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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa081)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_(webcomic)\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_(webcomic)\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_(webcomic)","crawl_time":1756302503,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Gunshow_(webcomic) s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Gunshow (webcomic) - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Gunshow  is a 2008  webcomic  created by KC Green. The webcomic is  gag-a-day , having little overarching story and covering a large variation of topics with strong tonal shifts.  Gunshow  is well known for spawning the \"This is fine\"  internet meme  in 2013. The webcomic concluded in 2014, as Green moved on to other creative work.\n Gunshow  is written by KC Green, known for other webcomics such as  Back ,  He Is A Good Boy , and  Pinocchio . Green has also worked on the  Adventure Time  episode \"The Thin Yellow Line\" and published a  graphic novel  through  Oni Press  titled  Graveyard Quest . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Gunshow  features recurring characters, but very little ongoing plot. [ 1 ]  Alex Borkowski of  Heave Media  stated that  Gunshow  defies categorization, as Green covers topics ranging from the nature of  compromise  to pushing one's limits to an endearing story about a  crab  falling in love with a lady. The webcomic has run for hundreds of pages and tends to use  self-referential  humor from time to time.  Gunshow  frequently features some longer storylines, its most ambitious piece being \"Anime Club\", a story about four  anime  fans who get kicked out of their meeting spot for watching a  hentai  film. [ 3 ] KC Green ended  Gunshow  in late 2014, as his other webcomics and his  Patreon  income allowed him to move on from it. [ 4 ] \"This is fine\" redirects here. For the album, see  This Is Fine . The first two panels of the strip A 2013  Gunshow  strip titled \"On Fire\" features an  anthropomorphic  dog (dubbed \"Question Hound\") [ 5 ] [ 6 ]  drinking tea in a room that is burning down. Despite its own body catching fire and beginning to melt, the dog remains perfectly calm throughout the six-panel strip, saying lines such as \"That's okay, things are going to be okay.\" The first two panels of the strip, featuring the dog simply sitting in the blazing room saying \"this is fine\", became a popular  internet meme . The dog's demeanor, described as \"somewhere between bemused acceptance and outright denial\" by  Slate Magazine ' s Jacob Brogan, proved popular with its full context removed. The sentence \"this is fine\" was described by  The Verge ' s Chris Plante as a \"shorthand for when a situation becomes so terrible our brains refuse to grapple with its severity\". [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The spread of the two panels was traced back by the  Know Your Meme  community to September 2014, when the image appeared without attribution on  Reddit  and  Imgur  with the caption \"Basically how I'm handling life right now\". The meme has been used on  social media  as a general comment on bad events or disasters, such as the  Deepwater Horizon  oil spill . Green described the meme's popularity in 2016 as \"a barometer of current trends\", indicating that it was an intense year. Brogan stated that the meme is unique because it is infrequently modified from its original version and because its popularity was still climbing as of 2016. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In an interview, KC Green stated that during the period in which he created \"On Fire\" he was struggling with himself and getting his  anti-depressant  dosage right. As the image's popularity surged, Green started selling prints and shirts of the strip on his  TopatoCo  storefront. Green noted that \"It's easier to sell the first two [panels] than the entire [comic] where the dog melts into nothingness.\" [ 8 ]  Purchase of Question Hound as a plushie, and later in 2020 as a  Funko Pop! , was also made available on TopatoCo. [ 9 ]  The plushie received newfound attention on social media when one was seen at the  Mars 2020  mission control for the landing of  Perseverance . [ 10 ] In 2016 Green followed up the \"On Fire\" comic with a \"This is Not Fine\" comic on  The Nib , in which the dog abruptly switches from denial of the fire to terror over it, putting it out in a panic while yelling at themselves for letting the fire go so far out of control, and makes mention of the recent killing of  Harambe , a gorilla in a Cincinnati zoo. [ 11 ] In 2016,  The New York Times  called \"This is fine\" \"the meme this year deserves\". [ 12 ]  In 2023,  the Atlantic  called it \"The Meme That Defined a Decade\", and called it \"a work of near-endless  interpretability \". [ 13 ] In June 2023, the \"This is Fine\" emote cosmetic was added to  Epic Games '  Fortnite: Battle Royale  as part of the Chapter 4: Season 3  Battle Pass  in collaboration with KC Green. [ 14 ] In September 2024, KC Green and Numskull Games announced that they are working on a video game based on \"On Fire\" titled  This is Fine: Maximum Cope  which is planned as a \"classic, old-school, platformer game\" where Question Hound battles monsters from inside his subconscious. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]  KC Green and Numskull Games also announced that a  Kickstarter  campaign to help fund the game's development will start of September 26. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] \"i still feel like i dont need to get paid when businesses or the like use memes of my art on social media. thats just how it goes now.\n but I still feel I have the right to show my distaste for when it's used by unsavory people in my eyes.\n so, thus, in conclusion, the gop account can eat me.\"\n In July 2016, the  United States Republican Party  (or GOP, short for \"Grand Old Party\") used the \"This is fine\" meme in a  Twitter  message, in reference to the  Democratic Party  selecting  Hillary Clinton  as  their presidential candidate  during the  2016 Democratic National Convention . The usage of the meme suggested that Democratic voters were in denial about damage being done by selecting Clinton as candidate, though it may also be that the GOP was simply celebrating what they saw as a \"Democratic meltdown\". [ 19 ]  Usage of the meme by the GOP drew backlash from some Democratic voters, webcomic creators, and also from KC Green himself, who said \"everyone is in their right to use this is fine [sic] on social media posts, but man o man I personally would like @GOP to delete their stupid post.\"  Vox Media  compared Green's experience with that of various musicians that had their works appropriated for political purposes, and  The New York Observer  used the event as an example of how the works of webcomic artists are frequently reposted without proper attribution. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Green had already anticipated the usage of his webcomic strip for political purposes.  First Look Media 's webcomic  The Nib  commissioned Green before the Democratic National Convention to draw a version of the \"This is fine\" meme featuring the  GOP elephant mascot  similarly sitting in a flaming room. The artwork was commissioned to be placed in the Philadelphia Art Gallery in  Old City . Once the GOP posted the Twitter message,  The Nib  responded with \"We actually paid the artist who made this. Here's what he came up with\" and a  hyperlink  to the cartoon. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The Ukrainian authorities behind the @Ukraine  Twitter  account used an animated version of the \"This is fine\" meme to illustrate in a self-deprecating sardonic tone the fight against the  2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks . [ 21 ]  This invited comments that they used the meme wrongly, since it came to signify disastrous government inaction; but it attracted attention to the tweet and contributed to an increase in the number of  followers . [ 21 ] In early‑January 2025,  Fridays for Future Germany  used the first frame, redrawn to flat colors, to publicize their upcoming nationwide rally scheduled for 14 February 2025. [ 22 ]   Their caption reads instead: \"Cuz this is not fine!