The Webcomic That Made Everyone Cry

[@Awesomemay]

dumbsville talking about a webcomic for 14 minutes? I AM SO IN. LOVE THIS.

[@travisscottbatman297]

First reply, btw, good videos

[@helo9316]

I love your mother

[@projectember728]

@@helo9316I thought you left for the milk

[@helo9316]

@@projectember728 your mother's milk, yes

[@SinCoTan]

I read that so badly

[@stanley.le.crookshank]

fun fact, you can tell the artist primarily draws furry art since the dog is incredibly detailed compared to the human characters

[@abrahamambriz892]

My friends at middle school jokingly mocked the basic and weird manga-esque designs as a comical way to aliviate the excessive tear-jerking cruelty of the plot the webcomics throw at you (to the point this whole story is hilarious to me as an adult, cause back when I was 14, I couldn't help overthinking for years if something this gut-wrenching could happen to someone irl). From a nihilistic depiction of a man's decaying life in the quest of happiness to a murderous woman finding love and respect after casting infinite hatred on anyone at a dictatorial war for her hellish infancy, only to destroy said love as an order from the faction she chose to join, but what's the deal here? Is it even worth my time? Nope!!!

[@thatonehandguy]

I think it’s because everyone is traced

[@mattgroening8872]

Lol

[@syppy7416]

that is always interesting to see

[@Pidgeadin]

I always thought that lol

[@JonGearComics]

I got in trouble for showing my sister this and making her cry

[@LadyMajolish]

NAAAH THATS FOUL OF YOU 😭😭😭

[@aphexloser]

Based

[@Fecalfunnydotcom]

epic fail

[@based980]

based

[@wilgefortisohlin568]

The first one or the second one? Cause the second one might have caused tears of confusion.

[@Theonionofthedisneyjuniorlore]

“He didn’t cry while watching Titanic. Do men even have feelings?” Meanwhile men:

[@HoV326]

Guess that makes me a robot

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

@@HoV326Robots can have feelings. That's the whole point of Troy in hit series Power Rangers Megafo-

[@paperclip6377]

Reddit comment

[@ineverunderstoodmaths1779]

@@Ijustusethistocommentstuff ambition makes you look pretty ugly

[@toasttoast7487]

Crying from laughter

[@kapkant6197]

The first comic trying to make me feel bad for the fake video game enemies is funny because in pretty much every shooter I can think of the enemy soldiers will have the most psychopathic, unhinged dialogue possible to yell during combat and constantly commit war crimes to make sure the player knows they are the bad guys and doesn't think about what the comic tries to show, especially when the enemy force is a PMC like in the comic.

[@abrahamambriz892]

Yoko Taro's games do a better job at pitying the enemies you kill, even to the point of adding side quests where you control said "bad guys" and their POVs hit you painfully in the heart. I loved NieR:Automata's "little machine bro collects water for big bro" level, or how satisfying it is to reunite a machine kid with his mom.

[@Jjgm69]

spec ops the line that game made the first two enemies feel real, MEN that game, holy shet 🗿.

[@fireemblemistrash75]

@@abrahamambriz892or drakengard where you murder everyone and they are screaming in hysteria knowing they wont win

[@turbobist2889]

So is the comic trying to make me feel bad for stomping on all those goombas in Mario?

[@syppy7416]

even if I don't play Yoko Taro games, I do think the stories he tells through them are important even if they're not my thing @@abrahamambriz892

[@samgreenblatt7074]

Finding out all those "try not to cry" videos with 7 Years playing over all of them were ripping off Epic Gamer Comic Number 4927 is definitely one of the more surreal experiences I've had lately Edit: 1K for a throwaway comment LMAO, thanks guys

[@goldenstudiofilms]

Omg you remember that too????

[@LadyMajolish]

omg, I remember those videos, some would always play that song, 'Happier' in those compilations.

[@samgreenblatt7074]

@@LadyMajolish 7 Years, Happier, it always had one of those annoying maudlin pop songs playing in the background

[@goldenstudiofilms]

@@LadyMajolish I think the one I listened to had the song 1000 years by Christina perri

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah me too.

