#EyeAmTheFool

Added • Updated about a year ago

Added by Adam • Updated about a year ago by Y F

Category: Meme Status: Submission Year: 2019 Origin: Region:

Type: Hashtag,

Tags: indie, webcomic, april fools, alex norris, map_entertainments, raphcomics,

Part of a series on 2019 April Fools' Day. [View Related Entries]

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About • Origin • Spread • Examples •

About

#EyeAmTheFool refers to a hashtag used in a coordinated 2019 April Fools Day gag by the indie webcomics community in which artists drew their characters with hyper-realistic eyes.

Precursor

The webcomics community did something similar for April Fools Day 2016, with many artists posting variations of the same four-panel comic with the punchline "Maybe… I am the fool." The idea is credited to Alex Norris of Webcomic Name. ^[1]

APRIL thar wus extremay unoriginal|Majbe... l am the foo L

Origin

On April 1st, 2019, several comic artists began uploading comics featuring their usual characters with hyper-realistic eyes. On Instagram, the first comic with the hashtag #eyeamthefool was posted by map_entertainments^[2] (shown below, left). On /r/comics,^[3] the first post was by Mr. Lovenstein, gaining over 23,000 points (shown below, right).

car & friends survival ed THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH A CROCODILE ENCOUNTER IS TO LIE ON YOUR BACK, PULL UP YOUR SHIRT, AND EXPOSE THE SMOOTH FLESH OF YOUR BELLY SOUNDS CRAZY BUT THIS IS VERY INTİMIDATİNG TO A CROC. THEY CO RUNNING BACK TO THE WATER! LATER I CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS... BRAD 问@map.-entertainments carandfriends.mapentertainments.com

HOW ARE YOU SO HAPPY ALL THE TIME? ITS SIMPLE! IJUST IGNORE MY PROBLEMS! DOESN'T THAT CREATE EVEN MORE PROBLEMS? IT'S SIMPLE! I IGNORE THOSE PROBLEMS TOO! THIS COMIC MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO DUNCAN LATHLIN @MrLovenstein MRLOVENSTEIN.COM

Spread

Over the course of the day, multiple artists participated in the game. Some notable artists include Owl Turd Comix, who it was speculated started the game^[4] (shown below, left), and Scribbly_G^[5] posted artwork inverting the "I Am the Fool" comic with realistic eyes, gaining over 2,000 points on Reddit.

Other popular examples include a comic by Raphcomics^[6] who made a joke about thinking the game was about realistic letter Is, gaining over 3,700 points on /r/comics (shown below, left). Another by ArtByMoga^[7] gained over 41,000 likes on Instagram (shown below, right).