\".\n In January 2016, Jason DeMarco, vice president and creative director of  Cartoon Network 's  Adult Swim  block, announced that there would be an animated series based on Green's webcomic. The series, animated by Shmorky, was teased by an animated version of the \"On Fire\" strip voiced by  Dana Snyder . [ 8 ] [ 23 ]","attrs_markdown":"[Jump to content](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#bodyContent)\n\nMain menu\n\nMain menu\n\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\nNavigation\n\n- [Main page](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page \"Visit the main page [z]\")\n- [Contents](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contents \"Guides to browsing Wikipedia\")\n- [Current events](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Current_events \"Articles related to current events\")\n- [Random article](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Random \"Visit a randomly selected article [x]\")\n- [About Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:About \"Learn about Wikipedia and how it works\")\n- [Contact us](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contact_us \"How to contact Wikipedia\")\n\nContribute\n\n- [Help](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Contents \"Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia\")\n- [Learn to edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Introduction \"Learn how to edit Wikipedia\")\n- [Community portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Community_portal \"The hub for editors\")\n- [Recent changes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:RecentChanges \"A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]\")\n- [Upload file](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard \"Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia\")\n- [Special pages](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:SpecialPages)\n\n[![](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/icons\/wikipedia.png) ![Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg) ![The Free Encyclopedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page)\n\n[Search](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search \"Search Wikipedia [f]\")\n\nAppearance\n\n- [Donate](https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en)\n- [Create account](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Gunshow+%28webcomic%29 \"You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory\")\n- [Log in](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Gunshow+%28webcomic%29 \"You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. 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The webcomic is [gag-a-day](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gag-a-day \"Gag-a-day\"), having little overarching story and covering a large variation of topics with strong tonal shifts. *Gunshow* is well known for spawning the \"This is fine\" [internet meme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_meme \"Internet meme\") in 2013. The webcomic concluded in 2014, as Green moved on to other creative work.\n\n## Overview\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: Overview\")\\]\n\n*Gunshow* is written by KC Green, known for other webcomics such as *Back*, *He Is A Good Boy*, and *Pinocchio*. Green has also worked on the *[Adventure Time](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adventure_Time \"Adventure Time\")* episode \"The Thin Yellow Line\" and published a [graphic novel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graphic_novel \"Graphic novel\") through [Oni Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oni_Press \"Oni Press\") titled *Graveyard Quest*.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Back-1)[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-2) *Gunshow* features recurring characters, but very little ongoing plot.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Back-1) Alex Borkowski of *Heave Media* stated that *Gunshow* defies categorization, as Green covers topics ranging from the nature of [compromise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compromise \"Compromise\") to pushing one's limits to an endearing story about a [crab](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crab \"Crab\") falling in love with a lady. The webcomic has run for hundreds of pages and tends to use [self-referential](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-referential \"Self-referential\") humor from time to time. *Gunshow* frequently features some longer storylines, its most ambitious piece being \"Anime Club\", a story about four [anime](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anime \"Anime\") fans who get kicked out of their meeting spot for watching a [hentai](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hentai \"Hentai\") film.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-3)\n\nKC Green ended *Gunshow* in late 2014, as his other webcomics and his [Patreon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patreon \"Patreon\") income allowed him to move on from it.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-4)\n\n## \"This is fine\"\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: \\\"This is fine\\\"\")\\]\n\n\"This is fine\" redirects here. For the album, see [This Is Fine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/This_Is_Fine \"This Is Fine\").\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/c\/cb\/This_is_fine_from_On_Fire_strip_by_KC_Green.jpg\/250px-This_is_fine_from_On_Fire_strip_by_KC_Green.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:This_is_fine_from_On_Fire_strip_by_KC_Green.jpg)\n\nThe first two panels of the strip\n\nA 2013 *Gunshow* strip titled \"On Fire\" features an [anthropomorphic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthropomorphic \"Anthropomorphic\") dog (dubbed \"Question Hound\")[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-5)[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-6) drinking tea in a room that is burning down. Despite its own body catching fire and beginning to melt, the dog remains perfectly calm throughout the six-panel strip, saying lines such as \"That's okay, things are going to be okay.\" The first two panels of the strip, featuring the dog simply sitting in the blazing room saying \"this is fine\", became a popular [internet meme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_meme \"Internet meme\"). The dog's demeanor, described as \"somewhere between bemused acceptance and outright denial\" by *[Slate Magazine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slate_Magazine \"Slate Magazine\")*'s Jacob Brogan, proved popular with its full context removed. The sentence \"this is fine\" was described by *[The Verge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Verge \"The Verge\")*'s Chris Plante as a \"shorthand for when a situation becomes so terrible our brains refuse to grapple with its severity\".[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Slate-7)[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Verge-8)\n\nThe spread of the two panels was traced back by the [Know Your Meme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Know_Your_Meme \"Know Your Meme\") community to September 2014, when the image appeared without attribution on [Reddit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reddit \"Reddit\") and [Imgur](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imgur \"Imgur\") with the caption \"Basically how I'm handling life right now\". The meme has been used on [social media](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_media \"Social media\") as a general comment on bad events or disasters, such as the [*Deepwater Horizon* oil spill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill \"Deepwater Horizon oil spill\"). Green described the meme's popularity in 2016 as \"a barometer of current trends\", indicating that it was an intense year. Brogan stated that the meme is unique because it is infrequently modified from its original version and because its popularity was still climbing as of 2016.