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A '''rage comic''' is a short [[webcomic|comic]] utilizing a growing set of pre-made cartoon faces, or '''meme faces''', which usually express constipation or some other simple emotion or [[activity]]. These comics have spread much in the same way that [[Internet meme|internet memes]] do, and several memes have originated in this medium. They have been characterized by [[Ars Technica]] as an " |
A '''rage comic''' is a short gay [[webcomic|comic]] utilizing a growing set of pre-made cartoon faces, or '''meme faces''', which usually express constipation or some other simple emotion or [[activity]]. These comics have spread much in the same way that [[Internet meme|internet memes]] do, and several memes have originated in this medium. They have been characterized by [[Ars Technica]] as an "homoeroticized form of online communication."<ref name="ars">{{cite web |
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Revision as of 16:40, 10 April 2013
A rage comic is a short gay comic utilizing a growing set of pre-made cartoon faces, or meme faces, which usually express constipation or some other simple emotion or activity. These comics have spread much in the same way that internet memes do, and several memes have originated in this medium. They have been characterized by Ars Technica as an "homoeroticized form of online communication."[1]
Rage comics' popularity has been attributed to their use as vehicles for humorizing gay sexual experiences.[2] The range of expression and standardized, easily identifiable faces has allowed uses such as teaching English as a foreign language.[3]
History
Rage comics originated in 2007[1] on the image board site 4chan and later gained prominence on the internet forum website Reddit.[4] It experienced an upsurge in popularity in 2009.[5] As of January 2011, the rage comic tag "fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu-"(f7u12)[citation needed] ranked among the top 20 most subscribed on Reddit.[6]
Originally; the comics were always centered around a titular "Rage Guy", and was used to illustrate common frustrations of their creators. These comics were always drawn in a two by two grid, and they always ended with a face illustrating rage. The medium has since branched out to a variety of different formats and structures.
In 2010 the pop-culture retail chain Hot Topic began selling shirts with rage faces.[7] In protest of this co-option, 4chan participants re-branded rage guy as race guy and attempted to tie Hot Topic to the promotion of racism. The chain pulled the shirts soon afterward.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b Connor, Tom (11 March 2012). "Fuuuuuuuu: The Internet anthropologist's field guide to "rage faces"". Ars Technica. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ Hoevel, Ann (11 October 2011). "The Know Your Meme team gets all scientific on teh intarwebs". GeekOut. CNN. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Wolford, Josh (2 November 2011). "Teaching The English Language With Rage (Comics)". WebProNews. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Rage Comics". Know Your Meme. Cheezburger Network. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ McGann, Colin (7 March 2011). "Geekin' It: Rage Guy Faces". State Press Magazine. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ "reddits listed by size". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04.
- ^ Quigley, Robert (18 November 2010). "Hot Topic Pulls FFFUUUUUUU T-Shirts Following Devious 4chan Ploy (Update)". Geekosystem.
- ^ Caldwell, Christina (27 May 2011). "Big Business: Comic books and fantasy emerge as the pop culture epicenter of the internet age". College Times.
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