[@nicholasnardone4139]

5:24 The "Brian, look out" joke was right there 😭

[@MustyYew]

LS Mark is down that hall to the left, sir.

[@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt]

@@MustyYew I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE OF LITTLEST PET SHOP

[@Mr-Rando423]

I had no idea that the sequel even existed. It feels like the overarching story took a hard left turn at Albuquerque.

[@JG-pt3xe]

Same. Seeing this go from a bittersweet coming of age story to something Kojima would make is jarring.

[@Mr-Rando423]

@@JG-pt3xe I don't think I've seen a tonal shift this wild since Cars 2.

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah me too.

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

​@@JG-pt3xeyeah.

[@yelladude6969]

Wait so bugs was never supposed to take that turn?

[@LMAO_And_Forever]

The reveal that the dude was a video game enemy fucking broke me. I feel I’m Raiden during the “TURN THE GAME CONSOLE OFF, *NOW* ” parts of MGS2

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah me too.

[@abrahamambriz892]

Or Jetstream Sam playing the repressed cries of Desperado Soldiers in Colorado.

[@bigbrainedSteve]

I would make the joke about that one date but I forgot why I needed to remember it

[@SuperWiiBros08]

I never knew the comic had a video game reference joke at the end that basically ruins the whole build of a sentimental sad story

[@EthanBigMan47]

This comic reminds me of those emotional Roblox stories that were put to random trap nation songs for some reason

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah.

[@Archimedes-v2o]

The ones that used Alan Walker music too

[@MRTN_theboy]

It specifically reminds me of that guest animation that was nearly the same story as this one

[@dr.josiah]

I remember not only watching it as a kid, but then getting it in my recommended randomly earlier this year. I did not know it had a sequel holy shit. Though you know what would be funny is ig someone decided to take these comics and recreate them into an actually good plot, make the adopted son the MC with all of the comic stuff being backstory, the woman from the sequel could be one of the end story antagonist.

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah.

[@carlosjosephgomez1495]

Do you know who is doing that?

[@syppy7416]

part of me has a feeling the sniper in the sequel is meant to be the son

[@myfunbox355]

I think the reason the first comic got so popular is due to it's emocional paceing. It's simple but effective, the plot just changes tone every other scene going from happy to sad back to happy and repeates until the happy ending. That's why the sequel is less popular, nothing good happens to the main character until she meets the sniper. The author probably stops near that point because less people where reading at that point. Also the theme of the first comic is definitably life goes on no matter what, which I think is a positive message overall even if it wasn't the authors intent, it is the result and people will never remember the comic being about video game violence nor the sequel.

[@JustinTyme116]

This comic is the reason I even know the song “I wouldn’t mine” by He Is We. Never knew the comic had a sequel tho. What the heck was that sequel anyways?!? 😨

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah tbh, i knew that song from like the comic. And who wanted a fucking part 2 of that movie with metal gear shit???

[@Trashassgoofysht]

Yeah I don’t think that was necessary especially for a basic sad story.

[@Thebooooy]

I remember when my siblings and I watched this on our school iPads in elementary school and when our parents got back from an outing they were wondering why everybody looked like they had just spent an hour crying. Holy shit my taste was even worse back then

[@panuru9175]

Lmao

[@syppy7416]

hey, we were young and dumb, ain't nothing to be ashamed of

[@shinyskeleton5257]

It's always a good day when Dumbsville posts

[@seedest]

What if he posted in 9/11 🤔

[@Pokanika]

I remember this comic was formatted into one really long GIF. I thought the idea behind it was cool up until they shoved in mercenaries by the end. I want more stuff like this. I don't care. If you have a story and decide to give it an insane ending, just do it. I encourage it and you should too.

[@trevorpgamer1936]

wait so you encourage outlandish plot points at the end of the story or do you not find it cool since it doesn’t fit with the story? Im a little confused

[@HoV326]

Whenever I talk about this comic, I always like to nickname it, "Welcome to the real world, sunshine!" or just "Wake up, sunshine!"

