How ‘This is Fine’ Dog Creator KC Green Made Money From Meme

June 28, 2019 7:29 PM

The Six-Year Struggle to Regain Ownership of the ‘This Is Fine’ Dog
posted by Etrigan (15 comments total)

Wherein I learned that 'Sir! A message from Batman!" was not the first Dickbutt cartoon.
posted by thelonius at 7:41 PM on June 28, 2019 [2 favorites]

This is the best meme of the meme I have sene
posted by oulipian at 7:46 PM on June 28, 2019 [11 favorites]

The arrogance of claiming you created a meme like Pepe or the 'This Is Fine' dog, as opposed to creating an image which became the basis for a derivative collective memework!
posted by save alive nothing that breatheth at 8:07 PM on June 28, 2019 [2 favorites]

Is this irony?

Nope, just dumb.
posted by voltairemodern at 8:34 PM on June 28, 2019 [20 favorites]

I mean he's got quite the track record of making comics that become memes.
posted by RobotHero at 8:36 PM on June 28, 2019 [13 favorites]

I was really glad to get in on his plush dog Kickstarter. One of these days I will get the nerve to take it to work.
posted by Quonab at 8:39 PM on June 28, 2019

I feel very comfortable calling KC Green the creator of both the dickbutt meme and the This is Fine meme, not just the art. Both those memes haven't transformed at all from their original joke. They arrived, fully formed.
posted by Merus at 11:37 PM on June 28, 2019 [18 favorites]

A friend of mine got a Dickbutt tattoo. I didn't understand. I thought it was a Dick Butkis joke or something. Huh! It's from a webcomic.
posted by battleshipkropotkin at 12:31 AM on June 29, 2019

holy shit this dude is the patron saint of meme creators AND HE IS ALIVE
posted by Foci for Analysis at 3:23 AM on June 29, 2019 [1 favorite]

I have one of the official t-shirts sold through his store and I've gotten some nice comments about it. I'm glad that he was able to regain control of his artwork and make some money off its popularity.

I didn't know about the plush dog—too bad they're currently sold out!
posted by dweingart at 6:21 AM on June 29, 2019

I also have a plush dog. It's one of my favorite things I backed on Kickstarter.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 10:59 AM on June 29, 2019

I did talk to them and they’re like, ‘We really want to use it.’ I was like, ‘Well, I really want you to pay me.’ That’s all it was. They paid me.”
posted by doctornemo at 11:27 AM on June 29, 2019 [3 favorites]

the comic that introduces dickbutt.... features The Lorax, which doesn't leave copyright until 2053. Fair-use probably, but still.
posted by rebent at 6:18 AM on June 30, 2019 [1 favorite]

That dog is still the only kickstarter I've ever funded.
posted by showbiz_liz at 8:33 AM on July 1, 2019

The arrogance of claiming you created a meme like Pepe or the 'This Is Fine' dog

Is this irony?

I read it as obvious sarcasm, but you're saying maybe it isn't? Yikes.
posted by bongo_x at 2:11 PM on July 1, 2019 [1 favorite]