Daily Buzz – April 27, 2009
Posted by Generate Studios on April 29th 2009 in Generate Insight Daily Buzz
Topic: Cyanide & Happiness
Sometimes when observing our community boards, one person suggests something they deem cool and others respond immediately and excitedly. That’s what happened when one of our college community members mentioned Cyanide & Happiness.
Cyanide and Happiness is a web-comic hosted on Explosm.net. It is funny in a snarky and often times shocking way. It speaks on topics such as disabilities, rape, cancer, murder, suicide, necrophilia, pedophilia, sexual deviancy, STDs, nihilism, self-mutilation, violence.
The concept of Cyanide & Happiness started out as a comic strip (as seen to the left), but once they gained notoriety, the artists decided to digitize the characters and create web-shorts (links to two of the shorts below).
The appeal lies in the sarcasm of the writing/characters and the scenarios. The look and feel of the comic is very home-grown (which the audience loves). The characters are simply drawn which adds to this comic’s organic approach. The comic also makes light of serious situations. This generation of Millennials are facing one of the most serious times in their lives – with the recession and all that goes along with it. A comic short like Cyanide & Happiness allows them to escape from all that seriousness and laugh.
One community stated the following: “I love these shorts because they’re obnoxiously funny and center around unfunny situations. Which makes light of the matter – and when you’re dealing with these matters in real life – sometimes laughter is the best medicine.” – Juan, 17
Check out two Cyanide & Happiness shorts:
“I DID IT!” : http://www.explosm.net/movies/149/
“SAD LARRY”: http://www.explosm.net/movies/151/
Website: www.explosm.net <http://www.explosm.net>
