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Another example can be seen in Are Ya Winning, Son?, a format that originally popped up in 2014 but came back with a passion earlier this year, solidifying itself as an unshakeable classic in the memeverse (example from 2014 left, 2020 right). The most popular example has to be Doge, a meme that was brought back from the dead in a glorious way through Dogelore. The claim that rage comics are making a comeback is admittedly a bold one, but it’s not an absurd one considering we’ve seen meme revivals before. Now, in 2020, it seems as though rage comics are making their way back into the spotlight, exciting 25-year-old-boomers across the globe. Since their peak, rage comics have become a relic of their time, with many people frequently citing them as “cringey” and “dated” these days. Rage comics peaked around 2012 before steadily declining in the following years, stepping aside to allow new storytelling meme formats to take the spotlight, like webcomics, Dogelore, and, of course, Wojak, which originally began as a rage comic character. Plus, they were really fun to make, and new characters were constantly popping up to use, effectively reshaping what a meme could even be. They offered an exciting new way to meme that involved storylines rather than single-image Advice Animals or reaction posts. Thus, rage comics were born, and for the next four years, they would dominate every social media platform on the web, from Tumblr to Facebook to 4chan and beyond. We don’t live in a sane world though, and the meme economy of the time thrived on relatability even more so than it does now. In any sane world, this comic would have been a flash in the pan, disappearing with the 4chan post forever once it expired. The comic was extremely simple, considering both its art style and humor, depicting a man known as Rage Guy taking a dump only to have the water splash back on him, resulting in the now-iconic scream of “FFFFUUUU-“ that you can almost hear echoing through the room when you read it. For example when using the “forever alone” face to conclude a comic one understands the implication that the words “forever alone” are insinuated even if the phrase itself is not included.In August 2008, the internet was changed forever when an anonymous user posted the first-ever rage comic to 4chan. Other textual associations are more like taglines and may or may not accompany the face. This includes the convention of beginning a sentence with “Y U NO” when confronting a problem or using the words “derp” “herp” or “derping” at any point in the sentence to convey silliness or stupidity.

Many of the rage faces have a textual association that goes along with the face. Each face acts as a sort of malleable character that inhabits not just comics but also many other types of memes as well as a presence in avatars photos, youtube videos, forum posts, and general internet culture. Rage comics can be more broadly understood by examining the tradition of “rage faces”. Know Your Meme claims that this is where many of the features and characteristics that we now associate with Rage Comics were developed. The spread and cultural impact of these comics is believed to have been increased because of the “FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU” subreddit which encouraged users to submit their rage comics. The context that the comics are shared in changes how “relateable” the comic is and how much the reader is likely to empathize with the situation.

Often times the meaning of the faces changes due to the context in which the comics are created and shared. These comics most typically illustrate an everyday situation that ends with a funny or satisfying punchline that is usually indicated through one of the various rage faces or one of their typical tag lines (For example: FFFFUUUU, Problem?, Derp, Me Gusta, Forever Alone) in order to create a secondary relevence that relies at least somewhat on a cultural understanding of the meaning that has been embedded into the face(s) being used. This first rage face was most likely created in MS Paint, but as the tradition grew comics generators appeared in which anyone could easily create a rage comic using a variety of templates and traditional “rage faces” with little to no MS Pain or Photoshop skills. Rage comics/faces originated in 2008 on 4chan’s famous /b/ board with the rendition now known as “rage guy” or “FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU”.