User:SpaceAge1/My Giant Nerd Boyfriend

My Giant Nerd Boyfriend is an autobiographical comic by Malaysian artist Fishball, following Fishball and her tall, nerdy boyfriend referred to as "Micky" by his friends and family and "Boyfriend" by fans. The comic has been the fourth-most popular work from the publisher Webtoon, with 158 million views in 2019, and was nominated for a Ringo Award for Best Humor Comic. '''The couple announced their engagement in 2022. Since then, the title at the start of the chapters includes "*now fiancè".'''

Milestones
''' In May of 2021, Fishball released 3 chapters titled “Dear Father” detailing her father’s death. '''

''' In May of 2022, chapters 724-727 were released (named “Pro”, “Po”, “Sal”, and “Proposal (afterword)” respectively) announcing the couple’s engagement over the course of one week. '''

Publication and adaptation[edit]
My Giant Nerd Boyfriend is created by Fishball, who is from Malaysia and was 27 years old during 2017. The comic is published on Webtoon and began publication in March 2017. As of May 2023, it publishes three times a week and has  850  strips. As of 2018, the comic was edited by Bekah Caden.

The comic was adapted into a short animated series which was published on YouTube in July 2019. There are ten episodes, each four minutes or less.