Rage comic

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A rage comic is a short comic using a growing set of pre-made cartoon faces, or rage faces,
which usually express rage or some other simple emotion or activity.[1] They are usually crudely-
drawn in Microsoft Paint or other simple drawing programs, and were most popular in the early
2010s.[2] These webcomics 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."[3] The popularity of
rage comics has been attributed to their use as vehicles for humorizing shared
experiences.[4] The range of expression and standardized, easily identifiable faces has allowed
uses such as teaching English as a foreign language.[5]

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 1History
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 2See also
 3References
 4External links

History[edit]
Although used on numerous websites such as Reddit, Cheezburger, ESS.MX, Ragestache,
and 9GAG, the source of the rage comic has largely been attributed to 4chan in mid-2007. The
first rage comic was posted to the 4chan /b/random board in 2008. It was a simple 4-panel strip
showing the author's anger about getting "splashback" while on the toilet, with the final panel
featuring a zoomed-in face, known as Rage Guy, screaming "FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU-". It
was quickly reposted and modified, with other users creating new scenarios and characters.[6]
 The subreddit r/FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU was created in January 2009, and has gained
780,000 subscribers as of September 2017.[7]
On October 10th 2016, an anime was aired, dubbed "Rage Comics: The Ghost Story", featuring
rage comic characters as the characters within; mostly the protagonist(s). The show is a
compilation of several horror stories, usually related to spiritual matters, featuring the titular Rage
Comics.
Google Trends data shows that the term "rage guy" peaked in April 2011 while the terms "rage
comics" and "troll face" both peaked in March 2012.[2]
Trollface[edit]
One of the most widely-used rage comic faces is the trollface, drawn by Oakland artist Carlos
Ramirez in 2008.[8] Originally posted in a comic to his DeviantArt account Whynne about Internet
trolling on 4chan,[9] the trollface is a recognizable image of Internet memes and culture. Ramirez
has used his creation, registered with the United States Copyright Office in 2010, to gain over
$100,000 in licensing fees, settlements, and other payouts.[8] Notably, the video game Meme
Run for Nintendo's Wii U console was taken down for having the trollface as the main
character.[8][10][11]

See also[edit]
 List of Internet memes

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ Boutin, Paul (May 9, 2012), "Put Your Rage Into a Cartoon and Exit Laughing", The
New York Times
2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Google Trends". Google Trends. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
3. Jump up^ Connor, Tom (11 March 2012). "Fuuuuuuuu: The Internet anthropologist's field guide
to "rage faces"". Condé Nast. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
4. Jump up^ Hoevel, Ann (11 October 2011). "The Know Your Meme team gets all scientific on the
intarwebs". GeekOut. CNN. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
5. Jump up^ Wolford, Josh (2 November 2011). "Teaching The English Language With Rage
(Comics)". WebProNews. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
6. Jump up^ Ben Dennison. "Our 8 Favorite Rage Comic Characters: a Case Study".
www.weirdworm.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
7. Jump up^ "Rage Comics • r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu". reddit. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
8. ^ Jump up to:a b c Klepek, Patrick. "The Maker Of The Trollface Meme Is Counting His
Money". Kotaku. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
9. Jump up^ "Comic - Trolls". DeviantArt. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
10. Jump up^ "Here's Why Meme Run Was Taken Down From the eShop - Nintendo
Enthusiast". Nintendo Enthusiast. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
11. Jump up^ Life, Nintendo (2015-03-03). "Meme Run Disappears from the Wii U eShop". Nintendo
Life. Retrieved 2017-10-01.

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