25 Twisted & Dark Comics With Unexpected Endings By Tony ESP

Creating comics and webtoons is the most challenging part for the comic artist. Tony ESP creates shocking, twisted, dark webtoons packed with hilarious cartoons, each offering a twisted ending. Weird, ranging from puns and lighthearted jokes to twisted comics, they will make you ask, “wait… what?”. Yes. Tony Esp is a comic artist and animator who is virtuous at making just that.

These short stories are one-of-a-kind and mostly impossible to predict.

This article was originally published on absolutelyconnected.com and has been republished here with permission.

Followed his dream

Four years ago, the Mexico-based artist began drawing comics as a way to improve his skills in his spare time. Esp told us that he dreamed of doing this a full-time job at the beginning of his career.

Here’s how he began: “Around Oct 2016, I wanted to create a YouTube channel, but I realized I didn’t have the drawing skills for what I wanted to create, so I had to quit it. I remember reading a comic called Rosianna Rabbit by Alex Dempsey and thought that webtoons were a way to improve my art. So I started drawing comics.”

Most of the jokes came while I was in the shower

We were curious about Tony’s source of inspiration, which seemed to be as random as the concepts in the webtoons. He shared with us, “I don’t exactly sit down in my chair and try to write something funny. Most of the jokes came while I was in the shower, and on occasions, I base them on my life.”

The artist believes his warped sense of humor, not his art style, distinguishes him from the crowd: “I don’t have a specific art style for my webtoons, so definitely my weird comedy.” Indeed his sense of humor stands out!

Jokes come and go, but only one is good enough to be drawn

Creating webtoons is the most challenging part for the artist. When asked about it, Tony said, “The most challenging part is having a good joke. I have a list of useless jokes on my PC that, if I were to draw 1 comic every day, it would take me about 1.5 years to draw them all. Jokes come and go, but only one is good enough to be drawn.

Too bad they come once in a blue moon.” However, his proudest moment as an artist has nothing to do with webtoons but when someone tattooed one of his drawings.

What happens when you have burnout?

When the unexpected global COVID-19 outbreak occurred, it was a particularly trying time for the artist, who had taken a break from comics at the end of 2019 due to burnout and had tried unsuccessfully to take on other artistic projects when the pandemic struck. Tony, in particular, has not given up despite the mental strain.

Probably because of the words he also wanted to share with us: “You will not accomplish anything if you wait for things to get better before getting started.” Fortunately, he is back making webtoons and animations, which you can see on his Twitter account.