[@dedtoot]

The "gamer moment" just existing at all is so wild

[@CloudRollerFox]

To be honest, that webcomic wasn't really that sad but rather generic just to pull your heartstrings, even for the time it was made. So much wrong and rather unrealistic that instead of me feeling upset, even back then, I just rolled my eyes to this. I appreciate the effort put into it, but not enough to make me care

[@mrcin1233]

This video is literally me watching a video essay about a " psychological horror that broke me"

[@remyrichardson8614]

(It's a shitty mascot horror game or roblox game)

[@fabiospasiano9885]

I DID NOT remember that the guy was given a PMC contract, like this is literally lore explanation for Motherbase recruitment missions.

[@abrahamambriz892]

This left a nasty scar on me at the age of 14. My classmates played this video for the whole fucking class, and I could NOT get over the cruelty. 😂😂😂 Now I can't help but feel better and laugh after you healed my emotional injuries with your commentary on it.

[@topcat59]

Honestly I appreciate the amount of effort the dude put in this web comic.🐱

[@jorami4838]

What effort?

[@wilgefortisohlin568]

Dating an execution squad girlie is a fundamental part of male experience. This comic is profound.

[@noregrets5258]

most based shit ive ever read

[@Hepheat75]

With great writing comes great results.

[@degocraft9525]

I think the game part was supposed to show how all the story is the POV of the backstories of some NPCs in a shooter game

[@Water_White053]

"Boss you just hit a dog with your car..... AMAZING That right there is why your the best boss, the one and only".

[@borje8108]

The saddest story i have witnessed is the dumbsville intro music changing

[@sw33g3r3]

I remember this video and it had the song “I Wouldn’t Mind” by He Is We…God this opened up my memories

[@Joshstampy-kh4gm]

same

[@S1eepy0w1]

still a better love story than helluva boss

[@angelspiritfoxx]

You mean a better live story than twilight I guess helluva boss too

[@Zhawn7]

I'm stealing that line

[@hunterindonesia8986]

I remember watching a video with this comic to the sound of the Linkin Park song that plays in Transformers 3 when I was 10 years old

[@_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_]

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation

[@hunterindonesia8986]

@@_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_ yeah, that one

[@_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_]

@@hunterindonesia8986 iridescent is an incredible song, and if you haven't listened to it I'm awhile I strongly recommend you give it another go

[@klkfanboy6128]

I never thought you gonna review this very old (sort of cringe) nostalgia video. Hopefully you find some more gems like this dude

[@DontLookTooCl0se]

Only the OG's remember "LIFE ISN'T PERFECT"

[@Icecanon]

I dont remember life isnt perfect pls dont bully me ogs

[@adamenko-adam]

I don't remember the video game twist in the first comic. In fact, this part was missing in each post I had seen. This was quite a discovery.

[@Joquacious-mv4kx]

Gearboy actually has a DeviantArt account that was active until 2018, it was interesting to say the least

[@mohamadshafiqmohamadhanifa7853]

can you tell me his account name

[@Summer-p7h]

@@mohamadshafiqmohamadhanifa7853Gearboy, I searched up, dont do it

[@WhatDillionYT]

@@mohamadshafiqmohamadhanifa7853It's simply called Gearboy

[@arizzist]

I DON'T REMEMBER IT LIKE THIS 💀

[@UCMGTWOClan]

The webcomic is made by a dude named Gearboy from the 1 year dead website MemeCenter. Said creator was known for scamming admins for more money and even fake cried in one of his posts about leaving the site. Then he got exposed.

[@nesmario123]

oh so the gearboy lore thiccens

[@UCMGTWOClan]

@@nesmario123 yeah GearBoy's main art was big titties and "relatable" comics. And memecenter still paid him off till they stopped all together for all big site artists. There's a couple of servers on discord full of people who remember him.

[@1InVader1]

Real dead turkish memesite moment.

[@UCMGTWOClan]

@@1InVader1 gearboycrying.gif

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

​@@1InVader1yeah

[@bZman]

This comic does make me cry.... from absolute laughter. What overly melodramatic crap to end with "NPCs have families too!" No they don't they barely have functional AI half the time hahahaha

[@dopey473]

Waiting for dumbsy to make a 38 hour long video on the entire Metal Gear series

[@fluffcake]

“Smile smile” made me laugh so hard oh flight reacts, never truly change. Also I remember seeing the Roblox remake.

