Gone But Meme-ified [2016: The Death of Harambe and Meme Aftermath]

 

TITLE: Gone But Meme-ified

SETTING: Apartment laundry room, Intern folding shirts, Rosa from 14C scrolling on her phone

CHARACTERS: Intern (left), Rosa from 14C (right)

PANEL 1:

INTERN: “Who was Harambe?”

ROSA: “A gorilla. A tragedy. A meme. A movement. A... moment.”

PANEL 2:

INTERN: “So why are people still posting about him?”

ROSA: “Because the internet doesn’t mourn. It loops.”

All Talk, No Action [2014: The Chibok Schoolgirls Kidnapping]

TITLE: All Talk, No Action

SETTING: Dim hallway, bulletin board behind them filled with old protest posters

CHARACTERS: 14B (left), Grandpa (right)

PANEL 1:

14B: “Remember those girls kidnapped in Nigeria?”

GRANDPA: “Hashtag protest. No rescue. Still haunts me.”

PANEL 2:

14B: “Everyone posted... then moved on.”

GRANDPA: “We’re louder than ever, but lighter than action.”