Visual Analysis: Dimensions of Rage
From simple comics about life's daily frustrations, rage comics have grown into a format that includes a rich visual language of a huge number of MS paint faces. Images of submission, disbelief, joy, contentment, and extreme anger can all be found in a contemporary rage comic. Just how wide is this range of emotions, exactly?
Here, I've organized a number of common faces found in rage comics and rage comic builders into an emotional system to see how they pan out. Not surprisingly, most of the faces (and especially the more popular ones) fit into the most extreme ends of the spectrum.
It's also interesting to use this as a format to analyze the pacing of popular rage comics. Consider this one from reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu. We can use the grid to see how emotions play out in the plot:
Things get pretty intense pretty fast. The same goes for this one from Memebase.
Where do your favorite rage comics or reaction faces line up?
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gnbman
Not to mention "Son, I am disappoint."
Jiminy
@DrSaltfun
And quite a few a few other article'd rage guy memes.
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Ryuki Satzuki I'mJustADamnCentaur
You forgot "I lied" guy.
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james duke
interesting images,visual is important for us
The United States of Hulkamania
OMG IT'S A FAMILY REUNINON!
The Cute Master :3
Epic visual analysis!
brunodan
The grid is awesome!
I actually use a lot of the rage faces as msn emoticons. They cover a really wide range of emotions.
Brad
this seems to be original: thefrogman.me
@blackhawk003, link?