is challenged by Rayne to a "bake-off" in the bar, where each point is won with a verified phone number or kiss by an attractive girl. In the end, Rayne was victorious, after the game went to a sudden death match where Rayne was clearly the winner. Recently he made a brief cameo, during a phone conversation in which he and Rayne learn of their half-sister. He appeared in another recent strip where it was revealed he is starting sensitivity training, after consoling the bereaved family of a dead patient with the words "shit happens." Most recently, he appeared in a strip where he antagonized Rayne once again for not being as successful and bragging about his brandy-spanking new BMW (whereas Rayne doesn't own a vehicle at all), prompting Rayne to go on a quest for a better and more expensive car.
- Emily - Rayne and Eric's older half-sister, she was the result of a teenage pregnancy of Rayne's mother. She was given up for adoption upon birth. Emily would hire an agency to find her birth mother and was soon introduced to the family. Emily works as a lawyer, but is currently off on maternity leave. She has two daughters and seems to be significantly more grounded than either Rayne or Eric. She prefers Legolas to Aragorn, which makes Rayne question whether she is actually related to him.
- Huck is Issa's ex-boyfriend who lives on a farm. When Issa brought Rayne, John, and Mick out to the farm for the weekend to meet Huck, Rayne ended up offending Huck, and Mick got a sheep's phone number, courtesy of Rayne. John was sick after seeing Huck shoot a crossbow bolt through the head of a gopher. It also should be noted that Huck shares a striking resemblance to Rayne, causing John and Mick to comment on whether or not Issa secretly harbored feelings for Rayne.
- Urchin is a street kid that does odd jobs for Rayne, either for his amusement or for trying to get women. He acts as Rayne's assistant and is paid in jelly beans. He is the creator (or at least tester) of The Bird Catapult, and sleeps in Noel's car.
- Charles. The recent discovery of Emily, has brought in an additional member into Rayne's family. Emily's husband has already come to quickly realize that his new brother-in-law is rather insane.
- Ashley is Rayne's niece from his half-sister Emily. Though she initially does not speak to Rayne, (out of shyness), she has warmed up to him after he took her for ice cream and a walk in the park which led to the two wreaking havoc in a local Toys R' Us. Ashley shares Rayne's short attention span, mischievous streak and appears to share his love of Star Wars as well as shown when she attempts to use a Jedi Mind trick on him. Likewise, Rayne is slowly getting used to kids through interactions with her. You would think that visitation rights might be limited as Rayne has managed to teach her swear words and terrify her all in one day, but Emily knows how much the two like each other, and recently traded one of her friends to get Rayne to go with Ashley to space camp (although Rayne was willing to sell John into slavery in order to go).
- Mr. and Mrs. Summers are Rayne and Eric's parents. Introduced as occasional flashback characters before their appearance in 2006, it's been made clear where Rayne and Eric get most of the traits. They have long ago come to terms with their sons' promiscuity and during several occasions it's been implied that both Mr. and Mrs. Summers were similar to their boys in their own childhoods. Like everyone else in Rayne's life they are used to his outrageous behavior and often anticipate the worse case scenerios when Rayne gets overstimulated. It was revealed that Mrs. Summers had another child, Emily when she was a teenager and has recently reunited with her daughter.
- Jean, a beautiful pharmacist, is one of the few (if not only) women to get the better of Rayne Summers in bed. At first ignoring Rayne because she thought he wanted a relationship, she later agrees to a bout of sex with him. Unfortunately, she likes it rough and beats Rayne up and even asks him to choke her. It seems that S&M is where Rayne draws the line (or at least when a testicle gets slapped), and he leaves, to be comforted by his mother. For a short while Rayne was afraid of women, but he eventually gets back on the horse.
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 | | Covers of Least I Could Do books 1 & 2. | Least I Could Do books are published by Blind Ferret Entertainment Inc. Two books are available currently, which round up the 2 years that the comic was drawn by Chad. The second book includes a mini-comic drawn by Lar deSouza that explains the origins of Braman. Further collections will most likely be released in the future, showcasing Lar's work. Image File history File links LICD_Book1. ...
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- I Have My Moments: The Complete First Year Collection; December 2004 ISBN 0-9736946-0-2
- My Will Be Done: The Complete Second Year Collection; December 2005 ISBN 0-9736946-1-0
The first of a series of "Braman" comics is being released in July 2006. The 24 page comic will showcase the adventures of Braman, Rayne Summers alter-ego. Braman #1 is written by Ryan Sohmer, drawn by Lar deSouza, and coloured by Marc Brunet.  | | Braman #1 |
Animated Series Work on the LICD: Animated Series has been going on for a couple of years now. After a false start with Chad, it seems to be taking off again. The LICD team, under their Blind Ferret banner, has been putting out the animated series for Ctrl+Alt+Del. Now, after that success, they have released their first screen test of a Least I Could do show. The trailer for the animated series was released in April of 2006, and can be found on the website. Ctrl+Alt+Del (CAD) is a gaming-related webcomic and animated series written by Tim Buckley, known online as Absath. ...
Neologism Vagoo - a human vagina, was created by Ryan Sohmer, first appearing on February 23, 2005. Rayne states that the word vagina is "cold, sterile and doesn't do the female anatomy any justice. Other synonyms don't do any better either. Just not good descriptions of something warm and inviting." It has since been frequently used in the comic. A t-shirt designed by the Least I Could Do team also featured the word. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ...
Frog King - used in exchange of the phrase "fucking". Introduced in a cartoon in which Rayne and his niece Ashely go down to the toy store, and after Ashely attempts a Jedi Mind Trick on him, Rayne exclaims "You're pretty fucking cool, you know that?!" (teaching Ashely a wonderful new word). Hearing that, a store-worker replies "I'm afraid we don't carry any Frog King merchandise." A t-shirt design has since been made to commemorate the event.
Humpchies - (created on June 7, 2006.) Because there clearly aren't enough words in the human language for Rayne to express himself without butchering them and making more, 'humpchies' was introduced as the unquenchable desire to hump something. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...
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AUFLS - (pronounced "awfuls", created on March 26, 2005.) Ass Ugly Friend who will want to Leave Syndrome. Apparently Rayne is still looking for the cure. March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ...
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Blind Ferret Entertainment A company started by Ryan Sohmer, the creator of Least I Could Do, and partner Randy Waxman, Blind Ferret Entertainment is an independent web, print, film, television production and marketing company that works to develop, market, distribute and represent high-quality projects that reach out to targeted audiences. The company seems to be working towards bringing webcomics more into the mainstream, and has linked itself with popular comics Ctrl+Alt+Del, VG Cats, and 8-Bit Theater. Its most recent accomplishment is the creation of Ctrl+Alt+Del: The Animated Series. Work is also being done to bring Least I Could Do to television in the form of an animated series. Ctrl+Alt+Del (CAD) is a gaming-related webcomic and animated series written by Tim Buckley, known online as Absath. ...
VG Cats (Video Game Cats) is a webcomic written and drawn by Canadian Scott Ramsoomair. ...
8-Bit Theater (also spelled 8-Bit Theatre) is a sprite comic created by Brian Clevinger based on the game Final Fantasy I. It launched in March 2001. ...
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