![Esther Verkest's Help Sign Esther Verkest's Help Sign](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/023/636/estherverkest.jpg)
Esther Verkest's Help Sign
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About
Esther Verkest's Help Sign refers to an exploitable webcomic in which the Flemish comic character Esther Verkest writes various messages in the sand to attract rescuers while stranded on a desert island.
Origin
On April 9th, 2016, the Esther Verkest Facebook[1] page posted a comic in which Verkest arrives on a desert island and makes a "Help" sign out of rocks, which fails to attract the attention of planes flying by. After changing the sign to "Slut," multiple rescuers arrive to her aid (shown below).
![Original Esther Verkest Comic Esther Verkest help sign original webcomic that was exploited for a meme](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/449/abc.jpg)
Spread
On April 29th, 2016, the comic was reposted to FunnyJunk[3] by user hellschwarz. In the comment section, several photoshopped variations were submitted (shown below).
![Plane Crash 6 t her HELP](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/471/dc6.png)
![September 11th, 2001 attack HELP](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/472/e54.png)
On April 17th, 2017, Redditor kiwifucker submitted a version of the comic in which the woman spells out the word "Trap" to /r/4chan,[7] where it received upwards of 11,900 points (91% upvoted) and 350 comments (shown below, left). On April 20th, journalist Ian Miles Cheong tweeted a version of the comic referencing Shia Labeouf's "He Will Not Divide Us" art project (shown below, right).[4]
![Trap](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/480/cd4.jpg)
![He Will Not Divide Us es t h e 失](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
On August 9th, Redditor CtrlAltDelish submitted a Bobs and Vegana-themed version of the comic to /r/dankmemes,[2] where it gathered upwards of 1,400 points (98% upvoted) within 12 hours. Meanwhile, two posts about the exploitable comic were submitted to /r/MemeEconomy.[5][6]
![Vagene vagene](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/455/91d.png)
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External References
[1] Facebook – Esther Verkest
[3] FunnyJunk – Female privilege
[4] Twitter – @stillgray
[5] Reddit – Promising format here?
[6] Reddit – Is this format worth the investment
[7] Reddit – /b/ in a nuthshell
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