15 Comedy Webtoon Story Ideas: Funny Stories for Vertical Scroll

Looking for comedy webtoon ideas? Here are 15 hilarious concepts featuring workplace humor, fantasy parody, sitcom premises, and absurdist comedy.

Comedy webtoons need sharp timing, memorable characters, and situations that escalate beautifully out of control. These 15 ideas offer different comedic approaches—from workplace sitcoms to fantasy parody.

Workplace Comedy

1. The Villain’s HR Department

A supervillain organization has an HR department that handles henchman complaints, hero custody negotiations, and workplace safety violations during lair destruction. Evil has paperwork.

2. The Retirement Home for Mascots

Where corporate mascots go when their brands rebrand. A therapy group of forgotten characters processes their obsolescence while new mascots arrive, terrified of the same fate.

3. The Temp Agency for Supernatural Beings

A staffing agency places vampires, werewolves, and ghosts in appropriate jobs. The human manager handles both client complaints and employees who keep eating the clients.

4. The Afterlife DMV

Heaven and Hell process souls through bureaucracy. A case worker handles appeals, clerical errors, and the occasional soul that ended up in the wrong place due to a filing mistake.

Fantasy Parody

5. The Overpowered Sidekick

In every RPG party, there’s a character the player made broken by accident. She’s the sidekick who could solve every problem instantly—but desperately wants the hero to have his moment.

6. The Villain’s Budget

An aspiring dark lord discovers world domination is expensive. Between minion payroll, lair maintenance, and doomsday device costs, he’s running evil schemes just to break even.

7. The NPC’s Life

A tavern keeper in an RPG world deals with adventurers who destroy his bar, ask the same questions repeatedly, and stand on tables. He just wants to run a business.

8. The Dragon’s Hoard Audit

A dragon’s hoard must be appraised for tax purposes. The accountant sent to audit discovers the dragon is terrible with money and has been hoarding worthless items thinking they’re treasure.

Sitcom Premises

9. The Roommate’s Secret Identity

She’s a superhero. Her roommate is a villain. Neither knows the other’s secret. They both think the other is suspicious. Their increasingly elaborate cover stories are destroying the apartment.

10. The Haunted Apartment

The rent is cheap because of the ghost. The ghost just wants to watch TV and be included. The living and dead must negotiate quiet hours, bathroom time, and who ate the leftover pizza.

11. The Support Group

A support group for people with unusual problems: a man who can’t stop time-looping, a woman whose wishes come true badly, a guy who keeps getting isekai’d. They meet weekly when reality allows.

12. The Dating Pool

A woman dates her way through a small town’s eligible bachelors, each date more disastrously comedic than the last. The town has started tracking her progress and placing bets.

Absurdist Comedy

13. The Very Specific Curse

A witch cursed him, but she was having a bad day and the curse is weirdly specific: he can only speak in show tune lyrics. Living a normal life requires creative interpretation of musicals.

14. The Competitive Hobbyists

A neighborhood gardening club takes competition too seriously. Espionage, sabotage, and emotional manipulation—all for a better tomato than Karen’s.

15. The Reverse Isekai Support

Heroes summoned from other worlds get a welcome packet, orientation, and a support hotline. An overworked coordinator helps confused fantasy heroes adjust to modern life.

Comedy in Vertical Format

Comedy webtoons work through:

Timing control: Build-up panels lead to punchline reveals on scroll
Reaction faces: Exaggerated expressions land harder in vertical close-ups
Visual gags: Use the format for sight gags and comedic reveals
Running jokes: Recurring visual elements reward regular readers

The best comedy comes from character consistency—put distinct personalities in impossible situations and let them be themselves. Choose characters whose voices make you laugh.

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