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Slate-7)[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Verge-8)\n\nIn an interview, KC Green stated that during the period in which he created \"On Fire\" he was struggling with himself and getting his [anti-depressant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-depressant \"Anti-depressant\") dosage right. As the image's popularity surged, Green started selling prints and shirts of the strip on his [TopatoCo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TopatoCo \"TopatoCo\") storefront. Green noted that \"It's easier to sell the first two \\[panels\\] than the entire \\[comic\\] where the dog melts into nothingness.\"[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Verge-8) Purchase of Question Hound as a plushie, and later in 2020 as a [Funko Pop\\!](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funko_Pop! \"Funko Pop!\"), was also made available on TopatoCo.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-9) The plushie received newfound attention on social media when one was seen at the [Mars 2020](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_2020 \"Mars 2020\") mission control for the landing of *[Perseverance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perseverance_\\(rover\\) \"Perseverance (rover)\")*.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-10)\n\nIn 2016 Green followed up the \"On Fire\" comic with a \"This is Not Fine\" comic on *[The Nib](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Nib \"The Nib\")*, in which the dog abruptly switches from denial of the fire to terror over it, putting it out in a panic while yelling at themselves for letting the fire go so far out of control, and makes mention of the recent killing of [Harambe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harambe \"Harambe\"), a gorilla in a Cincinnati zoo.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-11)\n\nIn 2016, *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* called \"This is fine\" \"the meme this year deserves\".[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-12) In 2023, *[the Atlantic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Atlantic \"The Atlantic\")* called it \"The Meme That Defined a Decade\", and called it \"a work of near-endless *interpretability*\".[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-13)\n\nIn June 2023, the \"This is Fine\" emote cosmetic was added to [Epic Games](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epic_Games \"Epic Games\")' *[Fortnite: Battle Royale](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fortnite:_Battle_Royale \"Fortnite: Battle Royale\")* as part of the Chapter 4: Season 3 [Battle Pass](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_Pass \"Battle Pass\") in collaboration with KC Green.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-14)\n\nIn September 2024, KC Green and Numskull Games announced that they are working on a video game based on \"On Fire\" titled *This is Fine: Maximum Cope* which is planned as a \"classic, old-school, platformer game\" where Question Hound battles monsters from inside his subconscious.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-15)[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-16) KC Green and Numskull Games also announced that a [Kickstarter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kickstarter \"Kickstarter\") campaign to help fund the game's development will start of September 26.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-18)\n\n### Usage in politics\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Usage in politics\")\\]\n\n> \"i still feel like i dont need to get paid when businesses or the like use memes of my art on social media. thats just how it goes now.\n> \n> but I still feel I have the right to show my distaste for when it's used by unsavory people in my eyes.\n> \n> so, thus, in conclusion, the gop account can eat me.\"\n\n—KC Green[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Vox-19)\n\nIn July 2016, the [United States Republican Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Republican_Party \"United States Republican Party\") (or GOP, short for \"Grand Old Party\") used the \"This is fine\" meme in a [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") message, in reference to the [Democratic Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_\\(United_States\\) \"Democratic Party (United States)\") selecting [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\") as [their presidential candidate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton_presidential_campaign,_2016 \"Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016\") during the [2016 Democratic National Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Democratic_National_Convention \"2016 Democratic National Convention\"). The usage of the meme suggested that Democratic voters were in denial about damage being done by selecting Clinton as candidate, though it may also be that the GOP was simply celebrating what they saw as a \"Democratic meltdown\".[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Vox-19) Usage of the meme by the GOP drew backlash from some Democratic voters, webcomic creators, and also from KC Green himself, who said \"everyone is in their right to use this is fine \\[sic\\] on social media posts, but man o man I personally would like @GOP to delete their stupid post.\" *[Vox Media](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vox_Media \"Vox Media\")* compared Green's experience with that of various musicians that had their works appropriated for political purposes, and *[The New York Observer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Observer \"The New York Observer\")* used the event as an example of how the works of webcomic artists are frequently reposted without proper attribution.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Vox-19)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Observer-20)\n\nGreen had already anticipated the usage of his webcomic strip for political purposes. [First Look Media](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Look_Media \"First Look Media\")'s webcomic *[The Nib](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Nib \"The Nib\")* commissioned Green before the Democratic National Convention to draw a version of the \"This is fine\" meme featuring the [GOP elephant mascot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_elephant \"Republican elephant\") similarly sitting in a flaming room. The artwork was commissioned to be placed in the Philadelphia Art Gallery in [Old City](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_City,_Philadelphia \"Old City, Philadelphia\"). Once the GOP posted the Twitter message, *The Nib* responded with \"We actually paid the artist who made this. Here's what he came up with\" and a [hyperlink](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyperlink \"Hyperlink\") to the cartoon.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Vox-19)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Observer-20)\n\nThe Ukrainian authorities behind the @Ukraine [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") account used an animated version of the \"This is fine\" meme to illustrate in a self-deprecating sardonic tone the fight against the [2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Ukraine_ransomware_attacks \"2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks\").