Monday, October 29, 2012
Rage Intro
So, there are a lot of comics floating around the internet. Many of the more popular ones look like this:
Comics like the one above are called rage comics. They use preexisting template faces--all of the girls' hair is the same shape, the reactions are all similar, etc.--to quickly create comics about life. Each one tells a short story that is either inherently funny or funny because of the reaction (or rage) faces. These comics came into life on 4Chan, but quickly gained prominence on reddit, tumblr, and cheezburger.com. Here are some other comics for your amusement:
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Who started them? Why do you think these comics are so popular? I've seen them before, but I honestly didn't realize that they had a name or anything like that.
ReplyDeleteI like the tone you kept in your introduction, but I wanted to know more history of the rage comics. Like Melissa said, who started them? What caused their creation? Why do we like them so much? Etc. Give us a little more information for us to know what these are besides only visual images.
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