About

Mom? Dad? Friends? is an image macro series based on an illustration of a white monster-like creature emerging from a cave and captions desperately calling for its loved ones after prolonged isolation or preoccupation with a particular activity.

Origin

While the authorship of the original artwork remains unknown, children’s book illustrator Stephen Gammell has been speculated as the artist due to his comparable style of drawing. The original drawing (shown below, left) was submitted by Redditor masterilly in a post titled “Internet disconnection” on September 29th, 2011, receiving more than 10,700 up votes and 270 comments. Months later on December 11th, the first image macro instance was submitted by Redditor screwmaths as a commentary on the seclusive nature of student life during the final exam weeks (shown below, right).

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