Baozou Manhua
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About
Baozou Manhua (translation: rage comics) refers to a website that hosts Chinese, black and white, crudely drawn webcomics. Much like English-langauge rage comics, Baozou Manhua tell of the frustrating experiences of everyday life, generally ending in a darkly humorous punchline.
History
In 2008, Wang Nima founded Baozou Manhua, a website dedicated to Chinese versions of rage comics.[1] According a 2012 interview[2] with Wang, he said:
"I think the essence of [rage comics] is in helping people express their discontent towards some things -- it exaggerates. I intend to give the masses a 'spear', so they can say hi to creativity."
Fandom
On June 25th, 2012, Redditor [6] thislifee launched the /r/baozoumanhua subreddit. Two months later, on August 15th, 2012, Baozou Manhua's Weibo,[4] the Chinese social media site, launched. As of August 2 more than 9 million fans (screenshot below).
Impact
Baozou Manhua has also been used for government outreach. On January 9th, 2013, the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau[5] posted a series of rage comics to deliver a public service message (shown below, right) On August 1st, 2016, a Chinese fire department[3] began using Baozou Manhua-style cartoons (shown below, left).
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External References
[1] Mashable – How China's most enduring meme has lasted a decade
[2] Sina – 暴走漫画：给草根们一把“长矛”，向创意问好
[3] weixin.com – Army Day | fire face package by the users blitz!
[4] Weibo – Baozou Manhua
[5] Beijing Traffic Management Bureau – 制交通安全暴走漫画蹿红微博
[6] Reddit – /r/baozoumanhua
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This is a company that is responsible for Next Gen on Netflix. ↓
This is a company that is responsible for Next Gen on Netflix. ↓
Chinese bootleg rage comics?
Never mind that, but rage comments being used unironically, today?
Chinese bootleg rage comics?
Never mind that, but rage comments being used unironically, today?
Rage comics, I meant. Fffffffff.
Rage comics, I meant. Fffffffff.
This Wang Nima registered copyright for these rage comics：）
This Wang Nima registered copyright for these rage comics：）
As much as I've outgrown English rage comics, foreign-language memes are quite interesting to me. I'll be keeping tabs on this… for better or worse, if these end up anything like the rage comics I'm familiar with.
As much as I've outgrown English rage comics, foreign-language memes are quite interesting to me. I'll be keeping tabs on this… for better or worse, if these end up anything like the rage comics I'm familiar with.