Wojak Comics

About

Wojak Comics refers to a series of memes depicting simple interactions between various Wojak characters. Combining elements of comics and Wojak memes, the format was spawned by the Yes Chad meme format in August 2019 and has since grown into a variety of similar comic formats.

Origin

Yes Chad

While separate instances of memes based on interactions between Wojak characters existed before, such as NPC Wojak comics, the Wojak Comics trend started with the arrival of Yes Chad format in August 2019.

On August 1st, 2019, Twitter^[1] user @yachs_91 posted an image combining an instance of the Grayons meme and a variation of Nordic / Mediterranean exploitable (shown below).^[1] The tweet gained over 230 retweets and 930 likes in one month.

In the following weeks, more variations of the meme appeared on Twitter, 4chan, Reddit and other platforms, with the original image used both as a reaction and an exploitable.

Precursors

Wojak Comics stem from Wojak and Nordic / Mediterranean meme formats. Although Nordic / Mediterranean has a different origin from other Wojak memes, it currently comprises an essential part of Wojak Comics.

Wojak

Wojak, also known as Feels Guy, is an MS Paint illustration of a bald man with a sad expression on his face. It is often used as a reaction image to represent feelings such as melancholy, regret or loneliness.

According to "ask me anything" (AMA) thread on Reddit^[2] by a user claiming to be Krautchan user Wojak, the bald man illustration was originally discovered on the imageboard vichan with the filename "twarz.jpg." The image was subsequently popularized as a reaction image after Wojak submitted it to the German language image board Krautchan in May 2010. The image, which became known as “Wojak’s face," spread to other international image boards, including the Italian Pastachan^[3] and the Russian Dobrochan.

Starting in 2018, Wojak spawned multiple subvariations such as 30-Year-Old Boomer, Doomer, Coomer and other Oomer Wojaks.

Nordic / Mediterranean

Nordic / Mediterranean refers to a series of memes in which various races, sub-races, and nationalities, primarily Nordic and Mediterranean, are compared to each other through use of archetypal exploitable images.

On December 2nd, 2016, an anonymous 4chan user posted an image of people of Nordic and Mediterranian subraces meant to demonstrate the superiority of the latter over the former to /pol/ board (shown below).^[4] The format received notable spread on /pol/ starting in December 2016.

Notable Formats

In the second half of 2019, Yes Chad became one of the most dominant meme formats online, with mememakers introducing new characters into the format, most notably Trad Girl, Daddy's Girl and Mommy E-Thot. However, the formula of the original format did not change until early January 2020 when Doomer Girl was introduced, with more variations spawning in the following months.

Doomer Girl

Doomer Girl or Doomerette is a female Wojak-Oomer character with black hair and dark eyes wearing a black sweatshirt and a choker. The character has been appeared in a number of Wojak Comics, interacting with Doomer, Trad Girl and other characters. Most popular comic variations featuring Doomer Girl are "You Wanna Go Out Sometimes?," "Do You Like X?," Doomer Though Chains and "Wanna Have Sex?".

Dick Flattening

On January 21st, 2020, Instagram^[5] user @penls_buttler posted a Yes Chad-type meme in which a female Wojak in a red sweater tells a male Wojak that it is time for his dick flattening (shown below, left). The meme spawned a subgenre of Wojak Comics in which a visually battered character obediently submits to another.

Printer Go Brrr

On March 9th, 2020, Twitter^[6] user @femalelandlords tweeted an image of a Zoomer Wojak wearing an anarcho-capitalist bowtie pleading with a Boomer Wojak representing the United States Federal Reserve not to "artificially inflate the economy by creating money to fight an economic downturn," leading the Federal Reserve to reply "haha money printer go brrrrr" (shown below, left). The meme spawned a subgenre of Wojak Comics in which one character lightheartedly replies with "Haha X Go Brrr" to a long argument made by another one.

Soyjaks vs. Chads

On April 12th, 2020, Redditor^[7] Nichijoke posted a meme that compared reactions to spoilers of the fans of the slice-of-life anime series Nichijou and other animes, presenting the fans as Chads and Soyjaks (shown below, left). In the following months, the meme evolved into a Wojak Comic format in which Soyjaks get disappointed about certain something, while Chads accepts failings and drawbacks of their subject of discussion or laugh at them.

I Don't Believe in That Nonsense / So True

The origin of the format is currently unknown. On June 1st, 2020, Twitter^[8] user @ArizonaReloaded made the earliest found repost of the meme following the format.

In the original meme (shown below, left), an exchange between Daddy's Girl and Soyjak takes place, with Soyjak stating that he does not believe in astrology, a pseudoscience, but at the same time believes in the scientific validity of the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, reacting with the "bean mouth" smile, a typical element of the CalArts cartoon drawing style. The meme spawned a Wojak Comic format in which various beliefs are likened to pseudoscience or otherwise disregarded as invalid.

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