Twitter the Comic
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About
Twitter the Comic[1] is a Tumblr-based webcomic which translates funny, witty or absurd tweets into 4-panel comic strips. Many of the tweets are from accounts that are considered part of Weird Twitter.
Origin
On November 19th, 2012, artist Mike Rosenthal of VectorBelly[2] posted a series of five comic strips to his Tumblr blog. The most popular one of these[3] (shown below, left) has gained nearly 8,000 notes as of April 2013. The strip was based on a tweet[4] made by @pissrifle on August 14th, 2012. The tweet has gained more than 1,500 retweets and 2,300 favorites as of April 2013.
Spread
On November 27th, Pleated Jeans[5] highlighted a series of ten of these comics, including a fan submission to the blog by @cscomics.[6] The same day, another selection of the comics, along with their original tweets, was shared on Buzzfeed.[7] In November, the blog was featured on cartoon and art blog Daily Dawdle.[8] In January 2013, the blog saw additional attention from Techcrunch[9], Imgur[10] and Reddit[11], where a comic about sarcasm gained 3,145 upvotes and 1973 points before being archived.
In February 2013, Rosenthal submitted a photoset[12] containing ten of his comics to the Great Tumblr Book Search competition.[13] The post was featured on Tumblr's LOL and Comics tags, accruing more than 98,000 notes as of April 2013, when the project was announced as one of the runners-up in the competition. In 2013, Twitter: The Comic has also been featured on Cheezburger[14], Laughing Squid[15] and Trendhunter.[16]
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr – Twitter the Comic
[3] Twitter The Comic – A comic based on one of the greatest tweets of our generation.
[4] Twitter – @pissrifle: GREETINGS MORTAL
[5] Pleated Jeans – Twitter the Comic: Comics Based on People’s Tweets
[7] Buzzfeed – Twitter: The Comic
[8] Daily Dawdle – Twitter the Comic: Comics Based on Funny Tweets (5 Pics)
[9] Techcrunch – Cartoonist Turns Tweets Into Micro-Comics: A Four-Panel Picture Is Worth 140 Characters
[10] Imgur – Twitter the Comic. Comics made from tweets.
[11] Reddit – Sarchasm – Twitter the Comic
[12] VectorBelly – Twitter: The Comic is a collection of comics based on the greatest tweets of our generation.
[13] Chronicle Books – The Great Tumblr Book Search
[14] Cheezburger – Posts tagged "twitter the comic"
[15] Laughing Squid – Twitter: The Comic, Four-Panel Comic Strips Based on Amusing Tweets
[16] Trendhunter – Tweet-Inspired Comic Blogs
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