[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Fortune-21) This invited comments that they used the meme wrongly, since it came to signify disastrous government inaction; but it attracted attention to the tweet and contributed to an increase in the number of [followers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friending_and_following \"Friending and following\").[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Fortune-21)\n\nIn early‑January 2025, [Fridays for Future Germany](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fridays_for_Future \"Fridays for Future\") used the first frame, redrawn to flat colors, to publicize their upcoming nationwide rally scheduled for 14 February 2025.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-fff-de-png-2025-22) Their caption reads instead: \"Cuz this is not fine!\".\n\n## Media\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Media\")\\]\n\nIn January 2016, Jason DeMarco, vice president and creative director of [Cartoon Network](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cartoon_Network \"Cartoon Network\")'s [Adult Swim](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adult_Swim \"Adult Swim\") block, announced that there would be an animated series based on Green's webcomic. The series, animated by Shmorky, was teased by an animated version of the \"On Fire\" strip voiced by [Dana Snyder](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dana_Snyder \"Dana Snyder\").[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-Verge-8)[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_note-23)\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Back_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Back_1-1)\n   Bezner, KM (2015-11-23). [\"Two Tickets for the Apocalypse Please: Should You Be Reading 'Back'?\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160729163247\/http:\/\/comicsalliance.com\/back-readers-guide\/). [ComicsAlliance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ComicsAlliance \"ComicsAlliance\"). Archived from [the original](http:\/\/comicsalliance.com\/back-readers-guide\/) on 2016-07-29.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-2)**\n   Sava, Oliver (2016-03-19). [\"Princess Bubblegum humbles herself on an art-centric *Adventure Time*\"](https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/princess-bubblegum-humbles-herself-on-an-art-centric-ad-1798187086). *[The A.V. Club](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_A.V._Club \"The A.V. Club\")*.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-3)**\n   Borkowski, Alex (2013-09-27). [\"The Third Panel: 'Gunshow' – A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Green-ness\"](http:\/\/www.heavemedia.com\/2013\/09\/27\/the-third-panel-gunshow\/). *Heave Media*.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-4)**\n   Dale, Brady (2015-07-07). [\"Webcomic Star KC Green on Why He Killed GUNSHOW, The Comic That Launched Him\"](https:\/\/observer.com\/2015\/07\/kc-green-gunshow-kickstarter-back-pinocchio\/). *[Observer.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Observer.com \"Observer.com\")*.\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-5)**\n   Bowman, Emma. [\"A decade on, the 'This is fine' creator wants to put the famous dog to rest\"](https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/16\/1149232763\/this-is-fine-meme-anniversary-gunshow-web-comic). *npr.org*. Retrieved 16 June 2023.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-6)**\n   Riviello, Alex (2016-08-03). [\"This is Fine meme dog being turned into a plushie\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171107022436\/https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/this-is-fine-meme-dog-being-turned-into-a-plushie-1664644\/). *[Geek.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geek.com \"Geek.com\")*. Archived from [the original](https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/this-is-fine-meme-dog-being-turned-into-a-plushie-1664644\/) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.\n7. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Slate_7-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Slate_7-1)\n   Brogan, Jacob (July 2016). [\"How the GOP Ruined a Great Meme\"](http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/future_tense\/2016\/07\/how_the_gop_ruined_this_is_fine_dog.html). *[Slate Magazine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slate_Magazine \"Slate Magazine\")*.\n8. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Verge_8-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Verge_8-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Verge_8-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Verge_8-3)\n   Plante, Chris (2016-05-05). [\"This Is Fine creator explains the timelessness of his meme\"](https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/5\/5\/11592622\/this-is-fine-meme-comic). *[The Verge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Verge \"The Verge\")*.\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-9)**\n   Walsh, Michael (2020-09-15). [\"\"This is Fine\" Meme Is the Perfect Funko Pop for 2020\"](https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/this-is-fine-meme-funko-pop\/). *[Nerdist.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nerdist.com \"Nerdist.com\")*.\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-10)**\n    Dean, Signe; Cassela, Carly (2021-02-18). [\"YES! NASA's Perseverance Just Successfully Landed on Mars\"](https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/live-updates-nasa-s-perseverance-rover-is-landing-on-mars-today). *[ScienceAlert.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ScienceAlert.com \"ScienceAlert.com\")*.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-11)**\n    Green, KC (3 August 2016). [\"This is Not Fine - by KC Green\"](https:\/\/thenib.com\/this-is-not-fine?id=kc-green&t=author). *thenib.com*.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-12)**\n    Rogers, Katie (5 August 2016). [\"Why 'This Is Fine' Is the Meme This Year Deserves\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/06\/arts\/this-is-fine-meme-dog-fire.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 16 June 2023.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-13)**\n    Garber, Megan (26 January 2023). [\"The Meme That Defined a Decade\"](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/culture\/archive\/2023\/01\/this-is-fine-dog-meme-cultural-relevancy\/672838\/). *The Atlantic*. Retrieved 16 June 2023.\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-14)**\n    [\"The 'This is fine' meme joins Fortnite's star-studded roster\"](https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23755732\/fortnite-this-is-fine-meme-kc-green-gunshow-comic-emote). *[Polygon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polygon_\\(website\\) \"Polygon (website)\")*. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-05.\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-15)**\n    [\"This is fine\"](https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/18\/24248121\/this-is-fine). 18 September 2024.\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-16)**\n    [\"This is Fine Maximum Cope Kickstarter Teaser\"](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z--9jczw0OQ). *[YouTube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YouTube \"YouTube\")*. 18 September 2024.\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-17)**\n    [\"This is fine\"](https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/18\/24248121\/this-is-fine). 18 September 2024.\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-18)**\n    [\"This is Fine Maximum Cope Kickstarter Teaser\"](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z--9jczw0OQ). *[YouTube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YouTube \"YouTube\")*. 18 September 2024.\n19. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Vox_19-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Vox_19-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Vox_19-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Vox_19-3)\n    Romano, Aja (2016-07-28). [\"Why the GOP Twitter couldn't pull off the 'This is fine' meme\"](https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/7\/28\/12299724\/this-is-fine-meme-gop-fail). *Vox*.