[@juniortyrell3950]

I like to think that Gearboy got inspiration from"Wake Me Up When September Ends" for his comic.

[@metal6948]

When the dog got hit by the car, I shouted "Brian, look out!"

[@Apersonsomewhere]

It brings me so much joy to see dumbsvile still hating on Alpha and Omega in a video not about it

[@forgottenusser1843]

I don't remember this part in the dhar Mann sniper wolf video....

[@e2011ugdia]

7:31 so far its the life story of an npc who gets killed by some gamers. Pretty much a 4th wall break

[@RobertFarmer-ce5ej]

Rick and Morty lore

[@e2011ugdia]

@@RobertFarmer-ce5ej and a movie moment is relatively the same except the mc gets killed by the movies Protagonist

[@SonicternityVO]

Holy hell, I remember watching this when I was young.

[@ytnukesme1600]

one of the Dumbsville videos of all time about one of the webcomics of all time, haven't LMAOed that hard at a Dumbsville video in a while. thanks Dumbsy, keep up the good work.

[@TheJoeWhoSoldTheWorld]

this has been in the back of my mind for the last 8 years and i never forgot it existed but i also wasn't sure if it really DID exist, its honestly surreal seeing it again after all this time

[@stinkyman1535]

I remember this being a lot sadder when I was 7

[@eiarioja2646]

I remember watching this on my aunt's phone for HOURS💀 Didn't make me cry for some reason, maybe it was cuz I was like a toddler then

[@nubby03]

When the gear made of metal is solid

[@mrlegant807]

WE MAKING IT OUT THE COMEBACK OF OLD DUMBSVILLE WITH THIS ONE 🗣 🗣 🗣 🔥

[@soupwithpotatos1542]

bro the revelation that it was just a game and that video game scene ruined everything i knew lmao. i thought that video was the whole thing

[@sonicmaster206]

My first time watching dumbsville in 5 years this better be fire

[@Bwelin]

this webcomic has cultural significance. The song used is a masterpiece the story was heartbreaking, and flight reacting to it is so iconic

[@snekbetch5674]

Oh dang I actually remember this. I’ll admit, it DID make me cry at the time.

[@ls_walldriver735]

every day i feel were getting closer to a mgs video

[@URnightmares162]

Now i remember why i subbed to this channel, lmao it's Metal Gear every other second.

[@tarekcat1]

the hilarious thing is that the dog is well drawn and more detailed than everyone else (which it's also a sign that whoever draw this is a furry artist)

[@yangbang9285]

6:50 POV: ur watching one of those childhood ruined videos but this one ACTUALLY ruined ur childhood.

[@NathanSylbreon]

I burst out laughing when i saw the panel after the guy gets shot i've only ever seen it cut off when he gets shot the cut to 3 gamers is hilarious

[@ProGremlinPlayer]

I'm holding back tears, these comics are so powerful.

[@OdinGreif]

8:08 I think the video game scene is more of a "Mock-Off" joke. At first I tought that this was the ending actual of the story and thus just a Plot Twist all the time. But no they. They returned to the actual plot of the story. If the story ended with the CoD Scene than it would be good. They had to ruin it

[@superadambomb5834]

In stories sadness without purpose means absolutely nothing. You can’t just write something sad just because you feel like it. It must have some sort of purpose within the themes and narrative. I have written many stories that I plan on publishing at some point and all of them have at least some form of dark or sad moments. A character losing a loved one, a character losing their sanity, a character who feels alone. All of these have purpose within the stories I wrote these in. I always do my best to incorporate a message or core theme within these narratives. That’s what comes first. The message. The heartbreak is only used as a tool to enhance the message.

[@8-random258]

You know Dumbsvillenis serious when he talks about a webcomic for 14 minutes. He will go the extra mile

[@computaterjones]

I apways thought partone is just the main character's back story in kungfu hustle.

[@kasterkju4980]

5:25 missed "Brian look out!" opportunity

[@loquendo918]

Oh I remember , gearboy used to post on the dead as fuck page called meme center and I think this was like his attempt to start posting serious stuff or something

[@hahaalexasendthistorodrick]

6:41 HOLY SHIT Ammælisstrákur SPOTTED IN A DUMBSVILLE VIDEO!!

