The case for memes as a new form of comics

„It’s undeniable that the rise of the Internet had a profound impact on cartooning as a profession, giving cartoonists both new tools and a new publishing and/or distribution medium. Online culture also spawned the emergence of viral memes in the late 1990s. Michelle Ann Abate, an education professor at The Ohio State University, argues in a paper published in INKS: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, that memes—specifically, image macros—represent a new type of digital comic, right down to the cognitive and creative ways in which they operate.”

The case for memes as a new form of comics – Ars Technica

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Making people happy

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There are two ways of acting:

  • Making all people happy. This likely leads to making no person happy. People pleasers. People who tell an exaggerated number of „Yes”-es. eMAG and Amazon, when trying to answer every possible product.
  • Making very few people happy. Some newspapers do this when they cover an event – they choose a very specific angle, and assume that if 60% of people like this, that is the only solution. Or online stores – they focus on the majority only. Or Google – only the majority.

The solution? As always – the paradox. From time to time, try not to make anyone happy. From time to time, try to make all the people happy.

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