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A '''rage comic''' is a short [[webcomic|comic]] utilizing a growing set of pre-made cartoon faces, or '''rage faces''', which usually express [[rage (emotion)|rage]] or some other simple emotion or activity.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/technology/personaltech/rage-comics-turn-everyday-stress-into-laughs.html |date=May 9, 2012 |last=Boutin |first=Paul |title=Put Your Rage Into a Cartoon and Exit Laughing |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> These comics have spread much in the same way that [[internet meme]]s do, and several memes have originated in this medium. They have been characterized by [[Ars Technica]] as an "accepted and standardized form of online communication."<ref name="ars">{{cite web |
A '''rage comic''' is a short [[webcomic|comic]] utilizing a growing set of pre-made cartoon faces, or '''rage faces''', which usually express [[rage (emotion)|rage]] or some other simple emotion or activity. Most rage comics can be found on ifunny which is ruled by Le_Zeke.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/technology/personaltech/rage-comics-turn-everyday-stress-into-laughs.html |date=May 9, 2012 |last=Boutin |first=Paul |title=Put Your Rage Into a Cartoon and Exit Laughing |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> These comics have spread much in the same way that [[internet meme]]s do, and several memes have originated in this medium. They have been characterized by [[Ars Technica]] as an "accepted and standardized form of online communication."<ref name="ars">{{cite web |
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A rage comic is a short comic utilizing a growing set of pre-made cartoon faces, or rage faces, which usually express rage or some other simple emotion or activity. Most rage comics can be found on ifunny which is ruled by Le_Zeke.[1] 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 "accepted and standardized form of online communication."[2]
Rage comics' popularity has been attributed to their use as vehicles for humorizing shared experiences.[3] The range of expression and standardized, easily identifiable faces has allowed uses such as teaching English as a foreign language.[4]
History
Although used on numerous websites such as Reddit, cheezburger.com, ifunny.mobi, ESS.MX, and 9GAG, the source of the rage comic has largely been attributed to 4chan in mid-2007. One very notable site is Ragestache, the most popular of the Spartz Media sites, which is devoted exclusively to rage comics and has over 1,900 pages, as of January 2014.
See also
References
- ^ Boutin, Paul (May 9, 2012), "Put Your Rage Into a Cartoon and Exit Laughing", The New York Times
- ^ 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.
External links
- Rage Comics on F7U12
- Rage Comics
- Rage Comics, sliding interface
- Rage comics on Know Your Meme
- Rage Comics explained.
- Rage comic maker.
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