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Death and the Dog

Death and the Dog

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Updated Sep 24, 2020 at 06:06AM EDT by ohmyjosh.

Added Feb 25, 2019 at 02:39PM EST by Philipp.

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About

Death and the Dog, also known as It Is Time to Go and Was I a Good Boy?, is a webcomic by artist seebangnow showing personified Death leading a dog into the afterlife and praising it for "being the best". Online, the comic has been used to commemorate the passing of famous individuals in a similar manner to Meme Heaven exploitable.

Origin

On January 28th, 2018, artist seebangnow (xibang) posted a four-panel webcomic titled "Death and the Dog" on social media. The post gained over 13,000 likes on Instagram[1], 8,500 upvotes in /r/comics[2] subreddit and 103,000 upvotes in /r/wholesomememes[3] subreddit in one year.


IT IS TIME TO GO Was I a Good Boy? liu NAI I'M TOLD YOU WERE THE BEST. NO. BITES seebangnow

Spread

In the following weeks, the comic gained popularity on Reddit as an exploitable. On February 3rd, 2018, Redditor[4] pugsnotdrugs10 posted one of the earliest edits of the comic featuring character Sayori from Doki Doki Literature Club. The post gained over 500 upvotes in six months.


ITIS TIME TO GO Was I a Good Girl? I'M TOLD YOU WERE THE BEST NO Snacks seebangnow

The exploitable saw consistent use through 2018 and 2019, with edits often following deaths of popular individuals. Additionally, versions of the comic with replaced text have also been as a Things I Don't Like memes.

Various Examples


IT IS TIME TO GO Was I a Good man? M TOLD YOU WERE NUMBER ONE NO IT IS TIME TO GO Was I a Good man? I'M TOLD YOU WERE THE BEST NO IT IS TIME TO GO Was I a good Mars Rover? 'M TOLD YOU WERE THE BEST. No. seebangnow
WasIa Good Comic Writer? IT IS TIME TO GO ls IM TOLD YOU WERE THE BEST NO. e seebangnow ITIS TIME TO GO WasI a Good MEME ? es aur ctu ally no Well yes but actually no. BiTES Well yes ually no IT IS TIME TO GO Was I a good socia platfrom? You weren't NO seebangnow

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External References

[1] Instagram – @xibang's Post

[2] Reddit – Death and the dog

[3] Reddit – Death and the Dog

[4] Reddit – Sure it’s low effort but still wholesome

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