\n20. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Observer_20-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Observer_20-1)\n    Dale, Brady (2016-07-27). [\"Here's Why Webcomics Fans Have Been Piling on the GOP Twitter Account\"](https:\/\/observer.com\/2016\/07\/kc-green-vs-the-gop\/). *[The New York Observer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Observer \"The New York Observer\")*.\n21. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Fortune_21-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-Fortune_21-1)\n    Kinstler, Linda (2017-07-28). [\"Meet the Millennials Who Started Ukraine's Twitter War With Russia\"](https:\/\/fortune.com\/2017\/07\/28\/ukraine-russia-twitter-war\/). *[Fortune](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fortune_\\(magazine\\) \"Fortune (magazine)\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211207163401\/https:\/\/fortune.com\/2017\/07\/28\/ukraine-russia-twitter-war\/) from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-07-22.\n22. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-fff-de-png-2025_22-0)**\n    FFF (January 2025). [\"Plakate, Sticker, Türanhänger, Sticker, und eine Überraschung\"](https:\/\/fridaysforfuture.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Plakate1.png) \\[Posters, stickers, door hangers, and a surprise\\]. *Fridays for Future* (in German). Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 2025-01-11.\n23. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunshow_\\(webcomic\\)#cite_ref-23)**\n    Reyna, Leo (2016-01-08). [\"KC Green's Gunshow Comic Gets Animated on Adult Swim\"](http:\/\/www.nerdspan.com\/kc-greens-gunshow-comics-gets-animated-on-adult-swim\/). 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Boilerpipe Text	Gunshow is a 2008 webcomic created by KC Green. The webcomic is gag-a-day , having little overarching story and covering a large variation of topics with strong tonal shifts. Gunshow is well known for spawning the "This is fine" internet meme in 2013. The webcomic concluded in 2014, as Green moved on to other creative work. Gunshow is written by KC Green, known for other webcomics such as Back , He Is A Good Boy , and Pinocchio . Green has also worked on the Adventure Time episode "The Thin Yellow Line" and published a graphic novel through Oni Press titled Graveyard Quest . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Gunshow features recurring characters, but very little ongoing plot. [ 1 ] Alex Borkowski of Heave Media stated that Gunshow defies categorization, as Green covers topics ranging from the nature of compromise to pushing one's limits to an endearing story about a crab falling in love with a lady. The webcomic has run for hundreds of pages and tends to use self-referential humor from time to time. Gunshow frequently features some longer storylines, its most ambitious piece being "Anime Club", a story about four anime fans who get kicked out of their meeting spot for watching a hentai film. [ 3 ] KC Green ended Gunshow in late 2014, as his other webcomics and his Patreon income allowed him to move on from it. [ 4 ] "This is fine" redirects here. For the album, see This Is Fine . The first two panels of the strip A 2013 Gunshow strip titled "On Fire" features an anthropomorphic dog (dubbed "Question Hound") [ 5 ] [ 6 ] drinking tea in a room that is burning down. Despite its own body catching fire and beginning to melt, the dog remains perfectly calm throughout the six-panel strip, saying lines such as "That's okay, things are going to be okay." The first two panels of the strip, featuring the dog simply sitting in the blazing room saying "this is fine", became a popular internet meme . The dog's demeanor, described as "somewhere between bemused acceptance and outright denial" by Slate Magazine ' s Jacob Brogan, proved popular with its full context removed. The sentence "this is fine" was described by The Verge ' s Chris Plante as a "shorthand for when a situation becomes so terrible our brains refuse to grapple with its severity". [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The spread of the two panels was traced back by the Know Your Meme community to September 2014, when the image appeared without attribution on Reddit and Imgur with the caption "Basically how I'm handling life right now". The meme has been used on social media as a general comment on bad events or disasters, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill . Green described the meme's popularity in 2016 as "a barometer of current trends", indicating that it was an intense year. Brogan stated that the meme is unique because it is infrequently modified from its original version and because its popularity was still climbing as of 2016. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In an interview, KC Green stated that during the period in which he created "On Fire" he was struggling with himself and getting his anti-depressant dosage right. As the image's popularity surged, Green started selling prints and shirts of the strip on his TopatoCo storefront. Green noted that "It's easier to sell the first two [panels] than the entire [comic] where the dog melts into nothingness." [ 8 ] Purchase of Question Hound as a plushie, and later in 2020 as a Funko Pop! , was also made available on TopatoCo. [ 9 ] The plushie received newfound attention on social media when one was seen at the Mars 2020 mission control for the landing of Perseverance . [ 10 ] In 2016 Green followed up the "On Fire" comic with a "This is Not Fine" comic on The Nib , in which the dog abruptly switches from denial of the fire to terror over it, putting it out in a panic while yelling at themselves for letting the fire go so far out of control, and makes mention of the recent killing of Harambe , a gorilla in a Cincinnati zoo. [ 11 ] In 2016, The New York Times called "This is fine" "the meme this year deserves". [ 12 ] In 2023, the Atlantic called it "The Meme That Defined a Decade", and called it "a work of near-endless interpretability ". [ 13 ] In June 2023, the "This is Fine" emote cosmetic was added to Epic Games ' Fortnite: Battle Royale as part of the Chapter 4: Season 3 Battle Pass in collaboration with KC Green. [ 14 ] In September 2024, KC Green and Numskull Games announced that they are working on a video game based on "On Fire" titled This is Fine: Maximum Cope which is planned as a "classic, old-school, platformer game" where Question Hound battles monsters from inside his subconscious. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] KC Green and Numskull Games also announced that a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the game's development will start of September 26. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] "i still feel like i dont need to get paid when businesses or the like use memes of my art on social media. thats just how it goes now. but I still feel I have the right to show my distaste for when it's used by unsavory people in my eyes. so, thus, in conclusion, the gop account can eat me." In July 2016, the United States Republican Party (or GOP, short for "Grand Old Party") used the "This is fine" meme in a Twitter message, in reference to the Democratic Party selecting Hillary Clinton as their presidential candidate during the 2016 Democratic National Convention . The usage of the meme suggested that Democratic voters were in denial about damage being done by selecting Clinton as candidate, though it may also be that the GOP was simply celebrating what they saw as a "Democratic meltdown". [ 19 ] Usage of the meme by the GOP drew backlash from some Democratic voters, webcomic creators, and also from KC Green himself, who said "everyone is in their right to use this is fine [sic] on social media posts, but man o man I personally would like @GOP to delete their stupid post." Vox Media compared Green's experience with that of various musicians that had their works appropriated for political purposes, and The New York Observer used the event as an example of how the works of webcomic artists are frequently reposted without proper attribution. