10 Amazing Comics You Can Read Entirely Through Instagram
10. Swan Boy
Branson Reese may be known as the beloved Dungeon Master of the world's funniest Dungeons & Dragons real-play podcast (if you haven't listened to Rude Tales of Magic yet, ignore the rest of this article and binge it now), but his comedic talents don't stop there. Reese is also an ingenious comic artist, whose bizarre and borderline experimental sense of humour is unparalleled.
If you don't count this strip about a tiny dinosaur whose job is to get pissed on by cavemen, Reese's masterpiece is undoubtedly Swan Boy. A character study of the world's most irritating character, Swan Boy follows the titular anthropomorphic swan through his everyday life. Spreading his specific and unique brand of bullsh*t everywhere he goes, Swan Boy seems to cause trouble and strife all around him by simply existing.
Honestly, just look at him. Even the mere sight of Swan Boy is annoying.
Worryingly, Reese has admitted that Swan Boy's personality is largely based on his own, although exaggerated to the extreme. This is perhaps why we can't help but fall in love with Swan Boy, despite the fact that he really shouldn't work as anything more than extremely silly comic relief. Reese obviously has a deep understanding of the character, creating a three-dimensional being out of a two-dimensional drawing of a bird-man.
Check out Swan Boy at @bransonofgod.