Elder Cactus

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About

Elder Cactus is a webcomic written by Tim Lavoie which grew in popularity thanks to its "Tony Lazuto" comics starring a bumbling hitman who kills in the name of his boss, Lazuto.

History

Tim Lavoie began posting comics in September of 2019 under the handle Elder Cactus.^[1] The comic's Facebook^[2] page and subreddit^[3] launched on September 11th (first comic posted below). On October 14th, he posted the first of what would become his most popular series, the "Tony Lazuto" strips, featuring a hitman who misunderstands his boss and goes on a killing spree.^[4] The comic gained 970 reactions on Facbeook^[6] (shown below, right).

Online Presence

Elder Cactus has grown a small following in five months. It has gained over 12,000 likes on Facebook,^[2] 10,000 followers on Twitter,^[5] and a subreddit with over 730 subscribers.^[3] Lavoie also produced a pilot animation called "Knight Quest," which was posted to YouTube on October 24th, 2017 (shown below).

Other popular strips include a strip called "Teen Rating" which gained over 85,000 points in /r/gaming^[7] (shown below, left) and a strip called "Almighty High" which gained over 24,000 points in /r/funny.^[8]

Tony Lazuto

On October 22nd, Elder Cactus posted the first of his followups in his series of "Tony Lazuto" strips^[4] (shown below, left). He posted follow-ups on October 23rd (shown below, left) and November 10th (shown below, right).