[@ufodweller3758]

i remember watching this and i got so touched i got facial reconstructive surgery and deployed to afghanistan to save my friend miller

[@mcnuggwtscreations]

You make this comic less sad

[@inoscopedjfk09]

I remember this. This comic with Seven Years by Lukas Graham as the soundtrack. I sobbed.

[@deju5302]

I remember reading Gearboy's webcomics over at defunct Memecenter which was like 9gag, and was invovled in some controversy the details of which I have forgotten, prompting him to nuke his account there.

[@UCMGTWOClan]

He was trying to get more money from the memecenter admins and faked being broke for sympathy points.

[@anthonyslaptheknee9344]

I don't remember there being so many metal gear references in the average video, but then it all made sense by the end. I have no clue if you planned that out on purpose or not, but it's fantastic.

[@lilami3521]

I like that people call it a sequel despite it going from man dies in war to provide for family to girl soldier in Post dystopian Nazi Italy.

[@Lucios1995]

I don't remember which video it was of yours that made me laugh as hard as this and made me subscribe

[@cat_with_a_witch_hat]

oh my god i remember seeing that comic it always made me cry

[@Fjruh0101]

Read this as kid and why you hurt me by remembering hurtful memories that I repress 😂

[@quinnmackay-smith9352]

Can someone animate this webcomic into an animated version for us please? We wanted to see how sad it can be!

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Omg this beings back memories I didn't know I felt, god this video is so good. Hope y'all have a good day

[@XavierDaSalla]

Ctrl+Alt+Del also made people cry, for different reasons 😂

[@NotGalaxsu]

Aw man I love loss

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

😭😭

[@officiallylazlo]

they look like poorly drawn call of duty characters

[@greensonickid3304]

I have so much memories for this, I remember watching it with my sister and cousins in her room when I was like 7, and the fact that it was a comic about a video game enemy that ends like a CTRL+ALT+DLT is insane, The version I watched Probably cut out the Game Panels and the weird Text Bits, making it feel like less of a Dorkly Sketch

[@JasonKane.457]

10:27 Tim Buckley's fetish story

[@mistercrumbling1694]

I have never seen such a webcomic In my life Literally 1984 censoring such a masterpiece of media from my view.

[@godzillapark9075]

do you know what this comic reminds me of it's like that one video about the life of a Goomba, you know the one where are the Goomba has like an entire life but then gets killed by Mario

[@maxwasson2000]

4:46 I'm at a LOSS for words

[@TheOGLime]

Editing like this is the reason why my attention has been shot in the head, and I love it.

[@Yarlouz_ChoccyMilk]

Man i sure do miss those 15 minutes where i did not know about the part where it's a game reference. And the sequel, I will forever tell my brain it doesn't exist.

[@thenumenfrompacland9491]

6:51 what a fucking plot twist holy shit

[@revolvershalashaskaocelot2023]

This webcomic feels like is directed by Hideo Kojima, and Michael Bae Also no animals, and early 2000 my life story characters we're harmed well except Brian Griffin

[@vodago]

I've been looking for this for years!

[@f-15enjoyer]

I never heard of this until now. The only thing close to knowing it when i was 10 watching those 2016 Roblox story animations.

[@f-15enjoyer]

I probably will forget about it in a minute or so

[@McDonaldsSpriteBeLike]

I love how this video is full of MGS references

[@krimsonklaww611]

I'm surprised you showed restraint and didn't play the clip of Brian the dog getting run over by a dog

[@pennsy6755]

cry? Son I was laughing ala a tf2 merc at this. hell, felt the same way to up too when it came out. 7 year old me didn't know what was up, just wanted to see funny talking bird.. thing stead of.. whatever the first ten minutes of that film *was* want a real good sad story. Randall Clark from Honest Hearts is right there. Now THAT is some depressing stuff.

[@CemeterySnow]

This is honestly your best video you only get better I swear

[@scarlet-light119]

Your videos always my me laugh and brighten my day man

[@LuisMartinez-wg8sj]

This vid made me cry more than the comic thanks for the most video of time