Brawl in the Family is a gag-a-day webcomic written and drawn by Matthew Taranto that ran for 600 comics released between May 1, 2008 to October 3, 2014.

[2] Brawl in the Family primarily consisted of short visual jokes and wordplay, but also featured longer storylines and music videos, often to mark special occasions.

[4] The webcomic later introduced a few original characters, such as Eario, the unseen janitor of Mushroom Kingdom, tasked with cleaning up in Mario's wake.

The first strip on the website is "The Showdown", published on June 13, 2008, showing a visual gag of Kirby transforming into his nemesis/best friend King Dedede.

[11] "The History of Nintendo" was released shortly after Taranto underwent major surgery and was temporarily unable to work on more strips.

[12] In response to Mega Man being revealed as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and as the webcomic's 500th strip, Taranto uploaded a short video titled "Prodigal Robot" as a tribute to the iconic game character, while poking fun at the "popularity curve" of the Mega Man franchise.

It's gotten more difficult to come up with unique concepts for strips that I haven't already covered at some point, and I'm ready to dive into projects that involve non-existing IPs.

"[18] Armed Gamer stated that the song "really hits in the feels" and praised the five "Meet Me at Final Destination" comics that led up to it.

[20] On October 25, 2024, Taranto announced on his Patreon page that BitMusical would be ending in December of that year, citing the large amount of work required to make the videos, and that he wanted to "[...] disengage a bit with the internet in a broader sense".

[22] Taranto's first Kickstarter campaign was to fund Brawl in the Family: Volume 1, a comic book treasury containing the webcomic's first 200 strips, as well as bonus content.

Josh Hano, the creator of Nefarious, drew a crossover comic for Brawl in the Family which featured the game's protagonist, Crow.

This isn’t to say that there’s anything inherently wrong with edgier content or black comedy, but it’s refreshing to have a cheerful comic out there that still manages to be clever and funny.