The Snail Factory



The Snail Factory is a surreal Web Comic about demented beings and their daily life in an unusual work environment; a facility dedicated to "the manufacture of snails, slugs, limpets, nautili, taffy and other gastropods".

It features a bizarre style of workplace humor and relies heavily on dark comedy.

The comic began on August 1, 2011. It is written and drawn by creator Ari Bach and has a regular Monday and Thursday update schedule.

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 * Mundane Fantastic: Has an entire cast of bizarre creatures and even inanimate objects, but these are usually more or less treated as normal employees.
 * Stupid Boss: Dr. Breign is an excellent example of this.
 * No OSHA Compliance: In one episode it's even revealed that the factory saves money by not having guardrails around an open vat and allowing workers to fall in, thus increasing "the protein levels".
 * Only Sane Employee: Elliot
 * Incompetence, Inc.
 * Hypercompetent Sidekick: Elliot, Dr. Breign's assistant, essentially does all of the work, cleans up after Breign's messes and keeps everything going.
 * Sadist Show: Characters eat each other on a fairly regular basis.
 * Science Cocktail: Episode #45 has a gag like this, but with a more industrial take; and chocolate.
 * Fantasy Kitchen Sink: Features a menagerie of bizarre creatures.
 * Comedic Sociopathy: Nearly all of the characters are completely apathetic to the suffering and horrible maiming of others.
 * Crapsack World: Nearly everyone is physically monstrous and at least somewhat psychologically deranged.
 * Butt Monkey: Efengi is constantly put through various types of torment and nearly fatal disfigurement.
 * Dangerous Workplace: Features an extremely hazardous work environment as it primary setting.