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Mememaker Spotlight: CoreyLaddo
CoreyLaddo creates top-notch animations in Source Filmmaker, extracting every last bit of comedy from Valve's cast of characters and turning G-Man into the star of every meme you know. After all, the right man in the wrong meme can make all the difference in the world.
Fredrick Brennan, Creator Of 8chan, Shares The Chaotic Origins Of The Infamous Imageboard, How He Got Caught Up In The QAnon Conspiracy Theory, And Who He Thinks Is Behind It
After fleeing from the Philippines and narrowly escaping a life-threatening situation, Brennan has been at the center of exposing the people behind QAnon. We interviewed him to retrace the origins of 8chan, how he got caught up in QAnon, and why he thinks Jim Watkins is currently the man behind the ill-famed "Q."
Largetrap Reveals The Secret Sauce To His High-Quality Video Memes And How He Got His Start In The World Of Meme Creation
Renowned for his exceptional content, we interview Largetrap to dig into his backstory, creative process and history with meme culture to get a better sense of the man behind the memes.
Jordan Toovi From The "Floating Boy Chasing Running Boy" Meme Shares The Full Story Behind The Eerie Photo
Surfacing around 2018, this photo featuring a guy being chased by a creepy floating entity has circulated the web in droves. We spoke with the "floating man" himself to uncover the tale behind the mysterious meme.
Mememaker Spotlight: KinoFabino
From giving Doomguy voluptuous butt cheeks to doing JC Denton impressions, for KinoFabino, it is always time to meme retro FPS games and chew bubblegum – and he's all out of gum.
Mememaker Spotlight: TyroneStash
Mememaking can take a lot of both image editing skills and imagination, but few can boast the level of effort that artist TyroneStash puts into his memes. Fusing memes and manga into one, TyroneStash creates memes that are so distinct in their style that you could never confuse them with somebody else's.
Drew Scanlon Shares The Legend Of Becoming "Blinking White Guy" And How He Used The Power Of Memes To Help Others
Since becoming one of the most prevalent reaction GIFs to ever sweep the web, Scanlon has used his internet fame to help others, so we caught up with him to retrace the meme's origins and learn a little more about the man himself.
Internet Historian Gives Us The Full History Of His Career As An Online Chronicler And The Tragic Tale Of His Lost Neopet
Recalling the origins of his YouTube channel all the way up to the present day, Dr. Harold gives us an exclusive interview discussing everything from his creative process to some of his most cherished memes.
Lushsux Discusses His Meme-Inspired Murals, And How He Has Internet Culture Down To A Fine Art
Lushsux has been creating his world-renowned murals for over a decade now. As the preeminent meme artist of our time, we spoke with him to learn more about his artwork, his inspiration and his thoughts on the future of memes themselves.
Big Chungus' Original Creator Shares The Tale Of His Inception, And How A Nonsensical Joke Became An Online Phenomenon
After giving life to a seemingly random image of a portly Bugs Bunny, Braden never expected that his humble creation would evolve into one of the biggest memes of the late 2010s. As the original creator, we spoke with him to learn more about the origins of Big Chungus, and what he thinks of it all these years later.