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LOLCats Is Now In Banksy-Land
In San Francisco, the land where Internet memes are incarnate, a LOLcat photo has become a giant mural (note to self: are there small murals? investigate). Big photo below. [Laughing Squid]
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book deals
Three Steps To Getting A Book Deal For Your Blog
If everyone's getting a book deal for their blog, why aren't you? Mostly because your writing hasn't gone anywhere better than a Gawker comment thread, but also because you haven't followed these three steps (note: not a joke article! Real advice inside) to getting a blog book deal. Short version: Start a blog that's short and sweet and high-concept, spread it on Tumblr and LiveJournal, send it to Gawker, and call Kate Lee. More »
Ur Benifitz. Show Tehm To Meh.
You all love LolCats, right? The internet meme turned cultural phenomenon turned sure-to-be-best-selling book has warmed all of our hearts and lifted our spirits. Wouldn't it be great to work for them? With that in mind, did you apply for the I Can Has Cheezburger dream job?? They're hiring! The website's founder Ben Huh has received 250 applications since he posted the job opening on Monday, 243 of which are mine (sorry Nick!).
You all love LolCats, right? The internet meme turned cultural phenomenon turned sure-to-be-best-selling book has warmed all of our hearts and lifted our spirits. Wouldn't it be great to work for them? With that in mind, did you apply for the I Can Has Cheezburger dream job?? They're hiring! The website's founder Ben Huh has received 250 applications since he posted the job opening on Monday, 243 of which are mine (sorry Nick!).
art history
Early LOLDogs Paintings Found
Before humans took pictures of cats, added funny captions, and spent their free time viewing said photos on the internet, our early ancestors enjoyed painting depictions of dogs. These early LOLDog paintings lacked captions and are much rarer than LOLCats—which is probably why the painting to the left fetched $66,000 at an auction last night. Click for more early LOLDog analysis, and their evolution into the LOLCats we know and love today. More »
how things work
Will Your Book Go to Auction?
Will more than one publisher fight over your book, aiming to be the highest bidder? O, the dream! Remember, the LOLCats book went to auction. The "very nice literary agent" over at Pub Rants explains the process. More »
goodbyes
Teh Era. Is Ended.
LolSecretz, that wonderful mash-up of Post Secret and lolcats, has called it quits. The pressures of facing redundancy and dealing with real life overwhelmed the two charming-looking bloggers. So, we mourn the death of a big, bright flash in this oddly shaped pan. It was great. And that is not untrue. Gudbai, frenz.
books
Lolcat Book Explains Their Cultural Significance
Yesterday, we wondered about the surely awesome proposal that resulted in the two-day auction of the forthcoming book for I Can Has Cheezburger?, tentatively titled “Professor Happycat’s Guide to Lolcats.” Half an hour later, said proposal landed in our inbox. Thanks, publishing elves! “The world is going crazy for lolcats,” it begins. "Lolcats are pictures of cats with funny captions. No, srsly." It gets better! More »
books
Funny Cats to Haz Book!
The book version of I Can Haz Cheezburger was sold after a two-day auction, Galleycat reports. Boy, we’d love to know what that proposal looked like. Literary agent Kate McKean explains that they won’t be simply “slapping some lolcats on the page for the book." No, it will clearly be much more sophisticated than that. [Galleycat] More »
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Behind Every Internet Meme Is A Better One You Never Saw
As I've mentioned, LOLcats is just a cuter version of Caturday, an old forum tradition of posting cat pictures with captions in broken English on Saturdays. Caturday itself is just a more formal version of the image macros that have floated around ever since the Internet found pictures. Every popular Internet meme is in fact a lamer version of a more obscure one, including Lazy Sunday, the Rickroll, Badger Badger Badger, Hot or Not, Ask a Ninja, and Chuck Norris Facts. I've traced them back to their edgier ancestors. More »
LOLcats: Tearing friendships apart. [Achewood]
You Can Has An Undyingly Funny Blog Meme
First there were lolcats. Then there were lolgays. Lolgaycats were the next logical step, clearly. Thank you, fourfour.
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First there were lolcats. Then there were lolgays. Lolgaycats were the next logical step, clearly. Thank you, fourfour.
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