EST. 2008 • 4CHAN /B/

The crudely drawn faces that ruled the internet. Rage Guy. Me Gusta. Forever Alone. The OG meme universe.

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RAGE STRIPS

Four panels. One inevitable meltdown. Le classic format.

NEW!
LE MORNING ALARM

Le me, sleeping like a baby

*BEEP BEEP BEEP*

"five more minutes..."

...IT'S 9:47. WORK STARTED AT 9.

RAGE!!!
LE ONLINE MATCH

Le me, about to clutch the win

ping: 4ms. flawless.

"CONNECTION LOST"

one job, internet. ONE.

WHY NOT?!
LE CRUSH

Le me, finally texting my crush

"hey 😎" — so smooth

"Seen 2:14 PM"

table for one. again.

LE PRINTER

Le me, one job: print the ticket

"PAPER JAM"

open tray. no jam. close. still jammed.

it's a PDF. on a SCREEN. why.

GRRRAAAGH

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THE LORE

WHAT ARE RAGE COMICS?

Short multi-panel webcomics built from recurring "rage faces" — crude characters scribbled in MS Paint and reused over and over to tell stories about everyday life that end in a punchline. The faces became a shared visual vocabulary: drop in a screaming Rage Guy or a sly Smug Guy and everyone instantly knows the emotion you mean.

ORIGIN (2008)

The format was born in August 2008 on 4chan's /b/: a four-panel strip about an everyday annoyance, capped with a furious crudely-drawn face. Most early strips were about things that made you angry — which is where the "rage" name comes from, even though most of the faces aren't actually angry. The art was deliberately ugly, the punchlines were dumb, and that was the whole point. Anyone with a mouse could make one.

THE SPREAD (2009–2012)

In January 2009, Reddit launched r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu — "F7U12" — and the floodgates opened. A new face seemed to appear every week, each one a single recyclable emotion: lonely, smug, confused, deliriously happy. Drag-and-drop rage makers let anyone assemble a strip in minutes, and the style went fully mainstream — messaging apps shipped rage stickers and the New York Times was publishing how-to articles by 2012.

THE LANGUAGE

  • "Le X" — "le walking around the house." A mock-French tic that became a rage-comic signature.
  • Derp / Herp — placeholder names and dialogue for stupidity or unimportant background chatter.
  • Like a Boss — doing something in a daring, unbothered way (yes, the Lonely Island reference).
  • Poorly Drawn X — a snowclone celebrating the deliberately ugly art style.
  • Sexytime — exactly what you think it means.

THE LEGACY

Some faces broke out of the comics entirely and became reaction-image royalty. Teachers even used rage comics to help students learn English, because a crude scribbled face communicates emotion across any language barrier. By 2014 the first wave had faded under a flood of low-effort generator posts — but the DNA is everywhere now: reaction GIFs, "POV:" TikToks, every "me when" meme. All of it descends from a bunch of crusty little faces drawn at 3am. ragecomics.fun keeps the tradition alive with a fresh, original cast.

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