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Green had already anticipated the usage of his webcomic strip for political purposes. First Look Media 's webcomic The Nib commissioned Green before the Democratic National Convention to draw a version of the "This is fine" meme featuring the GOP elephant mascot similarly sitting in a flaming room. The artwork was commissioned to be placed in the Philadelphia Art Gallery in Old City . Once the GOP posted the Twitter message, The Nib responded with "We actually paid the artist who made this. Here's what he came up with" and a hyperlink to the cartoon. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The Ukrainian authorities behind the @Ukraine Twitter account used an animated version of the "This is fine" meme to illustrate in a self-deprecating sardonic tone the fight against the 2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks . [ 21 ] This invited comments that they used the meme wrongly, since it came to signify disastrous government inaction; but it attracted attention to the tweet and contributed to an increase in the number of followers . [ 21 ] In early‑January 2025, Fridays for Future Germany used the first frame, redrawn to flat colors, to publicize their upcoming nationwide rally scheduled for 14 February 2025. [ 22 ] Their caption reads instead: "Cuz this is not fine!". In January 2016, Jason DeMarco, vice president and creative director of Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim block, announced that there would be an animated series based on Green's webcomic. The series, animated by Shmorky, was teased by an animated version of the "On Fire" strip voiced by Dana Snyder . [ 8 ] [ 23 ]
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The webcomic is [gag-a-day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag-a-day "Gag-a-day"), having little overarching story and covering a large variation of topics with strong tonal shifts. Gunshow is well known for spawning the "This is fine" [internet meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme "Internet meme") in 2013. The webcomic concluded in 2014, as Green moved on to other creative work. ## Overview \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gunshow_\(webcomic\)&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Overview")\] Gunshow is written by KC Green, known for other webcomics such as Back, He Is A Good Boy, and Pinocchio. Green has also worked on the [Adventure Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Time "Adventure Time") episode "The Thin Yellow Line" and published a [graphic novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel "Graphic novel") through [Oni Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni_Press "Oni Press") titled Graveyard Quest.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Back-1)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-2) Gunshow features recurring characters, but very little ongoing plot.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Back-1) Alex Borkowski of Heave Media stated that Gunshow defies categorization, as Green covers topics ranging from the nature of [compromise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise "Compromise") to pushing one's limits to an endearing story about a [crab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab "Crab") falling in love with a lady. The webcomic has run for hundreds of pages and tends to use [self-referential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-referential "Self-referential") humor from time to time. Gunshow frequently features some longer storylines, its most ambitious piece being "Anime Club", a story about four [anime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime "Anime") fans who get kicked out of their meeting spot for watching a [hentai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentai "Hentai") film.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-3) KC Green ended Gunshow in late 2014, as his other webcomics and his [Patreon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patreon "Patreon") income allowed him to move on from it.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-4) ## "This is fine" \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gunshow_\(webcomic\)&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: \"This is fine\"")\] "This is fine" redirects here. For the album, see [This Is Fine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Fine "This Is Fine"). [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/This_is_fine_from_On_Fire_strip_by_KC_Green.jpg/250px-This_is_fine_from_On_Fire_strip_by_KC_Green.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:This_is_fine_from_On_Fire_strip_by_KC_Green.jpg) The first two panels of the strip A 2013 Gunshow strip titled "On Fire" features an [anthropomorphic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphic "Anthropomorphic") dog (dubbed "Question Hound")[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-6) drinking tea in a room that is burning down. Despite its own body catching fire and beginning to melt, the dog remains perfectly calm throughout the six-panel strip, saying lines such as "That's okay, things are going to be okay." The first two panels of the strip, featuring the dog simply sitting in the blazing room saying "this is fine", became a popular [internet meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme "Internet meme"). The dog's demeanor, described as "somewhere between bemused acceptance and outright denial" by [Slate Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Magazine "Slate Magazine")'s Jacob Brogan, proved popular with its full context removed. The sentence "this is fine" was described by [The Verge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verge "The Verge")'s Chris Plante as a "shorthand for when a situation becomes so terrible our brains refuse to grapple with its severity".[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Slate-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Verge-8) The spread of the two panels was traced back by the [Know Your Meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Your_Meme "Know Your Meme") community to September 2014, when the image appeared without attribution on [Reddit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit "Reddit") and [Imgur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur "Imgur") with the caption "Basically how I'm handling life right now". The meme has been used on [social media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media "Social media") as a general comment on bad events or disasters, such as the [Deepwater Horizon oil spill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill "Deepwater Horizon oil spill"). Green described the meme's popularity in 2016 as "a barometer of current trends", indicating that it was an intense year. Brogan stated that the meme is unique because it is infrequently modified from its original version and because its popularity was still climbing as of 2016.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Slate-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Verge-8) In an interview, KC Green stated that during the period in which he created "On Fire" he was struggling with himself and getting his [anti-depressant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-depressant "Anti-depressant") dosage right. As the image's popularity surged, Green started selling prints and shirts of the strip on his [TopatoCo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopatoCo "TopatoCo") storefront. Green noted that "It's easier to sell the first two \[panels\] than the entire \[comic\] where the dog melts into nothingness."