User:Babelia/Polandball

An user-generated representation of Polandball

Polandball, also known as countryball, is an

webcomics, where countries are presented as spherical people, usually interacting in poorly written English, making fun of national stereotypes and international relationships between them. The comic style can be called Polandball (even though Poland is not among the characters in the comic) and countryball (or, collectively, countries-balls). ^[1]

History

Polandball has its roots in the 'cyber war' among Polish Internet users and the rest of the world in drawball.com which happened in August 2009. The website, which offers a virtual canvas, allowing Internet users to draw what they want, and can draw on what has been drawn by other users. Among Polish users, the idea of drawing the Polish flag on the ball, and thousands of Poles together were able to take the ball with a red top and white drawing below, with the word "POLSKA" written in the middle. After coordinating with 4chan, this drawing was then covered with a giant swastika. ^[2]

Krautchan.net is a German-language imageboard whose board / int / is frequented by surfers who know English. The beginning of the meme has awarded to Falco, a British in / int /, who in September 2009 created the meme using

troll

Wojak, a Pole in the same forum in English who makes bad employee contributions, a situation that was exploited by several Russians to draw comics of Polandball with great enthusiasm.

Topics

The premise of Polandball, which increased his popularity after the

Lech Kaczynski, is representing Poland and its history, its relationship with other countries and stereotypes, focusing on Polish megalomania and national complex. ^[2] The interactions between country-balls tend to be written in poorly written English and internet jargon, like Lolcat meme, and finally, the cartoon of Poland, which is represented red purposely with white above (as opposed to Polish flag) is seen generally crying. ^[2]

Some Polandball comics have the premise that Poland can't go into space.

Representation

Polandball includes comics from other countries, but by convention also called polandballs or countryballs. Similarly, international organizations, administrative divisions, cities, historical flags, ethnic groups and other elements connected with the society can be represented.

Usually, the characters adopt circular or spherical shapes, with few exceptions:

Hugo Chavez and Che Guevara) and Slovenia, Slovakia and Serbia

with a patch the eye (their coats of arms).

Some characteristics

Poland can not go into space.
The drawing tools are not allowed.
The characters only have white eyes, no hair, face or limbs.
The broken English spoken is compulsory except for English-speaking characters.
Poland is represented in red and white, not vice versa order.
The characters do not call themselves with the suffix "-ball", but the name of the country.
The female characters are Polandballs with a bow to the head or a flower.

Gallery

To see the gallery of characters, click here

References

^
ISBN 978-3-86899-805-4
. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

^ ^a ^b ^c Zapałowski, Radosław (15 February 2010). lecą z nami w... kulki "Znowu lecą z nami w... kulki". Cooltura (in Polish). Retrieved 19 March 2013. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)

External links

Category:Internet memes

[Internet-Meme-1] 
ISBN 978-3-86899-805-4
. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[cooltura-2] Zapałowski, Radosław (15 February 2010). lecą z nami w... kulki "Znowu lecą z nami w... kulki". Cooltura (in Polish). Retrieved 19 March 2013. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)

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