"Read it while driving!"
— The comic's Tag Line.
Swan Boy is a webcomic by Branson Reese focused mainly on the antics of the titular Swan Boy, a deeply stupid and borderline-sociopathic anthropomorphic swan who thrives on causing problems for himself and others.
Also in the mix are SB's two friends: Rona, a cat with crippling anxiety, and Noel, a pretentious chameleon.
The comic can be read here
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Tropes found in Swan Boy include:
- Anxiety Dreams: Rona has these a lot.
- Chaotic Stupid: Swan Boy seemingly strives to make the worst decision possible at any moment.
- Childhood Friends: The main three have been friends since at least high school. Swan Boy claims he's known Noel since "before memories", which goes a long way towards explaining why they hang out together.
- Extreme Omnivore: Swan Boy eats scissors, batteries, and whatever else he can get his hands on.
- Fallback Marriage Pact: Rona and Swan Boy have one.
- Foul Waterfowl: Swan Boy himself.
- Good Angel, Bad Angel: Pops up occasionally. As expected, SB refuses to listen to his angel.
- Long Neck: Swan Boy, being a swan, has a long, thin neck, which is often in a looped position.
- Magic Plastic Surgery: Somehow Swan Boy gets surgery to look like a Na'vi from Avatar.
- Maurice Chevalier Accent: Baptiste, a semi-reoccurring French worm.
- Unlimited Wardrobe: Swan Boy has a large collection of plain black T-shirts with punk and hardcore band logos on them, only a few of which have repeated over the course of the comic's run.
