Safely Endangered

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About

Safely Endangered is a popular webcomic created by Chris McCoy. It is notable for its cute characters and its use of nostalgic references to Pokémon, Super Mario, Winnie the Pooh, and more.^[2]

Origin

McCoy named his comic "Safely Endangered" because it was originally going to exclusively feature animals, but as the comic focuses mostly on nerd culture, awkwardness, and human interactions, the name is a non-sequitur.^[2] His first comic, shown below, appeared on safelyendangered.com^[1] on November 11th, 2012.

Spread

Safely Endangered did relatively well in the months following its launch. The comics regularly gained hundreds of notes on Tumblr, with a few reaching tens of thousands of notes.^[3] However, the blog first gained viral notoriety when, on July 5th, 2013, McCoy posted the Winnie the Pooh riff, "Oh Bother."^[4]

Sweet Jesus, Pooh! That's Not Honey!

"Oh Bother" gained over 270,000 notes on Tumblr,^[4]making it far and away McCoy's most popular post at the time. This is likely in part due to the fact it became an exploitable comic series that went by the name Sweet Jesus, Pooh! That's Not Honey! in 2015.

Online Presence

Safely Endangered is on all the major social networks. As of August 3rd, 2016, the comic has over 63,000 followers on Instagram,^[7] 49,000 likes on Facebook,^[5] and 4,800 followers on Twitter,^[6] and a popular Tumblr page.