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Revision as of 08:26, 29 June 2012 by 99.33.65.122 (talk) (→History)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Rage comic is an Internet meme for a comic centering on a titular rage guy, created from a character, or rage face, which expresses rage or some other simple emotion. Over time, contributors have created numerous stock faces which show readily identifiable emotions. They have been characterized by Ars Technica as an "accepted and standardized form of online communication."
Rage comics' popularity has been attributed to their use as vehicles for humorizing shared experiences. The range of expression and standardized, easily identifiable faces has allowed uses such as teaching English as a foreign language.
History
The meme originated in 2007 on the image board site 4chan and later gained prominence on the internet forum website Reddit . First invented by JUstin and Dazarian It experienced an upsurge in popularity in 2009. As of January 2011, the rage comic tag "fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu-" ranked among the top 20 most subscribed on Reddit.
In 2010 the pop-culture retail chain Hot Topic began selling shirts with rage faces. 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.
Gallery
- A Chinese Rage comic maker interface, users just need to select the face and move it to appropriate position in order to finish making the comic. A Chinese Rage comic maker interface, users just need to select the face and move it to appropriate position in order to finish making the comic.
- "Forever Alone" face in Rage comic. "Forever Alone" face in Rage comic.
- Various rage faces. Various rage faces.
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See also
References
- ^ Connor, Tom (11 March 2012). "Fffuuuuuuuu: 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.
- http://redditlist.com/
- 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.
External links
- Rage Trolling
- F7U12 on Reddit
- Rage comics on Know Your Meme
- All The Rage Faces
- Rage Comics for Mobile
- biggest rage faces database
- Top Meme Faces
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