[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Verge-8) Purchase of Question Hound as a plushie, and later in 2020 as a [Funko Pop\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko_Pop! "Funko Pop!"), was also made available on TopatoCo.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-9) The plushie received newfound attention on social media when one was seen at the [Mars 2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2020 "Mars 2020") mission control for the landing of [Perseverance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseverance_\(rover\) "Perseverance (rover)").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-10) In 2016 Green followed up the "On Fire" comic with a "This is Not Fine" comic on [The Nib](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nib "The Nib"), in which the dog abruptly switches from denial of the fire to terror over it, putting it out in a panic while yelling at themselves for letting the fire go so far out of control, and makes mention of the recent killing of [Harambe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harambe "Harambe"), a gorilla in a Cincinnati zoo.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-11) In 2016, [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") called "This is fine" "the meme this year deserves".[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-12) In 2023, [the Atlantic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic "The Atlantic") called it "The Meme That Defined a Decade", and called it "a work of near-endless interpretability".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-13) In June 2023, the "This is Fine" emote cosmetic was added to [Epic Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games "Epic Games")' [Fortnite: Battle Royale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnite:_Battle_Royale "Fortnite: Battle Royale") as part of the Chapter 4: Season 3 [Battle Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Pass "Battle Pass") in collaboration with KC Green.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-14) In September 2024, KC Green and Numskull Games announced that they are working on a video game based on "On Fire" titled This is Fine: Maximum Cope which is planned as a "classic, old-school, platformer game" where Question Hound battles monsters from inside his subconscious.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-16) KC Green and Numskull Games also announced that a [Kickstarter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter "Kickstarter") campaign to help fund the game's development will start of September 26.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-18) ### Usage in politics \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gunshow_\(webcomic\)&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Usage in politics")\] > "i still feel like i dont need to get paid when businesses or the like use memes of my art on social media. thats just how it goes now. > > but I still feel I have the right to show my distaste for when it's used by unsavory people in my eyes. > > so, thus, in conclusion, the gop account can eat me." —KC Green[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Vox-19) In July 2016, the [United States Republican Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party "United States Republican Party") (or GOP, short for "Grand Old Party") used the "This is fine" meme in a [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") message, in reference to the [Democratic Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_\(United_States\) "Democratic Party (United States)") selecting [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton") as [their presidential candidate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_presidential_campaign,_2016 "Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016") during the [2016 Democratic National Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Convention "2016 Democratic National Convention"). The usage of the meme suggested that Democratic voters were in denial about damage being done by selecting Clinton as candidate, though it may also be that the GOP was simply celebrating what they saw as a "Democratic meltdown".[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Vox-19) Usage of the meme by the GOP drew backlash from some Democratic voters, webcomic creators, and also from KC Green himself, who said "everyone is in their right to use this is fine \[sic\] on social media posts, but man o man I personally would like @GOP to delete their stupid post." [Vox Media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Media "Vox Media") compared Green's experience with that of various musicians that had their works appropriated for political purposes, and [The New York Observer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Observer "The New York Observer") used the event as an example of how the works of webcomic artists are frequently reposted without proper attribution.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Vox-19)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Observer-20) Green had already anticipated the usage of his webcomic strip for political purposes. [First Look Media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Look_Media "First Look Media")'s webcomic [The Nib](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nib "The Nib") commissioned Green before the Democratic National Convention to draw a version of the "This is fine" meme featuring the [GOP elephant mascot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_elephant "Republican elephant") similarly sitting in a flaming room. The artwork was commissioned to be placed in the Philadelphia Art Gallery in [Old City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia "Old City, Philadelphia"). Once the GOP posted the Twitter message, The Nib responded with "We actually paid the artist who made this. Here's what he came up with" and a [hyperlink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink "Hyperlink") to the cartoon.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Vox-19)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Observer-20) The Ukrainian authorities behind the @Ukraine [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") account used an animated version of the "This is fine" meme to illustrate in a self-deprecating sardonic tone the fight against the [2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Ukraine_ransomware_attacks "2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks").[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Fortune-21) This invited comments that they used the meme wrongly, since it came to signify disastrous government inaction; but it attracted attention to the tweet and contributed to an increase in the number of [followers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friending_and_following "Friending and following").[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Fortune-21) In early‑January 2025, [Fridays for Future Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridays_for_Future "Fridays for Future") used the first frame, redrawn to flat colors, to publicize their upcoming nationwide rally scheduled for 14 February 2025.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-fff-de-png-2025-22) Their caption reads instead: "Cuz this is not fine!". ## Media \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gunshow_\(webcomic\)&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Media")\] In January 2016, Jason DeMarco, vice president and creative director of [Cartoon Network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Network "Cartoon Network")'s [Adult Swim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Swim "Adult Swim") block, announced that there would be an animated series based on Green's webcomic. The series, animated by Shmorky, was teased by an animated version of the "On Fire" strip voiced by [Dana Snyder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Snyder "Dana Snyder").