Don't hurt me no more.

Meme Evolution

A meritorious image appears:

Someone adds text:

...and the sum of image and text, deemed of interest to those first exposed to it, becomes a meme.

Some fan of the meme adapts the text to meme classic font "Impact" with black outline added via a layer style (usually "drop shadow" or "outer glow") in Photoshop:

...and exploitation and/or hybridization of the meme begins:

...and continues ad infinitum. :D

Four Panels

Damnitall, I'm looking for the one yonkoma where the dapper fellow in a top hat and white gloves takes a sip of his espresso, insert something ridiculous in panel three, and then he does a spit-take. I found these, instead:

Somebody, anybody, please help me find tophat guy.

Warp 9, bitches.

Old favorites. Happy Labor Day. :D