Fallenchungus

About

Fallenchungus is a webcomic artist known for their MS Paint cartoons depicting exaggerated interactions between characters which often pertaining to a current discourse. First achieving major popularity on X / Twitter in November 2023, Fallenchungus cartoons have since spawned Look Man He Helped Me Through a Very Tough Time and Bro Visited His Friend meme formats.

Online History

Prior to October 7th, 2023, webcomic artist Fallenchungus (@fallenchungus) posted'^[1][2] a two-panel cartoon in which one character gets shocked when the other one tells him he's going to sexually assault him, with the second character then continuing, "ever heard of DARK HUMOR buddy." The post (shown below) was originally posted on Fallenchungus' unknown alternative account, and was later reposted^[3][4] on their main account.

On November 6th, 2023, Fallenchungus posted the earliest cartoon on their main account which received over 870 reposts and 6,700 likes on X^[5] in five months (shown below, left). Later that day, the artist posted their Look Man He Helped Me Through a Very Tough Time cartoon that gained over 2,300 reposts and 19,000 likes on X^[6] in five months and spawned a meme format (shown below, right).

The artist posted multiple comics that saw viral spread in the following months. Notably, on March 28th, 2024, Fallenchungus posted their Bro Visited His Friend (also known as Friendpilled Visitmaxxer) cartoon that gained over 13,000 reposts and 129,000 likes on X^[7] in one month and spawned a meme format (original shown below, left; edit shown below, right).

In early November 2023, Fallenchungus wrote^[8] that they create their cartoons in MS Paint. On April 17th, 2024, Fallenchungus wrote^[9] that they intentionally make their characters "ugly as fuck" in order to offset the way characters are drawn in other "twitter farm" comics.

Use in Memes

Fallenchungus' cartoons, most notably Ever Heard of Dark Humor Buddy, Look Man He Helped Me Through a Very Tough Time, and Bro Visited His Friend, have been frequently used as source material for memes, with users editing the cartoons and using them as reaction images (examples shown below).

Reputation

Tired Meme Clown Feud

On April 5th, 2024, X / Twitter meme account Tired Meme Clown (@TiredMemeClown) reposted^[10] Fallenchungus' Bro Visited His Friend cartoon. Later that day, Fallenchungus quoted^[11] the repost, writing, "chat can I file a cease and desist like is that plausible" (shown below, left) On April 6th, Tired Memes Clown falsely claimed^[12] that Fallenchungus was "a fellow member of the racist community," posting a racist cartoon imitating Fallenchungus' style created by an unknown user (post since removed). On April 6th, 2024, Fallenchungus refuted^[13] the allegations, also posting^[14] a cartoon based on a direct message from Tired Meme Clown (shown below, right).

Search Interest

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