It’s a viral video, sure, and it was one of the first truly huge and popular ones. What makes Paul Vasquez’s effusive awe at seeing a double rainbow distinctly from 2010 as opposed to 2019 is how it’s barely what we’d call a “meme” now. In a 2017 video, he said that his managers at the time had stolen $30,000 from him, and since then he’s abandoned his public social media accounts. He was homeschooled and joined the 2015 DigiTour, a tour for social media stars, mainly Vine stars at the time. Alex LaBeouf, who went by Alex Lee as a stage name, eventually dropped out of high school because he had missed so many days to fly to Los Angeles for appearances on talk shows.
But the woman who made the tweet (whose Twitter account is now suspended) said she had never heard of the marketing company, and that she just randomly found the photo on Tumblr and tweeted it out, and it seems that the marketing company was trying to claim stolen viral valor.īut the ending wasn’t so great for the guy at the center of it. An internet marketing company stepped forward, claiming that it had gotten the original girl to tweet the photo of Alex as a viral marketing stunt, and seeded the meme with inorganic retweets and promotion.
There was some legitimate confusion over how and why Alex’s photo blew up. The tweet went viral, and people fell in love with this mysterious Alex from Target, creating memes and tributes in his image, leading anyone over the age of 23 to wonder: What the fuck is happening here? Her tweet was simply, “YOOOOOOOO,” signaling that, well, this teen boy was cute. In November 2014, a young woman tweeted a photo of a teenage checkout clerk at Target with Alex on the nametag. Dodson went on to a strange post-virality career, with a reality show that never got off the ground, celebrity boxing matches, controversial statements about being gay, and a Trump endorsement. At the time, some people pointed out that turning a video of poor black man expressing anguish over the attempted sexual assault of his sister was problematic. “Bed Intruder Song” captured two powerful vectors that would come to define the rest of the decade: a normal person being propelled to some sort of viral fame, and a critical backlash over the exploitative race, gender, and class dynamics. Honorable mention: Hey Neeters, Hepcats, Gold Digger, Jewel Vixens, Captain Jack, Furlough, Androzons, Nautilus, Kevin and Kell, and last but not least, Associated Student Bodies.In July 2010, Antoine Dodson appeared on the local news in Alabama after a home invader attempted to assault his sister, saying: “He’s climbin’ in your windows, he’s snatchin’ your people up… So y’all need to hide your kids, hide your wife.” The news clip went viral, and a few days later, Dodson’s words were remixed into the auto-tuned “Bed Intruder Song,” which made it onto the Billboard 100 charts and become the most-viewed YouTube video of 2010. According to a nationwide survey in 1992 the turtles were more recognizable to children than Santa Clause. As readers started to see the charm of the title, it transcended the underground comics market to become a multimedia sensation that crossed TV, movies and video games. The original sprang up in furry circles after advertising in Albedo Anthropomorphics and other furry comics it was originally mimeographed in creator Peter Laird’s basement and distributed to only local comic stores.
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It was a far cry from the watered down cartoon series formed in the late 1980’s. The original comic was dark and gritty, and explored complex social issues. While not being identified as a “furry” comic to most modern readers (or a comic book at all), TMNT indeed had it’s start as a small press comic that was popular in the furry community. Hard to find, but well worth the search for the artwork alone. Another curious item is this comic’s “Soundtrack” with features techno tracks based around the characters, and a ton of concept artwork as data on the CD. It’s well worth the search for incredibly rare back issues such as the first and second issues released in digital color, and the hard to find Extinctioner annuals (tales of the endangered) featuring art from the comic’s loyal cult of fans.
The comic has always had a schizophrenic publishing schedule (there can be 3 months between issues) and with a recent change in publishers it’s unclear if the comic is even still in print.
A fascinating read for anyone that likes the silver and bronze age X-men. The story revolves around a team of anthropomorphic superheroes defending their world from evil invaders from space who turn out to be. One of the few straight-up superhero titles that edges into the furry realm, Extinctioners is pure silver age comic superhero goodness with vibrant Furry art by Shawntae Howard.