About

Abuse Goblin is a character from a series of webcomics by artist Foolibuster, also known as Vost, depicted as a goblin who exists for no other reason than to be abused by a man in a green shirt and cargo shorts as an outlet for his frustrations. The first Abuse Goblin comic was posted to X / Twitter on January 23rd, 2026.

The character proved popular, inspiring several other Abuse Goblin comics over the following months. In each comic, the Abuse Goblin is subject to cruel and creative forms of abuse, which are shared by the abuser with his therapist.

As the Abuse Goblin comics grew in popularity, they inspired memes and fan art referencing the character. Some of the most viral fan art shows characters healing and taking care of the Abuse Goblin, or depicting the abuser getting caught for abusing the goblin.

Origin

On January 23rd, 2026, webcomic artist Vost, or @Foolibuster, posted a comic on X^[1] / Twitter featuring a character called the Abuse Goblin. The post gained over 112,000 likes and 4.3 million views in eight months.

In the comic, a man in a green shirt and cargo shorts tells his therapist that he has an "abuse goblin" as an outlet for his negative emotions. The therapist brushes him off. Later, he returns home to the Abuse Goblin, who is shown with a black eye and chained to a radiator. The abuser says, "Guess who embarrassed me at therapy todaaaaay?"

The artist continued to post Abuse Goblin comics over the following months. Each comic follows a similar format, in which the abuser tells his therapist about another way that he abused the Abuse Goblin.

For example, on February 2nd, foolibuster posted a comic to X^[2] about putting the Abuse Goblin in the microwave, gaining over 54,000 likes in seven months.

The artist posted the third, fourth and fifth comics in the Abuse Goblin series to X^[3][4][5] on March 24th, April 4th and May 5th, garnering over 32,000 likes, 100,000 likes and 114,000 likes, respectively, by late September 2026.

Spread

The Abuse Goblin comics inspired reactions, fan art and memes as Vost continued to produce them in 2026.

On May 5th, 2026, X^[6] user @BlutBaer quoted an Abuse Goblin comic, writing, "honest to GOD i dont think ive ever felt the way i do when i look at the abuse goblin comics," gaining over 52,000 likes in four months.

Later that day, Redditor Weeblord42069help posted the same comic to the /r/MoralityScaling^[7] subreddit, a "community to discuss and compare the moral/psychology of fictional heroes, villains, and those in between," gaining over 13,000 upvotes in four months.

On June 6th, Redditor No_Equipment_4841 posted a Coaxed Into a Snafu version of the first Abuse Goblin comic to the /r/coaxedintoasnafu^[8] subreddit, gaining over 2,000 upvotes in three months.

On August 14th, Redditor Astrid_Regndottir posted a comic to the /r/comics^[9] subreddit about an old witch who takes care of the Abuse Goblin, garnering over 34,000 upvotes in a week.

On August 17th, 2026, X^[10] user @Gin_San31 posted a redraw of the first Abuse Goblin comic that references the anime and manga series Frieren, garnering over 16,000 likes in a month.

On August 24th, Vost posted an Abused Goblin comic about the abuser killing the goblin's pet cockroach on X,^[11] garnering over 42,000 likes in a month.

On August 25th, 2026, X^[12] user @Blkkites posted a piece of fan art as a comment, showing a woman holding the Abuse Goblin and cockroach, writing, "That is not true. His pet is alive and well. So is the goblin. Everyone is okay," gaining over 3,900 likes in a month.

Various Examples

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