Question Hound also makes appearances in Green's newer webcomic, Funny Online Animals. In 2016, he collaborated with Adult Swim to create an animated version of it. Later that year, he published a sequel called This Is Not Fine, in which the dog - whose name is Question Hound - puts out the fire before the flames can destroy him. his complicated relationship with On Fire, Green has resurrected it more than once. Republican Party used the meme to Green's dismay. Everyone uses memes, including these losers,' he said. Republican Party account tweeted it in 2016 in reference to the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential candidate.īut like the dog in the meme, Green let it roll off his back. Sometimes, he says, it's used in ways that don't align with his values, like when the U.S. shows that, yeah, it kind of struck a chord, didn't it?' he said. 'I try not to push it as much because I know that can be kind of annoying, but the fact that people still use it here and there. With every new social and political crisis the world had to deal with, the meme became more ubiquitous. University students shared it as final exams approached, a perfect encapsulation of how they were coping - or not coping - with the overwhelming stress. About a year later, the memeficiation of his work began.Īt first, he'd see it pop up on Instagram.

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'Art is open to interpretation, and that is just something I would have to live with - and I'm fine with.' But, you know, people take what they want out of your art - without your permission half the time,' Green told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. Like, it might have been just a comic I had to dash off because I had a self-made schedule for my webcomic at the time. 'It helped me understand the perception of one's art. The infinitely relatable pooch has been used to comment on everything from the stress of exams to the ravages of climate change. 'This is fine,' he says to nobody in particular. A yellow cartoon dog sits at a table drinking coffee complacently as a fire rages around him. Since then, the first two panels have taken on a life of their own as one of the world's most recognizable internet memes. It's been 10 years since the Massachusetts artist first posted the six-panel comic strip, On Fire , as part of his Gunshow webcomic series. Green has learned to quietly accept the fact that he has no control over how people use and interpret his art. Much like the dog in his iconic comic strip, K.C. Instead of saying something like, 'I'd really preferred to be curled up on a black blanket that can catch my vagina's monsoon season and warm my uterus which feels like its taking its election anger out on me', I usually go with a 'I'm fine!' while simultaneously checking I haven't left a trail of blood on my walk to their office.As It Happens 6:26 Artist behind 'This is fine' meme can't escape it 10 years later - and he's fine with that This one happens a lot at work where I'll be asked how I'm doing on a day my period is so heavy I've gone through four overnight pads and three super tampons before 9AM. We Are Not Close Enough For Me To Tell You Why I'm Not Fine

So here is what I really am trying to say when I use that term: 1.

But, occasionally the LOL or 'It's okay' will come out of my mouth, magically making my tongue form the words when what my brain really meant to say was the exact opposite. I try as much as possible not to do this. Taught to be polite, to not rock the boat, and that we'll be called 'dramatic' or 'overreactive'if we do speak up, 'I'm fine' has become the universal card you throw when you don't want anyone to help but you're far from okay.

We use 'I'm fine', 'It's okay', and pepper in LOLs and smiling emojis when what we really mean is 'help', 'I'm not okay', 'why don't you listen to me?' Women do it more too. Any of this sound familiar? We do it all the time.

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