Beetle Moses

About

Beetle Moses (real name Harris Fishman) is a webcomic artist who achieved online popularity in Summer 2022 with humorous comics incorporating elements of memes. Multiple \comics created by Beetle Moses went viral on Twitter and were widely circulated on social media.

Online History

On April 22nd, artist Beetle Moses (@beetlemoses) started posting humorous webcomics to Twitter,^[1] although some earlier works were posted to his Instagram before that.^[2] On that day, @beetlemoses posted a comic that gained over 60 retweets and 680 likes on Twitter^[3] and over 280 likes on Instagram^[4] in six months (shown below).

Starting in late April 2022, Beetle Moses regularly posted webcomics that incorporated elements of memes and referenced pop culture, often in an amusingly unconventional way. On May 8th, 2022, Beetle Moses posted his first viral meme, a Kobe meme that gained over 9,700 retweets and 101,000 likes on Twitter^[5] and 760 likes on Instagram^[6] (shown below).

In Summer and Fall 2022, Beetle Moses posted multiple webcomics that went viral on Twitter and were widely circulated through reposts. For example, on July 30th, 2022, Beetle Moses posted a Gay Frogs webcomic that gained over 11,000 retweets and 116,500 likes on Twitter^[7] in three months (shown below, left). On September 21st, 2022, Beetle Moses posted a Joker webcomic that gained over 18,500 retweets and 183,400 likes on Twitter^[8] in one month (shown below, right).

In addition to his webcomic work, Beetle Moses also hosts Cold Cuts podcast on YouTube^[9] together with fellow webcomic artist Yolo Swag Studios.

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