[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-Verge-8)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_note-23) ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gunshow_\(webcomic\)&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: References")\] 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Back_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Back_1-1) Bezner, KM (2015-11-23). ["Two Tickets for the Apocalypse Please: Should You Be Reading 'Back'?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160729163247/http://comicsalliance.com/back-readers-guide/). [ComicsAlliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComicsAlliance "ComicsAlliance"). Archived from [the original](http://comicsalliance.com/back-readers-guide/) on 2016-07-29. 2. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-2)* Sava, Oliver (2016-03-19). ["Princess Bubblegum humbles herself on an art-centric Adventure Time"](https://www.avclub.com/princess-bubblegum-humbles-herself-on-an-art-centric-ad-1798187086). [The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club"). 3. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-3) Borkowski, Alex (2013-09-27). ["The Third Panel: 'Gunshow' – A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Green-ness"](http://www.heavemedia.com/2013/09/27/the-third-panel-gunshow/). Heave Media. 4. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-4) Dale, Brady (2015-07-07). ["Webcomic Star KC Green on Why He Killed GUNSHOW, The Comic That Launched Him"](https://observer.com/2015/07/kc-green-gunshow-kickstarter-back-pinocchio/). [Observer.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer.com "Observer.com"). 5. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-5) Bowman, Emma. ["A decade on, the 'This is fine' creator wants to put the famous dog to rest"](https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149232763/this-is-fine-meme-anniversary-gunshow-web-comic). npr.org. Retrieved 16 June 2023. 6. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-6) Riviello, Alex (2016-08-03). ["This is Fine meme dog being turned into a plushie"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022436/https://www.geek.com/culture/this-is-fine-meme-dog-being-turned-into-a-plushie-1664644/). [Geek.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek.com "Geek.com"). Archived from [the original](https://www.geek.com/culture/this-is-fine-meme-dog-being-turned-into-a-plushie-1664644/) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01. 7. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Slate_7-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Slate_7-1) Brogan, Jacob (July 2016). ["How the GOP Ruined a Great Meme"](http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/07/how_the_gop_ruined_this_is_fine_dog.html). [Slate Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Magazine "Slate Magazine"). 8. ^ [a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Verge_8-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Verge_8-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Verge_8-2) [d](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Verge_8-3) Plante, Chris (2016-05-05). ["This Is Fine creator explains the timelessness of his meme"](https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/5/11592622/this-is-fine-meme-comic). [The Verge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verge "The Verge"). 9. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-9)* Walsh, Michael (2020-09-15). [""This is Fine" Meme Is the Perfect Funko Pop for 2020"](https://nerdist.com/article/this-is-fine-meme-funko-pop/). [Nerdist.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerdist.com "Nerdist.com"). 10. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-10) Dean, Signe; Cassela, Carly (2021-02-18). ["YES! NASA's Perseverance Just Successfully Landed on Mars"](https://www.sciencealert.com/live-updates-nasa-s-perseverance-rover-is-landing-on-mars-today). [ScienceAlert.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScienceAlert.com "ScienceAlert.com"). 11. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-11) Green, KC (3 August 2016). ["This is Not Fine - by KC Green"](https://thenib.com/this-is-not-fine?id=kc-green&t=author). thenib.com. 12. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-12) Rogers, Katie (5 August 2016). ["Why 'This Is Fine' Is the Meme This Year Deserves"](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/06/arts/this-is-fine-meme-dog-fire.html). The New York Times. Retrieved 16 June 2023. 13. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-13) Garber, Megan (26 January 2023). ["The Meme That Defined a Decade"](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/01/this-is-fine-dog-meme-cultural-relevancy/672838/). The Atlantic. Retrieved 16 June 2023. 14. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-14) ["The 'This is fine' meme joins Fortnite's star-studded roster"](https://www.polygon.com/23755732/fortnite-this-is-fine-meme-kc-green-gunshow-comic-emote). [Polygon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygon_\(website\) "Polygon (website)"). 9 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-05. 15. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-15) ["This is fine"](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/18/24248121/this-is-fine). 18 September 2024. 16. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-16) ["This is Fine Maximum Cope Kickstarter Teaser"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z--9jczw0OQ). [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube"). 18 September 2024. 17. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-17) ["This is fine"](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/18/24248121/this-is-fine). 18 September 2024. 18. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-18) ["This is Fine Maximum Cope Kickstarter Teaser"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z--9jczw0OQ). [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube"). 18 September 2024. 19. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Vox_19-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Vox_19-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Vox_19-2) [d](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Vox_19-3) Romano, Aja (2016-07-28). ["Why the GOP Twitter couldn't pull off the 'This is fine' meme"](https://www.vox.com/2016/7/28/12299724/this-is-fine-meme-gop-fail). Vox. 20. ^ [a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Observer_20-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Observer_20-1) Dale, Brady (2016-07-27). ["Here's Why Webcomics Fans Have Been Piling on the GOP Twitter Account"](https://observer.com/2016/07/kc-green-vs-the-gop/). [The New York Observer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Observer "The New York Observer"). 21. ^ [a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Fortune_21-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-Fortune_21-1) Kinstler, Linda (2017-07-28). ["Meet the Millennials Who Started Ukraine's Twitter War With Russia"](https://fortune.com/2017/07/28/ukraine-russia-twitter-war/). [Fortune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_\(magazine\) "Fortune (magazine)"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211207163401/https://fortune.com/2017/07/28/ukraine-russia-twitter-war/) from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-07-22. 22. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-fff-de-png-2025_22-0)* FFF (January 2025). ["Plakate, Sticker, Türanhänger, Sticker, und eine Überraschung"](https://fridaysforfuture.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Plakate1.png) \[Posters, stickers, door hangers, and a surprise\]. Fridays for Future (in German). Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 2025-01-11. 23. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshow_\(webcomic\)#cite_ref-23) Reyna, Leo (2016-01-08). ["KC Green's Gunshow Comic Gets Animated on Adult Swim"](http://www.nerdspan.com/kc-greens-gunshow-comics-gets-animated-on-adult-swim/). 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