{"id":1329,"date":"2025-08-24T12:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivian.ro\/arte\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2025-08-24T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:57:15","slug":"memes-new-form-of-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivian.ro\/arte\/memes-new-form-of-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"The case for memes as a new form of comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8222;It&#8217;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 href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/pub\/30\/article\/960641\">a paper<\/a> published in INKS: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, that memes\u2014specifically, image macros\u2014represent a new type of digital comic, right down to the cognitive and creative ways in which they operate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/culture\/2025\/07\/the-case-for-memes-as-a-new-form-of-comics\/\">The case for memes as a new form of comics &#8211; Ars Technica<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1330\" style=\"width: 1190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/culture\/2025\/07\/the-case-for-memes-as-a-new-form-of-comics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1330\" src=\"https:\/\/olivian.ro\/arte\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/memes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olivian.ro\/arte\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/memes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/olivian.ro\/arte\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/memes-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The case for memes as a new form of comics, https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/culture\/2025\/07\/the-case-for-memes-as-a-new-form-of-comics\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8222;It&#8217;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. 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