![]() ![]() Here's what he came up with" and a hyperlink to the cartoon. Once the GOP posted the Twitter message, The Nib responded with "We actually paid the artist who made this. The artwork was commissioned to be placed in the Philadelphia Art Gallery in Old City. First Look Media's webcomic The Nib commissioned Green before the Democratic National Convention to draw a version of the "This is fine" meme featuring the GOP elephant mascot similarly sitting in a flaming room. Green had already anticipated the usage of his webcomic strip for political purposes. The usage of the meme suggested that Democratic voters were in denial about damage being done by selecting Clinton as candidate, though it may also be that the GOP was simply celebrating what they saw as a "Democratic meltdown". In July 2016, the United States Republican Party (or GOP, short for "Grand Old Party") used the "This is fine" meme in a Twitter message, adding the text "Well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #DemsInPhilly #EnoughClinton", referring to the Democratic Party selecting Hillary Clinton as their presidential candidate during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. So, thus, in conclusion, the gop account can eat me." thats just how it goes now.īut I still feel I have the right to show my distaste for when it's used by unsavory people in my eyes. "i still feel like i dont need to get paid when businesses or the like use memes of my art on social media. In 2016 Green followed up the "On Fire" comic with a "This is Not Fine" comic on The Nib, in which the dog abruptly switches from denial of the fire to terror over it, putting it out in a panic while yelling at themselves for letting the fire go so far out of control, and makes mention of the recent killing of Harambe, a gorilla in a Cincinnati zoo. The plushie received newfound attention on social media when one was seen at the Mars 2020 mission control for the landing of Perseverance. Green noted that "It's easier to sell the first two than the entire where the dog melts into nothingness." Purchase of Question Hound as a plushie, and later in 2020 as a Funko Pop!, was also made available on TopatoCo. As the image's popularity surged, Green started selling prints and shirts of the strip on his TopatoCo storefront. In an interview, KC Green stated that during the period in which he created "On Fire" he was struggling with himself and getting his anti-depressant dosage right. Brogan stated that the meme is unique because it is infrequently modified from its original version and because its popularity is still climbing. ![]() ![]() Green described the meme's popularity in 2016 as "a barometer of current trends", indicating that it was an intense year. The meme has been used on social media as a general comment on bad events or disasters, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The spread of the two panels was traced back by the Know Your Meme community to September 2014, when the image appeared without attribution on Reddit and Imgur with the caption "Basically how I’m handling life right now". The sentence "this is fine" was described by The Verge 's Chris Plante as a "shorthand for when a situation becomes so terrible our brains refuse to grapple with its severity". The dog's demeanor, described as "somewhere between bemused acceptance and outright denial" by Slate Magazine 's Jacob Brogan, proved popular with its full context removed. Despite its own body catching fire and beginning to melt, the dog remains perfectly calm throughout the six-panel strip, saying lines such as "That's okay, things are going to be okay." The first two panels of the strip, featuring the dog simply sitting in the blazing room saying "this is fine" became a popular internet meme. "This is fine" Ī 2013 Gunshow strip titled "On Fire" features an anthropomorphic dog (dubbed "Question Hound") drinking tea in a room that is burning down. KC Green ended Gunshow in late 2014, as his other webcomics and his Patreon income allowed him to move on from it. Gunshow frequently features some longer storylines, its most ambitious piece being "Anime Club", a story about four anime fans who get kicked out of their meeting spot for watching a hentai film. The webcomic has run for hundreds of pages and tends to use self-referential humor from time to time. Alex Borkowski of Heave Media stated that Gunshow defies categorization, as Green covers topics ranging from the nature of compromise to pushing one's limits to an endearing story about a crab falling in love with a lady. Gunshow features recurring characters, but very little ongoing plot. Green has also worked on the Adventure Time episode "The Thin Yellow Line" and published a graphic novel through Oni Press titled Graveyard Quest. Gunshow is written by KC Green, known for other webcomics such as Back, He Is A Good Boy, and Pinocchio. ![]()
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