Cutbu's Alphabet Comic

About

Cutbu's Alphabet Comic is a manga-styled comic drawn by Tumblr and Facebook webcomic artist Cutbu. The comic has been a source of several redraws using different characters from various anime, manga, and video games.

Origin

The original comic was posted to Facebook on April 4th, 2016 by Cutbu.^[1] The comic (shown below) shows two male characters, with one saying "I…" and the other following with "J… K… L… M… N… O… P…", and continuing with "Q, R, S, T, U, V…", while the first character finishes with "…W, X, Y, and Z" before the comic ends with the two floating in the air while holding hands. The comic received over 19,000 reactions on Facebook. It was reposted to Tumblr on April 5th, 2016,^[2] where it received over 44,000 likes and over 36,000 reblogs in over six years.

Spread

Other artists on Tumblr posted redraws of the comic in the following years. On November 2nd, 2018, Tumblr artist notheterium^[3] posted a redraw of the comic using Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable characters Josuke Higashikata and Okuyasu Nijimura. The comic (shown below, left) received over 1,600 likes and over 300 reblogs in over four years. On October 17th, 2022, Tumblr artist spacecurry^[4] posted a redraw of the comic using Omori characters Sunny and Basil. The comic (shown below, right) received over 1,500 likes and over 270 reblogs in over one month.

Fan redraws of the comic also spread to Twitter. On March 20th, 2021, Twitter artist Mixedsnack^[5] posted a redraw of the comic using Genshin Impact characters Rex Lapis and Guizhong. The comic (shown below, left) received over 10,500 likes and over 3,300 retweets in over one year. On February 19th, 2022, Twitter artist ranruns6308^[6] posted a redraw of the comic using Genshin Impact characters Sucrose and Alberose. The comic (shown below, right) received over 19,200 likes and over 3,300 retweets in over nine months.

Various Examples

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